CDC VitalSigns, November 2012: Breast Cancer: Black Women Have Higher Death Rates from Breast Cancer Than Other Women

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• Alternative Title:
  Breast Cancer: Black Women Have Higher Death Rates from Breast Cancer Than Other Women
• Journal Article:
  Vital Signs
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Division of Cancer Prevention and Control
• Description:
  Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the United States (2005-2009). Breast cancer deaths are going down the fastest among white women compared to women of other races and ethnicities. Black women have the highest death rates of all racial and ethnic groups and are 40% more likely to die of breast cancer than white women. The reasons for this difference result from many factors including having more aggressive cancers and fewer social and economic resources.
• Subjects:
  Black Or African American Breast Neoplasms Ethnicity Female Follow-Up Studies United States White
• Source:
  Vital Signs: Breast Cancer: Black Women Have Higher Death Rates from Breast Cancer Than Other Women, November 2012
• Series:
  Vital Signs
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Issue
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4b09a5eb05f245a2f19fb4748e5f47f2038f539edbfc084a4809f16ddb56c0c4e45752a087d15b12aa5a85ca28a772ef27d6b8c9ef031d7e395bb83f7001b889
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/258508/cdc_258508_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.65 MB ]