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. 2011 Sep 21;11:401. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-11-401

Table 2.

Breast-cancer incidence proportion from 1980-1990 to 1995-2005 in France

Age in the cohort Incidence proportion of breast cancer diagnosis for 11 year periods Incidence proportion attributable to change in risk factor exposure from 1980-1990 to 1995-2005 Relative change in adjusted incidence proportion attributable to overdiagnosis
Cases per 1000 Cases per 1000 Adjusted relative increase
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) {(2)-(1)-(3)-(4)-(5)}/(1)
1980 - 1990 1995 - 2005 HRT Alcohol Obesity
50-64 20.4 36.8 .82 - .40 .48 76.0%
95% CL:66.7; 85.0

65-79 24.3 30.9 .89 - .25 .33 23.0 %
95% CL: 15.2%; 30.9%

Comparison of 11 year follow-up of age matched cohorts 15 years apart