{
  "id": "breast-cancer-statistics-2026",
  "title": "Breast cancer statistics 2026: global, UK, US and Indonesia",
  "version": "2026.10",
  "published": "2026-10-22",
  "publisher": "Breast Cancer Charity (a campaign of World Aid Network)",
  "homepage": "/breast-cancer-statistics-2026/",
  "licence": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
  },
  "citation": "Breast Cancer Charity (2026). Breast cancer statistics 2026: global, UK, US and Indonesia. Data snapshot 2026.10, published 22 October 2026. https://breastcancer-charity.org/breast-cancer-statistics-2026/",
  "limits": [
    "Global and Indonesian figures are model estimates, not counts. Many countries have no national cancer registry, so IARC estimates their numbers from partial data.",
    "US figures for 2026 are projections made before the year began, not counts of people diagnosed in 2026.",
    "UK counts describe earlier years, because cancer registration takes time. Stage-by-stage survival is published for England only.",
    "Survival percentages describe large groups of people diagnosed years ago. They cannot tell you what will happen to one person, and treatment has improved since.",
    "Countries count in different years with different registries and methods. To compare countries, use age-standardised rates rather than raw counts.",
    "Most figures are for women. Breast cancer in men is much rarer, and most sources count it separately.",
    "This is a compilation by Breast Cancer Charity, not an official statistic. Cite the original source as well as this page."
  ],
  "reconciliations": [
    {
      "id": "why-us-2026",
      "title": "US 2026: 321,910 or 382,640 new cases?",
      "figureIds": [
        "us-invasive-women-2026",
        "us-dcis-women-2026",
        "us-all-women-2026",
        "us-invasive-men-2026",
        "us-cases-women-2023"
      ],
      "points": [
        "321,910 is the American Cancer Society's projection of invasive breast cancers in US women in 2026. Its headline counts leave out in situ cancers.",
        "Adding the society's separate estimate of 60,730 ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) cases gives 382,640. Some charities and news reports quote this larger total as the number of women diagnosed.",
        "Neither figure includes men. With 2,670 projected cases in men, invasive cases in both sexes come to 324,580.",
        "Both are projections modelled from registry data up to 2022. The latest actual count, from the CDC, is 288,494 new cases in women in 2023."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "why-global-editions",
      "title": "Worldwide: 2.3 million or 2.4 million cases?",
      "figureIds": [
        "global-cases-2022",
        "global-deaths-2022",
        "global-cases-2024",
        "global-deaths-2024",
        "global-cases-2050"
      ],
      "points": [
        "Both come from IARC's GLOBOCAN estimates. 2.3 million cases and 670,000 deaths describe 2022. The edition published on 8 July 2026 describes 2024: 2.43 million cases and 693,660 deaths.",
        "Pages written before July 2026 still quote the 2022 figures, so check the year before comparing.",
        "WHO's fact sheet rounds the 2024 figures to 2.4 million women and 694,000 deaths.",
        "The 2050 projection of 3.2 million cases and 1.1 million deaths a year was made from the 2022 baseline. Its 38% rise in cases is measured against 2.3 million, not 2.43 million."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "why-us-deaths",
      "title": "US deaths: 42,140 projected or 43,402 counted?",
      "figureIds": [
        "us-deaths-women-2026",
        "us-deaths-women-2024"
      ],
      "points": [
        "The CDC counted 43,402 breast cancer deaths in US women in 2024, from death certificates.",
        "The American Cancer Society's 42,140 is a model projection for 2026. It is lower than the latest count, so it should not be read as a fall in deaths. The society says its projections should not be used to track trends from year to year."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "why-uk-survival",
      "title": "UK survival: almost 90%, 87.7% or 76.6%?",
      "figureIds": [
        "england-survival-5yr",
        "uk-survival-10yr",
        "england-survival-stage-1",
        "england-survival-stage-4"
      ],
      "points": [
        "Survival figures differ by place (UK, England, or England and Wales), by the years people were diagnosed, and by how long they are followed.",
        "Cancer Research UK's 87.7% is five-year net survival for women diagnosed in England in 2015–2019. Its rounded 'almost 90%' for UK women uses England and Wales data. The 76.6% is a predicted ten-year figure for women diagnosed in 2018.",
        "Net survival removes deaths from other causes, so it estimates survival from the cancer itself.",
        "Stage-by-stage figures are published for England only."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "why-indonesia-editions",
      "title": "Indonesia: 66,271 or 93,236 cases?",
      "figureIds": [
        "id-cases-2022",
        "id-cases-2024"
      ],
      "points": [
