• One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer
• Each year, over 200,000 women and 1500 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States
• An estimated 40,110 women and 470 men will die from breast cancer each year
• Every three minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer and ever 13 minutes a woman dies of breast cancer in the United States
• Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women of all ages.  The most proven and significant risk factors are being female and getting older
• Only 5-10% of breast cancers are due to heredity.  The majority of women with breast cancer have no known significant family history or risk factors
• Approximately 80% of all breast cancer occurs in women 50 years of age or older
• A woman's chance of developing breast cancer increases with age.  In the U.S., a woman has a 13% lifetime risk of developing breat cancer
• Breast cancer is the leading cancer site among American women and is second only to lung cancer in cancer deaths
• The five year relative survival rate for women with localized breast cancer is more than 95%
• In the U. S. today, there are more than two million breast cancer survivors

The Susan G Komen web site is now a wonderful resource for news and  information on breast cancer health related topics and treatment topics. Click here to be taken to this information.