Trends and Spatial Patterns of Oral Cancer Mortality in Ecuador, 2001–2016

Table 1

Joinpoint analysis of the crude mortality rates and the age-standardized oral cancer mortality rates by sex in Ecuador, 2001 to 2016.

Variable	0 Joinpoints		1 Joinpoint
	Year	APC (95% CI)	Year	APC (95% CI)
CRM
Male	2001–2016	2.86 (0.6; 5.2)
Female	2001–2016	2.55 (0.3; 4.9)	2001–2003	−12.31 (−54.0; 67.1)
			2003–2016	3.66 (0.5; 6.9)
ASMR
Male	2001–2016	1.7 (−0.6; 4.0)
Female	2001–2016	1.87 (−0.5; 4.3)

CMR, crude mortality rates; ASMR, age-standardized mortality rates; APC, annual percent change; CI, confidence interval. The annual percent change is significantly different from 0 (two-sided ).