Breast cancer incidence rate among women by age U.S. 1975-2020

The incidence rate of breast cancer among women in the United States aged 65 years and older has increased since 1975, but reached a peak in 1998. In 2020, the incidence rate of breast cancer among U.S. women aged 65 years and older was 404.8 per 100,000 population. This statistic shows the incidence rate of breast cancer among women in the United States from 1975 to 2020, by age.

Incidence rate of breast cancer among women in the United States from 1975 to 2020, by age (per 100,000 population)

Characteristic	Younger than 50 years	50 to 64 years	65 years and older
1975	40.7	233.2	329.1
1976	39.2	222.4	319.3
1977	39	220.5	319.4
1978	39.2	221.2	319.6
1979	37.9	220.6	332.9
1980	37.8	217.3	343
1981	38	222	350.3
1982	40	216.8	347.1
1983	39.8	237.6	360.7
1984	42.5	243.9	383.4
1985	44.2	265.5	411.4
1986	43.9	268.5	434.3
1987	45.7	283	463.3
1988	43.8	277.8	457.1
1989	43.1	265.8	444.4
1990	45.5	278.6	445.4
1991	47	274.2	451
1992	43.4	285.7	451
1993	43	279	442.4
1994	42.3	298.8	442.2
1995	42.6	296.2	449.2
1996	44	310.5	443.7
1997	43.6	317.4	464.5
1998	45.4	319.1	481.7
1999	43.6	332.8	481.4
2000	43.6	317	455.2
2001	44.2	318.2	472.3
2002	43.1	323.8	450
2003	42.9	288.8	413.8
2004	44.6	285.2	419.8
2005	44	283.6	415.7
2006	44.2	279.8	414.2
2007	45.7	277.1	428.4
2008	45.4	281.3	430.6
2009	45.2	283.9	438.2
2010	44.6	271.8	432.7
2011	45.5	279.5	443.5
2012	44.3	273.7	448.8
2013	45.4	273.7	450.4
2014	46.2	285.1	441.6
2015	46.7	285.2	440.1
2016	45.5	283.8	445.7
2017	47.5	281.6	446.6
2018	48.5	284.2	447.4
2019	49.7	295.3	452.2
2020	46.8	264.2	404.8