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October 4, 2007 – Vol. 2 • No. 2
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The disparity of cervical cancer



From 2000-2004, the incidence of cervical cancer in Hispanic women was 21 percent higher than that in blacks, and 62 percent higher than that in whites.

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From 2000-2004, blacks died from cervical cancer at a rate almost 50 percent greater than Hispanics, and more than twice the rate in whites.

Figures are age-adjusted per 100,000 women per year

Source: National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance Epidemiology and End Result Cancer Statistics Review