Breast cancer’s victims are getting younger: Who might be at risk next

The AHS Index is a new way to look at data that illuminates a snapshot of our world today. It is intended to highlight health inequities and spark conversation, debate, outrage, and wonder.

Yearly increase in breast cancer rates over the last decade among young women in their 20s, a surprising uptick for a disease more commonly found in older women, according to new data published last week: 2.2%

Percent more likely Black women under 50 are to die from breast cancer than white women under 50: 41%

Percent more likely breast cancer is to appear in the left breast, as oppose to the right, according a study in Cancer Causes and Control: 5%

Percent more likely Black men are to be diagnosed with cancer than white men: 6%

Percent higher risk Black men have of developing breast cancer, when compared to white men (yes, men get breast cancer): 46%

Percent of men who would rather do household chores, such as cleaning the bathroom, than go to the doctor: 72%

Amount of grant money AHS received from the American Cancer Society and Pfizer for the Addressing Racial Disparities in Cancer Project, enabling AHS to increase cancer screenings and address racial disparities in cancer care: $400,000

Number of committee members on the Black Patient Care Initiative, which is reaching AHS' Black patients through community events, collaborative partnerships, a toolkit and a cancer screening campaign: 12*

Number of mammograms Alameda Health System (AHS) provided between Sept. 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024, at five different locations: 7,835*

*Data provided by Alameda Health System

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