Disparity in breast cancer mortality by age and geography in 10 racially diverse US cities.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Assess geographic variation in breast cancer racial mortality disparity by age cohorts in US and ten cities with large African American populations.

Methods

Non-Hispanic Black (NHB) and Non-Hispanic White (NHW) female breast cancer mortality rates and NHB:NHW rate ratio (RR) (disparity) were calculated by four age group categories: <40, 40-49, 50-64 and 65+ with time period 1999-2013.

Results

In all 10 cities and the US, the most pronounced breast cancer disparities, measured by RR, were seen among younger women. In age group <40, the RR ranges from 1.71 in Houston to 5.37 in Washington, DC. For age group 50-64, the disparity was less pronounced, ranging from 1.24 in New York to 1.72 in Chicago. For 65+ age group, there was wide city to city variation in br

SUBMITTER: Sighoko D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5866239 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature