Table 1.2a
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)a, United States, 2000 and 2002
    2002 2000
Population group Rate Standard error Rate Standard error
           
Total   147.1 1.3 149.4 1.3
           
Age (not age adjusted) 40 and over 147.3 1.3 149.7 1.3
40-64 124.6 1.4 125.8 1.5
65 and over 202.5 2.8 204.9 2.9
           
Race American Indian or Alaska Native 50.4 7.6 65.1 8.8
Asian or Pacific Islander 110.8 3.3 102.9 3.4
Black 160.5 4.5 159.5 4.6
White 151.1 1.5 154.2 1.5
           
Ethnicity Hispanic, all races 112.7 3.4 124.5 3.8
Non-Hispanic, all races 151.2 1.5 152.4 1.6
Non-Hispanic, White 156.7 1.8 158.4 1.8
           
Residence location MSA 149.8 1.4 151.7 1.4
Non-MSA 129.7 3.8 129.8 3.9
           

a Data are from the SEER 13 registries except the Ethnicity category (which excludes Alaska). 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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