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- Title
Increasing Disparities in Breast Cancer Mortality From 1979 to 2010 for US Black Women Aged 20 to 49 Years.
- Authors
McCarthy, Anne Marie; Jianing Yang; Armstrong, Katrina
- Abstract
Racial disparities in breast cancer mortality persist, and young Black women have higher disease incidence compared with White women. We compared trends in breast cancer mortality for young Black and White women with mortality trends for other common diseases from 1979 to 2010. In contrast to other cancers, ischemic heart disease, and stroke, the breast cancer mortality disparity has widened over the past 30 years, suggesting that unique aspects of disease biology, prevention, and treatment may explain persistent racial differences for young women.
- Subjects
HEALTH equity; CANCER-related mortality; BREAST cancer treatment; BREAST cancer; CANCER prevention; HEALTH of Black women; DISEASES; MORTALITY risk factors; BREAST tumor diagnosis; BREAST tumor risk factors; AGE distribution; BLACK people; BREAST tumors; CENSUS; ECOLOGICAL research; ETHNIC groups; HEALTH services accessibility; HEALTH status indicators; MORTALITY; NOSOLOGY; PUBLIC health; RACE; WHITE people
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2015, Vol 105, pS446
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2014.302297