A registry-based approach for estimating county-level race disparities in breast cancer mortality: an analysis in Georgia.

ABSTRACT: Despite similar incidence rates, nationwide breast cancer mortality is 40% higher among non-Hispanic Black (NHB) than non-Hispanic White (NHW) women. The racial disparity persists even among women who have early-stage disease, prognostically favorable subtypes, or indicators of high socioeconomic status, and is not evenly distributed throughout the United States. Understanding geographic differences may provide additional insight into the drivers of the disparity. However, current data are geographically limited, based primarily on death certificate information, do not incorporate incidence, and often do not provide estimates or account for areas with small populations or sparse case data. Using a Bayesian framework, we estimated the local racial disparity in 5-year mortality for nonmetast

SUBMITTER: Nash R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12624868 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature