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By the end of 2005, some 211,240 women will have been diagnosed with breast cancer in the US. Of those women, an estimated 40,410 will die from the disease. Almost all of the women with breast cancer will be over the age of 40, with the majority being between 404 and 59 years of age.
These stats make breast cancer a leading cause of cancer death among women in America, second only to lung cancer. But although these numbers are high, it's also important to keep in mind that there are currently two million breast cancer survivors living in the US.
Men aren't entirely ignored by the disease, either. According to estimates, around 1,690 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 460 will die this year.
One in every 40 Ashkenazi Jews carry one of the mutated BRCA genes that scientists have shown greatly increases a woman's chances of developing breast cancer. This means that it is very common for Jewish women of Ashkenazi, or Central and Eastern European descent to develop cancer. In the general population, one in 10,000 women carries a mutated BRCA gene.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in African American women. These women also have the highest death rate than any other ethnicity or race. Researchers have attributed these statistics to certain biological and genetic differences in tumors, lifestyle choices, and not getting regular mammograms.
Less than 5% of breast cancers occur in women under the age of 40. For those women who do develop breast cancer at a young age, the most likely culprit is a genetic mutation.
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These stats make breast cancer a leading cause of cancer death among women in America, second only to lung cancer. But although these numbers are high, it's also important to keep in mind that there are currently two million breast cancer survivors living in the US.
Men aren't entirely ignored by the disease, either. According to estimates, around 1,690 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 460 will die this year.
Who gets breast cancer?
One in every 40 Ashkenazi Jews carry one of the mutated BRCA genes that scientists have shown greatly increases a woman's chances of developing breast cancer. This means that it is very common for Jewish women of Ashkenazi, or Central and Eastern European descent to develop cancer. In the general population, one in 10,000 women carries a mutated BRCA gene.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in African American women. These women also have the highest death rate than any other ethnicity or race. Researchers have attributed these statistics to certain biological and genetic differences in tumors, lifestyle choices, and not getting regular mammograms.
Less than 5% of breast cancers occur in women under the age of 40. For those women who do develop breast cancer at a young age, the most likely culprit is a genetic mutation.
See also
