Oct. Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Facts 1 (CBCF)

We often forget how important it is to get to know the facts about things we always talk about like breast health and cancer. October is the time to remember--breast health awareness month. "Breast cancer continues to be the most common cancer in Canadian women over the age of 20, with 1 in 4 cancer diagnoses being breast cancer". To read more facts from CBCF continue reading this post. 

BREAST CANCER STATISTICS FOR CANADA/ALBERTA: 

·         Breast cancer continues to be the most common cancer in Canadian women over the age of 20, with 1 in 4 cancer diagnoses being breast cancer.

·         One in 9 Canadian women is expected to develop breast cancer during her lifetime, meaning by age 90.

·         In 2013, an estimated 23,800 Canadian women (200 Canadian men) will be diagnosed with breast cancer.

·         In Alberta in 2013, and estimated 2,100 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer.

·         The risk of developing breast cancer increases with age – 82 percent of new breast cancers will occur in women 50 year of age and older.

·         In Canada today, over 157,000 women are alive today who have had a breast cancer diagnosis in the past 10 years – women are living longer.

·         The 5- year survival rate for Canadian women diagnosed with breast cancer is 88 percent - compared to 79 percent in 1986.

·         One in 29 Canadian women will die from breast cancer.

·         In 2013, and estimated 5000 Canadian women (60 Canadian men) will die from this disease.

·         In Alberta in 2013, and estimated 400 women will die from this disease.

·         Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in Canadian women -second only to lung cancer.

·         The risk of dying from breast cancer increases with age – 90 percent of breast cancer deaths occur in women age 50 and older.

·         Fewer Canadian women are dying from breast cancer today than in the past – since their peak in 1986, breast cancer deaths have decreased by 42 percent due to earlier detection through regular mammography screening, advances in screening technology, and improved treatments.

Source: 

CBCF

http://www.cbcf.org/prairies/Pages/default.aspx 

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