Region |-----------1959 - 1988 trends----------| Trend N ( 95% CI ) Sign. Rel. Abu. ME -3.5 28 -6.4 -0.6 ** 8.76 MAS 5.3 18 3.3 7.2 *** 9.30 NY 5.9 18 2.0 9.8 *** 1.03 NS 1.2 16 -4.6 7.0 7.11 SUR 0.7 164 -1.8 3.2 4.64