hdrlogosgk.gifThe Almost Famous for Mortgages’ traditional “blue” sky will be PINK  for a few days in honor of our annual participation in the  Susan B. Komen Race for the Cure, on October 6th, 2007. We’re looking forward to a great 5K walk, and I appreciate everyone who has signed up or donated money this year. A few facts to know about breast cancer:

  • An estimated 178,480 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in American women in 2007
  • In 1975, the incidence (the number of new cases) of breast cancer was 107 per 100,000 for white women and 94 per 100,000 for black women. Twenty-eight years later in 2003, the number of new cases per year had risen to 125 per 100,000 for white women and 116 per 100,000 for black women.
  • Even though incidence increased during that 28-year period, mortality (the rate of death) for white women decreased. In 1975, 32 per 100,000 white women died of breast cancer, but by 2003, the figure had declined to 24.6. For black women, though, mortality increased over the same period, rising from 30 per 100,000 black women in the population in 1975 to 34.1 per 100,000 in 2003.

I’ll post more facts as we lead up to the 5k on Saturday. Thanks again for everyone’s involvement.