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Appendix 4. A Comparison of Internet Use and Health Status of Populations That Experience Health Disparities (Part 5)

4. Cancer

4.1 Race and Ethnicity

Blacks/African Americans face significant disparities in mortality due to cancer (Figure 20), and as illustrated in Figure 19, they have the lowest rates of Internet use.

Figure 19

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Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project’s Daily Internet Tracking Survey,
2002–2003

Figure 20

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Source: CDC Wonder. DATA2010…the Healthy People 2010 Database.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, January 2004

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4.2 Gender

Males have slightly higher rates of overall death due to cancer compared to females (Figure 22). Again, differences in Internet use do not appear to differ largely between males and females (Figure 21).

Figure 21

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Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project's Daily Internet Tracking Survey,
2002-2003

Figure 22

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Source: CDC Wonder. DATA2010…the Healthy People 2010 Database.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, January 2004

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4.3 Education Level

Those with lower levels of education experience much higher rates of death due to cancer but have lower rates of Internet use compared to those with higher levels of education (Figures 23 and 24).

Figure 23

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Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project's Daily Internet Tracking Survey,
2002-2003

Figure 24

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Source: CDC Wonder. DATA2010…the Healthy People 2010 Database.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, January 2004