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. 2011 Dec 6;105(Suppl 2):S73–S76. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2011.488

Table 5. Cases of breast and ovarian cancer estimated to be due to sub-optimal breast feeding, UK 2010.

  Breast
Ovary
Age (years) Relative risk Observed cases Excess attributable cases PAF (%) Relative risk Observed cases Excess attributable cases PAF (%)
0–4 1 2 0 1 2 0
5–9 1 0 0 1 4 2
10–14 1 0 0 1 6 3
15–19 1.0005 4 0 0.1 1.0026 23 0 0.3
20–24 1.0044 32 0 0.4 1.0234 57 1 2.3
25–29 1.0114 167 2 1.1 1.0646 90 5 6.1
30–34 1.0194 548 10 1.9 1.1171 103 11 10.5
35–39 1.0258 1265 32 2.5 1.1639 160 23 14.1
40–44 1.0291 2593 73 2.8 1.1885 278 44 15.9
45–49 1.0298 4236 123 2.9 1.1950 428 70 16.3
50–54 1.0303 4810 141 2.9 1.1999 498 83 16.7
55–59 1.0306 5582 166 3.0 1.2026 623 105 16.8
60–64 1.0329 6459 206 3.2 1.2232 883 161 18.2
65–69 1.0353 6403 219 3.4 1.2448 852 168 19.7
70–74 1.0363 4332 152 3.5 1.2538 828 168 20.2
75–79 1.0355 4058 139 3.4 1.2463 734 145 19.8
80–84 1.0318 3526 109 3.1 1.2134 616 108 17.6
⩾85 1.0299 4367 127 2.9 1.1973 635 105 16.5
All ages   48 385 1498 3.1   6820 1201 17.6

Abbreviation: PAF=population-attributable fraction.