        "Both are IARC estimates: 66,271 for 2022 and 93,236 for 2024. The Ministry of Health's 2026 guideline still quotes the 2022 edition.",
        "IARC's Indonesia figures are modelled, not counted. Its fact sheet says incidence is scaled from regional registry rates and deaths are modelled from incidence using survival data.",
        "Because each edition is built from different data and methods, we do not read the difference as a 41% rise in two years."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "why-income-survival",
      "title": "Survival by income: 41.9%, about 42% or below 45%?",
      "figureIds": [
        "global-survival-low-income",
        "global-survival-high-income",
        "global-survival-median"
      ],
      "points": [
        "WHO's first global survival estimates, published in July 2026, give the median five-year net survival of the countries in each income group, for women diagnosed in 2017–2021: 41.9% in low-income and 87.3% in high-income countries.",
        "WHO and IARC press material rounds these to about 42% and 87%, and the Global status report on cancer 2026 describes survival as below 45% and above 85%. They are the same estimates, rounded.",
        "Older WHO material compared single countries from earlier studies. Those figures are not comparable with the 2026 estimates."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "figures": [
    {
      "id": "global-cases-2024",
      "region": "Global",
      "measure": "New breast cancer cases",
      "tile": "New cases worldwide",
      "value": 2434087,
      "unit": "cases",
      "display": "2.43 million",
      "population": "Both sexes (almost all women)",
      "period": "2024",
      "type": "Estimate",
      "sourceOrg": "WHO IARC (GLOBOCAN 2024)",
      "sourceTitle": "Global Cancer Observatory: breast cancer fact sheet",
      "sourceUrl": "https://gco.iarc.who.int/media/globocan/factsheets/cancers/20-breast-fact-sheet.pdf",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "2,434,087. WHO rounds this to 2.4 million women"
    },
    {
      "id": "global-deaths-2024",
      "region": "Global",
      "measure": "Breast cancer deaths",
      "tile": "Deaths worldwide",
      "value": 693660,
      "unit": "deaths",
      "display": "693,660",
      "population": "Both sexes (almost all women)",
      "period": "2024",
      "type": "Estimate",
      "sourceOrg": "WHO IARC (GLOBOCAN 2024)",
      "sourceTitle": "Global Cancer Observatory: breast cancer fact sheet",
      "sourceUrl": "https://gco.iarc.who.int/media/globocan/factsheets/cancers/20-breast-fact-sheet.pdf",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "WHO rounds this to 694,000"
    },
    {
      "id": "global-share-cases-2024",
      "region": "Global",
      "measure": "Share of all new cancer cases",
      "value": 11.8,
      "unit": "%",
      "display": "11.8% (second after lung)",
      "population": "Both sexes",
      "period": "2024",
      "type": "Estimate",
      "sourceOrg": "WHO IARC",
      "sourceTitle": "Global cancer statistics 2024: GLOBOCAN estimates (news release, 8 July 2026)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.iarc.who.int/news-events/global-cancer-statistics-2024-globocan-estimates-of-incidence-and-mortality-worldwide-for-34-cancers-in-186-countries/",
      "checked": "2026-10-22"
    },
    {
      "id": "global-share-deaths-2024",
      "region": "Global",
      "measure": "Share of all cancer deaths",
      "value": 7.1,
      "unit": "%",
      "display": "7.1% (fourth)",
      "population": "Both sexes",
      "period": "2024",
      "type": "Estimate",
      "sourceOrg": "WHO IARC",
      "sourceTitle": "Global cancer statistics 2024: GLOBOCAN estimates (news release, 8 July 2026)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.iarc.who.int/news-events/global-cancer-statistics-2024-globocan-estimates-of-incidence-and-mortality-worldwide-for-34-cancers-in-186-countries/",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "After lung, colorectal and liver cancer"
    },
    {
      "id": "global-asr-incidence-2024",
      "region": "Global",
      "measure": "New cases per 100,000 a year (age-standardised, world)",
      "value": 47.8,
      "unit": "per 100,000",
      "display": "47.8",
      "population": "Both sexes",
      "period": "2024",
      "type": "Rate",
      "sourceOrg": "WHO IARC (GLOBOCAN 2024)",
      "sourceTitle": "Global Cancer Observatory: breast cancer fact sheet",
      "sourceUrl": "https://gco.iarc.who.int/media/globocan/factsheets/cancers/20-breast-fact-sheet.pdf",
      "checked": "2026-10-22"
    },
    {
      "id": "global-asr-mortality-2024",
      "region": "Global",
      "measure": "Deaths per 100,000 a year (age-standardised, world)",
      "value": 12.9,
      "unit": "per 100,000",
      "display": "12.9",
      "population": "Both sexes",
      "period": "2024",
      "type": "Rate",
      "sourceOrg": "WHO IARC (GLOBOCAN 2024)",
      "sourceTitle": "Global Cancer Observatory: breast cancer fact sheet",
      "sourceUrl": "https://gco.iarc.who.int/media/globocan/factsheets/cancers/20-breast-fact-sheet.pdf",
      "checked": "2026-10-22"
