Trends in breast cancer in the elderly in Denmark, 1980–2012

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Table I. Average annual number of new breast cancers in Denmark, 1980–2012.

	0–69 year				70–74 year				75–79 year				80–84 year				85–89 year				90 + year				All ages
	Cases male (incidence)		Cases female (incidence)		Cases male (incidence)		Cases female (incidence)		Cases male (incidence)		Cases female (incidence)		Cases male (incidence)		Cases female (incidence)		Cases male (incidence)		Cases female (incidence)		Cases male (incidence)		Cases female (incidence)		Cases male (incidence)		Cases female (incidence)
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
1980	9	42.1	1591	66.2	4	18.7	271	11.3	5	21.5	234	9.7	3	12.1	179	7.4	1	3.7	97	4.0	0	1.9	30	1.2	21	100	2402	100
1990	11	55.0	1999	66.5	2	10.0	315	10.5	3	13.0	291	9.7	4	18.0	225	7.5	1	3.0	125	4.2	0	1.0	51	1.7	20	100	3007	100
2000	11	41.7	2547	67.8	6	22.0	362	9.6	3	12.9	342	9.1	3	11.4	254	6.8	3	9.8	173	4.6	1	2.3	75	2.0	26	100	3755	100
2005	13	54.5	2769	69.2	3	13.2	370	9.2	3	10.7	337	8.4	3	11.6	280	7.0	2	9.1	165	4.1	0	0.8	84	2.1	24	100	4005	100
2010	16	47.1	3686	73.5	5	14.7	399	8.0	6	17.6	361	7.2	2	5.9	284	5.7	3	8.8	195	3.9	2	5.9	93	1.9	34	100	5018	100
2011	17	56.7	3162	69.2	5	16.7	447	9.8	3	10.0	350	7.7	4	13.3	314	6.9	1	3.3	206	4.5	0	0.0	88	1.9	30	100	4567	100
2012	24	55.8	3161	70.7	6	14.0	432	9.7	4	9.3	356	8.0	6	14.0	269	6.0	3	7.0	167	3.7	0	0.0	89	2.0	43	100	4474	100

Table II. Average annual number of deaths from breast cancer in Denmark, 1980–2012.

	0–69 year				70–74 year				75–79 year				80–84 year				85–89 year				90 + year				All ages
	Cases male (mortality)		Cases female (mortality)		Cases male (mortality)		Cases female (mortality)		Cases male (mortality)		Cases female (mortality)		Cases male (mortality)		Cases female (mortality)		Cases male (mortality)		Cases female (mortality)		Cases male(mortality)		Cases female (mortality)		Cases male(mortality)		Cases female (mortality)
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
1980	3	41.7	607	54.4	1	8.3	155	13.9	3	36.1	134	12.0	0	5.6	112	10.0	0	5.6	73	6.6	0	2.8	34	3.1	7	100	1116	100
1990	5	55.6	689	51.8	1	6.7	166	12.5	1	13.3	166	12.5	1	13.3	146	11.0	1	6.7	106	8.0	0	4.4	58	4.3	9	100	1329	100
2000	4	37.5	659	48.8	2	20.8	154	11.4	1	14.6	156	11.6	1	12.5	156	11.6	1	8.3	137	10.1	1	6.3	88	6.5	10	100	1350	100
2005	4	33.3	578	46.4	2	16.7	149	11.9	2	16.7	149	11.9	2	13.6	149	12.0	2	12.1	125	10.0	1	7.6	97	7.8	13	100	1246	100
2010	3	60.0	557	45.9	0	0.0	144	11.9	0	0.0	129	10.6	0	0.0	148	12.2	1	20.0	139	11.4	1	20.0	97	8.0	5	100	1214	100
2011	4	50.0	526	43.3	0	0.0	128	10.5	1	12.5	148	12.2	1	12.5	168	13.8	0	0.0	137	11.3	2	25.0	108	8.9	8	100	1215	100
2012	2	22.2	505	45.0	0	0.0	135	12.0	2	22.2	136	12.1	1	11.1	131	11.7	3	33.3	122	10.9	1	11.1	94	8.4	9	100	1123	100

Figure 1. Incidence rates of breast cancer in Denmark, 1980–2012, by age group. A. Males, B. Females.

Figure 2. Mortality rates from breast cancer in Denmark, 1980–2012, by age group. A. Males, B. Females.

Table III. Annual number of persons alive with breast cancer in Denmark by December 31, 1980–2012.

	0–69 year				70–74 year				75–79 year				80–84 year				85–89 year				90 + year				All ages
	Prev cases male		Prev cases female		Prev cases male		Prev cases female		Prev cases male		Prev cases female		Prev cases male		Prev cases female		Prev cases male		Prev cases female		Prev cases male		Prev cases female		Prev cases male		Prev cases female
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
1980	46	41.8	11847	60.4	18	16.4	2771	14.1	20	18.2	2296	11.7	17	15.5	1568	8.0	7	6.4	835	4.3	2	1.8	284	1.4	110	100	19601	100
1990	54	41.5	15518	58.0	16	12.3	3444	12.9	25	19.2	3259	12.2	22	16.9	2510	9.4	11	8.5	1427	5.3	2	1.5	581	2.2	130	100	26739	100
2000	69	39.9	21432	58.0	27	15.6	4576	12.4	25	14.5	4475	12.1	27	15.6	3294	8.9	22	12.7	2099	5.7	3	1.7	1057	2.9	173	100	36933	100
2005	92	45.3	25760	58.5	29	14.3	5471	12.4	29	14.3	4850	11.0	27	13.3	4088	9.3	17	8.4	2522	5.7	9	4.4	1365	3.1	203	100	44056	100
2010	106	46.3	31928	58.5	29	12.7	7428	13.6	39	17.0	5771	10.6	22	9.6	4562	8.4	20	8.7	3144	5.8	13	5.7	1772	3.2	229	100	54605	100
2011	105	44.1	32566	57.7	38	16.0	7969	14.1	43	18.1	6162	10.9	23	9.7	4609	8.2	15	6.3	3206	5.7	14	5.9	1919	3.4	238	100	56431	100
2012	118	44.7	33042	56.7	47	17.8	8576	14.7	42	15.9	6518	11.2	28	10.6	4768	8.2	20	7.6	3323	5.7	9	3.4	2030	3.5	264	100	58257	100

Figure 3. Age-specific relative survival after breast cancer in Denmark.