Breast
Cancer Statistics
These
links will take you to discussions of breast cancer statistics.
Remember
that statistics are figures that predict trends in groups -
not your personal fortune teller. There are plenty of survivors
who are happy to tell you how misleading statistics can be.
Breast
Cancer Surveillance Consortium Statistics
A nice, simple pie chart from the Breast Cancer Roundtable showing
US statistics.
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C/NET Cancer Data Query System
Requires a free registration and is not specific to breast cancer,
but still a good resource.
Atlas
of Cancer Mortality
The 254 maps in the atlas will make it easy for researchers
and state health departments to identify places in the US where
high or low rates occur.
Breast
Cancer and Mammography Statistics
Well-constructed overview of incidences by country, ethnicity
and age from the National Cancer Institute.
Breast
Cancer Clusters: Clickable Map
The National Action Plan on Breast Cancer provides contacts
and web sites for all fifty states. A good resource for researching
cancer rates and other epidemiological data.
Breast
cancer stats 'could be misleading'
Faulty record keeping can change the prognosis for breast cancer
patients.
Breast
Cancer Studies and Statistics
Heres the motherlode (293 citations) of statistical studies
from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.