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Table 3 Multiplication factors* and 95% confidence intervals for selected causes of death comparing calendar years after 1995–2007 with years 1991–1994 in Switzerland Ϯ

From: Impact of unlinked deaths and coding changes on mortality trends in the Swiss National Cohort

Cause of death

Age group

75-84

85+

Females

  

All cancer

0.971 (0.931 - 1.012)

0.888 (0.850 - 0.929)

Breast

0.987 (0.896 - 1.087)

0.792 (0.716 - 0.877)

Suicide

0.975 (0.745 - 1.277)

1.422 (1.025 - 1.972)

Males

  

All cancer

0.891 (0.859 - 0.925)

0.893 (0.854 - 0.933)

Prostate

0.798 (0.731 - 0.871)

0.843 (0.767 - 0.926)

Suicide

1.026 (0.849 - 1.240)

1.093 (0.869 - 1.375)

  1. * Derived from Poisson regression.
  2. Ϯ Reading example: The multiplication factor of 0.792 for breast cancer in the 85+ old women means that the rate calculated in the year 1994 would need to be multiplied by 0.792 to be comparable to rate calculated in 1995.
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BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

ISSN: 1472-6947

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