    },
    {
      "id": "global-most-common-countries",
      "region": "Global",
      "measure": "Countries where it is the most common cancer in women",
      "value": 164,
      "unit": "countries",
      "display": "164 of 186",
      "population": "Women",
      "period": "2024",
      "type": "Estimate",
      "sourceOrg": "World Health Organization",
      "sourceTitle": "Breast cancer fact sheet (3 July 2026)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/breast-cancer",
      "checked": "2026-10-22"
    },
    {
      "id": "global-deaths-lmic-share",
      "region": "Global",
      "measure": "Share of breast cancer deaths in low- and middle-income countries",
      "value": 70,
      "unit": "%",
      "display": "70%",
      "population": "Women",
      "period": "2024",
      "type": "Estimate",
      "sourceOrg": "World Health Organization",
      "sourceTitle": "First global breast cancer survival estimates (news release, 8 July 2026)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.who.int/news/item/08-07-2026-first-global-breast-cancer-survival-estimates-show-wide-regional-and-income-disparities",
      "checked": "2026-10-22"
    },
    {
      "id": "global-cases-2022",
      "region": "Global",
      "measure": "New breast cancer cases (previous edition)",
      "value": 2300000,
      "unit": "cases",
      "display": "2.3 million",
      "population": "Women",
      "period": "2022",
      "type": "Estimate",
      "sourceOrg": "WHO IARC (GLOBOCAN 2022)",
      "sourceTitle": "Breast cancer cases and deaths are projected to rise globally (press release 361)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.iarc.who.int/news-events/breast-cancer-cases-and-deaths-are-projected-to-rise-globally/",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "Replaced by the 2024 estimates in July 2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "global-deaths-2022",
      "region": "Global",
      "measure": "Breast cancer deaths (previous edition)",
      "value": 670000,
      "unit": "deaths",
      "display": "670,000",
      "population": "Women",
      "period": "2022",
      "type": "Estimate",
      "sourceOrg": "WHO IARC (GLOBOCAN 2022)",
      "sourceTitle": "Breast cancer cases and deaths are projected to rise globally (press release 361)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.iarc.who.int/news-events/breast-cancer-cases-and-deaths-are-projected-to-rise-globally/",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "Replaced by the 2024 estimates in July 2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "global-cases-2050",
      "region": "Global",
      "measure": "New breast cancer cases a year by 2050",
      "tile": "New cases a year by 2050, projected",
      "value": 3200000,
      "unit": "cases",
      "display": "3.2 million",
      "population": "Women",
      "period": "2050",
      "type": "Projection",
      "sourceOrg": "WHO IARC",
      "sourceTitle": "Breast cancer cases and deaths are projected to rise globally (press release 361)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.iarc.who.int/news-events/breast-cancer-cases-and-deaths-are-projected-to-rise-globally/",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "+38% on the 2022 baseline (Kim et al., Nature Medicine 2025)"
    },
    {
      "id": "global-deaths-2050",
      "region": "Global",
      "measure": "Breast cancer deaths a year by 2050",
      "value": 1100000,
      "unit": "deaths",
      "display": "1.1 million",
      "population": "Women",
      "period": "2050",
      "type": "Projection",
      "sourceOrg": "WHO IARC",
      "sourceTitle": "Breast cancer cases and deaths are projected to rise globally (press release 361)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.iarc.who.int/news-events/breast-cancer-cases-and-deaths-are-projected-to-rise-globally/",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "+68% on the 2022 baseline"
    },
    {
      "id": "global-lifetime-risk",
      "region": "Global",
      "measure": "Lifetime risk of a breast cancer diagnosis",
      "value": 5,
      "unit": "%",
      "display": "1 in 20 women",
      "population": "Women",
      "period": "2022",
      "type": "Lifetime risk",
      "sourceOrg": "WHO IARC",
      "sourceTitle": "Breast cancer cases and deaths are projected to rise globally (press release 361)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.iarc.who.int/news-events/breast-cancer-cases-and-deaths-are-projected-to-rise-globally/",
      "checked": "2026-10-22"
    },
    {
      "id": "global-survival-median",
      "region": "Global",
      "group": "All countries (median)",
      "measure": "Five-year net survival, global median of countries",
      "value": 77.8,
      "unit": "%",
      "display": "77.8%",
      "population": "Women",
      "period": "Diagnosed 2017–2021",
      "type": "Net survival (median of country estimates)",
      "sourceOrg": "World Health Organization",
      "sourceTitle": "Global Breast Cancer Initiative",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.who.int/initiatives/global-breast-cancer-initiative",
