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Table 2 Breast-cancer incidence proportion from 1980-1990 to 1995-2005 in France

From: An investigation of the apparent breast cancer epidemic in France: screening and incidence trends in birth cohorts

Age in the cohort

Incidence proportion of breast cancer diagnosis for 11 year periods

Incidence proportion attributable to change in risk factor exposure from 1980-1990 to 1995-2005

Relative change in adjusted incidence proportion attributable to overdiagnosis

 

Cases per 1000

Cases per 1000

Adjusted relative increase

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

{(2)-(1)-(3)-(4)-(5)}/(1)

 

1980 - 1990

1995 - 2005

HRT

Alcohol

Obesity

 

50-64

20.4

36.8

.82

- .40

.48

76.0%

95% CL:66.7; 85.0

65-79

24.3

30.9

.89

- .25

.33

23.0 %

95% CL: 15.2%; 30.9%

  1. Comparison of 11 year follow-up of age matched cohorts 15 years apart