Mortality Atlas: Breast Cancer

Standardized number of deaths from breast cancer per 100,000 inhabitants (women), care region sublevel 2, Flanders, period 2003-2012. An analysis was made for this cause of death group breast cancer ICD-10 code C50 for the period 2003-2012. It concerns the average number inhabitants in the region during the period 2003-2012. All figures refer exclusively to residents of the Flemish Region. Foreigners and residents of the Walloon Region or the Brussels-Capital Region who died in the Flemish Region are therefore not included. They also do not appear in the population denominators. Average annual number of deaths in the region for the selected cause of death for the period 2003-2012. This is a direct standardization and is expressed as "number of deaths per 100,000 persons of a standard population". This method is used in these maps (entire mortality atlas) and for comparisons between Flanders and Europe. The legend is constructed as follows: the midpoint of each interval (group boundaries) is 10% lower than the next group, and 10% higher than the previous group. -per-region-2014Definition care region sublevel 2: A care region is a geographically defined area. With a view to stimulating and organizing cooperation between health facilities and welfare facilities and determining the programming, the Flemish Government divides the Flemish Region into care regions. In doing so, it takes into account existing partnerships and their specific characteristics, and provincial boundaries are respected. The Flemish government also pays attention to the accessibility and accessibility of the health facilities or welfare facilities for the user. There are different hierarchical levels of demarcation. Care region layer Sublevel 2 divides the area of ​​the Flemish Region into 111 areas. The Brussels-Capital Region can be included as an additional area in certain cases when the Flemish government has competence in the Brussels-Capital Region.