Breast Cancer in California: A Closer Look
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Some Facts
- Fifty-five percent of California women who get breast cancer are under
age 65. (read more)
- White women are more likely to get breast cancer, but African American
women are more likely to die from it. (read
more)
- More California women are getting breast cancer, but the death rate
is down. (read more)
- The breast cancer death rate for Asian women in California is going
up, while the rates for other California ethnic groups are dropping. (read
more)
- A 50-year-old California woman's chance of getting breast cancer over
the next 20 years is 1 in 17. Over the next 5 years, it's 1 in 84. (read
more)
- The California county with the highest breast cancer rate is Marin,
and the county with the lowest rate is Imperial. (read
more)
- Women with more education and higher incomes are more likely to get
breast cancer. (read more)
- Breast cancer is slightly more common in the left breast than in the
right. (read more)
- More California women are being treated with breast-conserving surgery
now, instead of having their entire breast removed, to treat breast cancer.
(read more)
- Younger women diagnosed with breast cancer are less likely to survive
than are older women. (read more)
- One thing women can do that may cut down their chances of getting breast
cancer is to get regular exercise. (read more)
