Philadelphia Ranks High Among Breast Cancer Mortality Rates Among African American Women

Natasha Brown reports.

THE TAXES TO GO UP, ONE-THIRDOF THE TAX TOES STAY THE SAMEAND THIRD OF TAX TOES GO DOWN.PHILADELPHIA RANKS ASWITHIN OF THE TOP 10METROPOLITAN AREAS IN THECOUNTRY WHEN IT COMES TOBREAST CANCER MORTALITY RATESAMONG AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN.STATISTICS ALONG WITH THESUSAN KOMEN ORGANIZATION AREHOPING TO DRASTICALLY REDUCE.NATASHA BROWN HAS MORE.I WANT TO THANK EVERYWITHIN FOR JIM TO US DAY FORTHIS SPECIAL EVENT.REPORTER: ALLEN DUMB ANDKOMEN PHILADELPHIA, COMMUNITYAGO VICE AND LEADERS IN THEHEALTH CARE INDUSTRY ARE WORKTOGETHER WITH KNOW YOUR GIRLSINITIATIVE.IT IS MEANT TO PUT AN TONEDSTARTLING BREAST CANCERMORTALITY RATES AMONG BLACKWOMEN IN PHILADELPHIA.WE RANKS NUMBER NUMBER NINELIST OF U.S. METRO AREAS WITHTHE HIGHEST RATES OF BREASTCANCER MORTALITY AMONGAFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN.REPORTER: NUMBER OF CASESARE GROWING, AS, ESPECIALLY INTHE AREAS OF PHILADELPHIA.CITY LEADERS GATHERED AT CITYHALL HOPING TO TACKLE DESPITEFACING WOMAN WHO MAY NOT HAVEACCESS TO MAMMOGRAMS ANDSCREENING.OUTCOMES PERSIST EVEN AMONGEARLY STAGE BREAST CANCER.REPORTER: DOCTORS LATE OUTSOBERING STATISTICS ABOUT THEDECEMBER PARENTS.KOMEN IS GALVANIZING CITYLEADERS, MEDIA PARTNERS LIKECBS-3.IT IS HONOR TO BE, KOMEN'SPARTNER.WE HAVE THE SAME VALUES AT CBSWHERE WE'RE PASSIONATE,DEDICATED, TENACIOUS, SO,CBS-3 AND KOMEN WORK TOGETHER,WE'RE TRULY A FORCE TO BERECKONED WITH.REPORTER: BREAST CANCERSURVIVORS LIKE ERIKA AREGETTING IN THE MOST EFFECTIVENEIGHBORHOODS AT MAKING ADIFFERENCE.JUST TO SPEAK TO WOMAN INTHE COMMUNITY, TO LET THEMKNOW, THAT WE HAVE TO ADVOCATEFOR OURSELVES, THAT WE HAVE TODO THOSE SELF-EXAMS.TO MAKE SURE THAT WEADDRESS THE NEEDS OFAFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN ALLWOMEN.WE CANNOT WALK AWAY FROM THESETERRIBLE STATISTICS.REPORTER: NOTES SOBERINGSTATISTICS HERE AS WELL ACCORDTO GO RESEARCH EACH YEAR THEREARE APPROXIMATELY 884 NEWCASES OF BREAST CANCERDIAGNOSED IN AFRICAN-AMERICANWOMAN IN PHILADELPHIA, 213DEATHS, AND CENTRALIZEDAFRICAN-AMERICAN AREAS.THAT IS VERY LATEST FROM NOW,LIVE FROM THE SAT CENTER