Aside from non-melanoma skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women. Breast cancer is the number one cause of cancer death in Hispanic women. It is the second most common cause of cancer death in white, black, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native women.
The graph below shows how breast cancer compares to other common causes of death in women of all ages.
The graph shows that the top 10 causes of death for women in the United States are
| 1 | Diseases of heart | 329,238 |
| 2 | Cerebrovascular diseases | 86,993 |
| 3 | Lung and bronchus cancer | 69,078 |
| 4 | Chronic lower respiratory disease | 68,497 |
| 5 | Alzheimer's disease | 51,039 |
| 6 | Accidents (unintentional injury) | 41,426 |
| 7 | Breast cancer | 41,116 |
| 8 | Diabetes mellitus | 38,581 |
| 9 | Influenza and pneumonia | 34,949 |
| 10 | Colorectal cancer | 34,949 |
Source: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program (www.seer.cancer.gov
) SEER*Stat Database: Mortality – All COD, Public-Use with State, Total U.S. (1969–2005), National Cancer Institute, DCCPS, Surveillance Research Program, Cancer Statistics Branch, released February 2008. Underlying mortality data provided by CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.
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