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Published in final edited form as: Int J Cancer. 2009 Jan 15;124(2):429–433. doi: 10.1002/ijc.23889

TABLE II.

SHORT-TERM SECULAR CHANGE IN BREAST CANCER INCIDENCE IN BARBADOS AND IN AFRICAN-AMERICANS

Year	Follow-up months (days)	Cases	Person-years exposure	Age-standardized incidence rate (2000 US standard population)
Year	Follow-up months (days)	Cases	Person-years exposure	Barbados	African-Americans
2002	6 (183)	55	69,981	79.2 (59.3–103.7)	143.3 (139.5–147.3)
2003	12 (365)	107	139,579	80.6 (65.8–97.8)	143.0 (139.1–146.9)
2004	12 (365)	93	139,961	67.9 (54.7–83.5)	143.7 (139.9–147.6)
2005	12 (365)	107	139,579	79.5 (65.0–96.5)	n/a¹
2006	3 (91)	34	34,417	101.1 (69.4–143.1)	n/a¹
2002–2006	45 (1,369)	396	523,517	75.6 (68.4 – 83.5)	–

All rates based on invasive and in-situ disease.

SEER data for 2005 and 2006 not available (n/a).