Breast cancer incidence and mortality trends in an affluent population: Marin County, California, USA, 1990–1999

Breast Cancer Research

Margaret R Wrensch⁴  Janice M Barlow³  Christine A Erdmann⁵  Rochelle R Ereman¹  Dee W West²  Sally L Glaser²  Christina A Clarke² 

[1] Marin County Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health, San Rafael, California, USA;Northern California Cancer Center, Union City, California, USA;Marin Breast Cancer Watch, San Rafael, California, USA;Department of Epidemiology, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA;Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA

关键词: whites;    social class;    mortality;    incidence;    breast neoplasms;   

Others  :  1118821
DOI  :  10.1186/bcr458

 received in 2002-05-21, accepted in 2002-07-09,  发布年份 2002

【 摘 要 】

Background

Elevated rates of breast cancer in affluent Marin County, California, were first reported in the early 1990s. These rates have since been related to higher regional prevalence of known breast cancer risk factors, including low parity, education, and income. Close surveillance of Marin County breast cancer trends has nevertheless continued, in part because distinctive breast cancer patterns in well-defined populations may inform understanding of breast cancer etiology.

Methods

Using the most recent incidence and mortality data available from the California Cancer Registry, we examined rates and trends for 1990–1999 for invasive breast cancer among non-Hispanic, white women in Marin County, in other San Francisco Bay Area counties, and in other urban California counties. Rates were age adjusted to the 2000 US standard, and temporal changes were evaluated with weighted linear regression.

Results

Marin County breast cancer incidence rates between 1990 and 1999 increased 3.6% per year (95% confidence interval, 1.8–5.5), six times more rapidly than in comparison areas. The increase was limited to women aged 45–64 years, in whom rates increased at 6.7% per year (95% confidence interval, 3.8–9.6). Mortality rates did not change significantly in Marin County despite 3–5% yearly declines elsewhere.

Conclusion

Patterns of breast cancer incidence and mortality in Marin County are unlike those in other California counties, and they are probably explained by Marin County's unique sociodemographic characteristics. Similar trends may have occurred in other affluent populations for which available data do not permit annual monitoring of cancer occurrence.

【 授权许可】

   
2002 Clarke et al., licensee BioMed Central Ltd

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