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Table 4 Contrasts for comparing cohort trends in 1938–1962 with those in 1913–1937 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

Males

Females

Prefecture

Males

Females

Contrast (95% CI)

P a

Contrast (95% CI)

P a

Contrast (95% CI)

P a

Contrast (95% CI)

P a

Hokkaido

−1.580(−2.557 to −0.603)

0.002

−1.057(−2.018 to −0.096)

0.032

Shiga

−0.818(−2.796 to 1.160)

0.408

4.054(1.214 to 6.894)

0.006

Aomori

0.062(−1.818 to 1.943)

0.947

−0.194(−1.835 to 1.446)

0.812

Kyoto

−0.388(−1.880 to 1.105)

0.603

−0.047(−1.961 to 1.868)

0.961

Iwate

1.407(−0.505 to 3.319)

0.145

−0.755(−3.062 to 1.551)

0.512

Osaka

−0.808(−1.697 to 0.081)

0.074

0.036 (−1.126 to 1.198)

0.950

Miyagi

0.030(−1.012 to 1.072)

0.954

−0.147(−2.117 to 1.823)

0.881

Hyogo

−0.196(−1.323 to 0.931)

0.727

0.789(−0.279 to 1.858)

0.143

Akita

−1.817(−4.000 to 0.366)

0.100

−1.244(−3.563 to 1.076)

0.285

Nara

0.995(−1.373 to 3.364)

0.401

−0.033(−2.519 to 2.454)

0.979

Yamagata

−0.575(−2.530 to 1.381)

0.556

2.418(0.402 to 4.434)

0.020

Wakayama

−1.001(−3.371 to 1.368)

0.398

1.682(−1.316 to 4.680)

0.264

Fukushima

0.866(−0.676 to 2.408)

0.263

−1.160(−2.837 to 0.517)

0.170

Tottori

−0.467(−3.525 to 2.592)

0.759

−0.017(−3.004 to 2.971)

0.991

Ibaraki

−0.291(−2.415 to 1.832)

0.783

0.734(−0.639 to 2.107)

0.287

Shimane

2.074(−0.394 to 4.541)

0.097

−0.528(−2.952 to 1.896)

0.662

Tochigi

−4.342(−6.112 to −2.572)

<0.001

−1.068(−2.735 to 0.599)

0.203

Okayama

−0.312(−2.204 to 1.581)

0.741

1.367(−0.652 to 3.387)

0.179

Gumma

−0.437(−1.502 to 0.629)

0.412

−0.543(−2.819 to 1.733)

0.632

Hiroshima

0.684(−0.464 to 1.831)

0.236

0.182(−1.563 to 1.927)

0.834

Saitama

0.245(−0.981 to 1.471)

0.688

−2.180(−3.983 to −0.378)

0.019

Yamaguchi

−2.826(−4.520 to −1.132)

0.002

−2.348(−4.903 to 0.206)

0.071

Chiba

0.705(−0.491 to 1.901)

0.241

0.603(−1.190 to 2.396)

0.501

Tokushima

0.602(−2.210 to 3.414)

0.668

3.474(−0.432 to 7.381)

0.080

Tokyo

−1.329(−2.199 to −0.460)

0.004

−0.608(−1.628 to 0.413)

0.236

Kagawa

0.255(−3.165 to 3.675)

0.881

−2.493(−5.468 to 0.481)

0.098

Kanagawa

−0.694(−1.595 to 0.208)

0.128

0.979(−0.683 to 2.641)

0.241

Ehime

−1.683(−3.757 to 0.391)

0.109

−4.485(−6.386 to −2.584)

<0.001

Niigata

1.350(−0.297 to 2.997)

0.105

1.901(0.402 to 3.400)

0.014

Kochi

2.835(1.072 to 4.597)

0.002

2.091(−0.745 to 4.927)

0.144

Toyama

−1.128(−2.721 to 0.465)

0.160

2.030(−0.226 to 4.287)

0.077

Fukuoka

−0.393(−1.309 to 0.523)

0.391

−0.085(−1.852 to 1.681)

0.923

Ishikawa

−0.085(−3.507 to 3.337)

0.960

−1.662(−3.822 to 0.498)

0.128

Saga

−1.555(−4.325 to 1.214)

0.263

1.768(−1.229 to 4.764)

0.240

Fukui

−1.240(−3.371 to 0.892)

0.247

−2.886(−5.423 to −0.349)

0.027

Nagasaki

0.918(−1.235 to 3.071)

0.394

−2.359(−4.450 to −0.267)

0.028

Yamanashi

−0.329(−3.756 to 3.099)

0.847

−1.023(−3.190 to 1.144)

0.346

Kumamoto

0.612(−1.027 to 2.251)

0.455

1.111(−0.864 to 3.086)

0.262

Nagano

0.613(−2.411 to 3.637)

0.684

−3.496(−5.367 to −1.626)

0.001

Oita

1.772(−0.077 to 3.622)

0.060

−2.655(−4.686 to −0.623)

0.012

Gifu

−2.300 (−4.427 to −0.174)

0.035

−0.688(−3.635 to 2.260)

0.640

Miyazaki

1.676(−0.993 to 4.344)

0.212

1.201(−1.758 to 4.160)

0.417

Shizuoka

0.213(−1.057 to 1.482)

0.737

−0.745(−2.211 to 0.721)

0.310

Kagoshima

−0.547(−2.089 to 0.994)

0.477

0.119(−2.114 to 2.353)

0.915

Aichi

−1.252(−2.517 to 0.013)

0.052

0.440(−0.961 to 1.841)

0.529

Okinawa

3.805(1.130 to 6.480)

0.007

3.429(0.272 to 6.586)

0.034

Mie

−2.893(−4.593 to −1.193)

0.001

2.118(−0.013 to 4.249)

0.051

Total

−0.450(−0.829 to −0.071)

0.021

−0.185(−0.700 to 0.330)

0.471

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