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Table 1 Breast cancer deaths and mortality rates in Peru and its geographical areas from 2003 to 2017

From: Breast cancer mortality trends in Peruvian women

Geographical areas

Deathsa

Mortality ratesb

Uncorrected

Corrected

Uncorrected

Corrected

Peru

13,059

20,541

6.30

9.97

Regions

Coast

11,466

16,905

8.21

12.15

Highlands

1229

2498

2.33

4.71

Rainforest

364

1138

2.48

7.94

Provinces

Amazonas

66

253

2.80

10.91

Ancash

215

455

2.66

5.67

Apurimac

33

80

1.13

2.74

Arequipa

649

932

6.96

10.06

Ayacucho

56

139

1.39

3.45

Cajamarca

219

551

2.22

5.57

Callao

720

915

9.87

12.64

Cusco

173

372

2.01

4.27

Huancavelica

30

62

1.14

2.40

Huanuco

154

301

3.02

5.87

Ica

484

559

8.73

10.10

Junin

320

552

3.71

6.40

La Libertad

950

1365

7.57

10.99

Lambayeque

812

1030

8.97

11.46

Lima

6518

9896

9.08

13.83

Loreto

85

386

1.83

8.32

Madre de Dios

23

31

3.67

5.13

Moquegua

72

107

6.09

9.06

Pasco

49

104

2.77

5.93

Piura

840

1310

7.12

11.18

Puno

195

336

2.11

3.61

San Martin

119

326

2.75

7.56

Tacna

123

184

6.52

9.75

Tumbes

83

146

7.09

12.19

Ucayali

71

142

2.69

5.30

  1. aCumulative deaths for a 15-year period (2003–2017)
  2. bAge-standardized rates per 100,000 women-years