![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
novapsycheWith the exception of small (no greater than 2 cm) tumors, all other tumor sizes were more commonly seen in African American women than in white women. In addition, African Americans were more likely to be diagnosed with advanced disease than whites.
Other ethnic groups had lower breast cancer rates than African Americans or whites. However, compared with whites, all other ethnic groups were more likely to have their disease diagnosed at an advanced stage and with larger tumor size.
Despite the rise in breast cancer rates, deaths from the disease have actually dropped since the early 1990s. For whites, death rates fell by 2.5 percent per year, whereas for African Americans the annual drop was more modest--1 percent. By 2000, ethnic difference trends resulted in a 32 percent higher death rate for African Americans compared with whites.
Rise in Large Breast Cancers Seen in U.S. Women
Other ethnic groups had lower breast cancer rates than African Americans or whites. However, compared with whites, all other ethnic groups were more likely to have their disease diagnosed at an advanced stage and with larger tumor size.
Despite the rise in breast cancer rates, deaths from the disease have actually dropped since the early 1990s. For whites, death rates fell by 2.5 percent per year, whereas for African Americans the annual drop was more modest--1 percent. By 2000, ethnic difference trends resulted in a 32 percent higher death rate for African Americans compared with whites.
Rise in Large Breast Cancers Seen in U.S. Women