Year 2000 Goal:
Reduce the rate of death from breast cancer to no more than 25.2 per 100,000 women.
U.S. Deaths 1990-1992:
28.9 per 100,000 women
North Dakota Deaths 1990-1994:
26.1 per 100,000 women
Years of potential life lost:
On average, North Dakotans who die from breast cancer before the age of 65 lose 12 years of potential life. This means that the average age at death is 53 years for a woman dying from breast cancer before the age of 65.
Year 2000 Goal:
Increase the percentage of women age 50 and older who have had a clinical breast exam and mammogram within the past one to two years to at least 60 percent.
North Dakota 1994:
63 percent
TREND - Breast Cancer Death Rate
Age adjusted death rate per 100,000 North Dakota women
Early detection of breast cancer (through regular breast self exams, clinical breast exams, and mammograms) increases the chances for long-term survival.
(with age risk increases)
(Mother, sister, maternal aunt, and maternal grandmother)
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Cervical Cancer
Year 2000 Goal:
Reduce deaths from cervical cancer to no more than 1.5 per 100,000 women.
U.S. Deaths 1990-1992:
3.2 per 100,000 women
North Dakota Deaths 1990-1994:
2.6 per 100,000 women
Years of potential life lost:
On average, North Dakotans who die from cervical cancer before the age of 65 lose 19 years of potential life. This means that the average age at death is 46 years for a woman dying from cervical cancer before the age of 65.
Year 2000 Goal:
Increase the percentage of women age 18 and older who have had a Pap test within the past one to three years to at least 85 percent.
North Dakota 1994:
83 percent
TREND - Cervical Cancer Death Rate
Age adjusted death rate per 100,000 North Dakota women
An average of 10 women die from cervical cancer every year in North Dakota. These deaths are almost always preventable with diagnosis and treatment of precancerous lesions.
(a virus that causes genital warts) |
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