      "checked": "2026-10-22"
    },
    {
      "id": "global-survival-low-income",
      "region": "Global",
      "group": "Low-income countries",
      "measure": "Five-year net survival, low-income countries",
      "value": 41.9,
      "unit": "%",
      "display": "41.9%",
      "population": "Women",
      "period": "Diagnosed 2017–2021",
      "type": "Net survival (median of country estimates)",
      "sourceOrg": "World Health Organization",
      "sourceTitle": "First global breast cancer survival estimates (news release, 8 July 2026)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.who.int/news/item/08-07-2026-first-global-breast-cancer-survival-estimates-show-wide-regional-and-income-disparities",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "World Bank income groups"
    },
    {
      "id": "global-survival-lower-middle",
      "region": "Global",
      "group": "Lower-middle-income countries",
      "measure": "Five-year net survival, lower-middle-income countries",
      "value": 60.1,
      "unit": "%",
      "display": "60.1%",
      "population": "Women",
      "period": "Diagnosed 2017–2021",
      "type": "Net survival (median of country estimates)",
      "sourceOrg": "World Health Organization",
      "sourceTitle": "First global breast cancer survival estimates (news release, 8 July 2026)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.who.int/news/item/08-07-2026-first-global-breast-cancer-survival-estimates-show-wide-regional-and-income-disparities",
      "checked": "2026-10-22"
    },
    {
      "id": "global-survival-upper-middle",
      "region": "Global",
      "group": "Upper-middle-income countries",
      "measure": "Five-year net survival, upper-middle-income countries",
      "value": 78.7,
      "unit": "%",
      "display": "78.7%",
      "population": "Women",
      "period": "Diagnosed 2017–2021",
      "type": "Net survival (median of country estimates)",
      "sourceOrg": "World Health Organization",
      "sourceTitle": "First global breast cancer survival estimates (news release, 8 July 2026)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.who.int/news/item/08-07-2026-first-global-breast-cancer-survival-estimates-show-wide-regional-and-income-disparities",
      "checked": "2026-10-22"
    },
    {
      "id": "global-survival-high-income",
      "region": "Global",
      "group": "High-income countries",
      "measure": "Five-year net survival, high-income countries",
      "value": 87.3,
      "unit": "%",
      "display": "87.3%",
      "population": "Women",
      "period": "Diagnosed 2017–2021",
      "type": "Net survival (median of country estimates)",
      "sourceOrg": "World Health Organization",
      "sourceTitle": "First global breast cancer survival estimates (news release, 8 July 2026)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.who.int/news/item/08-07-2026-first-global-breast-cancer-survival-estimates-show-wide-regional-and-income-disparities",
      "checked": "2026-10-22"
    },
    {
      "id": "uk-cases",
      "region": "United Kingdom",
      "measure": "New breast cancer cases a year",
      "tile": "New cases a year in the UK",
      "value": 59413,
      "unit": "cases a year",
      "display": "59,413",
      "population": "Both sexes",
      "period": "2019, 2021–2022 (average)",
      "type": "Registry count (annual average)",
      "sourceOrg": "Cancer Research UK",
      "sourceTitle": "Breast cancer statistics",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-statistics/statistics-by-cancer-type/breast-cancer",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "2020 left out because of the pandemic"
    },
    {
      "id": "uk-cases-women",
      "region": "United Kingdom",
      "measure": "New cases a year, women",
      "value": 59000,
      "unit": "cases a year",
      "display": "around 59,000",
      "population": "Women",
      "period": "2019, 2021–2022 (average)",
      "type": "Registry count (annual average)",
      "sourceOrg": "Cancer Research UK",
      "sourceTitle": "Breast cancer incidence statistics",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-statistics/statistics-by-cancer-type/breast-cancer/incidence-invasive",
      "checked": "2026-10-22"
    },
    {
      "id": "uk-cases-men",
      "region": "United Kingdom",
      "measure": "New cases a year, men",
      "value": 420,
      "unit": "cases a year",
      "display": "around 420",
      "population": "Men",
      "period": "2019, 2021–2022 (average)",
      "type": "Registry count (annual average)",
      "sourceOrg": "Cancer Research UK",
      "sourceTitle": "Breast cancer incidence statistics",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-statistics/statistics-by-cancer-type/breast-cancer/incidence-invasive",
      "checked": "2026-10-22"
    },
    {
      "id": "uk-deaths",
      "region": "United Kingdom",
      "measure": "Breast cancer deaths a year",
      "value": 11200,
      "unit": "deaths a year",
      "display": "around 11,200",
      "population": "Both sexes",
      "period": "2022–2024 (average)",
      "type": "Registry count (annual average)",
      "sourceOrg": "Cancer Research UK",
