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Table 1 Observed versus expected breast cancer deaths among Ashkenazi and Sepharad Jewish women in São Paulo (1971-1997) and Porto Alegre (1948-1997), Brazil

From: Breast cancer mortality among Ashkenazi Jewish women in São Paulo and Porto Alegre, Brazil

 

São Paulo Ashkenazi

São Paulo Sepharad*

Porto Alegre

Age group (years)

O

E

O/E

95% CI

O

E

O/E

95% CI

O

E

O/E

95% CI

Before 1985**

            

   20-29

-

1

0.00

-

    

-

-

0.00

-

   30-39

3

4

0.75

0.15-2.19

    

4

3

1.33

0.36-3.41

   40-49

9

8

1.13

0.52-2.15

    

6

5

1.20

0.44-2.62

   50-64

31

26

1.19

0.80-1.70

    

20

18

1.11

0.68-1.71

   65-79

31

32

0.97

0.65-1.39

    

11

8

1.38

0.69-2.47

   > 79

11

11

1.00

0.50-1.79

    

1

2

0.50

0.01-2.79

   Total

85

82

1.04

0.83-1.29

    

42

36

1.16

0.84-1.57

1985-1997

            

   20-29

-

1

0.00

-

    

-

-

0.00

-

   30-39

2

2

1.00

0.12-3.61

2

1

2.00

0.24-1.72

-

1

0.00

-

   40-49

5

7

0.71

0.23-1.65

6

4

1.50

0.55-3.50

-

2

0.00

-

   50-59

15

14

1.07

0.60-1.77

11

5

2.20

1.10-3.94

5

7

0.71

0.23-1.65

   60-69

29

25

1.16

0.78-1.67

10

9

1.11

0.53-2.04

8

5

1.60

0.69-3.15

   70-79

40

26

1.54

1.10-2.09

13

6

2.17

1.15-3.71

8

6

1.33

0.57-2.62

   > 79

34

30

1.17

0.82-1.63

2

3

0.67

0.08-2.42

8

3

2.67

1.15-5.26

   Total

122

104

1.17

1.00-1.44

44

30

1.47

1.07-1.98

29

24

1.21

0.81-1.79

  1. O, Breast cancer observed deaths; E, breast cancer expected deaths; O/E, ratio of observed versus expected breast cancer deaths; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval estimated by Poisson distribution. * 1971-1997; ** 1948-1997 in Porto Alegre and 1971-1997 in São Paulo.