BREAST CANCER FACT SHEET--RACINE COUNTY

• The highest cancer rate in the region for white women
• The highest percentage of women who do not get annual mammograms
• Hispanic women are 20% more likely to die of breast cancer
• Hispanic women are less likely to be diagnosed at an early stage
• Lack of local data for Hispanic women
• African American women are diagnosed at a later stage
• African American women die from breast cancer at a younger age
• The third highest overall mortality rate across all ethnic groups
• 10% of all females aged 18-64 are uninsured

EARLY DETECTION VIA ANNUAL MAMMOGRAMS = EARLY TREATMENT = SAVED LIVES

Racine County is the recipient of a grant from the Komen Foundation which will allow us to provide informational sessions about the risks of breast cancer for the women of Racine County. Additionally, there will be someone at each session who can answer your questions and register you for a mammogram at little or no cost to you.

The goal is to encourage 500 women to get a mammogram. If you are between age 30 and age 64 and have never had a mammogram, or if you have not had a mammogram in the last two years, there is a program available to assist you.

This important program is sponsored by the Racine Health Department, in collaboration with the Health Care Network, Parish Nurse Association, Wisconsin Well Woman Program, the Jane Cremer Foundation, Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare and Aurora Health Care.

Funded in part by the Susan G. Komen Foundation

Improving the status of women's health care in Racine county