Table 1 The characteristics of women aged 30–46 years at diagnosis with breast cancer between 2013 and 2018.

From: Ethnicity and the tumour characteristics of invasive breast cancer in over 116,500 women in England

 

White

Indian

Pakistani

Black Carribean

Black African

P-value

 

(n = 22,001)

(n = 604)

(n = 483)

(n = 325)

(n = 609)

 

Patient characteristics

  Mean age at diagnosis (SD)

40.7 (4.3)

40.3 (4.2)

39.9 (4.2)

40.7 (4.3)

39.9 (4.3)

<0.001

  Most deprived quintile

15.9 (3 490)

17.3 (104)

48.1 (232)

41.5 (134)

41.1 (248)

<0.001

  Comorbidity

14.3 (3 137)

12.3 (74)

19.0 (92)

16.6 (54)

10.5 (64)

0.001

Tumour characteristics

  Stage 3

17.6 (3579)

17.6 (97)

20.4 (89)

23.8 (72)

26.6 (147)

<0.001

  Grade 3

47.6 (10,196)

48.9 (288)

60.4 (279)

52.6 (163)

57.4 (334)

<0.001

  ER negative

23.0 (3813)

26.8 (109)

25.6 (89)

23.3 (52)

30.1 (122)

0.005

  Her2 positive

21.5 (3767)

20.6 (93)

20.3 (78)

17.5 (44)

22.3 (98)

0.521