TABLE 1.
Age-Standardized Incidence Rate per 100 000 | Age-Standardized Mortality Rate per 100 000 | |||
US 1970 Standard Million | World Standard | US 1970 Standard Million | World Standard | |
US women (1994–1998)3 | ||||
Total | 114.3 | 96.7 | 24.2 | 19.6 |
White | 117.9 | 99.6 | 23.8 | 19.2 |
Black | 103.3 | 88.3 | 30.9 | 25.8 |
Women worldwide (2000)1 | ||||
Total | 35.7 | 12.5 | ||
More industrialized countries | 63.2 | 18.6 | ||
Less industrialized countries | 23.1 | 9.1 | ||
Women in selected regions (2000)1 | ||||
North America | 90.4 | 21.4 | ||
Northern Europe | 73.2 | 24.6 | ||
Western Europe | 78.2 | 23.5 | ||
Southern Europe | 56.2 | 19.1 | ||
Eastern Europe | 49.4 | 17.2 | ||
Australia/New Zealand | 82.7 | 19.7 | ||
South America | 45.1 | 14.8 | ||
Central America | 36.2 | 11.6 | ||
Northern Africa | 28.3 | 12.8 | ||
Western Africa | 24.8 | 11.3 | ||
Eastern Africa | 20.2 | 9.2 | ||
Southern Africa | 31.8 | 14.4 | ||
Western Asia | 27.9 | 11.8 | ||
Southeast Asia | 25.6 | 11.5 | ||
Eastern Asia | 18.1 | 4.9 |