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Black/African Americans have the highest mortality rate of any racial and ethnic group for all cancers combined and for most major cancers. Death rates for all major causes of death are higher for Black/African Americans than for non-Hispanic whites, contributing in part to a lower life expectancy for both Black/African American men and women.
Source: NCHS 2021. National Health Interview Survey. Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Adults – 2019. [Accessed 7/22/2021] https://wwwn.cdc.gov/NHISDataQueryTool/SHS_adult/index.html
*IBD = Intrahepatic Bile Duct
Source: NCI 2021. Seer Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2018. Table 1.24 and SEER*Explorer [ Accessed 7/22/2021]. https://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2018/; https://seer.cancer.gov/explorer/
Source: NCI 2021. Seer Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2018. Table 1.25 and SEER*Explorer [ Accessed 7/22/2021]. https://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2018/; https://seer.cancer.gov/explorer/
Source: NCI 2021. Seer Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2018. Tables 1.5 and 1.6 https://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2018/sections.html
Source: NCI 2021. Seer Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2018. Table 1.20 https://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2018/sections.html
Cancer Death Rates per 100,000 – Women (2014-2018)
Source: CDC 2021. Health United States, 2019. Table 33. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus19-508.pdf [PDF 3.02MB]
Source: CDC 2021. Health United States, 2019. Table 34. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus19-508.pdf [PDF 3.02MB]
Source: CDC 2021. Health United States, 2019. Table 35. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus19-508.pdf [PDF 3.02MB]