      "sourceTitle": "Breast cancer mortality statistics",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-statistics/statistics-by-cancer-type/breast-cancer/mortality",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "About 31 a day"
    },
    {
      "id": "england-cases-2023",
      "region": "United Kingdom",
      "measure": "New breast cancer diagnoses in England, women",
      "value": 50107,
      "unit": "cases",
      "display": "50,107",
      "population": "Women, England",
      "period": "2023",
      "type": "Registry count",
      "sourceOrg": "NHS England (National Disease Registration Service)",
      "sourceTitle": "Cancer incidence and mortality dashboard (Cancer Registration Statistics, England 2023)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://nhsd-ndrs.shinyapps.io/incidence_and_mortality/",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "Plus 428 men. 2024 data due 5 November 2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "england-early-stage-2022",
      "region": "United Kingdom",
      "measure": "Cases with a known stage found at stage 1 or 2, England",
      "value": 85,
      "unit": "%",
      "display": "85%",
      "population": "Both sexes, England",
      "period": "2022",
      "type": "Registry count",
      "sourceOrg": "Cancer Research UK",
      "sourceTitle": "Breast cancer statistics",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-statistics/statistics-by-cancer-type/breast-cancer",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "About 35,000 cases"
    },
    {
      "id": "england-survival-stage-1",
      "region": "United Kingdom",
      "group": "Stage 1 (England)",
      "measure": "Five-year net survival, stage 1, England",
      "value": 100,
      "unit": "%",
      "display": "almost 100%",
      "population": "Women, England",
      "period": "Diagnosed 2018–2022",
      "type": "Net survival",
      "sourceOrg": "Cancer Research UK (from NHS England data)",
      "sourceTitle": "Survival for breast cancer",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/breast-cancer/survival",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "Rounded in words by CRUK"
    },
    {
      "id": "england-survival-stage-2",
      "region": "United Kingdom",
      "group": "Stage 2 (England)",
      "measure": "Five-year net survival, stage 2, England",
      "value": 90,
      "unit": "%",
      "display": "90%",
      "population": "Women, England",
      "period": "Diagnosed 2018–2022",
      "type": "Net survival",
      "sourceOrg": "Cancer Research UK (from NHS England data)",
      "sourceTitle": "Survival for breast cancer",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/breast-cancer/survival",
      "checked": "2026-10-22"
    },
    {
      "id": "england-survival-stage-3",
      "region": "United Kingdom",
      "group": "Stage 3 (England)",
      "measure": "Five-year net survival, stage 3, England",
      "value": 75,
      "unit": "%",
      "display": "around 75%",
      "population": "Women, England",
      "period": "Diagnosed 2018–2022",
      "type": "Net survival",
      "sourceOrg": "Cancer Research UK (from NHS England data)",
      "sourceTitle": "Survival for breast cancer",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/breast-cancer/survival",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "Rounded in words by CRUK"
    },
    {
      "id": "england-survival-stage-4",
      "region": "United Kingdom",
      "group": "Stage 4 (England)",
      "measure": "Five-year net survival, stage 4, England",
      "value": 30,
      "unit": "%",
      "display": "more than 30%",
      "population": "Women, England",
      "period": "Diagnosed 2018–2022",
      "type": "Net survival",
      "sourceOrg": "Cancer Research UK (from NHS England data)",
      "sourceTitle": "Survival for breast cancer",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/breast-cancer/survival",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "Lower bound; CRUK says more than 30%"
    },
    {
      "id": "england-survival-5yr",
      "region": "United Kingdom",
      "group": "All stages (England)",
      "measure": "Five-year net survival, all stages, England",
      "value": 87.7,
      "unit": "%",
      "display": "87.7%",
      "population": "Women, England",
      "period": "Diagnosed 2015–2019",
      "type": "Net survival",
      "sourceOrg": "Cancer Research UK",
      "sourceTitle": "Breast cancer survival statistics",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-statistics/statistics-by-cancer-type/breast-cancer/survival",
      "checked": "2026-10-22"
    },
    {
      "id": "uk-survival-10yr",
      "region": "United Kingdom",
      "measure": "Ten-year survival (predicted)",
      "value": 76.6,
      "unit": "%",
      "display": "76.6%",
      "population": "Women",
      "period": "Diagnosed 2018",
      "type": "Net survival (predicted)",
      "sourceOrg": "Cancer Research UK",
      "sourceTitle": "Breast cancer survival statistics",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-statistics/statistics-by-cancer-type/breast-cancer/survival",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "Modelled, so labelled predicted by CRUK"
