Table 1 Demographics and characteristics of women diagnosed with grade 3 breast cancer in NZ

Ethnicity

No.

%

Asian

223

8.9

Maori

244

9.8

NZ European

1783

71.5

Pacific Islander

159

6.4

Other

84

3.4

Asian

Maori

Other

Age

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

 < =40

269

10.8

30

13.5

34

13.9

166

9.3

26

16.4

13

15.5

 41–50

627

25.2

74

33.2

76

31.1

413

23.2

47

29.6

17

20.2

 51–60

654

26.2

72

32.3

81

33.2

438

24.6

47

29.6

16

19

 61–70

511

20.5

32

14.3

42

17.2

387

21.7

28

17.6

22

26.2

 71–80

267

10.7

10

4.5

9

3.7

228

12.8

11

6.9

9

10.7

 > 80

165

6.6

5

2.2

2

0.8

151

8.5

0

0

7

8.3

 Breast Cancer

171

56.1

10

58.8

16

51.6

134

59.3

8

33.3

3

42.9

 Other causes

134

43.9

7

41.2

15

48.4

92

40.7

16

66.7

4

57.1

 Ductal

2253

91.5

209

94.1

226

92.6

1590

90.6

149

94.3

79

94

 Lobular

78

3.2

3

1.4

4

1.6

67

3.8

4

2.5

0

0

 Mixed

18

0.7

2

0.9

3

1.2

13

0.7

0

0

0

0

 Other

114

4.6

8

3.6

11

4.5

85

4.8

5

3.2

5

6

 0

5

0.2

1

0.4

0

0

3

0.2

1

0.6

0

0

 I

709

28.4

58

26

65

26.6

537

30.1

21

13.2

28

33.3

 II

1024

41.1

95

42.6

107

43.9

736

41.3

60

37.7

26

31

 III

356

14.3

39

17.5

35

14.3

228

12.8

38

23.9

16

19

 IV

363

14.6

29

13

34

13.9

251

14.1

36

22.6

13

15.5

 X

36

1.4

1

0.4

3

1.2

28

1.6

3

1.9

1

1.2

 Luminal A

749

41.9

63

41.7

78

42.9

526

41.3

58

48.3

24

38.1

 Luminal B

153

8.6

16

10.6

26

14.3

99

7.8

8

6.7

4

6.3

 Her Enriched

295

16.5

25

16.6

34

18.7

196

15.4

35

29.2

5

7.9

 Triple Negative

592

33.1

47

31.1

44

24.2

452

35.5

19

15.8

30

47.6