How do Marin’s mortality rates compare with mortality rates in other regions?
A. The breast cancer age-adjusted mortality rates in Marin County (29.8 per 100,000 white, non-Hispanic women) and San Francisco County (31.9 per 100,000 white, non-Hispanic women) were not significantly different than other parts of the Bay Area (28.5 per 100,000 white, non-Hispanic women) and California (28.4 per 100,000 white, non-Hispanic women). The good news is that in all regions breast cancer mortality rates decreased between 1988 and 2001.