Table 1:

Breast Cancer Mortality^a in the United States by Hot Spot Category, 2000 – 2015, excluding Alaska and Hawaii.

	Breast Cancer Deathsb	Mean Crude Breast Cancer Mortality per 100,000 womenc (95% CI)	Mean Age- Adjusted Breast Cancer Mortality per 100,000 womenc (95% CI)
Entire United States
Hot Spot (n = 80)	8,209	44.5 (42.0 – 47.0)	34.6 (33.0 – 36.2)
Non-Significant (n = 3,028)	645,421	32.8 (32.6 – 33.1)	29.1 (29.0 – 29.3)
Overall (n = 3,108)d	653,630	32.9 (32.7 – 33.1)	29.2 (29.1 – 29.4)
Among NH-Black Women
Hot Spot (n = 119)	6,049	44.2 (42.7 – 45.8)	44.7 (43.3 – 46.2)
Non-Significant (n = 2,989)	83,703	35.8 (35.4 – 36.2)	38.9 (38.6 – 39.3)
Overall (n = 3,108)e	89,752	36.3 (35.9 – 36.6)	39.3 (39.0 – 39.6)
Among Hispanic Women
Hot Spot (n = 83)	8,806	18.5 (18.1 – 18.9)	21.6 (21.2 – 22.0)
Non-Significant (n = 3,025)	23,635	12.2 (12.0 – 12.4)	17.2 (17.0 – 17.4)
Overall (n = 3,108)f	32,441	13.4 (13.3 – 13.6)	18.1 (17.9 – 18.3)
Among NH-White Women
Hot Spot (n = 57)	30,268	46.6 (45.4 – 47.8)	29.1 (28.9 – 29.2)
Non-Significant (n = 3,051)	479,420	37.0 (36.8 – 37.3)	33.2 (32.5 – 33.9)
Overall (n = 3,108)g	509,688	37.5 (37.2 – 37.8)	29.3 (29.1 – 29.4)

^aDeaths per 100,000 women.

^bTotal number of deaths, identified using International Classification of Diseases, 10^th Version codes for breast cancer.

^cWeighted by county population of women aged 18+ (weighted by NH-Black, Hispanic, and NH-White populations for race/ethnicity stratified mortality rates).

^dThe row that indicates “overall mortality rate” should be interpreted as the county-level mean mortality rate per 100,000 women for all women

^eNH-Black women

^fHispanic women

^gNH-White women.