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Awareness of the facts and statistics surrounding breast cancer in the United States is key in empowering individuals to make informed decisions about their health.
Breast Cancer Fact Sheet. for Patients and Caregivers. Breast cancer can start in any part of one or both breasts. For women in the US, breast cancer is the most common cancer (after skin cancer) and the second-leading cause of cancer death (after lung cancer).
Fast facts. Each year in the United States, about 270,000 women get breast cancer and 42,000 women die from the disease. Men also get breast cancer, but it is not very common. About 1 out of every 100 breast cancers diagnosed in the United States is found in a man.
In 2024, approximately 42,250 women (Table 2) and 530 men are expected to die from breast cancer. Breast cancer incidence increased during the most recent decade of data (2012-2021) by 1% annually overall, with a steeper increase among women younger than 50 years (1.4% per year) than in those 50 or older (0.7% per year).
Key facts. Breast cancer caused 670 000 deaths globally in 2022. Roughly half of all breast cancers occur in women with no specific risk factors other than sex and age. Breast cancer was the most common cancer in women in 157 countries out of 185 in 2022. Breast cancer occurs in every country in the world.
We recommend the Facts for Life fact sheets for people looking for in-depth information about breast cancer. Topics covered include: the breast and breast cancer, risk factors, diagnosis and staging, treatment, survivorship, integrative and complementary therapy, support, specific populations and resources.
Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the US for Black and Hispanic women (due to lower lung cancer mortality rates) and the second-leading cause of cancer death, following lung cancer, among API, American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN), and White women.