Introduction to Epidemiology 6th Edition by Ray M Merrill

Exercise 11

TABLE 3 Age-Specific Female Malignant Breast Cancer Incidence in the Combined Areas of San Francisco and the Metropolitan Areas of Detroit and Atlanta According to Selected Racial Groups, 2006–2008

	White		Black		Other
Years	Cases	Population	Cases	Population	Cases	Population
< 50	3,616	7,420,076	1,415	3,344,874	662	1,586,388
50–54	1,913	830,549	690	293,626	286	148,548
55–59	2,094	736,737	692	244,829	293	131,258
60–64	2,043	567,178	577	162,834	194	89,008
65–69	1,788	400,785	443	111,761	206	69,068
70+	4,940	1,210,138	1,026	266,941	429	177,188

Data from Surveillance Research Program, National Cancer Institute. SEER*Stat software Version 6.4.4.

Available at: http:///www.seer.cancer.gov/seerstat. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Using the white female population as the standard, use the indirect method to calculate the SMR for blacks in the age range 50–69.

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In the given table, age specific female malignant breast cancer incidences in San Francisco, Detroit and Atlanta, between 2006 and 2008, in selected racial groups are given. Based on the tabulated data in women using indirect method SMR, or Standard Morbidity or Mortality Rate for blacks with female malignant breast cancer with whites as standard is determined.