Fig. 4. Annual incidence of multiple myeloma in the Republic of Korea. Number of multiple myeloma cases (A). Crude and age-standardized incidence rate of multiple myeloma per million using the 2000 Korean standard population (B). ^a)Comparing 1999 and 2018. ^b)Average annual percent change by Joinpoint regression analysis. ^c)Incidence rate ratio per year from 1999 to 2018 as calculated by Poisson regression.
Abbreviations: AAPC, average annual percent change; ASR, age-standardized incidence rate; CI, confidence interval; CIR, crude incidence rate; IRR, incidence rate ratio.

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