Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario District Health Councils (DHC), Ontario Public Health Units (PHU), Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, Nunavut

Ontario rates are presented for two different geographic levels: DHCs are more relevant for health system analysis; and PHUs are more relevant for health status measures.

Table 1.15:    Breast cancer deaths (ICD-9 174), age-standardized rate per 100,000 population and confidence interval(1), by sex, Canada, provinces, territories and health regions, 1996(2)
		Female
Code	Health Region Name	Rate per 100,000	95% confidence interval
0	Canada	28.3	27.9, 28.8
10	Newfoundland	27.0	23.6, 30.5
1001	Health and Community Services St John's Region	29.9	23.7, 36.1
1002	Health and Community Services Eastern Region	20.3	13.9, 26.7
1003	Health and Community Services Central Region	27.8	20.1, 35.4
1004	Health and Community Services Western Region	34.7	25.2, 44.2
1005	Grenfell Regional Health Services Board	--	--
1006	Health Labrador Corporation	--	--
		Female
Code	Health Region Name	Rate per 100,000	95% confidence interval
11	Prince Edward Island	23.8	17.7, 30.0
1101	Urban Health Region	27.2	17.5, 37.0
1102	Rural Health Region	20.8	13.0, 28.6
		Female
Code	Health Region Name	Rate per 100,000	95% confidence interval
12	Nova Scotia	30.9	28.2, 33.5
1201	Zone 1	29.0	22.6, 35.5
1202	Zone 2	27.3	18.9, 35.6
1203	Zone 3	28.2	20.9, 35.6
1204	Zone 4	29.6	21.8, 37.3
1205	Zone 5	33.9	27.0, 40.8
1206	Zone 6	32.9	28.3, 37.5
		Female
Code	Health Region Name	Rate per 100,000	95% confidence interval
13	New Brunswick	29.3	26.4, 32.2
1301	Region 1	31.1	25.1, 37.2
1302	Region 2	30.7	24.7, 36.7
1303	Region 3	26.6	20.6, 32.6
1304	Region 4	26.6	16.3, 37.0
1305	Region 5	29.7	15.9, 43.5
1306	Region 6	29.5	20.8, 38.2
1307	Region 7	28.1	16.8, 39.5
		Female
Code	Health Region Name	Rate per 100,000	95% confidence interval
24	Quebec	29.5	28.6, 30.5
2401	Région du Bas-Saint-Laurent	29.3	24.0, 34.6
2402	Région du Saguenay - Lac-Saint-Jean	30.9	25.9, 36.0
2403	Région de Québec	29.0	26.1, 32.0
2404	Région de la Mauricie et Centre-du-Québec	27.6	24.3, 31.0
2405	Région de l�Estrie	27.1	22.6, 31.5
2406	Région de Montréal-Centre	31.4	29.6, 33.1
2407	Région de l�Outaouais	28.3	23.4, 33.2
2408	Région de l�Abitibi-Témiscamingue	23.2	16.8, 29.5
2409	Région de la Côte-Nord	23.9	15.3, 32.5
2410	Région du Nord-du-Québec	--	--
2411	Région de la Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine	26.4	19.1, 33.7
2412	Région de la Chaudière-Appalaches	24.9	21.1, 28.7
2413	Région de Laval	32.6	28.0, 37.2
2414	Région de Lanaudière	29.4	24.9, 34.0
2415	Région des Laurentides	31.0	26.8, 35.2
2416	Région de la Montérégie	29.4	27.1, 31.7
2417	Région du Nunavik	0.0	�
2418	Région des Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James	--	--
		Female
Code	Health Region Name	Rate per 100,000	95% confidence interval
35	Ontario (DHC)	29.0	28.2, 29.8
3501	Champlain District Health Council	28.5	26.0, 31.0
3502	Quinte-Kingston and Rideau DHC	27.4	24.1, 30.6
3503	Durham-Haliburton-Kawartha and Pine Ridge DHC	30.5	27.5, 33.5
3504	Toronto District Health Council	27.5	25.9, 29.0
3505	Simcoe-York District Health Council	29.0	26.2, 31.7
