Breast Cancer in California

Table 2.5

Five-year female breast cancer mortality counts (1) and average annual age-adjusted rates (2) per 100,000 population by county and race/ethnicity (3), California, 1989-1993

All Races Asian/Other Black Hispanic White
County of Residence Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
California 21,271 25.3 882 12.6 1,565 32.4 2,102 17.9 16,717 27.4
Alameda 987 26.6 70 15.7 172 29.0 71 21.9 674 28.9
Alpine 2 - - - - - - - - -
Amador 24 - - - - - - - - -
Butte 156 21.9 - - - - - - 150 22.1
Calaveras 33 - - - - - - - - -
Colusa 11 - - - - - - - - -
Contra Costa 672 27.3 28 15.7 60 35.0 33 20.1 551 28.3
Del Norte 18 - - - - - - - - -
El Dorado 115 29.2 - - - - - - 112 30.2
Fresno 404 21.7* 9 - - - 54 14.9 320 24.3
Glenn 19 - - - - - - - - -
Humboldt 96 26.6 - - - - - - 92 27.3
Imperial 67 23.8 - - - - 30 20.6 - -
Inyo 18 - - - - - - - - -
Kern 329 23.3 - - - - 30 15.3 277 25.0
Kings 54 25.5 - - - - - - 43 28.2
Lake 65 27.8 - - - - - - 61 28.4
Lassen 16 - - - - - - - - -
Los Angeles 6,139 26.2 290 12.2 814 33.3 913 18.0 4,121 30.1*
Madera 49 18.4 - - - - - - 46 22.1
Marin 230 29.1 - - - - - - 217 29.6
Mariposa 17 - - - - - - - - -
Mendocino 65 26.1 - - - - - - 64 27.8
Merced 101 22.8 - - - - 11 - 82 25.6
Modoc 6 - - - - - - - - -
Mono 1 - - - - - - - - -
Monterey 212 23.3 - - - - 28 18.9 165 24.1
Napa 107 24.2 - - - - - - 100 24.8
Nevada 89 24.8 - - - - - - 87 25.1
Orange 1,678 25.7 46 8.8 14 - 127 17.5 1,491 28.1
Placer 136 24.0 - - - - - - 126 24.0
Plumas 17 - - - - - - - - -
Riverside 867 23.4 9 - 33 26.6 69 16.0 756 24.6*
Sacramento 840 28.0* 34 13.7 56 32.0 59 29.4* 691 29.0
San Benito 27 - - - - - - - - -
San Bernardino 854 24.6 15 11.6 57 29.7 102 18.4 679 25.6
San Diego 1,819 25.7 73 15.3 85 37.6 126 16.0 1,535 27.2
San Francisco 636 24.7 90 12.9 89 38.2 45 16.5 412 31.2
San Joaquin 343 25.2 13 - - - 40 24.0 273 27.3
San Luis Obispo 201 28.6 - - - - - - 188 29.1
San Mateo 570 26.5 43 15.6 - - 36 17.3 471 29.6
Santa Barbara 252 21.4 - - - - 24 16.0 219 22.3*
Santa Clara 916 23.2 71 12.9 20 24.1 90 16.8 734 26.0
Santa Cruz 172 25.8 - - - - 12 - 156 26.6
Shasta 129 25.2 - - - - - - 122 24.7
Sierra 5 - - - - - - - - -
Siskiyou 28 16.7 - - - - - - - -
Solano 225 27.1 15 13.0 28 33.6 16 20.8 166 28.9
Sonoma 346 25.7 - - - - 17 29.2 324 26.0
Stanislaus 228 21.5 - - - - 26 25.8 192 21.5*
Sutter 48 23.3 - - - - - - 44 24.9
Tehama 50 26.7 - - - - - - 48 27.5
Trinity 16 - - - - - - - - -
Tulare 199 23.1 - - - - 27 13.8 162 25.0
Tuolumne 50 27.8 - - - - - - 47 27.2
Ventura 402 22.4 - - - - 42 15.1 341 23.6*
Yolo 84 24.2 - - - - - - 76 26.6
Yuba 31 21.0 - - - - - - 26 21.4

1 Deaths for counties with five-year race-specific populations of less than 200,000 are note shown.

2 Rates are age-adjusted to the 1970 U.S. Standard except where noted. Rates based on fewer than 15 deaths are not shown. Data are from the CDHS Vital Statistics Death Certificate Master Files, 1989-1993.

3 Race/ethnicity categories are mutually exclusive. Persons of Hispanic ethnicity are identified by death certificate and/or surname, and may be of any race. Women of unknown race/ethnicity are excluded from race/specific data.

* Rate is significantly different from comparable race-specific statewide rate, 1989-1993 (p < 0.01).

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