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Table 1 The incidence of breast cancer in 1990 and 2021

From: Global status and attributable risk factors of breast, cervical, ovarian, and uterine cancers from 1990 to 2021

Region

1990 incident cases (×1000, 95% CI)

1990 ASIR (95% CI)

2021 incident cases (×1000, 95% CI)

2021 ASIR (95% CI)

1990–2021 EAPC (95% CI)

Global

865.88 (824.34 ~ 900.79)

39.99 (38.01 ~ 41.60)

2082.74 (1940.35 ~ 2225.08)

46.40 (43.26 ~ 49.56)

0.399 (0.348 ~ 0.451)

SDI

High SDI

456.07 (434.96 ~ 466.93)

79.28 (76.17 ~ 80.97)

724.29 (661.77 ~ 756.43)

77.08 (71.83 ~ 79.93)

-0.12 (-0.247 ~ 0.008)

High-middle SDI

212.69 (201.93 ~ 222.71)

38.85 (36.86 ~ 40.71)

506.49 (457.36 ~ 565.10)

51.05 (46.06 ~ 57.18)

0.816 (0.747 ~ 0.884)

Middle SDI

123.71 (113.64 ~ 136.09)

20.55 (18.91 ~ 22.56)

539.06 (484.45 ~ 597.13)

37.16 (33.42 ~ 41.13)

1.822 (1.768 ~ 1.876)

Low-middle SDI

52.22 (46.89 ~ 59.10)

14.72 (13.21 ~ 16.62)

235.45 (212.86 ~ 257.15)

28.29 (25.52 ~ 30.93)

2.126 (2.078 ~ 2.174)

Low SDI

20.12 (17.07 ~ 23.65)

15.59 (13.28 ~ 18.15)

75.29 (66.49 ~ 84.81)

24.09 (21.34 ~ 26.87)

1.367 (1.219 ~ 1.516)

Geographic region

Andean Latin America

2.34 (2.01 ~ 2.72)

19.81 (16.98 ~ 22.94)

10.81 (8.46 ~ 13.76)

33.61 (26.29 ~ 42.87)

1.512 (1.354 ~ 1.671)

Australasia

9.82 (9.29 ~ 10.35)

82.12 (78.10 ~ 86.35)

19.63 (17.43 ~ 21.87)

80.89 (72.46 ~ 90.05)

-0.082 (-0.27 ~ 0.107)

Caribbean

6.03 (5.64 ~ 6.45)

43.47 (40.67 ~ 46.46)

15.00 (12.74 ~ 17.18)

53.78 (45.62 ~ 61.72)

0.773 (0.683 ~ 0.864)

Central Asia

9.82 (9.24 ~ 10.31)

35.39 (33.31 ~ 37.23)

15.36 (13.71 ~ 17.20)

30.97 (27.75 ~ 34.61)

-0.19 (-0.263~-0.116)

Central Europe

36.08 (34.60 ~ 37.57)

45.40 (43.55 ~ 47.26)

64.59 (59.37 ~ 69.90)

61.24 (56.41 ~ 66.53)

0.905 (0.752 ~ 1.058)

Central Latin America

14.97 (14.51 ~ 15.40)

29.84 (28.87 ~ 30.67)

76.89 (66.94 ~ 86.94)

55.03 (47.96 ~ 62.21)

1.778 (1.669 ~ 1.887)

Central Sub-Saharan Africa

2.43 (1.71 ~ 3.32)

17.46 (12.63 ~ 23.16)

9.87 (7.33 ~ 12.94)

27.13 (20.26 ~ 35.41)

1.487 (1.255 ~ 1.72)

East Asia

88.62 (72.20 ~ 107.16)

17.92 (14.67 ~ 21.59)

401.08 (311.44 ~ 503.57)

37.12 (28.82 ~ 46.70)

2.349 (2.267 ~ 2.432)

Eastern Europe

64.43 (62.41 ~ 66.33)

40.65 (39.36 ~ 41.83)

100.23 (90.10 ~ 111.44)

52.53 (47.15 ~ 58.60)

0.489 (0.36 ~ 0.618)

Eastern Sub-Saharan Africa

8.47 (6.94 ~ 10.26)

19.35 (16.07 ~ 23.18)

32.05 (26.93 ~ 38.66)

29.33 (25.14 ~ 34.59)

1.269 (1.128 ~ 1.41)

High-income Asia Pacific

31.23 (29.58 ~ 32.78)

28.83 (27.31 ~ 30.19)

96.69 (84.85 ~ 104.79)

55.62 (50.49 ~ 59.45)

2.222 (1.976 ~ 2.468)

High-income North America

219.84 (208.81 ~ 226.43)

121.98 (116.68 ~ 125.23)

294.45 (271.12 ~ 308.29)

94.93 (89.02 ~ 98.93)

-0.971 (-1.072~-0.87)

North Africa and Middle East

16.28 (14.53 ~ 18.62)

16.37 (14.69 ~ 18.53)

126.98 (113.31 ~ 143.15)

48.35 (43.13 ~ 54.48)

4.041 (3.802 ~ 4.281)

Oceania

0.54 (0.43 ~ 0.68)

29.90 (23.80 ~ 37.16)

1.57 (1.28 ~ 1.96)

33.39 (27.74 ~ 40.88)

0.22 (0.093 ~ 0.348)

South Asia

43.74 (38.84 ~ 49.29)

13.11 (11.57 ~ 14.78)

205.36 (179.41 ~ 235.44)

24.62 (21.52 ~ 28.32)

1.971 (1.806 ~ 2.137)

Southeast Asia

32.37 (27.34 ~ 38.92)

20.30 (17.19 ~ 24.16)

138.06 (115.12 ~ 167.27)

36.15 (30.20 ~ 43.68)

1.84 (1.768 ~ 1.912)

Southern Latin America

12.04 (11.36 ~ 12.66)

47.93 (45.22 ~ 50.36)

22.70 (20.87 ~ 24.51)

50.25 (46.22 ~ 54.26)

0.186 (0.036 ~ 0.336)

Southern Sub-Saharan Africa

4.22 (3.53 ~ 4.91)

25.13 (20.85 ~ 29.48)

15.04 (13.50 ~ 16.66)

42.12 (37.89 ~ 46.56)

2.21 (1.978 ~ 2.443)

Tropical Latin America

16.18 (15.57 ~ 16.79)

29.98 (28.74 ~ 31.15)

61.67 (57.71 ~ 65.33)

43.87 (41.05 ~ 46.50)

0.948 (0.842 ~ 1.054)

Western Europe

236.44 (225.09 ~ 243.38)

83.23 (79.75 ~ 85.41)

331.71 (299.15 ~ 352.01)

81.81 (76.45 ~ 86.11)

-0.02 (-0.215 ~ 0.175)

Western Sub-Saharan Africa

9.99 (8.13 ~ 11.90)

21.28 (17.42 ~ 25.23)

43.02 (32.32 ~ 56.63)

34.59 (26.92 ~ 44.38)

1.643 (1.519 ~ 1.767)

  1. Annotations ASIR: Age-standardized incidence rate (per 100,000 females); EAPC: Estimated annual percentage change; SDI: Socio-demographic index