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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010 Sep 14;19(10):2430–2436. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-10-0324

Table 2b.

Prevalence (%) of U.S. women of lifetime absolute risks (%) of breast cancer by race and age

≥6.00 95% CI ≥8.00 95% CI ≥10.00 95% CI ≥12.00 95% CI ≥14.00 95% CI ≥16.00 95% CI
All Women
 30–39 years 93.5 92.9–94.1 72.4 71.2–73.6 47.6 46.2–48.9 18.3 17.3–19.4 5.9 5.2–6.7 4.5 3.9–5.1
 40–49 years 95.5 94.9–96.0 69.9 68.4–71.3 41.8 40.3–43.2 20.5 19.5–21.7 10.4 9.6–11.3 7.0 6.4–7.8
 50–59 years 81.3 80.0–82.4 49.6 48.0–51.2 22.3 20.9–23.7 12.6 11.6–13.7 8.9 8.1–9.9 4.6 4.0–5.2
 60–69 years 48.9 47.0–50.8 18.8 17.3–20.5 10.8 9.7–12.1 6.4 5.5–7.4 2.8 2.3–3.5 2.1 1.6–2.6
 70–84 years 10.6 9.6–11.8 4.3 3.7–5.1 1.7 1.4–2.2 0.8 0.6–1.2 0.4 0.2–0.7 0.3 0.1–0.5
White Non-Hispanic
 30–39 years 100.0 NA§ 83.8 82.5–85.1 63.8 62.1–65.5 24.4 23.0–26.0 7.7 6.7–8.8 6.3 5.5–7.3
 40–49 years 100.0 NA 77.6 76.1–79.0 51.9 50.2–53.6 25.4 24.0–26.8 12.8 11.7–13.9 9.3 8.4–10,3
 50–59 years 85.2 83.8–86.4 54.7 52.8–56.5 26.5 24.9–28.1 15.2 14.0–16.5 11.2 10.1–12.3 5.8 5.0–6.6
 60–69 years 53.0 50.8–55.2 21.8 19.9–23.7 13.0 11.6–14.5 7.7 6.7–9.0 3.4 2.7–4.1 2.4 1.9–3.1
 70–84 years 12.2 11.0–13.5 5.0 4.3–5.9 2.0 1.6–2.6 1.0 0.7–1.4 0.5 0.3–0.9 0.3 0.1–0.6
Black Non-Hispanic
 30–39 years 100.0 NA 63.9 60.9–66.8 4.9 3.8–6.4 2.8 1.8–4.3 2.8 1.7–4.2 0.6 0.2–1.4
 40–49 years 100.0 NA 68.2 64.7–71.5 11.8 9.7–14.2 5.4 4.0–7.2 4.5 3.2–6.1 0.5 0.1–1.3
 50–59 years 88.0 85.3–90.2 42.8 39.3–46.4 8.0 6.0–10.6 4.9 3.2–7.3 0.7 0.1–2.0 0.5 0.1–1.6
 60–69 years 40.6 35.9–45.4 6.2 3.8–9.6 3.2 1.6–5.7 1.2 0.3–3.3 1.0 0.1–3.1 1.0 0.1–3.1
 70–84 years 4.0 2.0–7.0 0.6 0.0–3.1 0.6 0.0–3.1 0.0 NA 0.0 NA 0.0 NA
Hispanic
 30–39 years 55.1 52.0–58.1 22.0 19.5–24.8 3.7 2.7–5.0 2.5 1.7–3.5 1.0 0.5–1.9 0.2 0.0–0.7
 40–49 years 57.4 53.9–60.9 19.8 17.2–22.6 8.3 6.7–10.4 4.8 3.5–6.6 1.4 0.7–2.7 0.3 0.1–0.9
 50–59 years 35.1 30.4–40.1 11.7 9.1–14.9 5.8 3.9–8.3 1.6 0.8–3.3 0.5 0.1–1.4 0.5 0.1–1.4
 60–69 years 15.4 11.5–20.4 7.0 4.2–10.9 1.6 0.6–3.2 1.0 0.3–2.5 1.0 0.3–2.5 0.7 0.1–2.0
 70–84 years 1.0 0.3–2.6 0.1 0.0–1.1 0.1 0.0–1.1 0.1 0.0–1.1 0.0 NA 0.0 NA
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