8 Facts, About<br />Breast Cancer.<br />With over 220,000 women in the United States<br />diagnosed with breast cancer each year, it is<br />important for everyone to educate themselves. .<br />In honor of <br />National Mammography Day, <br />here are eight facts about the<br />risks of breast cancer.<br />1. 1 in 8 women in the U.S. will<br />be diagnosed with breast cancer.<br />2. Women who get regularly screened have a<br />47% lower risk of dying from breast cancer. .<br />3. Mammography has reduced breast cancer<br />mortality in the U.S. by 40 percent since 1990.<br />4. There are more than 3.5 million<br />breast cancer survivors in the U.S.<br />5. Each year, an estimated<br />2,670 men in the U.S. will be<br />diagnosed with breast cancer.<br />6. About 80 percent of women<br />diagnosed with breast cancer do not<br />have a family history of the disease.<br />7. Breast cancer is the number one<br />cause of death among women globally.<br />8. About 95 percent of breast cancer in the<br />U.S. occurs in women over the age of 40
