--- title: Breast Cancer Awareness: Breast Cancer Survival Rates At All-Time High description: Though one group of women still face much higher death rates and advanced stages of breast cancer. canonical: https://time.com/4967148/breast-cancer-death-rates/ author: Alice Park article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-03T16:04:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:42:36.705Z article:section: Health og:title: Breast Cancer Deaths Drop Nearly 40% In the U.S. og:description: Though one group of women still face much higher death rates og:url: https://time.com/4967148/breast-cancer-death-rates/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc6fa641d31f0fe54/6988e04dcf40a8de59c49a49/gettyimages-sb10063846ab-001.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4725 og:image:height: 2658 og:image:alt: Breast Cancer Awareness Ribbon against white background og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Breast Cancer Deaths Drop Nearly 40% In the U.S. twitter:description: Though one group of women still face much higher death rates twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc6fa641d31f0fe54/6988e04dcf40a8de59c49a49/gettyimages-sb10063846ab-001.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Breast Cancer Deaths Drop Nearly 40% In the U.S. > Sponsored content. 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The latest numbers continue a [steady downward trend](https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/breast.html) for breast cancer deaths over the past few decades. In some states, the death rates from breast cancer among white women and black women are equalizing, suggesting that access to screening and treatments are more evenly distributed in those parts of the country. But the data still show that black women have the highest death rates from breast cancer nationally. Among black women, the death rate was 42% higher than among white women from 2011 to 2015\. Other studies have documented that [black women tend to be diagnosed with more advanced-stage cancers](http://time.com/4070036/race-and-breast-cancer/), which are harder to treat and have higher mortality rates. Aggressive [triple negative cancers](http://time.com/4518057/black-women-breast-cancer-deaths/) that are deadlier are also more common among this group of women. **MORE**: [I Treated Breast Cancer for Years as a Doctor. Then I Was Diagnosed ](http://new.time.com/4949983/breast-cancer-diagnosis/) The overall drop in mortality is a positive sign suggesting that wider mammogram screening and improved treatments for the disease are helping women survive breast cancer. Yet in the U.S., breast cancer remains the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women and the second deadliest. During her lifetime, a woman has a one in eight chance of developing the disease. 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