TABLE 1.

—Breast Cancer Incidence and Mortality: US Rates in a Global Context

	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