Statistics

According to American Cancer Society:

• Besides skin cancers, breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed among American women. It accounts for nearly 1 in 3 cases of cancers.
• Only lung cancer accounts for more cancer deaths among American women.
• Today, about 1 in 8 women will get breast cancer in their lifetime.
• A woman in the United States is diagnosed with breast cancer every three minutes.
• The chance that a breast cancer patient will be alive five years after diagnosis is lower in women under 40. Statistics indicate that tumors diagnosed in younger women may be more aggressive and less responsive to treatment, making early detection key.

According to The National Cancer Institute:

Approximately 2.6 million American women with a history of breast cancer were alive in January, 2008.Men can get Breast Cancer too! Although it usually occurs among women, men have breast tissue and can develop breast cancer. About 2,190 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected among men in 2012; approximately 410 men will die from breast cancer in 2012. About 12% of women born today will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetimes. This is equivalent to 1 in 8 women.

According to THE U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC):

• White women have the highest incidence rate for breast cancer (about 125 women out of every 100,000), followed Black women, then Hispanic women, then Asian/Pacific Islander women, and then American Indian/Alaska Native women.
• Death rates from breast cancer tell a different story. Black women have the highest death rates, followed by White women, then Hispanic women, then American Indian/Alaska Native women, and then Asian/Pacific Islander women.