“In 2020, the latest year for which incidence data are available, in the United States, 239,612 new cases of Female Breast cancer were reported among women, and 42,273 women died of this cancer. For every 100,000 women, 119 new Female Breast cancer cases were reported and 19 women died of this cancer.

Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, exceeded only by heart disease. One of every five deaths in the United States is due to cancer.

The rates of cancer diagnoses and cancer deaths are impacted by changes in exposure to risk factors, screening test use, and improvements in treatments. Some cancer rates are going down, as you can see in the lines below and in the maps where the color is gradually getting lighter over time.

In some cases, even though the rate is going down, the number of new cases and deaths is going up. This happens because the size of our population is growing and aging each year.”

Center for Disease Control and Prevention – CDC (https://gis.cdc.gov/Cancer/USCS/#/AtAGlance/)