Page last updated: 24-JUN-2008

Breast Cancer

Data analyses and reports

Breast cancer: ICD-10 C50

Incidence: Annual incidence link to a microsoft excel file [301KB] (1980 onwards) by age, sex, network and health board
Five year summary of incidence link to a microsoft excel file [48KB] by age, sex, network and health board
Mortality: Annual mortality link to a microsoft excel file [290KB] (1980 onwards) by age, sex, network and health board
Five year summary of mortality link to a microsoft excel file[48KB] by age, sex, network and health board
Survival: Survival * link to a microsoft excel file[22KB] (by age and sex) at 1, 3, 5 & 10 years after diagnosis (1980 onwards)
Survival summary link to an adobe pdf file [450KB] and interpretation at 1 & 5 years after diagnosis (1980 onwards)
Prevalence: Cancer prevalence * link to a microsoft excel file[17KB]
Lifetime risk: Lifetime risk * link to a microsoft excel file[16KB] of cancer by sex and age
Deprivation: Chart * link to a microsoft excel file[18KB] of incidence, mortality and survival by deprivation category

* Excludes male breast cancer

Carcinoma in situ: ICD-10 D05

Incidence: Annual incidencelink to a microsoft excel file[323KB] (1980 onwards) by age, sex, network and health board
Five year summary of incidencelink to a microsoft excel file[49KB] by age, sex, network and health board
Prevalence: Cancer prevalence*link to a microsoft excel file[17KB]

*Excludes male breast cancer

Summary statistics for breast cancer

Scotland Males Females
Rank 24 1
Percentage frequency of all cancers 0.2% 29.1%
Number of new cases diagnosed in 2005 20 3,998
Number of deaths recorded in 2006 4 1,108
Change in incidence from 1995 to 2005 +71.0% +9.1%
Change in mortality from 1996 to 2006 -19.0% -11.5%
1 year relative survival for patients diagnosed between 2000 and 2004 - 96.3%
5 year relative survival for patients diagnosed between 2000 and 2004 - 83.7%


Notes:
1. Some statistics are not available for male breast cancer because of small numbers.
2. Survival figures are not age standardised.
3. Change in incidence and mortality is estimated by Poisson regression.


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