E-Resources: Cape Cod Breast Cancer and Environment Atlas

Breast Cancer Incidence in Cape Cod towns 1995 - 1999

Between 1995 and 1999, 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 8 of these towns (Data source - MA Cancer Registry, 2004).

Town	SIR	Town	SIR
Barnstable	101	Mashpee	142*
Bourne	101	Orleans	138*
Brewster	150	Provincetown	90
Chatham	139*	Sandwich	110
Dennis	131*	Truro	152
Eastham	171*	Wellfleet	90
Falmouth	118*	Yarmouth	110
Harwich	145*

*=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 1995-1999

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