Breast cancer is the most common type of non-skin cancer in the United States, and the second leading cause of cancer death for women. (1) Roughly $8.1 billion is spent in the United States on breast cancer treatment each year. (2) An estimated 40,460 women will die of breast cancer in 2007. (3)
How many women die from breast cancer?
The Report Card benchmark is the Healthy People 2010 goal of reducing the number of deaths from breast cancer to 22.3 deaths per 100,000 population [Healthy People 2010 Objective 3-3].
Data Source: Breast Cancer Death Rate (per 100,000 population), 2002-2004
EXPLANATION:
Breast cancer includes malignant neoplasm of the breast. Breast cancer death rates for women are three-year averages and are per 100,000 estimated population. Death rates for all ages include deaths occurring at any age, and are age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.
SOURCE:
National Center for Health Statistics, Health Data for All Ages: Adult Mortality by Age, available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/health_data_for_all_ages.htm.