| Female breast cancer incidence |
Females |
| Rate per 100,000 |
95% confidence interval |
| Low |
High |
|
|
| 0 Canada |
98.6 |
97.7 |
99.4 |
| 10 Newfoundland |
87.6 |
81.3 |
93.9 |
| 11 Prince Edward Island |
103.5 |
90.1 |
116.9 |
| 12 Nova Scotia |
103.4 |
98.4 |
108.3 |
| 1201 Zone 1 |
109.7 |
96.5 |
122.9 |
| 1202 Zone 2 |
88.7 |
73.4 |
104.1 |
| 1203 Zone 3 |
98.1 |
83.9 |
112.3 |
| 1204 Zone 4 |
100.1 |
85.1 |
115.0 |
| 1205 Zone 5 |
99.9 |
87.9 |
111.9 |
| 1206 Zone 6 |
105.5 |
97.1 |
113.9 |
| 13 New Brunswick |
99.8 |
94.2 |
105.3 |
| 24 Quebec |
97.7 |
96.0 |
99.4 |
| 2401 Région du Bas-Saint-Laurent |
108.8 |
98.2 |
119.4 |
| 2402 Région du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean |
115.8 |
106.0 |
125.6 |
| 2403 Région de Québec |
100.9 |
95.2 |
106.6 |
| 2404 Région de la Mauricie et Centre-du-Québec |
79.0 |
73.2 |
84.9 |
| 2405 Région de l'Estrie |
85.8 |
77.7 |
93.9 |
| 2406 Région de Montréal-Centre |
98.5 |
95.2 |
101.7 |
| 2407 Région de l'Outaouais |
95.6 |
86.6 |
104.6 |
| 2408 Région de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
107.9 |
94.3 |
121.5 |
| 2409 Région de la Côte-Nord |
98.1 |
81.5 |
114.7 |
| 2410 Région du Nord-du-Québec |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 2411 Région de la Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
109.2 |
94.2 |
124.1 |
| 2412 Région de la Chaudière-Appalaches |
96.9 |
89.2 |
104.5 |
| 2413 Région de Laval |
91.9 |
84.1 |
99.8 |
| 2414 Région de Lanaudière |
99.8 |
91.4 |
108.1 |
| 2415 Région des Laurentides |
104.2 |
96.4 |
112.0 |
| 2416 Région de la Montérégie |
92.7 |
88.5 |
96.8 |
| 2417 Région du Nunavik |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 2418 Région des Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 35 Ontario |
98.6 |
97.2 |
100.1 |
| 46 Manitoba |
108.4 |
103.7 |
113.1 |
| 4610 Winnipeg |
107.6 |
101.4 |
113.7 |
| 4615 Brandon |
125.0 |
100.7 |
149.4 |
| 4620 North Eastman |
78.0 |
55.7 |
100.4 |
| 4625 South Eastman |
111.7 |
87.0 |
136.3 |
| 4630 Interlake |
118.5 |
99.2 |
137.7 |
| 4640 Central |
106.2 |
89.6 |
122.7 |
| 4650 Marquette |
114.3 |
89.1 |
139.6 |
| 4655 South Westman |
113.8 |
88.0 |
139.7 |
| 4660 Parkland |
103.9 |
81.5 |
126.4 |
| 4670 Norman |
97.7 |
62.3 |
133.1 |
| 4680, 4690 Burntwood and Churchill |
89.2 |
53.2 |
125.3 |
| 4680 Burntwood |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 4690 Churchill |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 47 Saskatchewan |
94.0 |
89.3 |
98.7 |
| 48 Alberta |
96.2 |
93.1 |
99.2 |
| 59 British Columbia |
99.7 |
97.2 |
102.1 |
| 6001 Yukon Territory |
92.1 |
53.3 |
130.9 |
| 6101 Northwest Territories excluding Nunavut |
73.3 |
39.7 |
106.9 |
| 6201 Nunavut |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 1. |
Data sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Cancer Registry Database and Demography Division (population estimates) |
| 2. |
International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9). |
| 3. |
Cancer incidence refers to new primary sites of malignant neoplasms. |
| 4. |
Cancer incidence rates are age-standardized using the direct method and the 1991 Canadian Census population structure. The use of a standard population results in more meaningful incidence rate comparisons, because it adjusts for variations in population age distributions over time and across geographic areas. |
| 5. |
Health regions are defined by provincial governments as the areas of responsibility for regional health boards (i.e., legislated) or as regions of interest to health care authorities. |
| 6. |
Cancer incidence data in this table are based on three years of data (for example, 1994 to 1996) averaged over the 1995 population estimate. The reference period associated with these data reflect the mid-point of the three-year period being averaged (for example, 1995). |
| 7. |
The confidence intervals for the age-standardized cancer incidence rates were produced using the Spiegelman method. Reference: Spiegelman M. "Introduction to Demography", Revised Edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1968, p 113, Formula 4.29. |
| 8. |
The 95% confidence interval (CI) illustrates the degree of variability associated with a rate. Wide confidence intervals indicate high variability, thus, these rates should be interpreted and compared with due caution. |
| 9. |
Some age-standardized rates were suppressed (- -) due to both a very small underlying count plus extremely high variability. |
| 10. |
In Prince Edward Island, the two health regions divide the province into urban and rural components. The province has defined these health regions for statistical purposes only. |
| 11. |
In Nova Scotia, health regions are known as "health zones" and relate to the province�s administrative health region boundaries. |
| 12. |
In Ontario, Public health units (PHU) administer health promotion and disease prevention programs, and District health councils (DHC) are advisory, health planning organizations. |
| 13. |
Because of the small population of Churchill health region (4690), Manitoba (population: 1,110 in 1996), vital statistics data presented for region 4680 (Burntwood) are aggregates of Burntwood and Churchill regions. |
| 14. |
In Saskatchewan, "service areas" have been created from groupings of the 33 health districts. |
| 15. |
Cancer incidence data for health regions have been suppressed at the request of the cancer registries of the following provinces: Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. |
| 16. |
Cancer incidence data for the three northern health regions in Quebec (2410 R�gion du Nord-du-Qu�bec, 2417 R�gion du Nunavik and 2418 R�gion des Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James) have been suppressed at the request of the Fichier des tumeurs du Qu�bec. |
| 17. |
Approximately 7% of Ontario cancer incidence records over the 3-year period could not be linked to health region geography. As such, cancer incidence data for Ontario are only published at the provincial level. |
| 18. |
CANSIM table number 01030003. |