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Table 1 Breast cancer prevalence rates from Cochran et al.[16]

From: Breast cancer in lesbians and bisexual women: systematic review of incidence, prevalence and risk studies

 

LB women

  

NHANES III*

 

Age

No

% prevalence

95% CI

% prevalence

95% CI

Under 40

7962

0.2

0.1-0.4

0.2

0.0-0.4

40-49

2671

1.5

0.1-2.5

1.0

0.4-1.9

50-59

739

3.6

2.5-5.3

3.6

0.1-7.0

60-75

182

8.8

5.4-13.9

10.0

3.0-16.9

Combined

11,554

0.9

0.8-1.1

0.9

0.4-1.3

  1. *Standardised by age, ethnicity, education level, geographic region.
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