Cancer Death Rates Among 50 Countries

Breast

1986-88 Age-adjusted Death Rates per 100,000 Population, Female

For many years, breast cancer was the most common cause of cancer death among females in the United States until recently, when lung cancer mortality began to exceed breast cancer mortality. This phenomenon has been true for many years in Asian countries where deaths from breast cancer are rare and the incidence of breast cancer is low. In European countries, breast cancer death rates are higher than lung cancer. Breast cancer death rates are highest in England and Wales, followed by Denmark, Scotland, and Ireland. The United States ranks 16th. They are lowest in Asian countries.