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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Maturitas. 2010 May 21;67(1):60–66. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2010.04.015

TABLE 4.

Breast cancer incidence and detection rates by menopausal status and definitiona

Breast Cancer Incidence and Detection Rates (95% Confidence Interval)a
Postmenopausal Surgical / Other Amenorrhea Perimenopausal Premenopausal
Incidence Detection Incidence Detection Incidence Detection Incidence Detection
Simplistic [646 total cases / 131,020 women] N/A N/A N/A N/A [478 total cases / 96,680 women]
4.9 (4.6–5.3) 4.3 (3.9–4.6) 4.9 (4.5–5.4) 4.0 (3.6–4.4)
Age-based
<50 / ≥50 years [761 total cases / 139,995 women] N/A N/A N/A N/A [363 total cases / 87,705 women]
5.4 (5.1–5.8) 4.7 (4.4–5.1) 4.1 (3.7–4.6) 3.2 (2.8–3.6)
<55 / ≥55 years [478 total cases / 85,483 women] N/A N/A N/A N/A [646 total cases / 142,217 women]
5.6 (5.1–6.1) 4.9 (4.5–5.4) 4.5 (4.2–4.9) 3.7 (3.3–4.0)
Combined simplistic [678 total cases / 134,912 women] N/A N/A [32 total cases / 6,155 women] [414 total cases / 86,633 women]
5.0 (4.6–5.4) 4.4 (4.0–4.7) 5.2 (3.4–7.0) 4.5 (2.7–6.0) 4.8 (4.3–5.2) 3.8 (3.3–4.2)
Complex [619 total cases / 119,982 women] [69 total cases / 17,022 women] [47 total cases / 10,749 women] [389 total cases / 79,947 women]
5.2 (4.8–5.6) 4.5 (4.1–4.9) 4.1 (3.1–5.0) 3.3 (2.4–4.2) 4.4 (3.5–5.6) 3.6 (2.5–4.8) 4.9 (4.4–5.3) 3.8 (3.4–4.2)
a

Rates per 1000 women. Case counts presented represent total incident cases; detected cases are a subset of these cases.