Table 1.
Breast cancer incidence (new cases) and mortality (deaths) in 2020 by world region and Human Development Index level.
| POPULATIONa (in millions) |
NEW CASES |
DEATHS |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | (%) | N | (%) | ASR | Cum. Risk (0–74yrs, %) | N | (%) | ASR | Cum. Risk (0–74yrs, %) | |
| Eastern Africa | 224.4 | 5.8 | 45,709 | 2.0 | 33.0 | 3.6 | 24,047 | 3.5 | 17.9 | 2.0 |
| Middle Africa | 90.0 | 2.3 | 17,896 | 0.8 | 32.7 | 3.4 | 9500 | 1.4 | 18.0 | 1.9 |
| Northern Africa | 122.5 | 3.2 | 57,128 | 2.5 | 49.6 | 5.1 | 21,524 | 3.1 | 18.8 | 1.9 |
| Southern Africa | 34.3 | 0.9 | 16,526 | 0.7 | 50.4 | 5.4 | 5090 | 0.7 | 15.7 | 1.7 |
| Western Africa | 199.6 | 5.2 | 49,339 | 2.2 | 41.5 | 4.5 | 25,626 | 3.7 | 22.3 | 2.5 |
| Caribbean | 22.0 | 0.6 | 14,712 | 0.7 | 51.0 | 5.5 | 5874 | 0.9 | 18.9 | 2.0 |
| Central America | 91.6 | 2.4 | 38,916 | 1.7 | 39.5 | 4.2 | 10,429 | 1.5 | 10.4 | 1.2 |
| South America | 218.7 | 5.7 | 156,472 | 6.9 | 56.4 | 6.1 | 41,681 | 6.1 | 14.0 | 1.5 |
| Northern America | 186.3 | 4.8 | 281,591 | 12.5 | 89.4 | 9.7 | 48,407 | 7.1 | 12.5 | 1.4 |
| Eastern Asia | 822.6 | 21.3 | 551,636 | 24.4 | 43.3 | 4.6 | 141,421 | 20.6 | 9.8 | 1.1 |
| All but China | 117.1 | 3.0 | 135,265 | 6.0 | 66.9 | 7.0 | 24,247 | 3.5 | 9.4 | 1.0 |
| China | 705.5 | 18.3 | 416,371 | 18.4 | 39.1 | 4.2 | 117,174 | 17.1 | 10.0 | 1.2 |
| South-Eastern Asia | 334.7 | 8.7 | 158,939 | 7.0 | 41.2 | 4.5 | 58,670 | 8.6 | 15.0 | 1.7 |
| South Central Asia | 977.1 | 25.3 | 254,881 | 11.3 | 26.2 | 2.9 | 124,975 | 18.2 | 13.1 | 1.5 |
| All but India | 314.2 | 8.1 | 76,520 | 3.4 | 27.5 | 3.1 | 34,567 | 5.0 | 12.9 | 1.5 |
| India | 662.9 | 17.2 | 178,361 | 7.9 | 25.8 | 2.8 | 90,408 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 1.5 |
| Western Asia | 132.6 | 3.4 | 60,715 | 2.7 | 46.6 | 5.0 | 20,943 | 3.1 | 16.0 | 1.7 |
| Central-Eastern Europe | 155.2 | 4.0 | 158,708 | 7.0 | 57.1 | 6.3 | 51,488 | 7.5 | 15.3 | 1.8 |
| Northern Europe | 53.8 | 1.4 | 83,177 | 3.7 | 86.4 | 9.4 | 17,964 | 2.6 | 13.7 | 1.5 |
| Southern Europe | 78.5 | 2.0 | 120,185 | 5.3 | 79.6 | 8.5 | 28,607 | 4.2 | 13.3 | 1.4 |
| Western Europe | 99.8 | 2.6 | 169,016 | 7.5 | 90.7 | 9.7 | 43,706 | 6.4 | 15.6 | 1.7 |
| Australia/New Zealand | 15.3 | 0.4 | 23,277 | 1.0 | 95.5 | 10.4 | 3792 | 0.6 | 12.1 | 1.3 |
| Melanesia | 5.5 | 0.1 | 2215 | 0.1 | 50.5 | 5.4 | 1121 | 0.2 | 27.5 | 2.9 |
| Micronesia/Polynesia | 0.6 | 0.0 | 381 | 0.0 | 58.2 | 6.0 | 131 | 0.0 | 19.6 | 2.1 |
| Low HDI | 494.5 | 12.8 | 109,572 | 4.8 | 36.1 | 3.9 | 58,586 | 8.6 | 20.1 | 2.2 |
| Medium HDI | 1136.0 | 29.4 | 307,658 | 13.6 | 27.8 | 3.0 | 147,427 | 21.5 | 13.6 | 1.5 |
| High HDI | 1442.0 | 37.3 | 825,438 | 36.5 | 42.7 | 4.6 | 247,486 | 36.1 | 12.1 | 1.4 |
| Very high HDI | 790.7 | 20.5 | 1,017,459 | 45.0 | 75.7 | 8.2 | 231,093 | 33.7 | 13.4 | 1.5 |
| World | 3864.8 | 100 | 2,261,419 | 100 | 47.8 | 5.2 | 684,996 | 100 | 13.6 | 1.5 |
a
Female population; ASR = age-standardized rate per 100,000; Cum. Risk = cumulative risk, ages 0–74 years; HDI= Human Development Index.