Table 1

Changes in age-adjusted incident rates of DCIS and/or CIS between 1980–2002

USA [8]

England [9]

Switzerland [10]

Year

DCIS^a

CIS^b

DCIS^c

CIS^c

1980

4.0

1980–82

2.4

4.8

1983

5.0

1983–85

1.8

3.6

1984

7.8

1986–88

3.2

5.2

1989–91

7.3

10.6

1992

23.8

6.5

1992–94

7.9

10.4

1995

28.8

6.8

1998

38.0

9.4

1999

10.5

2001

37.8

11.6

2002

12.0

^aAdjusted to US population in 2000; ^badjusted to European standard population; ^cadjusted to population in US 1970 census. CIS, carcinoma in situ; DCIS, ductal carcinoma in situ.

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