Cancer and Hispanic Americans

Hispanic American men and women generally have lower cancer rates than the non-Hispanic white population. However, disparities still exist in certain types of cancer.

In 2004, Hispanic men were 13% less likely to have prostate cancer as non-Hispanic white men.
Hispanic women were also 33% less likely to have breast cancer as white women.
Both Hispanic men and women are twice as likely to have, and to die from, liver cancer.
Hispanic women are 2.4 times more likely to have stomach cancer, as compared to non-Hispanic White women.
Hispanic women are twice as likely to have cervical cancer, and 1.5 times more likely to die from cervical cancer as compared to non-Hispanic White women.

At a glance – New Cases:

**New Cancer Cases per 100,000 – Men (2004)**
Cancer	All Men	Hispanic Men	Non-Hispanic White Men	Hispanic/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All Sites	523.0	398.0	548.1	0.7
Prostate	159.3	137.7	158.4	0.9
Stomach	11.5	15.6	9.1	1.7

**New Cancer Cases per 100,000 – Women (2004)**
Cancer	All Women	Hispanic Women	Non-Hispanic White Women	Hispanic /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All Sites	394.1	298.0	426.7	0.7
Breast	121.0	83.9	132.7	0.7
Cervical	7.7	12.6	6.5	1.9
Stomach	5.8	9.6	4.0	2.4

Source: CDC, 2007. Health United States, 2007. Table 53.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus07.pdf

At a glance – Top Cancer Sites for Hispanics/Latinos
(2001-2005):

**Cancer Incidence Rates per 100,000 – Men**
Cancer	All Men	Hispanic Men	Non-Hispanic White Men	Hispanic/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All Sites	549.3	419.4	568.3	0.7
Stomach	11.3	15.5	9.3	1.7
Liver & IBD*	9.9	15.0	7.3	2.1
Prostate	163.0	138.0	161.5	0.9

**Cancer Incidence Rates per 100,000 – Women**
Cancer	All Women	Hispanic Women	Non-Hispanic White Women	Hispanic/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All Sites	411.0	317.8	439.7	0.7
Stomach	5.5	9.5	4.0	2.4
Liver & IBD*	3.5	5.8	2.6	2.2
Cervical	8.4	13.2	7.0	1.9

*IBD = Intrahepatic Bile Duct
Source: NCI 2008. Seer Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2005. Tables I-24 and I-25, to XXIV-10.
http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2005

At a glance – 5 Year Survival Rate:
Not available at this time.

At a glance – Death Rate (2001)
Not available at this time.

At a glance – Death Rate:

**Cancer Death Rates per 100,000 – Men (2001-2005)**
Cancer	Hispanic Men	Non-Hispanic White Men	Hispanic/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All Sites	159.0	235.6	0.7
Stomach	8.7	4.7	1.9
Liver & IBD*	11.1	6.3	1.8
Prostate	20.6	24.6	0.8

**Cancer Death Rates per 100,000 – Women (2001-2005)**
Cancer	Hispanic Women	Non-Hispanic White Women	Hispanic/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All Sites	105.2	163.0	0.6
Stomach	4.9	2.3	2.1
Cervical	3.2	2.2	1.5
Liver & IBD*	5.1	2.7	1.9

*IBD = Intrahepatic Bile Duct
Source: NCI 2008. Seer Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2005. Table I-20.
http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2005.

At a Glance – Screening:

Breast Cancer

**Percent of women age 40 and over who had a mammogram within the past 2 years, 2005 (age-adjusted)**
Hispanic Women	Non-Hispanic White Women	Hispanic/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
58.9	68.2	0.9

Source: 2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report. Table 1A_b.
http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nhdr07/index.html

Cervical Cancer

**Percent of women age 18 and over who had a Pap smear within the past 3 years, 2005 (age-adjusted)**
Hispanic Women	Non-Hispanic White Women	Hispanic/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
74.4	79.1	0.9

Source: 2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report. Table 3b.
http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nhdr07/index.html

Colon Cancer

**Percent of men and women age 50 and over who report they ever received a colonoscopy, 2005 (age-adjusted)**
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
32.3	52.9	0.6

Source: 2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report. Table 1.6a.
http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nhdr07/index.html

**Percent of men and women age 50 and over who report they had a fecal occult blood test within the past 2 years, 2005 (age-adjusted)**
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
12.1	17.9	0.7

Source: 2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report. Table 7b.
http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nhdr07/index.html

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