Table 1 Number of invasive breast cancers in Northwest-Netherlands (The Hague and North-Holland) according to TNM-stage and country of birth, 1988–1998

From: Breast cancer risk among first-generation migrants in the Netherlands

 

All stages

TNM-stage at diagnosis (n=16 297)a

Country of birth

Number

%b

Stages I–II (%)

Stages III–IV (%c)

Netherlands

16 702

83.3

85

15

Western countries

1233

6.2

  

 Indonesia

583

2.9

85

15

 Germany

245

1.2

83

17

 Other Western countries

405

2.0

82

18

Non-Western countries

466

2.3

  

 Surinam

218

1.1

83

17

 Turkey

40

0.2

87

13

 Morocco

26

0.1

86

14

 Netherlands Antilles

59

0.3

78

22

 Other non-Western countries

123

0.6

82

18

Unknown

1615

8.1

84

16

Total

20 016

100.0

85

15

  1. aUnknown TNM-stage was included in I–II; cases for which TNM was not applicable (n=202) and cases with residence in The Hague (n=3517) excluded.
  2. bPercentage calculated vertically.
  3. cPercentage calculated horizontally.
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