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Breast cancer death rates have decreased for white women in every U.S. state, but are flat or rising for African-American women, a study said.

The study, published online ahead of print in the journal Cancer Causes and Control, found breast cancer death rates among African-American women decreased in 11 of 37 states with sufficient numbers for analysis and in the District of Columbia. However, death rates were flat in 24 states and higher in Arkansas and Mississippi.

American Cancer Society researchers led by Carol DeSantis analyzed mortality data from the National Center for Health Statistics from 1975 through 2004 by state and race.

At the national level, death rates began to decline in 1990 for white women and in 1991 for African-American women. However, the death rare decreased far slower in African-American women.

In 1991, death rates among African-American women were 18 percent higher compared to white women; by 2004, they were 36 percent higher, DeSantis said.

Access to and utilization of screening as well as regional variations in the quality and timeliness of treatment likely play important roles in the disparity, the researchers said.
This perplexes me...

I agree with the last sentence, but I think there's alot more to it...

I'm wondering if a difference in genetic makeup or lifestyle (taboo in a "multicultural society") has some to do with this...
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Black, white breast cancer death disparity

This perplexes me...

I agree with the last sentence, but I think there's a lot more to it...

I'm wondering if a difference in genetic makeup or lifestyle (taboo in a "multicultural society") has some to do with this...

Diet, diet, diet!
Oriental women had low rates of breast cancer till some of their countries started with the the fast food.
And when an Asian woman enters the U.S. her statistics rise with the longevity of her subsequent generations' stay here.Breast Cancer Rising Among Asian-American Women
African American's eating habits are just the opposite of Asians. Fat for flavor. Salt. Pork.
Another interesting diet story is the native American had no phrase in any tribal language that described the disease Diabetic. Soon after the reservation system was instituted (and white flour, sugar, and wheat were introduced into most of their diets for the first time), the native American became the dubious recipient of "A" number one culture for incidence of Diabetes[reference William Katz, Historian and retired Chair of Malheur County College History dept. Ontario, Oregon, also former educator with the Indian affairs for Wallowa tribe, Washington] They still hold that record today, unfortunately.
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