Racial Disparities In Cancer Mortality Rates Between Blacks And Whites Quantified

A new study finds that the disparity in mortality between blacks and whites is almost entirely due to the fact that African Americans are more likely to get cancer in the first place. African-American men live 1.47 fewer years than white men, and African-American women 0.91 fewer years than white women, due to all cancers combined.

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