The Geography of Breast
Cancer:
Countries with Incidences Greater than 50 per 100,000 Women
(2002-2007)
The lowest
rates of breast cancer
are found in Asia, but
even in regions with
low incidence the
rates are increasing
rapidly.
Sweden
Iceland
Finland
Norway
Canada
Denmark
Ireland
The U.S. has
the highest
rate of breast
cancer with
101 cases per
100,000.
United States
Netherlands
Great
Britain
Germany
Belgium
Czech
Republic
Luxembourg
France
Poland
Switzerland
Austria Hungary
Slovenia
Italy
Croatia
Bosnia- Serbia
Herzegovina
Montenegro
Portugal
Spain
Macedonia
Greece
Albania
Malta
Lebanon
Israel
Pakistan
Puerto Rico
Barbados
Trinidad &
Tobago
Women in
industrialized
countries are more
likely to get breast
cancer, but less likely
to die from it than
women in poor
countries.
In India,
861 women
die each week
of breast
cancer.
Australia
Argentina
New
Zealand
Map created by the GIS Research and Map Collection with data from The Penguin Atlas of Women in the World, Atlas Collection, Ball State University Libraries..