National Healthcare Quality Report, 2006: Table 1.2a

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Table 1.2a
Rate of breast cancers diagnosed at advanced stage,^a United States, 2000 and 2003
		2003		2000
Population group		Rate	Standard error	Rate	Standard error
Total		138.7	1.3	150.8	1.3
Age, not age adjusted	40-64	118.6	1.4	126.7	1.5
Age, not age adjusted	65 and over	188.6	2.7	207.6	2.9
Race	White	140.1	1.4	156.3	1.5
	Black	167.5	4.5	161.9	4.6
	American Indian/Alaska Native	56.6	7.5	73.0	9.1
	Asian/Pacific Islander	101.4	3.1	98.9	3.3
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	103.1	3.2	124.5	3.7
	Non-Hispanic, all races	143.4	1.4	153.9	1.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	146.0	1.6	160.4	1.7

^a Data are from the SEER 13 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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