Walking in Truth

October is ​Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Breast cancer is a disease that affects all nationalities of women. However, the number of breast cancer deaths per 100,000 women for BIPOC Community is  28.1 percent higher mortality rate overall. 
Fighting Together to Save Lives "Celebrate the Lives of Survivors" by  to spreading awareness in the community that diagnoses don't mean death and early detection saves lives!
We also pay tribute and honor to the women and men who have battled, fought and survived this horrific disease.

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Fighting together to Save lives, began participating with other breast cancer organizations in the community to promote awareness.  Our main goal is to make a difference in the community, by encouraging women and men to get annual mammograms and encourage communities, to take part in their lives because early detection saves lives. 

Breast Cancer Statistics 
Breast Cancer is the leading cuse of cancer death among American women.
A study found that breast cancer deaths among women in the United States dropped 1% per year from 2014 to 2018.
Another study found that non-Hispanic Black women had a 41% higher death rate from breast cner than non-Hispanic white women from 2011 to 2015.
CDC scientist wanted to know if these trends had changed.
Racial And Ethnic Groups
Compared to women in other racuial and ethnic groups, non-Hispanic Black women had the highest breast cancer death rated, and non-Hispanic Asian or Pacifiv Islander women had the lowest.
Age Groups
The largest decrease in breast cancer death rates was found among women who were 45 to 64 years old.
*Among women who were 25 to 44 breast cancer death rates decreased 1.5% per year on average, from 7.5 per 100,000 in 1999 to 5.4 in 2020.
​"Breast Cancer deaths are decreasing in the US overall, but disparities till exist"

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