Cancer mortality rates by racial and ethnic groups in the United States, 2018-2020.
J Natl Cancer Inst
; 115(7): 822-830, 2023 07 06.
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BACKGROUND: Starting in 2018, national death certificates included a new racial classification system that accounts for multiple-race decedents and separates Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) individuals from Asian individuals. We estimated cancer death rates across updated racial and ethnic categories, sex, and age. METHODS: Age-standardized US cancer mortality rates and rate ratios from 2018 to 2020 among individuals aged 20 years and older were estimated with national death certificate data by race and ethnicity, sex, age, and cancer site. RESULTS: In 2018, there were approximately 597â000 cancer deaths, 598â000 in 2019, and 601â000 in 2020. Among men, cancer death rates were highest in Black men (298.2 per 100â000; n = 105â632), followed by White (250.8; n = 736â319), American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN; 249.2; n = 3376), NHPI (205.6; n = 1080), Latino (177.2; n = 66â167), and Asian (147.9; n = 26â591) men. Among women, Black women had the highest cancer death rates (206.5 per 100â000; n = 104â437), followed by NHPI (192.1; n = 1141), AI/AN (189.9; n = 3239), White (183.0; n = 646â865), Latina (128.4; n = 61â579), and Asian (111.4; n = 26â396) women. The highest death rates by age group occurred among NHPI individuals aged 20-49 years and Black individuals aged 50-69 and 70 years and older. Asian individuals had the lowest cancer death rates across age groups. Compared with Asian individuals, total cancer death rates were 39% higher in NHPI men and 73% higher in NHPI women. CONCLUSIONS: There were striking racial and ethnic disparities in cancer death rates during 2018-2020. Separating NHPI and Asian individuals revealed large differences in cancer mortality between 2 groups that were previously combined in vital statistics data.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Etnicidad
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Grupos Raciales
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Neoplasias
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
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En
Revista:
J Natl Cancer Inst
Año:
2023
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Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos