Spatiotemporal model estimates of age-standardised breast cancer mortality in Switzerland in the 2009–2012 period. Bold values denote age-standardised mortality ratios significantly different from 1
| SMRs (95% CI) | ||||
| Non-spatial | Spatial | |||
| Language | ||||
| German | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| French | 1.00 | (0.86 to 1.15) | 1.03 | (0.81 to 1.33) |
| Italian/Roman | 1.01 | (0.87 to 1.16) | 1.00 | (0.68 to 1.37) |
| Urbanisation level | ||||
| Rural | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Urban | 0.97 | (0.89 to 1.06) | 0.97 | (0.89 to 1.07) |
| Years of population-based screening | ||||
| 0, 1–4 years | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| 5+ years | 0.95 | (0.82 to 1.11) | 0.99 | (0.78 to 1.23) |
| Socioeconomic index | ||||
| Per 10-point increase | 1.03 | (0.97 to 1.09) | 1.03 | (0.95 to 1.10) |
| Spatial variation | 0.29 | (0.24 to 0.35) | ||
SMR, standardised mortality ratio.