I speak daily to women regarding the importance of health and healthcare.  There are some who are scared to receive a mammogram. I constantly hear "Well if I have cancer I don't want to know." Or there are those without health insurance who state, "I can't afford to get a mammogram."  And there exists those who live in underserved communities who will state, "That they are trying to make it day by day and it is the last thing on their mind."  This is where information and educating the public on health and providing resources to assist them.

The statistic shows that. " In 2023, an estimated 300,590 people (297,790 women and 2,800 men) in the United States will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the United States, excluding skin cancer. Worldwide, female breast cancer has now surpassed lung cancer as the most commonly diagnosed cancer. An estimated 2,261,419 women worldwide were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020.

In the United States, 6% of women have metastatic breast cancer when they are first diagnosed.

Breast cancer is the second most common cause of death from cancer in women in the United States. It is estimated that 43,700 people (43,170 women and 530 men) deaths from this disease will occur in the United States in 2023. Worldwide, female breast cancer is the fifth leading cause of death. In 2020, an estimated 684,996 women across the world died from breast cancer. Metastatic breast cancer causes the vast majority of deaths from the disease."

As a collective it is our duty to educate the public on the importance of health and healthcare.  Women lead a busy lifestyle and we also put our needs and health to the side.  It is time that we change this, for women to be productive we must start taking care of ourselves.

Reference

Breast Cancer - Metastatic: Statistics | Cancer.Net