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Table 3 Age-specific incidence rates of breast cancer by birth year in Chinese women

From: Incidence of breast cancer in Chinese women exposed to the 1959–1961 great Chinese famine

 

< 50 years old

50~52 years old

≥ 53 years old

PYs

No. of cases

Incidence (95%CI)

PYs

No. of cases

Incidence (95%CI)

PYs

No. of cases

Incidence (95%CI)

Cancer in situ

By birth year

 1955–1958

172

0

0.0

16,415

3

18.3 (5.9, 56.6)

119,986

15

12.5 (7.5, 20.7)

 1959–1962

17,395

5

28.7 (11.9, 68.9)

42,818

4

9.3 (3.5, 24.8)

28,431

8

28.1 (14.0, 56.0)

 1963–1966

62,302

6

9.6 (4.3, 21.4)

14,497

2

13.8 (3.4, 54.9)

Overall

79,870

11

13.8 (7.6, 24.8)

73,731

9

12.2 (6.3, 23.4)

148,418

23

15.5 (10.3, 23.2)

Invasive cancer

By birth year

 1955–1958

172

0

0

16,418

18

109.6 (69.1, 174.0)

120,030

132

109.9 (92.7, 130.4)

 1959–1962

17,399

23

132.2 (87.8, 198.9)

42,838

53

123.7 (94.5, 161.9)

28,453

26

91.3 (62.2, 134.2)

 1963–1966

62,314

66

105.9 (83.2, 134.8)

14,503

12

82.7 (46.9, 145.7)

Overall

79,886

89

111.4 (90.5, 137.1)

73,760

83

112.5 (90.7, 139.5)

148,483

158

106.4 (91.0, 124.4)

All breast cancer

By birth year

 1955–1958

172

0

0

16,416

21

127.9 (83.4, 196.2)

119,987

147

122.5 (104.2, 144.0)

 1959–1962

17,395

28

160.9 (111.1, 233.1)

42,818

57

133.1 (102.7, 172.6)

28,431

34

119.6 (85.5, 167.4)

 1963–1966

62,302

72

115.6 (91.7, 145.6)

14,497

14

96.6 (57.2, 163.1)

Overall

79,870

100

125.2 (102.9, 152.3)

73,731

92

124.8 (101.7, 153.1)

148,418

181

121.9 (105.4, 141.1)