3506	Halton-Peel District Health Council	30.4	27.8, 33.1
3507	Waterloo-Wellington-Dufferin DHC	26.8	23.7, 30.0
3508	Hamilton-Wentworth DHC	31.3	27.6, 34.9
3509	Niagara District Health Council	32.7	28.8, 36.5
3510	Grand River DHC	32.8	27.3, 38.3
3511	Thames Valley DHC	31.5	28.2, 34.9
3512	Essex-Kent and Lambton DHC	27.2	24.1, 30.3
3513	Grey-Bruce-Huron and Perth DHC	27.9	23.6, 32.2
3514	Muskoka-Nipissing and Parry Sound DHC	32.1	26.8, 37.4
3515	Algoma-Cochrane-Manitoulin and Sudbury DHC	28.4	24.6, 32.2
3516	Northwestern Ontario DHC	28.3	23.2, 33.4
		Female
Code	Health Region Name	Rate per 100,000	95% confidence interval
35	Ontario (PHU)	29.0	28.2, 29.8
3526	Algoma Public Health Unit	27.6	21.0, 34.3
3527	Brant Public Health Unit	32.1	24.8, 39.5
3530	Durham Public Health Unit	29.3	25.2, 33.4
3531	Elgin-St Thomas Public Health Unit	30.6	21.7, 39.5
3533	Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound Public Health Unit	31.0	24.9, 37.2
3534	Haldimand-Norfolk Public Health Unit	33.6	25.4, 41.8
3535	Haliburton-Kawartha-Pine Ridge Public Health Unit	32.1	26.1, 38.1
3536	Halton Public Health Unit	35.8	31.0, 40.7
3537	Hamilton-Wentworth Public Health Unit	31.3	27.6, 34.9
3538	Hastings and Prince Edward Public Health Unit	26.4	20.8, 32.0
3539	Huron Public Health Unit	25.6	16.8, 34.4
3540	Kent-Chatham Public Health Unit	26.1	19.2, 33.0
3541	Kingston-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington Public Health Unit	23.9	18.7, 29.1
3542	Lambton Public Health Unit	24.9	18.8, 31.0
3543	Leeds-Grenville-Lanark Public Health Unit	32.5	26.3, 38.7
3544	Middlesex-London Public Health Unit	33.4	29.1, 37.7
3545	Muskoka-Parry Sound Public Health Unit	30.6	22.4, 38.8
3546	Niagara Public Health Unit	32.7	28.8, 36.5
3547	North Bay Public Health Unit	33.1	24.8, 41.5
3549	Northwestern Public Health Unit	30.0	20.5, 39.5
3551	Ottawa Carleton Public Health Unit	30.3	27.3, 33.4
3552	Oxford Public Health Unit	25.4	18.4, 32.4
3553	Peel Public Health Unit	27.7	24.5, 30.8
3554	Perth Public Health Unit	21.8	14.1, 29.4
3555	Peterborough Public Health Unit	31.0	24.1, 38.0
3556	Porcupine Public Health Unit	29.0	20.5, 37.4
3557	Renfrew Public Health Unit	29.2	21.6, 36.7
3558	Eastern Ontario Public Health Unit	22.4	17.3, 27.4
3560	Simcoe Public Health Unit	32.3	27.7, 36.9
3561	Sudbury Public Health Unit	28.3	22.8, 33.8
3562	Thunder Bay Public Health Unit	28.0	21.8, 34.1
3563	Timiskaming Public Health Unit	30.7	18.2, 43.1
3565	Waterloo Public Health Unit	27.1	23.1, 31.0
3566	Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health Unit	26.5	21.1, 31.9
3568	Windsor-Essex Public Health Unit	28.4	24.2, 32.5
3570	York Public Health Unit	26.8	23.3, 30.4
3595	City of Toronto Public Health Unit	27.5	25.9, 29.0
		Female
Code	Health Region Name	Rate per 100,000	95% confidence interval
46	Manitoba	29.8	27.4, 32.2
4610	Winnipeg	30.5	27.3, 33.6
4615	Brandon	31.0	19.7, 42.3
4620	North Eastman	18.7	8.1, 29.3
4625	South Eastman	37.1	23.2, 51.0
4630	Interlake	32.9	22.7, 43.0
4640	Central	30.6	22.1, 39.2
4650	Marquette	38.9	25.2, 52.6
4655	South Westman	27.0	14.8, 39.2
4660	Parkland	21.5	11.7, 31.3
4670	Norman	16.5	1.9, 31.1
4680	Burntwood/Churchill	--	--
		Female
Code	Health Region Name	Rate per 100,000	95% confidence interval
