A Stark Gap in Breast Cancer Deaths
The difference in mortality rates between black women and white women with breast cancer has widened since 1975, in part because black women have not benefited as much from improvements in screening and treatment. Among the states with available data, Tennessee has the largest gap — with nearly 14 black women dying for every one white woman. Massachusetts, where the rates have converged, has the smallest. The difference in mortality rates between black women and white women with breast cancer has widened since 1975, in part because black women have not benefited as much from improvements in screening and treatment.
Year
Gap between breast cancer mortality rates
Black
White
Deaths per 100,000 women
Note: Rates calculated as a five year moving average. States shown have at least 16 breast cancer deaths for both races in each year.
By ALASTAIR DANT, HANNAH FAIRFIELD AND KAREN YOURISH
Source: National Cancer Institute
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