According to the CDC, the number one cause of death in women in the United States, at 25.8%, is heart disease. This is closely followed by cancer, at 22%. In the United States, skin cancer is the most prevalent form of cancer in women. Breast cancer is the second most common form of cancer in women, followed by lung cancer. However, that is just the prevalence of cancer. Lung cancer kills more women in the United States than breast cancer, which comes in second. In 2006, some 40,820 women in the United States died from breast cancer. Fortunately that is decreasing at a rate of about 2% per year.
The on-line magazine Good has published an infographic comparing the progress that has been made in the fight against breast cancer.
In honor of National Women’s Health Week, we’ve looked at the fight against breast cancer around the world. We’ve looked at how the United States—and other member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development—are performing in three categories: improvement in the five-year survival rate for breast cancer, the mortality rate per 100,000 women, and the percentage of women who have mammography screenings. In some areas, we have made extraordinary progress; in others we still have a long way to go.
via The World’s Progress on Breast Cancer – GOOD Blog – GOOD.
