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. 2008 Sep 21;8:40. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-40

Table 1.

Breast cancer incidence rates and estimated prevalence.

Age Invasive* DCIS Total DCIS Sojourn Prevalence Low§ High
Annual incidence per 1000 women Annual incidence per 1000 women Annual incidence per 1000 women % of all breast cancer Years Cases/1000

35.0 0.44 0.07 0.51 14 2.0 1.03
37.5 0.62 0.11 0.73 15 2.0 1.46
40.0 0.91 0.24 1.15 21 2.0 2.30
42.5 1.20 0.36 1.57 23 2.1 3.24 2.9 3.7
45.0 1.58 0.48 2.06 23 2.2 4.39 3.9 4.9
47.5 1.95 0.60 2.55 24 2.4 6.08 5.3 7.0
50.0 2.25 0.70 2.95 24 2.7 7.78 6.7 9.0
52.5 2.56 0.80 3.36 24 2.9 9.68 8.1 11.3
55.0 2.96 0.86 3.82 23 3.1 11.97 9.9 14.1
57.5 3.36 0.92 4.28 22 3.4 14.56 12.1 17.2
60.0 3.65 0.95 4.60 21 3.7 16.86
62.5 3.95 0.97 4.92 20 3.9 19.34
65.0 4.18 1.00 5.18 19 4.2 21.76

* Incidence rate data from SEER 1998–2002. [19]

Ductal carcinoma in situ.

Prevalence is incidence rate (Invasive + DCIS) times sojourn time. [20-23]

§ Low and high ranges apply the low and high values for sojourn time.