National Healthcare Quality Report 2004

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Table 1.2: Rate of breast cancer incidence per 100,000 women age 40 and over diagnosed at advanced stage (regional, distant stage or local stage w/tumor greater than 2cm), United States, 2000 and 2001

	2001		2000
Population group	Rate^b	Standard error	Rate^b	Standard error
Total	149.7	1.3	149.4	1.3
Age^a
40 and over	149.9	1.3	149.7	1.3
40-64	125.1	1.4	125.8	1.5
65 and over	208.8	2.9	204.9	2.9
Race
American Indian or Alaska Native	53.2	7.4	65.1	8.8
Asian or Pacific Islander	111.2	3.4	102.9	3.4
Black	148.1	4.4	159.5	4.6
White	155.2	1.5	154.2	1.5
Ethnicity
Hispanic	113.6	3.5	124.5	3.8
Non-Hispanic	153.2	1.6	152.4	1.6
White, non-Hispanic	161.7	1.8	158.4	1.8
Residence location
MSA	151.1	1.4	151.7	1.4
Non-MSA	137.1	3.9	129.8	3.9

^a Not age adjusted.

^bData are from the SEER 12 registries, except the Ethnicity category (which excludes the Alaska Native, Detroit and Hawaii registries). All rates except as noted are per 100,000 women age 40 and over, and are age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard million population by 5-year age groups.

Source: National Cancer Institute, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program.

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