How is the cancer burden monitored among ethnic and racial groups?
In this report, cancer incidence and death rates are analyzed for whites, blacks, Asian and Pacific Islanders, American Indians/Alaska Natives, and Hispanics. Hispanic is not mutually exclusive from whites, blacks, and Asian and Pacific Islanders. Cancer incidence rates for American Indians/Alaska Natives are based on data from Alaska plus all SEER registries. • What is happening with cancer among ethnic and racial groups? Continued higher incidence and death rates among some racial and ethnic groups suggest that some populations may not have benefitted equally from cancer prevention and control efforts. Such disparities may be due to multiple factors, such as late stage of disease at diagnosis, barriers to health care access, history of other diseases, biologic and genetic differences in tumors, health behaviors, and the presence of risk factors. In April 2000, the NCI established Special Populations Networks which will distribute a total of $60 million in grants over 5 years to addre
