Table 1

The trends in liver cancer burden by joinpoint regressions

Metric	Index	Period	Estimate % (95% CI)
Prevalence	APC	1997–2009	2.2 (2.0 to 2.4)*
	APC	2009–2016	7.2 (6.9 to 7.6)*
	AAPC	1997–2016	4.0 (3.9 to 4.2)*
Incidence	APC	1997–2010	1.2 (1.1 to 1.3)*
	APC	2010–2016	4.1 (3.8 to 4.3)*
	AAPC	1997–2016	2.1 (2.0 to 2.2)*
Mortality	APC	1997–2013	0.1 (−0.1 to 0.3)
	APC	2013–2016	2.8 (0.6 to 5.1)*
	AAPC	1997–2016	0.5 (0.2 to 0.9)*
Rate of DALYs	APC	1997–2013	−0.5 (−0.7 to −0.3)*
	APC	2013–2016	2.3 (0.0 to 4.7)
	AAPC	1997–2016	−0.1 (−0.4 to 0.3)

*P<0.05.
AAPC, average annual percent change; APC, annual percent change; DALYs, disability-adjusted life years.