- Life expectancy for women has increased from 78 to 81 years over a recent 30-year period.
- During that same period, the number of women 50 and older who reported receiving a mammogram has increased from 27 to 72 percent.
- The number of adult women who smoke has dramatically dropped from 28 to 16 percent.
- Breast cancer death rates decreased 40 percent from 1989 to 2017.
- The five-year survival rate for breast cancer is now 90 percent.
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