breast health among adult women, with specific emphasis on mothers and daughters.
While breast cancer was cited as the third most concerning health topic for women, only a quarter of women report being most concerned about breast cancer.
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There are still over one-third of women who only think about their breast health when their doctor mentions it, and only 18% of women report that breast health
is something you only need to think about when you are older.
Staggering Stats:
- 89% of women believe doctors should perform a breast exam at least once a year, yet only 1 in 5 women say they have been examined less than once a year.
- One in 10 have never had a doctor examine them.
- One quarter of women admit not knowing how to correctly perform a self-breast exam, while three-quarters of women report their doctor has shown them how to perform a self-breast exam.
- 63% of the respondents report learning how to perform a self-breast exam by reading a printed guide, with only 19 % noting their mother showed them.
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