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Age-Adjusted Annual Breast Cancer Mortality Rates for 2002 for 28 countries, Organized by Region of the World, Participating in the ICSN

Region/Country Annual Incidence Rates per 100,000 Annual Breast Cancer Deaths per 100,000
Europe
Belguim 92.0 27.7
Czech Republic 58.4 20.0
Denmark 88.7 27.8
Finland 84.7 17.4
France 91.9 21.5
Germany 79.8 21.6
Greece 51.6 15.4
Hungary 63.0 24.6
Iceland 90.0 19.6
Ireland 74.9 25.5
Italy 74.4 18.9
Luxembourg 82.5 19.3
Netherlands 86.7 27.5
Norway 74.8 17.9
Portugal 55.5 17.0
Spain 50.9 15.9
Sweden 87.8 17.3
Switzerland 81.7 19.8
United Kingdom 87.2 24.3
North America
Canada 84.3 21.1
United States 101.1 19.0
South America
Uruguay 83.1 24.1
Middle East
Israel 90.8 24.0
Turkey 22.0 9.7
Asia/Pacific
Australia 83.2 18.4
Japan 32.7 8.3
Korea 20.4 4.4
New Zealand 91.9 24.5

Source:  Globocan 2002, International Agency for Research on Cancer