Breast Cancer Facts*
Canadian Cancer Society

• In 2007, over 22,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 5,300 will die of it.
   

• Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in Canadian women, accounting for an estimated 30% of all cancer cases.
   

• In 2007, new breast cancer diagnoses will slightly double the number of lung cancer diagnoses among Canadian women
   

• Over 99% of breast cancer is found in women.
   

• An estimated 150 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 45 will die from it.
   

• One in nine women will develop breast cancer at some point during her lifetime. One in 27 will die of it.
   

• Incidence by age group

Less than 1% of breast cancer cases occur in women aged 29 or younger.
20% of breast cancer cases occur in women under aged 30-49
28% of cases occur in women age 50 to 69
23% of cases occur in women aged 60-69
29% of cases occur in women 70 and over
 

• Mortality by age group
  Less than 1% of breast cancer deaths occur in women aged 29 or younger.
  11% of breast cancer deaths occur in women between the ages of 30 and 49
  18% of breast cancer deaths occur in women ages 50 and 59
  18% of breast cancer deaths also occurr in women aged 60 - 69
  52% of breast cancer deaths occur in women age 70 and
  over.
   

• The good news…
  Breast cancer mortality rates are expected to decline slightly in 2007
  Incidence rates of breast cancer have stabalized since 1993, and mortality rates have declined steadily at a rate of 2.7% annually
  The breast cancer mortality rate is at its lowest since 1950.
  
  * Reference: www.cbcf.org
  
  

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