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Table 2 Contrasts for comparing period trends in 1988–2002 with those in 1973–1987 for pancreatic cancer in the 47 prefectures of Japan, and the totals

From: Changes in pancreatic cancer mortality, period patterns, and birth cohort patterns in Japan: analysis of mortality data in the period 1968–2002

Prefecture

Male

Female

Prefecture

Male

Female

Contrast (95% CI)

P a

Contrast (95% CI)

P a

Contrast (95% CI)

P a

Contrast (95% CI)

P a

Hokkaido

−0.115(−0.271 to 0.040)

0.141

−0.264(−0.417 to −0.111)

0.001

Shiga

−0.172(−0.486 to 0.143)

0.277

−0.132(−0.583 to 0.320)

0.559

Aomori

0.086(−0.213 to 0.385)

0.564

0.196(−0.065 to 0.457)

0.136

Kyoto

−0.046(−0.283 to 0.191)

0.697

0.039 (−0.265 to 0.344)

0.795

Iwate

−0.319(−0.623 to −0.015)

0.040

−0.040(−0.407 to 0.326)

0.826

Osaka

−0.240(−0.382 to −0.099)

0.001

−0.169(−0.354 to 0.016)

0.072

Miyagi

−0.391(−0.557 to −0.225)

<0.001

−0.033(−0.346 to 0.280)

0.831

Hyogo

−0.135(−0.315 to 0.044)

0.134

−0.099(−0.269 to 0.071)

0.245

Akita

−0.226(−0.573 to 0.121)

0.195

0.276(−0.093 to 0.645)

0.138

Nara

−0.468(−0.844 to −0.091)

0.016

−0.054(−0.449 to 0.341)

0.783

Yamagata

−0.045(−0.356 to 0.266)

0.770

0.224(−0.096 to 0.545)

0.165

Wakayama

−0.590(−0.966 to −0.213)

0.003

−0.003(−0.479 to 0.474)

0.991

Fukushima

−0.132(−0.377 to 0.113)

0.283

−0.090(−0.356 to 0.177)

0.501

Tottori

−0.173(−0.659 to 0.314)

0.477

−0.053(−0.528 to 0.422)

0.823

Ibaraki

−0.183(−0.520 to 0.155)

0.281

−0.135(−0.353 to 0.084)

0.220

Shimane

−0.359(−0.751 to 0.033)

0.072

0.058(−0.327 to 0.444)

0.761

Tochigi

−0.018(−0.300 to 0.263)

0.895

0.043(−0.222 to 0.308)

0.745

Okayama

−0.254(−0.555 to 0.047)

0.096

−0.196(−0.517 to 0.125)

0.225

Gumma

−0.046(−0.215 to 0.124)

0.590

0.186(−0.176 to 0.547)

0.306

Hiroshima

−0.004(−0.186 to 0.179)

0.967

0.031(−0.247 to 0.308)

0.824

Saitama

−0.244(−0.439 to −0.049)

0.015

−0.139(−0.426 to 0.148)

0.333

Yamaguchi

−0.197(−0.466 to 0.072)

0.147

−0.038(−0.444 to 0.368)

0.852

Chiba

−0.278(−0.468 to −0.088)

0.005

0.198(−0.087 to 0.483)

0.168

Tokushima

−0.189(−0.636 to 0.258)

0.397

0.049(−0.572 to 0.670)

0.875

Tokyo

−0.040(−0.178 to 0.098)

0.564

0.028(−0.135 to 0.190)

0.732

Kagawa

−0.519(−1.063 to 0.024)

0.061

−0.219(−0.692 to 0.254)

0.355

Kanagawa

−0.100(−0.244 to 0.043)

0.165

0.018(−0.246 to 0.282)

0.891

Ehime

−0.041(−0.371 to 0.288)

0.801

0.227(−0.075 to 0.529)

0.137

Niigata

−0.091(−0.353 to 0.171)

0.487

−0.064(−0.302 to 0.174)

0.591

Kochi

0.169(−0.111 to 0.449)

0.230

−0.112(−0.562 to 0.339)

0.620

Toyama

−0.033(−0.286 to 0.220)

0.793

0.205(−0.154 to 0.564)

0.255

Fukuoka

−0.071(−0.217 to 0.074)

0.329

0.114(−0.166 to 0.395)

0.416

Ishikawa

0.085(−0.459 to 0.629)

0.753

0.120(−0.223 to 0.463)

0.483

Saga

0.113(−0.327 to 0.553)

0.608

−0.196(−0.672 to 0.280)

0.410

Fukui

−0.056(−0.395 to 0.283)

0.740

0.089(−0.314 to 0.493)

0.656

Nagasaki

0.069(−0.274 to 0.411)

0.687

0.239(−0.094 to 0.571)

0.154

Yamanashi

−0.439(−0.984 to 0.106)

0.111

0.048(−0.296 to 0.393)

0.778

Kumamoto

0.040(−0.220 to 0.301)

0.757

−0.044(−0.358 to 0.270)

0.780

Nagano

−0.027(−0.507 to 0.454)

0.912

0.014(−0.283 to 0.311)

0.925

Oita

0.137(−0.156 to 0.431)

0.350

0.094(−0.229 to 0.417)

0.560

Gifu

−0.176(−0.514 to 0.162)

0.299

0.148(−0.320 to 0.617)

0.526

Miyazaki

0.155(−0.269 to 0.579)

0.465

0.088(−0.382 to 0.559)

0.706

Shizuoka

−0.104(−0.305 to 0.098)

0.305

0.102(−0.131 to 0.335)

0.381

Kagoshima

−0.251(−0.497 to −0.006)

0.045

−0.015(−0.370 to 0.340)

0.932

Aichi

0.003(−0.198 to 0.204)

0.976

0.009(−0.213 to 0.232)

0.934

Okinawa

0.076(−0.343 to 0.496)

0.713

0.030(−0.465 to 0.525)

0.903

Mie

−0.182(−0.452 to 0.088)

0.181

0.054(−0.284 to 0.393)

0.747

Total

−0.118(−0.178 to −0.058)

<0.001

0.003(−0.079 to 0.085)

0.942

  1. CI, Confidence interval
  2. aThe F test was used