Table 1 Age-specific breast cancer incidence rates per 100,000 women years, B j and competing mortality rates per 100,000 women years, c j established for Caucasian women in the USA when developing GAIL and the comparative values for Singapore as a whole, and for the three main ethnic groups used in risk calculation of GAIL-SBSP and modified GAIL-SBSP
|  | Caucasian women (1983–1987) | Singaporean (Overall) | Singaporean (Chinese) | Singaporean (Malay) | Singaporean (Indian) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | J | Ï„ j | B j | c j | B j | c j | B j | c j | B j | c j | B j | c j |
0 – 19 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 11.7 | 0.2 | 10.5 | 0.5 | 17.4 | 0.5 | 11.0 |
20 – 24 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 49.3 | 1.9 | 14.3 | 1.8 | 11.9 | 1.1 | 25.7 | 2.2 | 12.9 |
25 – 29 | 3 | 30 | 7.6 | 53.1 | 8.1 | 14.2 | 7.0 | 12.5 | 15.9 | 22.5 | 4.9 | 19.7 |
30 – 34 | 4 | 35 | 26.6 | 62.5 | 24.8 | 19.8 | 25.5 | 16.8 | 27.7 | 47.0 | 5.9 | 14.8 |
35 – 39 | 5 | 40 | 66.1 | 82.5 | 57.6 | 32.6 | 60.3 | 29.4 | 60.0 | 53.9 | 31.6 | 34.8 |
40 – 44 | 6 | 45 | 126.5 | 130.7 | 118.7 | 58.5 | 121.5 | 51.6 | 123.7 | 98.6 | 87.9 | 60.7 |
45 – 49 | 7 | 50 | 186.6 | 218.1 | 162.6 | 106.2 | 169.1 | 95.1 | 145.1 | 175.1 | 128.4 | 111.9 |
50 – 54 | 8 | 55 | 221.1 | 365.5 | 187.0 | 182.1 | 193.6 | 165.1 | 158.4 | 297.5 | 147.2 | 212.6 |
55 – 59 | 9 | 60 | 272.1 | 585.2 | 204.3 | 319.1 | 211.0 | 271.1 | 167.0 | 617.7 | 181.5 | 445.9 |
60 – 64 | 10 | 65 | 334.8 | 943.9 | 199.1 | 565.9 | 202.1 | 489.6 | 209.3 | 1093.0 | 157.6 | 853.3 |
65 – 69 | 11 | 70 | 392.3 | 1502.8 | 193.9 | 989.5 | 199.8 | 856.5 | 131.9 | 2040.3 | 219.5 | 1158.5 |
70 – 74 | 12 | 75 | 417.8 | 2383.9 | 166.5 | 1798.6 | 161.3 | 1624.3 | 199.1 | 3034.6 | 152.5 | 1932.2 |
75 – 79 | 13 | 80 | 443.9 | 3883.2 | 179.0 | 3285.3 | 180.9 | 3001.6 | 128.6 | 5678.6 | 197.2 | 3662.0 |
80 – 84 | 14 | 85 | 442.1 | 6682.8 | 189.8 | 5681.0 | 191.4 | 5388.2 | 188.4 | 8681.2 | 125.0 | 6093.8 |
>=85 | 15 | 90 | 410.9 | 14490.8 | 166.2 | 11425.5 | 164.5 | 11352.1 | 117.6 | 13323.5 | 375.0 | 11000.0 |