Managed Healthcare Executive October 3, 2024
Although many women are living longer after a breast cancer diagnosis, inequalities persist.
Breast cancer death rates overall have dropped 44% since 1989, which equals about 517,900 averted deaths, the latest American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Facts and Figures 2024-2025 report revealed. While death rates have dropped overall, in the last decade (2012 to 2021), breast cancer incidence has increased 1.4% yearly for women under the age of 50 versus women aged 50 and older (0.7%). Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women in the United States, behind skin cancer.
Inequalities are especially prevalent in communities of color. Breast cancer death rates for American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) women have remained unchanged. Although AIAN women have...
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