When one is looking at breast cancer rates in relation to breastfeeding or any other factors, it is also important to include average life span. I don't have exact statistics at my finger tips, but I think that a good deal of breast cancer in the U.S. occurs in older women. Average life span of women in China may explain a lot of the difference in breast cancer rates. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html