Advances in Epidemiology

Research Article

Forecasting Age-Specific Brain Cancer Mortality Rates Using Functional Data Analysis Models

Table 3

Summary of differences (in %) in mortality rates between 2009 and 2018 for male and female subpopulation. Differences are noted with − and + indicating decreasing and increasing pattern of mortality.
 MaleFemale
 0–1920–640–1920–64
Median−5.5−2.5−4.8−4.6
Maximum −6.18−9.76−5.8−6.01
Minimum−5.1+0.29−2.5−1.7