8 Facts, About
Breast Cancer.
With over 220,000 women in the United States
diagnosed with breast cancer each year, it is
important for everyone to educate themselves. .
In honor of
National Mammography Day,
here are eight facts about the
risks of breast cancer.
1. 1 in 8 women in the U.S. will
be diagnosed with breast cancer.
2. Women who get regularly screened have a
47% lower risk of dying from breast cancer. .
3. Mammography has reduced breast cancer
mortality in the U.S. by 40 percent since 1990.
4. There are more than 3.5 million
breast cancer survivors in the U.S.
5. Each year, an estimated
2,670 men in the U.S. will be
diagnosed with breast cancer.
6. About 80 percent of women
diagnosed with breast cancer do not
have a family history of the disease.
7. Breast cancer is the number one
cause of death among women globally.
8. About 95 percent of breast cancer in the
U.S. occurs in women over the age of 40