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: 67.6% (2008)

Source: Health, United States, 2010, table 86 [PDF - 9.4 MB]

• Number of physician office visits during which mammograms were ordered or provided: 21.1 million

Source:National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2008 Summary Tables, table 17 [PDF - 478 KB]

• Number of hospital outpatient department visits during which mammograms were ordered or provided: 2.8 million

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2008 Outpatient Department Summary Tables, table 15 [PDF - 343 KB]

 

Breast Cancer Mortality

• Number of breast cancer deaths for females: 40,678
• Deaths per 100,000 females: 26.1

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2009, tables 12, 14 [PDF - 1.4 MB]

 

More data

• Age-adjusted cancer incidence rates for selected cancer sites, by sex, race, and Hispanic origin, Health, United States, 2010 table 47 [PDF - 9.4 MB]
• Average length of stay in nonfederal short-stay hospitals, by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnosis, Health United States, 2010, table 102 [PDF - 9.4 MB]
• Death rates for breast cancer for females, according to race, Hispanic origin, and age: United States, selected years Health, United States, 2010, table 34 [PDF - 9.4 MB]
• Discharges in nonfederal short-stay hospitals by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnosis, Health United States, 2010, table 100 [PDF - 9.4 MB]
• Five-year relative cancer survival rates for selected cancer sites, by race and sex, Health United States, 2010, table 48 [PDF - 9.4 MB]
• Search Tables for Breast Cancer in Health Data Interactive