Table 1.

Number of obituaries collected per year and obituary-based proportions of female breast cancer deaths for 2008–2012; official death statistics and proportions of female breast cancer deaths for 2008–2012.

Year	Breast cancer obituaries	General obituaries	Obituary-based proportion of breast cancer deaths	Breast cancer deaths	All deaths	Official proportion of breast cancer deaths
2008	2398	34,585	0.0693	41,026	1,245,787	0.0319
2009	2432	36,708	0.0663	41,078	1,219,784	0.0326
2010	2660	39,797	0.0668	41,435	1,236,003	0.0324
2011	2736	45,744	0.0598	41,374	1,260,480	0.0318
2012	2490	47,081	0.0529	41,557	1,269,557	0.0317