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Article: Breast Cancer Mortality Rates Down in Canada
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- July 28, 1997
CopyrightCopyright 1997 Xinhua English Newswire. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Breast cancer mortality rates in Canada have reached their lowest
level in more than four decades, Statistics Canada reported today.
In 1995, 28.4 of every 100,000 Canadian females of all ages died
of breast cancer, down from 31.3 in 1990.
From 1950 to 1990, the mortality rates remained relatively
steady,
fluctuating between 29.5 and 32.0 deaths per 100,000 females. Since
1990, there has been an overall decline.
Between 1986 and 1995, significant decreases in breast cancer
mortality rates occurred in all age groups from 30 to 70, the
federal
statistics agency said.
"In combination with other factors, such as advances in treatment
and changing fertility patterns, the earlier diagnoses ...