Globally -Breast cancer is the second most
common cancer killer of women - only lung cancer is more deadly. Currently
annually diagnosed in well over a million people globally, and killing about
500,000 people.
In the U.S. - according to the National
Breast cancer Foundation - there are 200,000 newly diagnosed cases of breast
cancer each year, and 40,000 women each year are dying of this prolific disease.
There has been a disturbing increase in
the breast cancer rates over the past 50 years.
✔ 1 out of 8 women who live to age 85 will develop
breast cancer.
✔ Breast cancer is the leading cause of death for
women age 40 to 55.
✔ 15% of all breast cancers occur in women under
age 45 - having more aggressive cancers with
lower recovery rates.
✔ 80% of breast lumps are NON-cancerous.
✔ 70% of breast cancers are found through breast
self-exams.
✔ 80% of women diagnosed with breast cancer have no
family history of breast cancer.
U.S. Female
Breast Cancer Rates by region
(rates per 100,000 people)
The incidence
rate for the United States is 121.9 -
Incidence rates are highest in the Northeast U.S. Census region
(129.6), followed by the West (123.0), Midwest (120.2), and South
(118.1).
The death rate
for the United States is 22.5 -
Death rates are highest in the Midwest U.S. Census region (23.5),
followed by the Northeast (22.7), South (22.6), and West (21.0).
Men are not immune - although their odds of having breast
cancer are about 100 times better than women;~1,700 men will develop breast cancer and 450 will die from it each
year.
- Men who work
around gasoline and combustion products have a significantly higher risk of
developing breast cancer.
American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2000;37:349-352
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