What are the overall cancer incidence and death rates for different populations living in the United States?
Although cancer deaths have declined for both Whites and African Americans/Blacks living in the United States, African Americans/Blacks continue to suffer the greatest burden for each of the most common types of cancer. For all cancers combined, the death rate is 25 percent higher for African Americans/Blacks than for Whites. Incidence and death rates for all cancers among U.S. racial/ethnic groups are shown in Table 1. Table 1. Overall Cancer Incidence and Death Rates All SitesRacial/Ethnic GroupIncidenceDeathAll470.1192.7African American/Black504.1238.8Asian/Pacific Islander314.9115.5Hispanic/Latino356.0129.1American Indian/Alaska Native297.6160.4White477.5190.7Statistics are for 2000-2004, age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard million population, and represent the number of new cases of invasive cancer and deaths per year per 100,000 men and women.* • How do breast cancer incidence and death rates differ for women from different racial or ethnic groups? In the United States, White
