Statistics about breast cancer

Breast cancer by the numbers

234,190 — Estimated number of new breast cancer cases in the U.S. in 2015.

231,840— Estimated number of new breast cancer cases in women in the U.S. in 2015.

40,730— Estimated number of breast cancer deaths in the U.S. in 2015.

61— The percentage of breast cancer cases diagnosed at the localized stage (cancer that hasn’t spread outside the breast).

99 percent— The five-year relative survival rate for women diagnosed with localized breast cancer (cancer that hasn’t spread outside the breast).

29— The estimated percentage of new cancer cases among American women in 2015 that will be breast cancer.

2— Breast cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death among women in the U.S., following lung cancer.

5,480— Estimated number of new breast cancer cases in women in Washington in 2015.

830 — Estimated number of women in Washington who will die from breast cancer in 2015.

133 — Number of women per 100,000 women in Washington who had breast cancer from 2007-2011.

Source: American Cancer Society