Breast Cancer
The On-Going Battle
Facts and Statistics
- About 12% of women will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer during their lifetime.
- About 39,620 women died from breast cancer in 2013.
- Caucasian women have a higher risk of developing breast cancer.
- It is the most common type of cancer in women.
- Men are also at risk of developing breast cancer, but it is considerably lower than that of a woman's risk.
- For every 100 women diagnosed, there is one man also diagnosed with breast cancer.
- As age increases, so does the risk of developing breast cancer.
- Breast cancer mortality rates have been gradually decreasing since 1989.
For more information and facts about breast cancer, http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/ & http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/content/@research/documents/document/acspc-040951.pdf
Men vs. Women
For every 100 women diagnosed, there is one man also diagnosed with breast cancer.
Raising Awareness
Charities like Susan G. Komen, raise awareness for breast cancer and raise money for the research for the cure. Learn more at http://ww5.komen.org/.
Surviving
As of 2012, there were an estimated 2.9 million breast cancer survivors living in the U.S. alone.