I just wanted to add a few thoughts to my previous post on breast cancer
deaths in Florida.  Florida is an interesting state in that many adults
are transplants from other states.  Therefore, I would think our stats
might be reflective of the U.S. overall.  What seemed interesting to me
was that overall the death rate hadn't changed dramatically(still going
up, though) but that the age group 45-54 has seen such a change.  Why?
What is so different about this age group?  Yes, not being breastfed nor
breastfeeding seems like a factor to me.  But also we(my age group)also
are a generation that was born into the nuclear age.  I remember having
to go indoors because of the clouds of radiation were passing
overhead--wonder how much that saved us?  We are the generation that
used  hormonal contraception.  I don't know how easily one can figure
out what is happening...or if anything is happening?  Might this just be
a blip in the statistics of Florida?  It would be interesting to see
other statistics.  Valerie W. McClain, IBCLC

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