10/21/2022
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
“You are not alone, you never will be”
🎀In 2022 in the United States, it’s estimated that 43,780 people — 43,250 women and 530 men — are going to die from breast cancer.
🎀According to the CDC, about 9% of all new cases of breast cancer in the U.S. are found in women younger than 45; breast cancer risk increases as women get older.
🎀Black women are less likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer than white women, but are 41% more likely to die from the disease.
🎀About 170,000 people in the United States are living with metastatic breast cancer.
This information is provided by Breastcancer.org.
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