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Table 1 Number of cancers* and women-years of observation (25 + years) across five time periods according to ethnicity and income

From: Ethnic and socioeconomic trends in breast cancer incidence in New Zealand

 

1981-86

 

1986-91

 

1991-96

 

1996-2001

 

2001-04

 
 

Cancers

(n)

Person years

Cancers

(n)

Person years

Cancers

(n)

Person years

Cancers

(n)

Person years

Cancers

(n)

Person years

Ethnicity

          

Total Mäori

348

367,781

486

424,739

687

485,574

1,044

628,063

900

484,431

Total Pacific

87

105,369

162

138,460

168

189,060

288

238,991

255

205,681

Total Asian

30

50,527

60

71,662

111

145,207

264

261,012

351

282,592

European/Other

5,229

3,957,509

6,825

4,272,857

7,509

4,472,644

8,748

4,620,738

7,638

3,587,142

Miss Eth

132

70,116

60

60,745

30

45,976

96

70,897

90

52,834

Income

          

Low Income

1,911

1,404,919

2,235

1,545,090

2,250

1,508,029

2,799

1,582,935

2,523

1,244,643

Medium Income

1,551

1,251,068

2,520

1,533,130

3,063

1,643,443

3,240

1,648,529

2,436

1,107,475

High Income

1,449

1,099,996

1,878

1,098,036

2,115

1,369,292

2,805

1,561,314

2,748

1,353,848

Missing Income

909

790,545

942

783,240

1,065

807,564

1,557

998,890

1,512

887,079

  1. *All count data are random rounded to a near multiple of 3, with a minimum cell size of 6, as per Statistics New Zealand protocol