New Cancer Statistics/Changes Available with This Edition
- A new table named Time Trend Statistics has been added to this year's report. This table summarizes long-term incidence and mortality trends using joinpoint regression analysis. The "joinpoint trend" indicates a range of years, for which a given trend was constant and is summarized by the annual percent change (APC). The average annual percent change (AAPC) is used to provide a summary of the trend for the last ten years (1999-2008) and the last five years (2004-2008). The AAPC is based on the APCs calculated by SEER's Joinpoint Regression Program. Data in this table can be used to compare trends observed in NY to national trends (e.g., to the Annual Report to the Nation and to published data from the National Cancer Institute's SEER program).
