Cervical Cancer Rates by Race and Ethnicity
The rate of women getting cervical cancer or dying from cervical cancer varies by race and ethnicity.
Incidence Rates by Race/Ethnicity
"Incidence rate" means how many women out of a given number get the disease each year. The graph below shows how many women out of 100,000 got cervical cancer each year during the years 1999–2008. The year 2008 is the most recent year for which numbers have been reported. The cervical cancer incidence rate is grouped by race and ethnicity.
For example, you can see that in 2008, Hispanic women had the highest incidence rate for cervical cancer. Black women had the second highest rate of getting cervical cancer, followed by white, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Asian/Pacific Islander women.
Cervical Cancer
Incidence Rates* by Race and Ethnicity, U.S., 1999–2008
![Line chart showing the changes in cervical cancer incidence rates for women of various races and ethnicities.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121017171922im_/http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/cervical/images/2008_cervical_race_incidence.jpg)
Incidence source: Combined data from the National Program of Cancer Registries as submitted to CDC and from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results program as submitted to the National Cancer Institute in November 2010.
*Rates are per 100,000 persons and are age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population (19 age groups – Census P25-1130). Incidence rates cover approximately 100% of the U.S. population.
†Hispanic origin is not mutually exclusive from race categories (white, black, Asian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native).
Death Rates by Race/Ethnicity
From 1999–2008, the rate of women dying from cervical cancer has varied, depending on their race and ethnicity. The graph below shows that in 2008, black women were more likely to die of cervical cancer than any other group. Hispanic women had the second highest rate of deaths from cervical cancer, followed by women who are American Indian/Alaska Native, white, and Asian/Pacific Islander.
Cervical Cancer
Death Rates* by Race and Ethnicity, U.S., 1999–2008
![Line chart showing the changes in cervical cancer death rates for women of various races and ethnicities.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121017171922im_/http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/cervical/images/2008_cervical_race_death.jpg)
Mortality source: U.S. Mortality Files, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC.
*Rates are per 100,000 persons and are age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population (19 age groups – Census P25-1130). Death rates cover 100% of the U.S. population.
†Hispanic origin is not mutually exclusive from race categories (white, black, Asian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native).
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