Table 1 Breast cancer epidemiology in Germany 2008/2009 (data source: Centre for Cancer Register Data [Zentrum für Krebsregisterdaten {ZFKD}], Society of Epidemiological Cancer Registers in Germany [Gesellschaft der epidemiologischen Krebsregister in Deutschland e. V. {GEKID}] and Federal Office of Statistics [Statistisches Bundesamt]).

ASR [E] = age standardised rate according to European standardData source when not otherwise stated: ZFKD 1, GEKID 2, Statistisches Bundesamt 9.* Data source: data set of the Epidemiological Cancer Register Schleswig-Holstein (Epidemiologisches Krebsregister Schleswig-Holstein), data status as per October 2012.** Data source: Katalinic et al. 14
Incidence	ZFKD 2008	GEKID 2009
average age at disease onset
invasive	65
in situ		59*
Incidence
invasive
number of cases	71 660	71 874
crude rate, per 100 000	171.1	171.6
ASR [E], per 100 000	123.1	123.8
in situ
number of cases	6 500
crude rate, per 100 000	15.5
ASR [E], per 100 000		13.3**
5-year survival
absolute	78 %
relative	86 %
5-year prevalence
number of cases	273 000
crude rate, per 100 000	685,3
Mortality	Statistisches Bundesamt 2 009
average age at death	71 : 2
mortality
number of cases	17 066
crude rate, per 100 000	40,9
ASR [E], per 100 000	23,4