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Get The Facts On Breast Cancer

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Howard University Hospital Women's Imaging Center is raising awareness for breast cancer by promoting annual breast exams to its patient populations. Did you know that....

  • Approximately 1 in 8 women (13%) will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in their lifetime and 1 in 39 women (3%) will die from breast cancer.
     

  • According to Cancer.org, breast cancer incidence rates are highest among Non-Hispanic Whites at 130.8 per 100,000, followed closely by African Americans at 129.0 per 100,000. African American women also have the highest breast cancer death rate in the nation at 28.4 deaths per 100,000.
     

  • Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the District of Columbia and is the third leading cause of cancer death.
     

  • African American women in the District of Columbia have a higher incidence rate of breast cancer than White women at 139.4 per 100,000.
     

  • African American women in the District of Columbia have a breast cancer mortality rate that is two times higher than White women at 33.2 deaths per 100,000.

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1-In-8 Women Will Be Diagnosed With  Invasive Breast Cancer In Their Lifetime

  • In 2021, an estimated 281,550 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women in the U.S. as well as 49,290 new cases of non-invasive (in situ) breast cancer.
     

  • 63% of breast cancer cases are diagnosed at a localized stage (there is no sign that the cancer has spread outside of the breast), for which the 5-year survival rate is 99%.
     

  • An estimated 43,600 women will die from breast cancer in the U.S. this year.
     

  • There are over 3.8 million breast cancer survivors in the United States.
     

  • On average, every 2 minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States. (Source National Breast Cancer Foundation)

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