Table A2. Changes in breast cancer mortality and the contribution of breast cancer as a cause of death for the years 1998–90 and 2008–10, by age groups.
| Age groups (years) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40–49 | 50–59 | 60–69 | 70–79 | 80–84 | |
|
Average numbers of breast cancer deaths/year | |||||
| 1988/90 | 1415 | 2590 | 3516 | 3720 | 1662 |
| 2008/10 | 1000 | 1681 | 2354 | 2655 | 1498 |
| Reduction (%) |
415 (29) |
909 (35) |
1162 (33) |
1065 (29) |
164 (10) |
|
Breast cancer mortality | |||||
| 1988/90 | 39.0 | 81.5 | 115.1 | 151.2 | 214.0 |
| 2008/10 | 21.1 | 43.2 | 68.9 | 107.1 | 167.3 |
| Reduction (%) |
17.9 (46) |
38.3 (47) |
46.2 (40) |
44.1 (29) |
46.7 (22) |
|
No. of deaths (female)/year | |||||
| 1988/90 | 6712 | 15 947 | 45 567 | 89 289 | 64 641 |
| 2008/10 | 6659 | 13 612 | 28 347 | 57 884 | 50 557 |
| Reduction (%) |
53 (1) |
2335 (15) |
17 220 (38) |
31 405 (35) |
14 084 (21.8) |
|
Breast cancer deaths as % of all deaths | |||||
| 1988/90 | 21.1 | 16.2 | 7.7 | 4.2 | 2.6 |
| 2008/10 | 15.0 | 12.3 | 8.3 | 4.6 | 3.0 |
| Change | −6.1 | −3.9 | +0.6 | +0.4 | +0.4 |
GROS, 2010; ONS, 2011; NISRA, 2011