People say they know about breast cancer, but very few people know the ins and outs and the numbers behind cancer. Cancer, specifically breast cancer, affects millions of people each and every day and if you aren’t watching or paying attention it could be the end of your life. Don’t make the same mistake of not getting early screenings and doing your part. You deserve to be healthy and here are the numbers to help you put breast cancer into perspective.
There was a time between 1987 and 1993 where the presence of cancer increased in women both under and over the age of 50. This had to do with a rise in the hormones that were being put out in food and in supplements as well as less of an insistence on getting checked out regularly and doing home breast exams. Once that came into vogue in the early 1990′s, from 1993 to 1999 the rate of breast cancer cases actually dropped each year. This shows just how much detection matters.
Now, while it is strictly a stereotype, it might give you something to think about. Consider this: there are plenty of African Americans who live in low income situations. Regardless of whether it is environmentally to blame or they have themselves to blame the reason may vary from person to person, but the truth might be that there are lower income. Consider that African-American’s have the highest mortality rate of any ethnic group that is diagnosed with breast cancer. So if you can believe that economic conditions affect health care than this statistic might be able to back up the idea that you need good health care to keep from getting such a dreaded disease.
These statistics aren’t meant to scare as much as they are to inform and drive home the point that you have your health in your hands and that you should be able to prevent breast cancer and treat it early.