Table 1 |
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Estimated change in incidence rate/year (%) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for brain and central nervous system tumours in the age group 5-19 years in Nordic countries 1990-2008 according to NORDCAN |
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Men |
Women |
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Change in incidence rate/year (%) |
95% CI |
n |
Change in incidence rate/year (%) |
95% CI |
n |
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Nordic countries* |
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1990-2008 |
-0.1 |
-1.2, 1.1 |
1 779 |
+0.8 |
-0.3, 2.0 |
1 541 |
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Denmark |
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1990-2008 |
-1.1 |
-3.5, 1.3 |
418 |
+0.5 |
-1.9, 3.1 |
347 |
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Norway |
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1990-2008 |
+3.3 |
0.8, 5.9 |
347 |
+2.5 |
0.2, 4.9 |
314 |
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Sweden |
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1990-2008 |
-2.3 |
-3.5, -1.1 |
631 |
+0.3 |
-1.6, 2.2 |
546 |
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Calculations were based on incidence rates age adjusted to the world standard population and rounded to two decimal places. Linear regression analysis on the logarithm of the age-adjusted incidence rates was used to calculate the trends. * = Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden. |
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Söderqvist et al. Environmental Health 2011 10:106 doi:10.1186/1476-069X-10-106 |
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