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. 2023 Feb 15;13(2):678–691.

Table 2.

Annual percentage change (APC) in age-adjusted incidence rates (number of breast cancer cases per 100,000 population) in women in 2010-2019 by triple-negative breast cancer status, race/ethnicity and age groups

Race/Ethnicity Triple-negative breast cancer Non-Triple-negative breast cancer Total breast cancer (triple-negative and non-triple-negative breast cancer)



N. Cases Incidence rate (95% CI) APC (95% CI) from 2010 to 2019 P value N. Cases Incidence rate (95% CI) APC (95% CI) from 2010 to 2019 P value N. Cases Incidence rate (95% CI) APC (95% CI) from 2010 to 2019 P value
All breast cancer cases aged 20 or older
    Non-Hispanic white 36,695 17.5 (17.4-17.7) -0.7 (-1.5-0.1) 0.1 349,087 159.4 (158.9-160.0) 1.2 (1.0-1.5) <0.001 385,782 176.9 (176.4-177.5) 1.1 (0.8-1.3) <0.001
    Non-Hispanic Asians and Pacific Islanders 4,727 12.4 (12.0-12.7) 0.6 (-0.6-1.9) 0.3 48,061 125.8 (124.7-127.0) 2.3 (1.8-2.8) <0.001 52,788 138.2 (137.0-139.4) 2.1 (1.6-2.6) <0.001
    Non-Hispanic black 12,102 33.8 (33.2-34.4) 0.3 (-0.5-1.1) 0.4 47,156 133.0 (131.7-134.2) 1.4 (0.8-1.9) <0.001 59,258 166.7 (165.4-168.1) 1.2 (0.8-1.5) <0.001
    American Indians and Alaska Natives 371 14.7 (13.2-16.3) -0.7 (-4-2.7) 0.7 3,057 116.7 (112.5-121.0) 1.7 (-0.1-3.5) 0.1 3,428 131.4 (126.9-136.0) 1.4 (-0.3-3.1) 0.1
    Hispanics 8,494 14.7 (14.4-15.1) 1.0 (-0.2-2.2) 0.1 60,528 109.4 (108.5-110.3) 1.7 (0.9-2.5) <0.001 69,022 124.2 (123.2-125.1) 1.7 (1.0-2.3) <0.001
    Total 62,623 18.3 (18.1-18.4) -0.2 (-1-0.6) 0.5 510,545 145.8 (145.4-146.2) 1.3 (1.0-1.6) <0.001 573,168 164.1 (163.7-164.5) 1.1 (0.8-1.4) <0.001
Breast cancer cases aged 20-44 years
    Non-Hispanic white 4,590 7.3 (7.1-7.5) -0.7 (-3.0-1.7) 0.2 26,465 42.5 (42.0-43.0) 1.7 (0.7-2.7) <0.001 31,055 49.8 (49.2-50.3) 1.3 (0.2-2.5) <0.001
    Non-Hispanic Asians and Pacific Islanders 855 4.9 (4.6-5.2) -1.3 (-7.5-5.3) 0.3 7,214 42.1 (41.2-43.1) 2.4 (0.2-4.7) <0.001 8,069 47.0 (46.0-48.1) 2.0 (-0.2-4.3) <0.001
    Non-Hispanic black 1,904 12.3 (11.8-12.9) -0.7 (-6.0-4.9) 0.5 6,045 39.3 (38.3-40.3) 1.5 (-0.3-3.4) <0.001 7,949 51.7 (50.5-52.8) 1.0 (-0.6-2.6) <0.001
    American Indians and Alaska Natives 80 7.4 (5.9-9.3) 1.7 (-14.4-20.8) 0.6 373 35.7 (32.1-39.5) 4.5 (-4.1-13.8) <0.001 453 43.1 (39.2-47.3) 4.1 (-3.5-12.3) <0.001
