TABLE 1.
The global trend of epidemiologic indices of breast cancer, all‐age numbers and age‐standardized rates, for each sex, in 1990 and 2019 and percent of changes in the 1990–2019 period
| Measure | Year | 1990 | 2019 | 1990–2019 percent change (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metric | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | |
| Incidence | Number | 867,621 (840,400 to 894,764) a | 9372 (8809 to 9965) | 1,977,212 (1,807,615 to 2,145,215) | 25,143 (22,231 to 27,786) | 57 (43.9 to 70.3) | 86.2 (60.2 to 110) |
| Rate | 40.1 (38.8 to 41.3) | 0.5 (0.5 to 0.6) | 45.9 (41.9 to 49.8) | 0.7 (0.6 to 0.7) | 14.3 (4.7 to 24) | 22 (5.1 to 37.2) | |
| Prevalence | Number | 8,530,273 (7,930,451 to 9,258,183) | 70,400 (64,878 to 76,734) | 19,084,906 (17,547,052 to 20,568,942) | 198,795 (177,781 to 218,546) | 54.1 (43 to 66.1) | 96 (73.8 to 117.5) |
| Rate | 397.8 (369.3 to 433.5) | 3.9 (3.6 to 4.3) | 441.5 (406.2 to 475.9) | 5.1 (4.6 to 5.7) | 11 (2.6 to 19.8) | 30.9 (16.9 to 45) | |
| Deaths | Number | 375,016 (358,978 to 390,820) | 5889 (5425 to 6371) | 688,562 (635,323 to 739,571) | 12,098 (10,693 to 13,322) | 26.5 (16.8 to 35.6) | 42.6 (21.5 to 62.2) |
| Rate | 17.8 (16.9 to 18.5) | 0.4 (0.3 to 0.4) | 15.9 (14.7 to 17.1) | 0.3 (0.3 to 0.4) | −10.5 (−17.3 to −4.2) | −10.6 (−23.5 to 1.8) | |
| YLLs (years of life lost) | Number | 10,919,861 (10,484,224 to 11,440,520) | 147,797 (136,607 to 160,159) | 18,943,447 (17,533,330 to 20,455,079) | 296,598 (261,481 to 328,528) | 19.5 (9.4 to 29) | 39.3 (17.8 to 59.5) |
| Rate | 496.8 (476.9 to 520.2) | 7.8 (7.2 to 8.4) | 442.1 (409 to 477.5) | 7.5 (6.6 to 8.3) | −11 (−18.6 to −3.9) | −4.3 (−18.8 to 9.3) | |
| YLDs (years lived with disability) | Number | 606,822 (427,202 to 821,210) | 6578 (4629 to 8752) | 1,366,740 (956,851 to 1,845,097) | 18,527 (13,227 to 25,061) | 55.1 (43.5 to 68.1) | 95.5 (70.8 to 118.7) |
| Rate | 28.1 (19.8 to 37.9) | 0.4 (0.3 to 0.5) | 31.7 (22.2 to 42.8) | 0.5 (0.3 to 0.6) | 12.9 (4.4 to 22.4) | 30.4 (14.2 to 45.6) | |
| DALYs (disability‐adjusted life years) | Number | 11,526,683 (11,021,135 to 12,107,827) | 154,375 (142,696 to 166,951) | 20,310,187 (18,744,799 to 21,866,646) | 315,126 (278,546 to 349,292) | 21.4 (11.5 to 30.5) | 41.7 (20.2 to 61.7) |
| Rate | 524.9 (501.8 to 551.1) | 8.2 (7.5 to 8.8) | 473.8 (437.3 to 510.5) | 8 (7 to 8.8) | −9.7 (−17.1 to −3) | −2.7 (−17.1 to 10.5) | |
a
Data in parentheses are 95% uncertainty intervals.