Table 1

Incidence per 100 000 and relative survival (%) from breast cancer at one and five years, by age at diagnosis and ethnic group, women diagnosed 1986–90, England and Wales

Ethnic group	Incidence rate	Women		One year			Five years
Age at diagnosis (y)	per 100000	Number	%	Deaths	Survival (%)	95%CI	Deaths	Survival (%)	95%CI
*Incidence rates are standardised to the world standard population, and survival rates to the combined age structure of South Asian and non-South Asian women included in the analyses.
South Asian
15–39	10.2	159	15.7	17	89.3	83.3 to 93.2	51	68.0	60.1 to 74.7
40–49	77.5	289	28.6	13	95.7	92.5 to 97.5	85	71.3	65.6 to 76.2
50–59	111.7	286	28.3	22	92.8	88.9 to 95.3	84	72.6	66.7 to 77.6
60–69	149.2	174	17.2	16	92.0	86.4 to 95.4	53	74.2	66.1 to 80.7
70–79	160.9	71	7.0	8	91.5	79.7 to 96.6	28	72.1	55.9 to 83.2
80–99	211.8	31	3.1	13	63.0	40.0 to 79.3	24	38.9	15.4 to 62.0
Overall	42.8	1010	100.0	89	92.5	90.6 to 94.1	325	71.3	68.2 to 74.1
Age standardised*	40.5				89.6	86.2 to 93.0		70.3	65.2 to 75.4
	(95% CI 37.9 to 43.2)
Non-South Asian
15–39	12.9	5594	4.9	343	93.9	93.3 to 94.5	1964	65.1	63.8 to 66.3
40–49	102.8	16967	14.8	853	95.1	94.8 to 95.5	4666	73.3	72.6 to 73.9
50–59	171.1	22235	19.4	1744	92.6	92.2 to 92.9	7039	70.3	69.7 to 71.0
60–69	222.2	29294	25.5	3056	90.7	90.4 to 91.1	10255	70.4	69.8 to 71.0
70–79	227.2	24395	21.3	4062	86.1	85.6 to 86.6	11546	64.9	64.1 to 65.6
80–99	247.6	16217	14.1	5298	74.2	73.3 to 75.0	11921	47.4	46.2 to 48.6
Overall	111.2	114702	100.0	15356	89.8	89.6 to 90.0	47391	67.8	67.5 to 68.1
Age standardised*	57.4				88.8	88.6 to 89.0		66.7	66.4 to 67.0
	(95% CI 57.0 to 57.7)