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Breast Cancer
Deaths from Breast Cancer, Females by Race
Indiana (1999) vs. United States (1998)
INDIANA (1999) | |
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White | 813 |
Black | 76 |
API | 4 |
Other Nonwhite | 1 |
Unknown | 1 |
Total | 895 |
UNITED STATES (1998) | |
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White | 37,759 |
Black | 5,281 |
Other | 697 |
Total | 41,737 |
Sources: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team CDC WONDER (www.wonder.cdc.gov) for U.S. data
Deaths from Breast Cancer by Age Group
Indiana, 1994-1998
Source: Freisen 2001
Indiana vs. United States, 1994-1998*
* Age-adjusted and standardized to the 2000 Standard Population
Incidence of Invasive Female Breast Cancer
Indiana vs. United States, 1996
INDIANA |
UNITED STATES | |||
NUMBER OF CASES | 3,768 | 184,300 | ||
RATE (PER 100,000) | 102.6 | 111.9* | ||
STANDARD ERROR | 1.72 | |||
SIGNIFICANCE | s |
Note: State total contains four cases that could not be assigned to a county.
s=significantly different from national rate
* breast cancer incidence rate, 1993-1997, age adjusted to 1970 U.S. standard population
Sources:
Indiana State Department of Health, Indiana State Cancer Registry and the Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team, January 2001 "Cancer Facts and
Figures 1996." American Cancer Society, "Cancer Incidence Rates by Site and State, U.S., 93-97." American Cancer Society
(www.cancer.org/eprise/main/docroot/STT/stt_0); SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1973-1997, Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results Program, Division of
Cancer Control and Population Studies, National Cancer Institute, 2000.
Incidence Rate of Breast Cancer by Race
Indiana vs. SEER, 1996
Source: Freisen 2001