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Definition / meaning of percent change

The percent change (PC) in a statistic over a given time interval is Percent change = (Final value – Initial value) / Initial value * 100. A positive PC corresponds to an increasing trend, a negative PC to a decreasing trend.

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The Web site of the National Cancer Institute (http://www.cancer.gov/)

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