Table 1 The burden of breast cancer in Balkan countries in 2019 (rates / 100,000 population and 95% uncertainty interval) and forecasts in 2030 (rates / 100,000 population and 95% confidence interval)

Albania

28.10 (20.41–37.90)

271.24 (199.18–366.32)

334.53 (200.41–408.32)

251.38 (185.33–340.23)

316.01 (273.26–358.75)

19.86 (12.28–29.88)

24.78 (19.11–29.65)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

49.54 (37.97–63.78)

513.67 (396.77–659.09)

622.74 (558.01–687.46)

480.74 (372.77–609.93)

585.86 (542.66–629.06)

32.93 (21.92–46.96)

41.55 (32.90–50.20)

Bulgaria

73.86 (57.73–93.47)

636.85 (499.68–806.77)

590.20 (150.35–1030.06)

586.06 (459.01–739.73)

536.39 (117.80–954.99)

50.80 (33.31–72.54)

53.53 (32.42–74.65)

Croatia

67.44 (52.12–85.83)

513.29 (398.19–648.19)

513.29 (394.79–631.80)

467.31 (358.65–589.86)

467.34 (355.21–579.46)

45.98 (30.35–64.60)

53.17 (42.27–66.09)

Greece

85.13 (65.97–108.93)

574.51 (525.37–631.90)

610.40 (568.39–652.40)

510.13 (468.72–548.63)

536.69 (497.06–576.32)

64.38 (43.24–92.61)

77.39 (70.51–84.78)

Montenegro

66.58 (53.05–81.96)

598.28 (477.93–734.52)

577.33 (341.30–813.36)

552.44 (440.74–679.92)

528.17 (297.09–759.25)

45.85 (30.63–64.51)

49.16 (42.72–55.60)

North Macedonia

54.24 (40.96–70.27)

553.96 (419.65–710.83)

544.23 (480.13–608.32)

517.42 (393.05–661.17)

510.56 (437.41–583.70)

36.54 (23.36–53.99)

44.49 (41.98–47.00)

Republic of Moldova

33.74 (28.52–39.82)

390.65 (333.50–462.97)

390.65 (255.54–525.76)

367.49 (312.86–434.87)

384.09 (336.55–431.63)

23.16 (15.59–32.34)

24.63 (3.92–45.35)

Romania

45.49 (36.85–55.28)

478.90 (387.45–585.89)

529.19 (473.26–585.12)

448.13 (363.03–545.98)

492.31 (437.55–547.07)

30.76 (20.87–42.97)

37.05 (35.56–38.55)

Serbia

71.49 (40.96–70.27)

670.84 (530.31–847.04)

731.89 (622.84–840.95)

622.70 (492.48–788.14)

674.34 (567.15–781.53)

48.14 (31.82–69.39)

59.23 (54.42–64.04)

Slovenia

59.43 (45.64–78.99)

450.19 (348.30–589.97)

450.11 (353.14–547.08)

408.89 (314.89–541.23)

409.87 (307.44–512.31)

41.30 (26.52–59.76)

43.37 (32.63–54.11)