Incidence of cancer in United States blacks

Incidence rates for the black population of six Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the United States are examined using data collected in the Third National Cancer Survey, 1969 to 1971. For all sites combined, black males had the highest rates among the four major race-sex groups; black fema...

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Published in:Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) Ill.), 1975-11, Vol.35 (11 Pt. 2), p.3523-3536
Main Authors: Young, Jr, J L, Devesa, S S, Cutler, S J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Africa
African Americans
African Continental Ancestry Group
Aged
Breast Neoplasms - epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Colonic Neoplasms - epidemiology
Esophageal Neoplasms - epidemiology
Female
Humans
Leukemia - epidemiology
Lymphoma - epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasms - epidemiology
Ovarian Neoplasms - epidemiology
Pancreatic Neoplasms - epidemiology
Prostatic Neoplasms - epidemiology
Rectal Neoplasms - epidemiology
Respiratory Tract Neoplasms - epidemiology
Stomach Neoplasms - epidemiology
United States
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - epidemiology
Uterine Neoplasms - epidemiology
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Summary:Incidence rates for the black population of six Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the United States are examined using data collected in the Third National Cancer Survey, 1969 to 1971. For all sites combined, black males had the highest rates among the four major race-sex groups; black females had the lowest rates. For fourteen common sites accounting for 80% of the cancers among blacks, black/white ratios, survival data, trends between 1935 and 1969, and geographic variation are presented. United States black data adjusted to an African Standard are compared with similar data from Nigeria, Rhodesia, and South Africa.
ISSN:0008-5472