Sunday, October 27, 2013

Female Breast Cancer Incidence and Mortality Rates by Race in US

There are estimated 232,340 new cases of invasive breast cancer in 2013, diagnosed among women and 64,640 additional cases of in situ breast cancer. In 2013, approximately 39,620 women are expected to die from breast cancer. Only lung cancer accounts for more cancer deaths in women, according to SEER Cancer Statistics Review (CSR). (See the picture in this article)

There are also about 2,240 men will likely be diagnosed with breast cancer and 410 males will die from the disease. Research shows breast cancer incidence and loss of life rates per 100,000 women for non-Hispanic white, African American, and Hispanic women by state. Breast cancer incidence charges vary from 109.6 (cases per 100,000 women) in Arkansas to sixteen0.5 within the District of Columbia among non-Hispanic white women; 83.4 in New Mexico to 147.5 in Alaska amongst African American women; and 35.1 in Mississippi to 119.6 in Connecticut among Hispanic women.

Female Breast Cancer Incidence and Mortality Rates by Race and Ethnicity, US, 2006-2010

Incidence rates reflect disease incidence, in addition to how fully the inhabitants is screened. Regardless of greater incidence rates, breast most cancers death rates are generally decrease amongst non-Hispanic white women compared to African American women. Demise rates mirror both most cancers incidence rates and survival.

Breast cancer death rates vary from 19.9 in Hawaii to 26.2 in New Jersey amongst non-Hispanic white women and from 19.7 in Rhode Island to 35.4 in Tennessee amongst African American women. Breast most cancers death rates are lowest for Hispanic women and range from 6.0 in Georgia to 19.3 in Nebraska. Breast cancer mortality rates among non-Hispanic white women tend to be highest in the West, Midwest, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the US. Amongst African American women, the very best dying rates are found in some of the Southern and Midwestern states.

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