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Age-Adjusted Breast Cancer Incidence and Mortality Rates for 2008 for 32 countries, Organized by Region of the World, Participating in the ICSN*

*Data for Taiwan, a participating ICSN country, are not available

Region/Country Annual Incidence Rates per 100,000 Annual Breast Cancer Deaths per 100,000
Europe
Belgium 109.4 21.0
Czech Republic 67.7 15.3
Denmark 89.1 20.8
Finland 86.6 14.7
France 99.7 17.6
Germany 81.8 16.9
Greece 44.9 14.8
Hungary 57.9 19.3
Iceland 86.2 19.2
Ireland 93.9 19.2
Italy 86.3 16.1
Luxembourg 82.3 14.2
Netherlands 96.8 19.6
Norway 76.2 14.5
Poland 48.9 14.7
Portugal 60.0 13.5
Spain 61.0 12.8
Sweden 82.7 14.7
Switzerland 89.4 15.8
United Kingdom 87.9 18.6
North America
Canada 83.2 15.6
United States 76.0 14.7
South America
Brazil 42.3 12.3
Uruguay 90.7 24.3
Middle East
Israel 96.8 18.3
Saudi Arabia 22.4 10.5
Turkey 28.3 12.4
Asia/Pacific
Australia 84.8 14.7
Japan 42.7 9.2
Republic of Korea (South Korea) 38.9 5.3
Malaysia 37.0 14.7
New Zealand 89.4 19.0

Source: Globocan 2008, International Agency for Research on Cancer