Table 2.

Breast cancer incidence (new cases) and mortality (deaths) in 2020 by age at diagnosis, world region and Human Development Index level.

POPULATIONa (in millions)					NEW CASES						DEATHS
	<50 years		50+ years		<50 years			50+ years			<50 years			50+ years
	N	(%)	N	(%)	N	(%)	ASR	N	(%)	ASR	N	(%)	ASR	N	(%)	ASR
Eastern Africa	201.6	7.0	22.8	2.3	22,801	3.4	15.9	22,908	1.4	101.4	10,639	8.1	7.6	13,408	2.4	59.4
Middle Africa	81.4	2.8	8.6	0.9	10,272	1.5	18.8	7624	0.5	88.4	4887	3.7	9.0	4613	0.8	53.8
Northern Africa	100.9	3.5	21.6	2.2	25,496	3.8	25.4	31,632	2.0	146.1	6576	5.0	6.6	14,948	2.7	67.4
Southern Africa	28.1	1.0	6.1	0.6	5680	0.9	19.2	10,846	0.7	175.4	1464	1.1	5.0	3626	0.7	58.5
Western Africa	179.1	6.2	20.4	2.1	21,973	3.3	17.6	27,366	1.7	136.9	10,039	7.6	8.2	15,587	2.8	78.6
Caribbean	15.9	0.6	6.1	0.6	4044	0.6	21.8	10,668	0.7	167.6	1182	0.9	6.4	4692	0.8	68.9
Central America	72.2	2.5	19.4	2.0	14,524	2.2	18.0	24,392	1.5	125.2	2757	2.1	3.5	7672	1.4	38.4
South America	161.6	5.6	57.1	5.8	45,596	6.9	22.9	110,876	6.9	190.3	8436	6.4	4.3	33,245	6.0	52.9
Northern America	116.6	4.0	69.7	7.1	52,224	7.8	34.0	229,367	14.4	311.2	4725	3.6	3.1	43,682	7.9	50.3
Eastern Asia	528.6	18.4	294.0	29.9	177,693	26.7	22.0	373,943	23.4	128.5	18,215	13.9	2.2	123,206	22.3	40.1
All but China	64.9	2.3	52.2	5.3	37,427	5.6	35.0	97,838	6.1	194.4	3567	2.7	3.3	20,680	3.7	33.7
China	463.7	16.1	241.8	24.6	140,266	21.1	20.0	276,105	17.3	115.3	14,648	11.2	2.0	102,526	18.5	41.7
South-Eastern Asia	257.0	8.9	77.7	7.9	55,090	8.3	18.0	103,849	6.5	133.9	12,877	9.8	4.2	45,793	8.3	58.0
South Central Asia	791.1	27.5	186.0	18.9	94,730	14.2	11.2	160,151	10.0	86.5	30,317	23.1	3.6	94,658	17.1	51.1
All but India	262.1	9.1	52.2	5.3	27,621	4.2	10.6	48,899	3.1	95.2	7714	5.9	3.0	26,853	4.8	52.5
India	529.0	18.4	133.9	13.6	67,109	10.1	11.4	111,252	7.0	83.2	22,603	17.2	3.9	67,805	12.2	50.6
Western Asia	108.1	3.8	24.5	2.5	24,738	3.7	21.5	35,977	2.3	147.0	6056	4.6	5.3	14,887	2.7	58.7
Central-Eastern Europe	91.8	3.2	63.4	6.4	33,883	5.1	23.7	124,825	7.8	190.7	5557	4.2	3.8	45,931	8.3	61.1
Northern Europe	32.4	1.1	21.4	2.2	14,755	2.2	32.3	68,422	4.3	302.9	1485	1.1	3.2	16,479	3.0	55.4
Southern Europe	43.0	1.5	35.4	3.6	25,359	3.8	34.9	94,826	5.9	258.6	2474	1.9	3.3	26,133	4.7	53.5
Western Europe	55.7	1.9	44.1	4.5	30,668	4.6	37.7	138,348	8.7	302.8	2816	2.1	3.4	40,890	7.4	64.1
Australia/New Zealand	9.9	0.3	5.4	0.5	4844	0.7	36.0	18,433	1.2	333.4	385	0.3	2.9	3407	0.6	49.0
Melanesia	4.7	0.2	0.8	0.1	1022	0.2	24.1	1193	0.1	156.0	411	0.3	9.8	710	0.1	98.3
Micronesia/Polynesia	0.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	116	0.0	23.8	265	0.0	195.5	24	0.0	5.0	107	0.0	78.2
Low HDI	443.6	15.4	50.9	5.2	52,691	7.9	17.0	56,881	3.6	112.8	24,261	18.5	8.0	34,325	6.2	68.7
Medium HDI	924.6	32.1	211.4	21.5	115,253	17.3	11.9	192,405	12.1	91.3	37,818	28.8	4.0	109,609	19.8	51.9
High HDI	1025.5	35.6	416.5	42.3	280,414	42.1	20.5	545,024	34.2	131.3	44,687	34.0	3.3	202,799	36.6	47.4
Very high HDI	485.5	16.9	305.3	31.0	216,804	32.6	31.2	800,655	50.2	253.5	24,478	18.6	3.5	206,615	37.3	53.0
World	2880.3	100	984.5	100	665,508	100	20.0	1,595,911	100	159.2	131,322	100	4.0	553,674	100.0	52.0

^aFemale population; ASR=(truncated) age-standardized rate per 100,000; HDI= Human Development Index.