    },
    {
      "id": "uk-lifetime-risk",
      "region": "United Kingdom",
      "measure": "Lifetime risk of a breast cancer diagnosis",
      "value": 14,
      "unit": "%",
      "display": "1 in 7 (14%)",
      "population": "Women born in 1961",
      "period": "Born 1961",
      "type": "Lifetime risk",
      "sourceOrg": "Cancer Research UK",
      "sourceTitle": "Breast cancer risk factors",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-statistics/statistics-by-cancer-type/breast-cancer/risk-factors",
      "checked": "2026-10-22"
    },
    {
      "id": "uk-preventable",
      "region": "United Kingdom",
      "measure": "Cases that are preventable",
      "value": 23,
      "unit": "%",
      "display": "23%",
      "population": "Both sexes",
      "period": "2015",
      "type": "Estimate",
      "sourceOrg": "Cancer Research UK",
      "sourceTitle": "Breast cancer statistics",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-statistics/statistics-by-cancer-type/breast-cancer",
      "checked": "2026-10-22"
    },
    {
      "id": "england-screened-2024-25",
      "region": "United Kingdom",
      "measure": "Women screened by the NHS Breast Screening Programme, England",
      "value": 2150000,
      "unit": "women",
      "display": "2.15 million",
      "population": "Women aged 45+, England",
      "period": "2024/25",
      "type": "Programme count",
      "sourceOrg": "NHS England",
      "sourceTitle": "Women attending first NHS mammogram hits 10-year high (19 Feb 2026)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.england.nhs.uk/2026/02/women-attending-first-nhs-mammogram-hits-10-year-high-as-thousands-more-cancers-found/",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "1.94 million of them were women aged 50–70 attending within 6 months of an invitation"
    },
    {
      "id": "england-screen-cancers-2024-25",
      "region": "United Kingdom",
      "measure": "Cancers found by NHS breast screening, England",
      "value": 19291,
      "unit": "cancers",
      "display": "19,291",
      "population": "Women aged 45+, England",
      "period": "2024/25",
      "type": "Programme count",
      "sourceOrg": "NHS England",
      "sourceTitle": "Women attending first NHS mammogram hits 10-year high (19 Feb 2026)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.england.nhs.uk/2026/02/women-attending-first-nhs-mammogram-hits-10-year-high-as-thousands-more-cancers-found/",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "9.0 per 1,000 women screened"
    },
    {
      "id": "england-screen-coverage-2025",
      "region": "United Kingdom",
      "measure": "Screening coverage, England",
      "value": 71.8,
      "unit": "%",
      "display": "71.8%",
      "population": "Women aged 53 to under 71, England",
      "period": "At 31 March 2025",
      "type": "Programme rate",
      "sourceOrg": "NHS England",
      "sourceTitle": "Women attending first NHS mammogram hits 10-year high (19 Feb 2026)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.england.nhs.uk/2026/02/women-attending-first-nhs-mammogram-hits-10-year-high-as-thousands-more-cancers-found/",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "Screened in the last 3 years"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-invasive-women-2026",
      "region": "United States",
      "measure": "New invasive breast cancer cases, women",
      "tile": "Invasive cases in US women, 2026",
      "value": 321910,
      "unit": "cases",
      "display": "321,910",
      "population": "Women",
      "period": "2026",
      "type": "Projection",
      "sourceOrg": "American Cancer Society",
      "sourceTitle": "Key statistics for breast cancer (Cancer Facts & Figures 2026)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cancer.org/cancer/types/breast-cancer/key-statistics.html",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "Excludes in situ cancers. Modelled from registry data to 2022"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-dcis-women-2026",
      "region": "United States",
      "measure": "New ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) cases, women",
      "value": 60730,
      "unit": "cases",
      "display": "60,730",
      "population": "Women",
      "period": "2026",
      "type": "Projection",
      "sourceOrg": "American Cancer Society",
      "sourceTitle": "Key statistics for breast cancer (Cancer Facts & Figures 2026)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cancer.org/cancer/types/breast-cancer/key-statistics.html",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "Model-based estimate; ACS advises caution"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-all-women-2026",
      "region": "United States",
      "measure": "All new cases in women, invasive plus DCIS",
      "value": 382640,
      "unit": "cases",
      "display": "382,640",
      "population": "Women",
      "period": "2026",
      "type": "Projection (sum of two ACS figures)",
      "sourceOrg": "American Cancer Society",
