Potty Talks
Breast Cancer Awareness
October 2017
Did You Know?
Did You Know?
Woman- Every 2 minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer?
- Regular physical activity decreases the chance of developing breast cancer. (National Cancer Institute)
- Breast cancer is the most common cancer worldwide among women. (National Breast Cancer Foundation)
Men- 2,600 men will be newly diagnosed with breast cancer by the end of 2017?
- Excessive alcohol consumption causes cirrhosis of the liver; the second leading cause of breast cancer in men. (American Cancer Society)
- 30% of people who excessively drink alcohol are more likely to develop cirrhosis of the liver by this percentage. (American Cancer Society)
- #1Obesity is the number one cause of breast cancer in men. A healthy diet and exercising can help lower your risk.
- 40%Mammograms have helped prevent around 40% of deaths from breast cancer since 1990.
- 28,000The total number of annual cancer cases in men that are related to obesity.
- 13The number in minutes a woman in the U.S. will lose her life to breast cancer.