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. 2008 Dec 16;100(2):421–425. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604830

Table 1. Standardised incidence ratios (SIRs) of breast cancer by age.

    Age at baseline
Variables Total 25− 30− 35− 40− 45− 50− 55− 60− 65− 70− 75− 80− 85+
Frequency 1492 171 152 176 214 167 144 108 86 63 76 56 44 35
Person-years 9109 738 794 1032 1215 1183 1003 737 579 467 438 364 291 268
New breast cancers Observed (N) 65 2 4 5 6 6 10 7 5 6 7 4 1 2
New breast cancers expected (N) 16.49 0.05 0.16 0.53 1.23 2.06 2.17 1.85 1.64 1.60 1.61 1.45 1.15 0.99
Rate per 105 observed 713.6 271.0 503.8 484.5 493.8 507.2 997.0 949.8 863.6 1284.8 1598.2 1098.9 343.6 746.3
Rate per 105 expected 181.0 6.8 20.8 51.5 101.4 173.9 216.6 250.8 284 342.7 366.9 397.6 393.7 369.1
SIR 3.9 40.1 30.3 9.4 5 2.9 4.1 3.8 3.1 3.8 5 2.8 0.9 2.1
95% CI 3.1–5.0 11.0–146 7.8–51 4.3–23.4 2.3–10.9 1.3–6.2 2.5–8.4 1.9–8.0 1.3–7.3 1.7–8.2 2.1–9.0 1.1–7.3 0.2–5.1 0.6–7.3
P-value <0.0001 0.02 0.002 0.002 0.007 0.05 0.0008 0.009 0.05 0.02 0.006 0.10 0.92 0.41