Mammography / Breast Cancer

(Data are for the U.S.)

 

Mammography Use

• Percent of women 40 years of age and over who had a mammogram within the past 2 years: 68% (2008)

Source: Health, United States, 2008, table 89

• Number of physician office visits during which mammograms were ordered or provided: 17 million

Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Summary, table 16

• Number of hospital outpatient department visits during which mammograms were ordered or provided: 2.3 million

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Outpatient Department Summary, table 14

 

Breast Cancer Mortality

• Number of breast cancer deaths for females: 40,821

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2006, table 12

 

More data

• Age-adjusted cancer incidence rates for selected cancer sites, by sex, race, and Hispanic origin, Health, United States, 2008 table 52
• Five-year relative cancer survival rates for selected cancer sites, by race and sex, Health United States, 2008, table 53
• Death rates for breast cancer for females, according to race, Hispanic origin, and age: United States, selected years Health, United States, 2008, table 39
• Discharges in nonfederal short-stay hospitals by sex, age, and selected first listed diagnosis, Health United States, 2008, table 103
• Discharge rate and average length of stay in nonfederal short-stay hospitals, by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnosis, Health United States, 2008, table 104
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