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Article: Chronic disease reports: deaths from breast cancer among women - United States, 1986.
- Article from:
- MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Article date:
- August 25, 1989
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Chronic Disease Reports: Deaths from Breast Cancer among Women -- United States, 1986
In 1986, breast cancer (International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification [ICD-9-CM] 174) was the underlying cause of death for 40,534 women in the United States. Breast cancer accounted for 32% of diagnosed cancers and 20% of cancer deaths among women[1].(*) Breast cancer incidence and mortality in the United States and worldwide have increased in cohorts of women born since 1900, for reasons not well understood[3,4].
Breast cancer mortality increases with age; 54% of deaths from breast cancer in the United States in 1986 occurred in women ...