Table 3.

Numbers of life-threatening events in one year in 100 000 white US women age 50–59 years with uteri if none get tamoxifen and if all get tamoxifen^*

Health outcome	Relative risk	Events without tamoxifen	Events if all get tamoxifen
Invasive breast cancer	0.51	246.6	125.8
Hip fracture	0.55	101.6	55.9
Endometrial cancer	4.01	81.4	326.4
Stroke	1.59	110	174.9
Pulmonary embolism	3.01	50	150.5
Total	−	589.6	833.5

^*Relative risk compares tamoxifen with placebo. From Gail (45), based on Fisher et al. and Gail e al. (43,46).