      "sourceTitle": "Cancer Facts & Figures 2026 (PDF)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cancer.org/content/dam/cancer-org/research/cancer-facts-and-statistics/annual-cancer-facts-and-figures/2026/2026-cancer-facts-and-figures.pdf",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "321,910 invasive + 60,730 DCIS. The total some charities quote"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-invasive-men-2026",
      "region": "United States",
      "measure": "New invasive breast cancer cases, men",
      "value": 2670,
      "unit": "cases",
      "display": "2,670",
      "population": "Men",
      "period": "2026",
      "type": "Projection",
      "sourceOrg": "American Cancer Society",
      "sourceTitle": "Key statistics for breast cancer in men",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cancer.org/cancer/types/breast-cancer-in-men/key-statistics.html",
      "checked": "2026-10-22"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-deaths-women-2026",
      "region": "United States",
      "measure": "Breast cancer deaths, women",
      "value": 42140,
      "unit": "deaths",
      "display": "42,140",
      "population": "Women",
      "period": "2026",
      "type": "Projection",
      "sourceOrg": "American Cancer Society",
      "sourceTitle": "Key statistics for breast cancer (Cancer Facts & Figures 2026)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cancer.org/cancer/types/breast-cancer/key-statistics.html",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "42,670 including 530 men"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-cases-women-2023",
      "region": "United States",
      "measure": "New breast cancers reported, women",
      "value": 288494,
      "unit": "cases",
      "display": "288,494",
      "population": "Women",
      "period": "2023",
      "type": "Registry count",
      "sourceOrg": "CDC U.S. Cancer Statistics",
      "sourceTitle": "Female breast cancer stat bite",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cdc.gov/united-states-cancer-statistics/publications/breast-cancer-stat-bite.html",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "Latest actual count, covering 100% of the US population"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-deaths-women-2024",
      "region": "United States",
      "measure": "Breast cancer deaths recorded, women",
      "value": 43402,
      "unit": "deaths",
      "display": "43,402",
      "population": "Women",
      "period": "2024",
      "type": "Registry count",
      "sourceOrg": "CDC U.S. Cancer Statistics",
      "sourceTitle": "Female breast cancer stat bite",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cdc.gov/united-states-cancer-statistics/publications/breast-cancer-stat-bite.html",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "Death certificates"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-incidence-rate",
      "region": "United States",
      "measure": "New cases per 100,000 women a year (age-adjusted)",
      "value": 132.5,
      "unit": "per 100,000 women",
      "display": "132.5",
      "population": "Women",
      "period": "2019–2023",
      "type": "Rate",
      "sourceOrg": "NCI SEER",
      "sourceTitle": "Cancer Stat Facts: female breast cancer",
      "sourceUrl": "https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/breast.html",
      "checked": "2026-10-22"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-death-rate",
      "region": "United States",
      "measure": "Deaths per 100,000 women a year (age-adjusted)",
      "value": 18.9,
      "unit": "per 100,000 women",
      "display": "18.9",
      "population": "Women",
      "period": "2020–2024",
      "type": "Rate",
      "sourceOrg": "NCI SEER",
      "sourceTitle": "Cancer Stat Facts: female breast cancer",
      "sourceUrl": "https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/breast.html",
      "checked": "2026-10-22"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-lifetime-risk",
      "region": "United States",
      "measure": "Lifetime risk of a breast cancer diagnosis",
      "value": 13,
      "unit": "%",
      "display": "13.0% (about 1 in 8)",
      "population": "Women",
      "period": "2021–2023",
      "type": "Lifetime risk",
      "sourceOrg": "NCI SEER",
      "sourceTitle": "Cancer Stat Facts: female breast cancer",
      "sourceUrl": "https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/breast.html",
      "checked": "2026-10-22"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-survival-all",
      "region": "United States",
      "group": "All stages",
      "measure": "Five-year relative survival, all stages",
      "value": 91.9,
      "unit": "%",
      "display": "91.9%",
      "population": "Women",
      "period": "Diagnosed 2016–2022",
      "type": "Relative survival",
      "sourceOrg": "NCI SEER",
      "sourceTitle": "Cancer Stat Facts: female breast cancer",
      "sourceUrl": "https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/breast.html",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "SEER 21 registries, excluding Illinois"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-survival-localized",
