Breast Cancer Statistics for U.S.A.

Given below are breast cancer statistics for USA along with ethnicity prevalence and mortality rates.  

Breast Cancer Rates for U.S.A.

• In 2007, 202,964 women were diagnosed with breast cancer.
• In the same year, 40598 women died from breast cancer.
• In 2010, 207,090 cases of invasive breast cancer were newly diagnosed.
• In the same year, 54,010 cases of breast cancer in situ (non invasive breast cancer) were diagnosed.
• Less than 1% of new cases are breast cancer in men.
• In 2010, 1,970 new cases of male breast cancer were diagnosed.
• In 2010, about 40,000 women died of breast cancer.
• In the seven years from 1999 to 2006, incidence of breast cancer decreased by 2% per year due to increased awareness, early detection from screening procedures and newer treatments. Credit can also be given to reduced use of hormonal replacement therapy after its connection with breast cancer was published.
• Breast cancer accounts for 28% of all cancers detected.
• Nearly one out four cancer patients is a breast cancer patient.
• Most common cancer in women after skin cancer.
• Breast cancer rates second after lung cancer to cause death in women due to cancer.
• In 2010, 2.5 million breast cancer surviving women existed in the United States.
• About 5 % to 10% of breast cancers are due to genetic reasons.
• About 80% of breast cancer patients have no family history of breast cancer.

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Ethnicity.

• White women and African American women are more prone to developing and dying from breast cancer than Asian, Hispanic and Native American women.

• White women are more prone to develop breast cancer but less likely to die from it.
• African American women have more aggressive breast tumors for which no explanation is available.

Breast Cancer Mortality Rates for U.S.A.

In the twenty years from 1970 to 1990, breast cancer mortality in U.S. increased by 0.3% in white women, while the rise was comparatively much more in black women –1.6%.

In the decade following 1990, the mortality rate in white women declined by 2.5% and in black women the decrease was 1%.

This decline in the US breast cancer mortality was probably due to early diagnosis, awareness and newer treatments.

Breast Cancer Statistics for U.K.

• 45000 cases diagnosed per annum.
• 12,500 deaths due to breast cancer per annum.

 

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