47	Saskatchewan	24.4	22.1, 26.7
4701	Weyburn (A) Service Area	29.7	19.4, 40.1
4702	Moose Jaw (B) Service Area	17.9	10.4, 25.4
4703	Swift Current (C) Service Area	27.9	17.4, 38.4
4704	Regina (D) Service Area	25.6	20.8, 30.3
4705	Yorkton (E) Service Area	21.8	14.2, 29.5
4706	Saskatoon (F) Service Area	24.5	19.9, 29.1
4707	Rosetown (G) Service Area	28.1	17.3, 38.9
4708	Melfort (H) Service Area	27.0	15.7, 38.4
4709	Prince Albert (I) Service Area	23.7	15.3, 32.1
4710	North Battleford (J) Service Area	17.7	9.7, 25.7
4711	Northern Health Services Branch (K) Service Area	--	--
		Female
Code	Health Region Name	Rate per 100,000	95% confidence interval
48	Alberta	27.7	26.0, 29.3
4801	Chinook Regional Health Authority	34.9	27.4, 42.4
4802	Palliser Health Authority	29.8	20.9, 38.8
4803	Headwaters Health Authority	41.2	28.7, 53.7
4804	Calgary Regional Health Authority	27.6	24.6, 30.5
4805	Health Authority #5	29.8	18.0, 41.7
4806	David Thompson Regional Health Authority	25.7	19.6, 31.8
4807	East Central Health Authority	22.5	15.6, 29.4
4808	WestView Regional Health Authority	23.7	15.0, 32.4
4809	Crossroads Regional Health Authority	30.7	16.8, 44.6
4810	Capital Health Authority	26.9	23.9, 29.9
4811	Aspen Regional Health Authority	26.2	17.5, 35.0
4812	Lakeland Regional Health Authority	29.3	20.9, 37.7
4813	Mistahia Regional Health Authority	23.4	13.5, 33.2
4814	Peace Regional Health Authority	42.3	14.4, 70.2
4815	Keeweetinok Lakes Regional Health Authority	--	--
4816	Northern Lights Regional Health Authority	9.0	1.8, 16.3
4817	Northwestern Regional Health Authority	--	--
		Female
Code	Health Region Name	Rate per 100,000	95% confidence interval
59	British Columbia	24.9	23.7, 26.1
5901	East Kootenay	23.2	14.9, 31.5
5902	West Kootenay-Boundary	27.4	19.0, 35.8
5903	North Okanagan	20.6	14.7, 26.5
5904	South Okanagan Similkameen	23.9	19.4, 28.3
5905	Thompson	26.6	19.5, 33.7
5906	Fraser Valley	23.9	19.1, 28.7
5907	South Fraser Valley	27.7	24.2, 31.2
5908	Simon Fraser	23.9	19.4, 28.3
5909	Coast Garibaldi	25.4	16.5, 34.4
5910	Central Vancouver Island	25.4	20.8, 30.1
5911	Upper Island / Central Coast	25.5	17.8, 33.2
5912	Cariboo	25.7	15.2, 36.2
5913	North West	23.2	13.5, 32.9
5914	Peace Liard	24.4	12.6, 36.1
5915	Northern Interior	25.0	16.1, 33.9
5916	Vancouver	22.3	19.3, 25.3
5917	Burnaby	26.4	20.9, 31.9
5918	North Shore	24.1	19.0, 29.2
5919	Richmond	18.9	13.6, 24.2
5920	Capital	29.6	25.5, 33.7
5921	Vancouver/Richmond	21.5	18.9, 24.1
5922	Simon Fraser/Burnaby	24.9	21.4, 28.3
		Female
Code	Health Region Name	Rate per 100,000	95% confidence interval
60	Yukon Territory	16.7	3.0, 30.3
6001	Yukon Territory	16.7	3.0, 30.3
61	Northwest Territories	--	--
6101	Northwest Territories	--	--
62	Nunavut	--	--
6201	Nunavut	--	--

-- Suppressed due to both small numbers and extremely high variability
� Not applicable

(1) Confidence intervals illustrate the degree of variability associated with the rate. See Technical Notes.

(2) These rates are created by average of three years of data (1995, 1996, 1997) over the 1996 population estimates; age-standardized to the 1991 Canadian population age structure.

Source: Canadian Vital Statistics Database, Statistics Canada