Table 1. Age distribution of breast cancer incidence and mortality in Peru.

Age groups	Female population (2005)*	Incidence rate per 100.000)*	Number of incident cases (%)	Mortality rate (per 100.000)*	Number of deaths (%)	Mortality / incidence ratio	Current stage distribution (AJCC)**
0-4	1,382,448	0.0	0 (0%)	0.0	0 (0%)	n/a	Stage I
5-14	2,860,994	0.0	0 (0%)	0.0	0 (0%)	n/a	7.04%
15-29	3,801,363	1.28	49 (1.4%)	0.25	10 (0.5%)	0.20	Stage II
30-44	2,736,393	31.69	867 (24.2%)	9.66	264 (12.7%)	0.30	36.44%
45-59	1,654,473	85.79	1419 (39.6%)	46.22	765 (36.7%)	0.54	Stage III
60-69	630,326	85.17	536 (15.0%)	64.45	406 (19.5%)	0.76	43.48%
70-79	400,815	121.59	487 (13.6%)	104.57	419 (20.1%)	0.86	Stage IV
80+	142,471	158.61	226 (6.3%)	153.32	218 (10.5%)	0.98	13.04%

* WHO Global Burden of Disease, 2004 update [7].

** INEN 2007-2011[12].