Breast Cancer Deaths Per Year. In 2020 an estimated 2 620 men will be diagnosed. Trends in breast cancer incidence.
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women only lung cancer kills more women each year. Rate of new cases and deaths per 100 000. Estimated new female breast cancer cases and deaths by age us 2017 1 figure 1.
About 43 600 women will die from breast cancer.
So the mortality rates are quite different. 627 000 deaths according to the national cancer institute the list of top five causes of cancer death in the u s. 64 of breast cancer cases are diagnosed at a localized stage there is no sign that the cancer has spread outside of the breast for which the 5 year survival rate is 99. However many more people live in town a than live in town b.
