The Breast and Cervical Cancer Gap

	Breast Cancer		Cervical Cancer
	White women	Black women	White women	Black women
Incidence Rates	146.7	116.3	6.2	13.5
Death Rates	27.7	31.0	1.8	4.5

Rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. Standard Population, per 100,000

Source: Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Massachusetts 1998-2002: Statewide Report, Center for Health Information, Statistics, Research and Evaluation, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, May 2005