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Table 12A.2
Table 12A.2
Breast cancer five year relative survival at diagnosis
1982–1986 1987–1991 1992–1997 1998–2002
Age at Diagnosis % 95% CI % 95% CI % 95% CI % 95% CI
20–29 years 70.3 64.6–76.0 71.1 65.8–76.3 73.0 68.4–77.6 81.5 76.8–86.2
30–39 years 72.1 70.2–73.9 75.9 74.3–77.6 79.9 78.6–81.2 84.4 83.0–85.8
40–49 years 76.4 75.2–77.6 80.4 79.4–81.3 85.7 85.1–86.4 89.5 88.8–90.1
50–59 years 70.2 69.0–71.4 77.5 76.5–78.5 86.3 85.7–86.9 90.0 89.5–90.6
60–69 years 72.9 71.7–74.1 79.7 78.7–80.7 86.1 85.4–86.8 90.4 89.7–91.1
70–79 years 69.9 68.3–71.5 76.6 75.2–78.0 82.8 81.8–83.9 85.2 84.1–86.2
80–89 years 64.3 61.0–67.7 67.9 65.1–70.8 70.8 68.6–73.1 75.5 73.1–77.9
90–99 years 63.0 49.0–76.9 58.2 47.2–69.2 52.7 44.5–60.8 56.3 47.7–64.9
All ages 70.9 70.2–71.5 76.5 76.0–77.0 82.8 82.4–83.1 86.6 86.3–87.0
Source : AIHW and National Breast Cancer Centre (2006), Breast cancer in Australia: An overview,
2006 , Cancer series no. 34. Cat. no. CAN 29. Canberra: AIHW.
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