    Hispanics 2,239 6.6 (6.3-6.9) 1.1 (-1.9-4.1) 0.1 10,110 30.4 (29.8-31.0) 2.9 (0.1-5.8) <0.001 12,349 37.0 (36.3-37.7) 2.6 (0.3-4.9) <0.001
    Sub-Total 9,710 7.4 (7.3-7.6) -0.4 (-2.1-1.4) 0.3 50,548 39.2 (38.8-39.5) 2.0 (1.1-2.9) <0.001 60,258 46.6 (46.2-47.0) 1.6 (0.7-2.6) <0.001
Breast cancer cases aged 45-54 years
    Non-Hispanic white 7,060 21.7 (21.2-22.2) -0.7 (-2.4-1.1) 0.1 61,500 189.2 (187.7-190.7) 1.7 (0.7-2.7) <0.001 68,560 210.9 (209.3-212.5) 1.4 (0.5-2.4) <0.001
    Non-Hispanic Asians and Pacific Islanders 1,033 15.3 (14.4-16.3) -0.4 (-8.0-7.7) 0.8 12,143 180.4 (177.2-183.6) 2.7 (1.4-4.0) <0.001 13,176 195.7 (192.4-199.1) 2.5 (0.8-4.1) <0.001
    Non-Hispanic black 3,100 45.5 (43.9-47.1) -0.2 (-4.0-3.8) 0.8 10,175 149.8 (146.9-152.8) 1.2 (-1.6-4.1) 0.1 13,275 195.4 (192-198.7) 0.9 (-1.4-3.2) 0.1
    American Indians and Alaska Natives 89 18.1 (14.5-22.3) -6.0 (-16.7-6.0) <0.001 642 130.6 (120.6-141.2) 2.7 (-6.8-13.2) 0.2 731 148.7 (138-159.9) 1.5 (-6.4-10.1) 0.4
    Hispanics 2,338 19.8 (19.0-20.6) -0.5 (-5.7-5.0) 0.7 15,762 133.5 (131.4-135.6) 1.8 (-0.6-4.2) <0.001 18,100 153.3 (151.1-155.6) 1.5 (-0.6-3.6) <0.001
    Sub-Total 13,688 23.4 (23.0-23.8) -0.6 (-3.1-2.0) 0.3 100,804 172.7 (171.7-173.8) 1.6 (0.6-2.6) <0.001 114,492 196.2 (195-197.3) 1.3 (0.4-2.3) <0.001
Breast cancer cases aged 55 years or older
    Non-Hispanic white 25,045 32.4 (32.0-32.9) -0.7 (-2.8-1.6) 0.2 261,122 340.2 (338.9-341.5) 1.0 (0.4-1.6) <0.001 286,167 372.6 (371.3-374) 0.9 (0.3-1.4) <0.001
    Non-Hispanic Asians and Pacific Islanders 2,839 23.3 (22.4-24.1) 1.7 (-1.7-5.2) <0.001 28,704 234.3 (231.6-237.1) 2.0 (0.5-3.5) <0.001 31,543 257.6 (254.7-260.5) 2.0 (0.7-3.3) <0.001
    Non-Hispanic black 7,098 62.9 (61.4-64.5) 0.8 (-0.1-1.8) <0.001 30,936 282.1 (278.9-285.4) 1.4 (0.1-2.7) <0.001 38,034 345.1 (341.5-348.7) 1.3 (0.3-2.3) <0.001
    American Indians and Alaska Natives 202 25.0 (21.6-28.9) 0.6 (-8.8-10.9) 0.8 2,042 246.2 (235.2-257.5) 0.6 (-5.3-6.7) 0.7 2,244 271.2 (259.7-283.1) 0.6 (-5.2-6.7) 0.6
    Hispanics 3,917 25.5 (24.7-26.3) 1.7 (-2.2-5.8) 0.1 34,656 229.1 (226.6-231.6) 1.5 (-0.1-3.1) <0.001 38,573 254.6 (252-257.2) 1.5 (0.2-2.8) <0.001
    Sub-Total 39,225 33.6 (33.3-34.0) 0.0 (-1.7-1.8) 0.9 359,193 310.8 (309.8-311.9) 1.0 (0.4-1.6) <0.001 398,418 344.5 (343.4-345.5) 0.9 (0.4-1.5) <0.001