Special Month: Part 1

Take off those moccasin boots and tie on the runners- it's Breast Cancer Month.
There are some startling facts about breast cancer that you should be aware of every month :

• One in 27 women will die from it
  
• In 2007, an estimated 22,300 Canadian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 5,300 will die from it
  
• The cause of breast cancer is unknown and cannot be prevented
  75% of all breast growths, whether malignant or benign are discovered during breast self examination
  
• 9 out of 10 growths are detected by women themselves
  
• As many as 2 million women in North America were diagnosed with breast cancer during the 1990's
  
• Since 1993, incidence rates for breast cancer have stabilized and death rates have declined 8 out of 10 breast growths are non-cancerous
  
• Male incidence of breast cancer accounts for 2% of all cases
  In 2005 an estimated 150 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 45 of them will die from it
  
• On average 415 Canadian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer each week
  
• On average 102 Canadian women will die from breast cancer every week

In the next blog we will discuss YOUR RISKS on getting breast cancer

Source: http://www.bcsc.ca/breasthealth.htm

Quote of the Day:

"Worry is as useless as a handle on a snowball." - Mitzi Chandler