1. Breast cancer facts Daniela Cazares

2. Fact #1 In the US, 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime

3. Fact #2 The most significant risk factors for breast cancer are being female and aging. About 95% of all breast cancers in the US occur in women 40 and older

4. Fact #3 Getting a mammogram can help reduce the number of deaths from breast cancer by 30 to 40% among women ages 40 to 70. so make your mom a personalized card encouraging her to get one! Sign up for momm-o-grams

5. Fact #4 Breast cancer deaths have been declining since 1990 thanks to early detection, better screening, increased awareness, and new treatment options

6. Fact # 5 Each year it is estimated that over 220,00 women in the united states will be diagnosed with breast cancer and more thann 40,000 will die

7. Fact #6 Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death among women

8. Fact #7 In the US today, there are more than 2.9 million breast cancer survivors. The largest group of all cancer survivors

9. Fact #8 One women will die of breast cancer every 13 minutes in the US

10. Fact #9 Every 19 seconds, someone in the world is diagnosed with breast cancer

11. Fact #10 A mans lifetime risk of breast cancer is about 1 in 1,000

12. Fact #11 About 2,240 new cases of invasive breast cancer were expected to be diagnosed in men in 2013