Page last updated: 24-JUN-2008
Breast Cancer
Data analyses and reports
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Detailed incidence and mortality data, lifetime risk, prevalence and survival statistics:
breast cancer
carcinoma in situ
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Cancer in Scotland Summary
[264KB] is an overview of cancer in Scotland focusing on incidence, mortality and survival for the main cancer sites.
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UK data are available in the
Cancer Atlas of the UK and Ireland 1991-2000 and
cancer cases and deaths in the UK during 2002-04.
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Scotland and European Health for All Database which provides comparison of Scotland and the UK for a wide range of health indicators.
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Cancer Scenarios: Projections of cancer rates in Scotland (up to 2014) by site. An updated summary report
Cancer incidence projections for Scotland (2001-2020) is also available.
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Data on the early detection of breast cancer through screening:
PAF (see section 2.04.01) and breast screening programme pages of this website.
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Public health intelligence in Scotland:
Scottish Public Health Observatory (ScotPHO).
Breast cancer: ICD-10 C50
| Incidence: | Annual incidence [301KB] (1980 onwards) by age, sex, network and health board |
Five year summary of incidence [48KB] by age, sex, network and health board |
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| Mortality: | Annual mortality [290KB] (1980 onwards) by age, sex, network and health board |
Five year summary of mortality [48KB] by age, sex, network and health board |
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| Survival: | Survival * [22KB] (by age and sex) at 1, 3, 5 & 10 years after diagnosis (1980 onwards) |
Survival summary [450KB] and interpretation at 1 & 5 years after diagnosis (1980 onwards) |
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| Prevalence: | Cancer prevalence * [17KB] |
| Lifetime risk: | Lifetime risk * [16KB] of cancer by sex and age |
| Deprivation: | Chart * [18KB] of incidence, mortality and survival by deprivation category |
* Excludes male breast cancer
Carcinoma in situ: ICD-10 D05
| Incidence: | Annual incidence [323KB] (1980 onwards) by age, sex, network and health board |
Five year summary of incidence [49KB] by age, sex, network and health board |
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| Prevalence: | Cancer prevalence* [17KB] |
*Excludes male breast cancer
Summary statistics for breast cancer
| Scotland | Males | Females |
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| 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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Cancer Stats
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