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Breast Cancer Incidence in Cape Cod towns 1993 - 1997

Between 1993 and 1997, 9 of the 15 towns on Cape Cod had breast cancer incidence rates at least 15 percent higher than those found in the rest of Massachusetts. Elevated incidence was statistically significant in 6 of these towns.

Town	SIR	Town	SIR
Barnstable	111	Mashpee	143*
Bourne	85	Orleans	156*
Brewster	114	Provincetown	83
Chatham	139*	Sandwich	121
Dennis	121	Truro	102
Eastham	151*	Wellfleet	82
Falmouth	119*	Yarmouth	117
Harwich	137*

*=statistically significant at p < 0.05

For the period 1982 - 1994, we also looked at breast cancer incidence on Cape Cod in geographic units smaller than towns. In order to discern whether breast cancer incidence varied within towns or across town boundaries, we looked at breast cancer in census tracts and census block groups.

For information on how incidence is calculated, click here.

Breast Cancer Incidence by Town 1993-97

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