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Table 2 Mortality rate and the number of deaths due to breast cancer (1996 and 2011)

From: Cost of illness of breast cancer in Japan: trends and future projections

 

25–29

30–34

35–39

40–44

45–49

50–54

55–59

60–64

65–69

70–74

75–79

80–84

85

Crude mortality rate (per 100 thousand, female)

 1996

0.6

2.2

7.0

11.7

18.8

26.3

25.2

24.6

25.2

24.2

24.2

25.2

34.3

 2011

0.5

1.9

4.9

10.2

18.9

27.7

37.2

37.1

37.0

32.4

33.2

41.0

53.7

 Changing rate

−22.4 %

−11.9 %

−30.5 %

−12.6 %

0.6 %

5.1 %

47.5 %

51.1 %

46.5 %

34.1 %

37.2 %

62.6 %

56.8 %

Number of breast cancer deaths (person)

 1996

27

85

265

494

1042

1120

1036

963

873

692

507

385

408

 2011

16

75

228

461

735

1043

1545

2000

1509

1241

1146

1117

1567

 Changing rate

−40.7 %

−11.8 %

−14.0 %

−6.7 %

−29.5 %

−6.9 %

49.1 %

107.7 %

72.9 %

79.3 %

126.0 %

190.1 %

284.1 %

Crude incidence rate (per 100 thousand, female)

 1996

4.3

12.8

38.2

71.5

115.4

89.5

83.1

80.4

81.9

85.1

73.9

66.6

59.8

 2008

8.1

28.1

57.5

130.9

195.7

179.6

177.4

183.9

176.2

155.3

134.7

127.3

108.2

 Changing rate

87.5 %

119.4 %

50.6 %

82.9 %

69.5 %

100.6 %

113.5 %

128.7 %

115.1 %

82.4 %

82.2 %

91.2 %

80.9 %

  1. Source of the number of breast cancer deaths: “Vital Statistics”. Source of crude morbidity rate and mortality rate: Center for Cancer Control and Information