Table 1 Female cancer mortality in Switzerland by age group and time period corrected for coding changes
Aged <55 | Aged 55-74 | Aged 75+ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Period | Total number of cases | Rate per 100,000 PY | Total number of cases | Rate per 100,000 PY | Total number of cases | Rate per 100,000 PY |
Breast cancer | ||||||
1969-1972 | 995 | 10.3 | 2,185 | 89.5 | 997 | 161.6 |
1979-1982 | 1,062 | 11.1 | 2,336 | 92.6 | 1,556 | 169.5 |
1989-1992 | 1,110 | 11.0 | 2,345 | 89.0 | 2,512 | 210.6 |
1999-2002 | 908 | 8.6 | 2,184 | 74.9 | 2,169 | 159.4 |
2007-2010 | 813 | 7.4 | 2,303 | 68.1 | 2,501 | 160.9 |
Cervical cancer | ||||||
1969-1972 | 324 | 3.3 | 465 | 19.1 | 186 | 30.1 |
1979-1982 | 227 | 2.4 | 389 | 15.4 | 212 | 23.1 |
1989-1992 | 155 | 1.5 | 244 | 9.3 | 205 | 17.2 |
1999-2002 | 84 | 0.8 | 127 | 4.4 | 144 | 10.6 |
2007-2010 | 80 | 0.7 | 112 | 3.3 | 124 | 8.0 |
Uterine cancer | ||||||
1969-1972 | 114 | 1.2 | 693 | 28.4 | 340 | 55.1 |
1979-1982 | 66 | 0.7 | 498 | 19.7 | 458 | 49.9 |
1989-1992 | 46 | 0.5 | 416 | 15.8 | 607 | 50.9 |
1999-2002 | 53 | 0.5 | 326 | 11.2 | 457 | 33.6 |
2007-2010 | 43 | 0.4 | 316 | 9.3 | 467 | 30.1 |
Ovarian cancer | ||||||
1969-1972 | 321 | 3.3 | 823 | 33.7 | 304 | 49.3 |
1979-1982 | 281 | 2.9 | 892 | 35.3 | 496 | 54.1 |
1989-1992 | 224 | 2.2 | 816 | 31.0 | 718 | 60.2 |
1999-2002 | 165 | 1.6 | 713 | 24.4 | 717 | 52.7 |
2007-2010 | 165 | 1.5 | 790 | 23.3 | 775 | 49.9 |