We would like to include Canadian Breast Cancer Statistics as quoted from the Canadian Cancer Society. Visit www.cancer.ca.
- In 2003, an estimated 21,200 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 5,300 will die of it.
- An estimated 140 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 40 will die of it.
- On average, 407 Canadian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer every week.
- On average, 102 Canadian women will die of breast cancer every week.
- One in 9 women is expected to develop breast cancer during her lifetime.
- One in 27 women will die of breast cancer.
- Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in Canadian women.
- Since 1988, breast cancer incidence rates have risen by 10% and death rates have dropped by 19%.
Totals may not add, due to rounding.
Thank you for your interest.
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