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Table 3 Age-standardized incidence rates for Germany, Saarland and Marburg-Biedenkopf

From: Valid comparisons and decisions based on clinical registers and population based cohort studies: assessing the accuracy, completeness and epidemiological relevance of a breast cancer query database

 

Germanya

Saarlandb

 

Marburg-Biedenkopfc

  
   

95% Confidence level

 

95% Confidence level

Year

SIR*

SIR*

Lower bound

Upper bound

SIR*

Lower bound

Upper bound

1996

98.2

103.1

95.3

110.9

93.4

76.6

110.2

1997

99.2

104.9

96.9

112.8

92.9

76.7

109.3

2003

102.3

114.3

106.2

122.5

101.3

84.6

118.0

2004

102.3

105.9

98.1

113.7

101.7

84.9

118.4

 

SIR**

SIR**

Lower bound

Upper bound

SIR**

Lower bound

Upper bound

1996

72.4

74.9

68.9

80.6

69.1

56.4

81.9

1997

73.1

76.9

70.9

82.9

70.4

57.7

83.2

2003

75.4

82.6

76.6

88.6

75.3

62.6

87.9

2004

75.4

77.5

71.6

83.4

74.8

62.2

87.4

     

SIR***

Lower bound

Upper bound

1996

    

0.873

0.733

1,039

1997

    

0.884

0.744

1,049

2003

    

0.866

0.738

1,017

2004

    

0.938

0.799

1,099

  1. (a) Point estimates provided by German Center for Cancer Register Data 12/2010, (b) Point estimates and confidence. Intervals by Epidemiological Cancer Register of Saarland, (c ) Point estimates and confidence intervals by Breast Cancer. Query Database, (SIR) Direct age-standardized incidence ratio using (*) the european or (**) world standard population. (SIR***) Indirect age-standardized incidence ratio using Saarland demographics as standard population.