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Breast cancer by the numbers

By The Columbian
Published: October 7, 2016, 3:16pm

346 — Annual average number of new breast cancer cases in Clark County from 2006 to 2010.

54 — Annual average number of breast cancer deaths in Clark County from 2006 to 2010.

268,670 — Estimated number of new breast cancer cases in the U.S. in 2016.

266,120 — Estimated number of new breast cancer cases in women in the U.S. in 2016.

41,400 — Estimated number of breast cancer deaths in the U.S. in 2016.

5,580 — Estimated number of new breast cancer cases in women in Washington in 2016.

860 — Estimated number of women in Washington who will die from breast cancer in 2016.

2 — Breast cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death among women in the U.S., following lung cancer.
Sources: American Cancer Society, Susan G. Komen Oregon and SW Washington

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