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The Burden of Chronic Diseases and Their Risk Factors: National and State Perspectives 2004

Section II

The Burden of Heart Disease, Stroke, Cancer, and Diabetes, United States

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Breast Cancer Among Women

Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths among American women. Risk factors include older age, later age at birth of first child, and family history of breast cancer. Mammography, the best available method for detecting breast cancer in its earliest, most treatable stage, can find cancer 1-3 years earlier than a woman or her health care provider can feel a lump.

  • African American women have the highest rate of death from breast cancer, and Asian/Pacific Islander women have the lowest.
  • Of all diagnosed cases of breast cancer, 75% are among women aged 50 years or older.
  • Women have a 1 in 50 chance of getting breast cancer by age 50, a 1 in 24 chance by age 60, and a 1 in 8 lifetime risk for the disease.
  • Screening with mammography can reduce deaths due to breast cancer by 16% among women aged 40 and older, and the risk reduction associated with screening increases as women get older.
  • The American Cancer Society estimates that, in 2004, 215,990 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 40,110 women will die of this disease.

Breast Cancer Among Women: 2001 Death Rate*

Breast Cancer Among Women: 2001 Death Rate

* Deaths per 100,000, age adjusted to 2000 total U.S. population. ICD–10 code: C50.

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Deaths due to Breast Cancer Among Women, by Race and Ethnicity, 2001

State Total White Black Asian /Pacific Islander American Indian/Alaska Native Hispanic
  Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
ALABAMA 748 28.6 527 26.0 219 38.6 - - - - - -
ALASKA 46 21.8 36 23.3 - - - - - - - -
ARIZONA 685 24.2 583 25.4 29 54.9 - - - - 57 17.3
ARKANSAS 395 24.7 334 24.1 57 30.0 - - - - - -
CALIFORNIA 4200 24.8 3034 27.8 355 34.9 297 14.8 - - 505 16.4
COLORADO 469 22.3 414 23.1 - - - - -

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 33 14.5
CONNECTICUT 594 27.5 534 27.8 42 32.6 - - - - - -
DELAWARE 123 26.7 101 26.1 - - - - - - - -
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 128 38.9 31 36.3 96 44.5 - - - - - -
FLORIDA 2562 23.5 2046 24.1 271 27.9 - - -

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 228 16.8
GEORGIA 1010 24.9 713 24.1 285 29.1 - - - - - -
HAWAII 139 20.5 41 23.8 - - 87 18.5 - - - -
IDAHO 131 19.8 124 19.6 - - - - - - - -
ILLINOIS 1846 26.6 1462 26.2 316 37.5 22 10.8 - - 46 12.6
INDIANA 921 26.9 829 26.5 85 38.1 - - - - - -
IOWA 455 23.9 442 23.8 - - - - - - - -
KANSAS 355 22.2 331 22.4 - - - - - - - -
KENTUCKY 636 27.4 577 26.7 52 37.8 - - - - - -
LOUISIANA 729 30.5 464 27.4 261 40.9 - - - - - -
MAINE 182 22.0 181 22.2 - - - - - - - -
MARYLAND 819 27.9 569 26.8 229 33.7 - - - - - -
MASSACHUSETTS 1048 26.5 984 27.2 43 30.2 - - - - - -
MICHIGAN 1473 26.3 1216 25.2 231 36.4 - - - - - -
MINNESOTA 687 24.9 678 25.7 - - - - - - - -
MISSISSIPPI 440 28.2 270 24.5 166 36.5 - - - - - -
MISSOURI 917 27.3 802 26.6 102 35.6 - - - - - -
MONTANA 124 22.8 120 23.1 - - - - - - - -
NEBRASKA 254 25.0 238 24.6 - - - - - - - -
NEVADA 255 25.5 219 27.1 - - - - - - - -
NEW HAMPSHIRE 186 26.1 185 26.4 - - - - - - - -
NEW JERSEY 1467 28.7 1191 29.4 178 32.9 29 14.8 - - 68 16.7
NEW MEXICO 183 19.1 119 20.9 - - - - - - 47 15.1
NEW YORK 3125 27.6 2361 28.2 514 34.9 53 9.6 - - 195 18.3
NORTH CAROLINA 1154 25.5 847 23.6 288 34.2 - - - - - -
NORTH DAKOTA 103 25.6 101 25.8 - - - - - - - -
OHIO 1941 28.7 1695 28.0 236 38.4 - - - - - -
OKLAHOMA 536 26.8 465 27.0 47 44.1 - - - - - -
OREGON 520 26.4 499 27.2 - - - - - - - -
PENNSYLVANIA 2316 28.2 2031 27.2 245 39.9 - - - - 26 21.3
RHODE ISLAND 159 23.4 154 24.6 - - - - - - - -
SOUTH CAROLINA 589 25.8 385 22.7 197 34.3 - - - - - -
SOUTH DAKOTA 87 18.9 83 19.0 - - - - - - - -
TENNESSEE 845 25.7 697 24.7 143 34.1 - - - - - -
TEXAS 2483 24.7 1725 25.3 371 37.5 21 9.2 - - 363 17.3
UTAH 197 22.0 189 22.7 - - - - - - - -
VERMONT 106 28.9 105 29.0 - - - - - - - -
VIRGINIA 1077 27.9 799 26.5 252 38.5 - - - - - -
WASHINGTON 759 24.2 703 25.0 - - 22 13.1 - - - -
WEST VIRGINIA 309 25.7 299 25.8 - - - - - - - -
WISCONSIN 821 25.8 772 25.5 35 33.1 - - - - - -
WYOMING 60 22.8 58 23.4 - - - - - - - -
                         
UNITED STATES 41394 26.0 33363 26.0 5490 35.2 672 12.9 123 13.5 1746 16.2
                         

* Deaths per 100,000, age adjusted to 2000 total US population. Dashes indicate too few deaths (20 or fewer) to calculate a stable estimate.

 

  



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