The Numbers on Breast Cancer
The Numbers on Breast Cancer
• 2.9 million: Number of breast cancer survivors in the United States.
• 232,340: Estimated number of American women that will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013.
• 67%: Number of women 40 years of age and older who have had a mammogram in the last two years.
• 12%: Number of women who will be diagnosed with breast cancer during their lifetime.
• 98%: Five-year survival rate for women diagnosed with breast cancer at a localized stage.
• 15%: Five-year survival rate for women diagnosed with breast cancer at stage IV (disease has spread from the breast and lymph nodes to other parts of the body).
Sources: American Cancer Society, CDC, healthcare.gov
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