      "region": "United States",
      "group": "Localized (64% of cases)",
      "measure": "Five-year relative survival, localized",
      "value": 100,
      "unit": "%",
      "display": "100.0%",
      "population": "Women",
      "period": "Diagnosed 2016–2022",
      "type": "Relative survival",
      "sourceOrg": "NCI SEER",
      "sourceTitle": "Cancer Stat Facts: female breast cancer",
      "sourceUrl": "https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/breast.html",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "Confined to the breast; 64.0% of cases"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-survival-regional",
      "region": "United States",
      "group": "Regional (27% of cases)",
      "measure": "Five-year relative survival, regional",
      "value": 87.5,
      "unit": "%",
      "display": "87.5%",
      "population": "Women",
      "period": "Diagnosed 2016–2022",
      "type": "Relative survival",
      "sourceOrg": "NCI SEER",
      "sourceTitle": "Cancer Stat Facts: female breast cancer",
      "sourceUrl": "https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/breast.html",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "Spread to nearby lymph nodes"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-survival-distant",
      "region": "United States",
      "group": "Distant (6% of cases)",
      "measure": "Five-year relative survival, distant (metastatic)",
      "value": 33.8,
      "unit": "%",
      "display": "33.8%",
      "population": "Women",
      "period": "Diagnosed 2016–2022",
      "type": "Relative survival",
      "sourceOrg": "NCI SEER",
      "sourceTitle": "Cancer Stat Facts: female breast cancer",
      "sourceUrl": "https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/breast.html",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "Spread to distant organs"
    },
    {
      "id": "id-cases-2024",
      "region": "Indonesia",
      "measure": "New breast cancer cases",
      "tile": "New cases in Indonesia",
      "value": 93236,
      "unit": "cases",
      "display": "93,236",
      "population": "Both sexes",
      "period": "2024",
      "type": "Estimate",
      "sourceOrg": "WHO IARC (GLOBOCAN 2024)",
      "sourceTitle": "Global Cancer Observatory: Indonesia fact sheet",
      "sourceUrl": "https://gco.iarc.who.int/media/globocan/factsheets/populations/360-indonesia-fact-sheet.pdf",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "Most common cancer in Indonesia: 19.7% of all new cases"
    },
    {
      "id": "id-deaths-2024",
      "region": "Indonesia",
      "measure": "Breast cancer deaths",
      "value": 38012,
      "unit": "deaths",
      "display": "38,012",
      "population": "Both sexes",
      "period": "2024",
      "type": "Estimate",
      "sourceOrg": "WHO IARC (GLOBOCAN 2024)",
      "sourceTitle": "Global Cancer Observatory: Indonesia fact sheet",
      "sourceUrl": "https://gco.iarc.who.int/media/globocan/factsheets/populations/360-indonesia-fact-sheet.pdf",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "Second cause of cancer death after lung: 13.4% of cancer deaths"
    },
    {
      "id": "id-prevalence-2024",
      "region": "Indonesia",
      "measure": "People living within five years of a diagnosis",
      "value": 257130,
      "unit": "people",
      "display": "257,130",
      "population": "Both sexes",
      "period": "2024",
      "type": "Estimate",
      "sourceOrg": "WHO IARC (GLOBOCAN 2024)",
      "sourceTitle": "Global Cancer Observatory: Indonesia fact sheet",
      "sourceUrl": "https://gco.iarc.who.int/media/globocan/factsheets/populations/360-indonesia-fact-sheet.pdf",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "Five-year prevalence"
    },
    {
      "id": "id-cases-2022",
      "region": "Indonesia",
      "measure": "New breast cancer cases (previous edition)",
      "value": 66271,
      "unit": "cases",
      "display": "66,271",
      "population": "Both sexes",
      "period": "2022",
      "type": "Estimate",
      "sourceOrg": "Indonesian Ministry of Health (citing GLOBOCAN 2022)",
      "sourceTitle": "National breast cancer management guideline, KMK HK.01.07/MENKES/657/2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://keslan.kemkes.go.id/unduhan/fileunduhan1788935803_620090.pdf",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "22,598 deaths in the same edition"
    },
    {
      "id": "id-late-stage",
      "region": "Indonesia",
      "measure": "Patients who first reach a health facility at stage III or IV",
      "value": 70,
      "unit": "%",
      "display": "More than 70%",
      "population": "Breast cancer patients",
      "period": "2026 guideline",
      "type": "Ministry statement",
      "sourceOrg": "Indonesian Ministry of Health",
      "sourceTitle": "National breast cancer management guideline, KMK HK.01.07/MENKES/657/2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://keslan.kemkes.go.id/unduhan/fileunduhan1788935803_620090.pdf",
      "checked": "2026-10-22",
      "note": "Signed 29 June 2026; the 2018 guideline said more than 80%"
    }
  ]
}