Search Harper's Index: Numbers and statistics filed under "Breast"

3/84Silicone breast implants performed in the United States in 1983: 100,000

8/84Chances that an American woman had in 1960 of developing breast cancer in her lifetime: 1 in 17

Her chances today: 1 in 11

9/91Number of breast implants performed on teenage American girls last year: 1,000

10/92Breasts bared on a Canadian border bridge last July to celebrate New York State’s legalization of topless sunbathing: 40

4/92Portion of all breast-implant procedures that are performed in California: 1/5

2/93Chances that a woman giving birth in a U.S. hospital last year breast-fed her baby: 1 in 2

7/94Number of women asked to leave an exhibit of Rubens nudes in Toledo, Ohio, last winter because they were breast-feeding: 1

8/94Value of the prosthetic breasts and bathing suits stolen from a Fort Lauderdale store last year: $11,250

3/96Chances that an American woman whose cosmetic breast implants were removed in 1994 has since replaced them: 2 in 3

4/00Number of days a Norse woman incubated a bird’s egg between her breasts last spring before giving up: 28

3/03Number of orphaned newborn puppies successfully breast-fed last fall by a Norwegian woman: 6

5/05Gallons of human breast milk dispensed last year by milk banks in North America: 4,438

4/06Number of dogs that a California clinic trained to diagnose cancer by sniffing patients’ breath: 5

Percentage of lung- and breast-cancer cases that they accurately detect, respectively: 99, 88

4/06Percentage of breast-cancer cases that are detectable by mammogram: 85

8/06Percentage by which white women who often spend time in the sun are less at risk of breast cancer than those who do not: 34

5/07Number of British men last year who had cosmetic surgery to reduce the size of their breasts: 177

2/08Average percentage by which a woman’s left breast is larger than her right: 4

5/08Factor by which an uninsured American is more likely than an insured one to be diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer: 3