Challenges to the early diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer in developing countries

Table 1 Countries with the highest breast cancer incidence and mortality rates[3]

Country	Incidence rate	Country	Mortality rate
1 Belgium	111.9	1 Fiji	28.4
2 Denmark	105	2 Bahamas	26.3
3 France	104.5	3 Nigeria	25.9
4 The Netherlands	99	4 Pakistan	25.2
5 Bahamas	98.9	5 New Caledonia	24.4
6 Iceland	96.3	6 Armenia	24.2
7 United Kingdom	95	7 Lebanon	24.0
8 Barbados	94.7	8 Trinidad and Tobago	23.5
9 United States	92.9	9 Ethiopia	23.0
10 Ireland	92.3	10 Uruguay	22.7
11 French Polynesia	92.2	11 Barbados	22.1
12 Germany	91.6	12 Serbia	22.0
13 Italy	91.3	13 Jordan	21.8
14 Finland	89.4	14 Syria	21.5
15 Luxembourg	89.1	15 Somalia	20.6
16 New Caledonia	87.6	16 Afghanistan	20.6
17 Australia	86	17 Eritrea	20.5
18 Malta	85.9	18 French Polynesia	20.4
19 New Zealand	85	19 Montenegro	20.2
20 Switzerland	83.1	20 Guyana	20.1
21 Israel	80.5
22 Sweden	80.4

Incidence and mortality rates are number of cases and number of deaths, respectively, per 100000 women. Both measures are age-standardized.