Breast Cancer Facts & Figures 2019-2020
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2020 - Breast Cancer Facts
www.stopbreastcancer.org › wp-content › uploads2020 12.8% MORTALITY Breast cancer is the 2nd leading cause of cancer death for women in the United States, after lung cancer. In 2020, it is estimated that 42,170 women and 520 men will die of breast cancer. (ACS, 2020) In 2018 there were 626,679 deaths from breast cancer globally. (WHO, 2019) Progress in breast cancer mortality reduction has slowed in recent years. The mortality rate was decreasing by about 1.9% annually between 1998 and 2011.