Breast Cancer Awareness Month
As October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it is an appropriate time to ask what level of progress we are making against this disease in Georgia.
As October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it is an appropriate time to ask what level of progress we are making against this disease in Georgia.
Two statewide maps showing the percent of deaths related to breast cancer and the years of potential life lost due to the disease.
Breast cancer awareness month is upon us. This post considers what percent of state and metro-area deaths are a result of the disease, as well as how much it contributes to premature death and racial disparities in this worst-case outcome.