Part 3: U.S. Mortality - Breast, by Age

Select the following settings:

• Get Started With a Cancer Site: Breast
• Choose a Statistic to Explore: U.S. Mortality
• Click on the "Recent Trends" tab
• Under "Compare by:" make sure "Age" is highlighted and click on "Ages <50," "Ages 50-64," and "Ages 65+"
• Under "More Options" leave "Precision" at 0.1 and unclick Show Standard Error and Show Confidence Interval
• Right above the bar chart click on the "Data Table" tab
• Under "Table Display" click on "Rates"

1. What was the age-adjusted mortality rate for ages <50 from breast cancer in 2008? (1 point)

4.7 per 100,000 cases for breast cancer in 2008.

2. What was the age-adjusted mortality rate for ages 50-64 from breast cancer in 2012? (1 point)

38.5 per 100,000 cases for breast cancer in 2012.

3. What was the age-adjusted mortality rate for ages 65+ from breast cancer in 2019? (1 point)

88.3 per 100, 000 cases for breast cancer in 2019.

4. Describe each of these age-specific rates (ages<50, ages 50-64, and ages 65+) in words by putting these data into a sentence (don't forget the denominators!). Then, discuss how these three rates compare to each other (for example, which rate is higher? By how much?) Answer in complete sentences. (4 points)

5. Examine the rates of breast cancer in ages 65+ by year between 2000 and 2019. Is there a pattern to the change in the rates over time? That is, are the rates increasing, decreasing, or staying the same over time? Use data from the table in your answers to these questions, and answer in complete sentences. (4 points)