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. 2012 Dec 27;5:700. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-700

Table 3.

Age-standardized incidence rates for Germany, Saarland and Marburg-Biedenkopf

 
Germanya
Saarlandb
 
Marburg-Biedenkopfc
 
 
 
 
 
95% Confidence level
 
95% Confidence level
Year SIR* SIR* Lower bound Upper bound SIR* Lower bound Upper bound
1996
98.2
103.1
95.3
110.9
93.4
76.6
110.2
1997
99.2
104.9
96.9
112.8
92.9
76.7
109.3
2003
102.3
114.3
106.2
122.5
101.3
84.6
118.0
2004
102.3
105.9
98.1
113.7
101.7
84.9
118.4
 
SIR**
SIR**
Lower bound
Upper bound
SIR**
Lower bound
Upper bound
1996
72.4
74.9
68.9
80.6
69.1
56.4
81.9
1997
73.1
76.9
70.9
82.9
70.4
57.7
83.2
2003
75.4
82.6
76.6
88.6
75.3
62.6
87.9
2004
75.4
77.5
71.6
83.4
74.8
62.2
87.4
 
 
 
 
 
SIR***
Lower bound
Upper bound
1996
 
 
 
 
0.873
0.733
1,039
1997
 
 
 
 
0.884
0.744
1,049
2003
 
 
 
 
0.866
0.738
1,017
2004         0.938 0.799 1,099

(a) Point estimates provided by German Center for Cancer Register Data 12/2010, (b) Point estimates and confidence. Intervals by Epidemiological Cancer Register of Saarland, (c ) Point estimates and confidence intervals by Breast Cancer. Query Database, (SIR) Direct age-standardized incidence ratio using (*) the european or (**) world standard population. (SIR***) Indirect age-standardized incidence ratio using Saarland demographics as standard population.