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Table 3 Change in trends of age-standardised mortality rates from 1980 to 2015 for different standard populations

Standardised using population of year	Coefficient	95% Lower confidence interval	95% Upper confidence interval	p-value
Men
1980	−8.4	−10.5	−6.3	< 0.001
1985	−9.7	−11.8	−7.6	< 0.001
1990	−11.2	−13.3	−9.1	< 0.001
1995	−13.0	−15.1	−10.9	< 0.001
2000	−15.4	−17.5	− 13.3	< 0.001
2005	−18.5	−20.6	−16.3	< 0.001
2010	−21.7	−23.8	−19.5	< 0.001
2015	−25.1	−27.2	− 23.0	< 0.001
Women
1980	−8.62	−13.4	−3.8	< 0.001
1985	−10.5	−15.3	−5.7	< 0.001
1990	−12.9	−17.7	−8.2	< 0.001
1995	−15.8	−20.6	−11.1	< 0.001
2000	−19.5	−24.2	−14.7	< 0.001
2005	−24.0	−28.7	−19.2	< 0.001
2010	−28.5	−33.3	−23.7	< 0.001
2015	−33.1	−37.9	−28.4	< 0.001

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