Mortality Atlas: Breast Cancer

Standardized number of deaths from breast cancer per 100,000 inhabitants (women), care region sublevel 2, Flanders, period 2003-2012. For this cause of death group breast cancer ICD-10 code C50, an analysis was made for the period 2003-2012. This 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 concerns 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 in 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. https://www.zorg-en-gezondheid.be/number-overledens -per-region-2014Definition of healthcare region sublevel 2: A healthcare 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. It takes into account existing partnerships and their specific characteristics and respects provincial boundaries. The Flemish government also pays attention to the availability and accessibility of health facilities or welfare facilities for the user. There are different hierarchical levels of demarcation. Care region layer Sublevel 2 divides 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 jurisdiction in the Brussels Capital Region.