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 2005, Hispanic men were 16% 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 2.7 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 (2005)**
Cancer	All Men	Hispanic Men	Non-Hispanic White Men	Hispanic/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All Sites	510.1	390.1	538.0	0.7
Prostate	147.1	122.2	145.3	0.8
Stomach	11.0	14.4	8.5	1.7

**New Cancer Cases per 100,000 – Women (2005)**
Cancer	All Women	Hispanic Women	Non-Hispanic White Women	Hispanic /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All Sites	396.7	309.2	430.1	0.7
Breast	121.5	89.7	133.6	0.7
Cervical	7.7	13.5	6.2	2.2
Stomach	5.5	9.7	3.6	2.7

Source: CDC, 2009. Health United States, 2008. Table 52.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus08.pdf [PDF | 12.2MB]

At a glance – Top Cancer Sites for Hispanics/Latinos
(2002-2006):

**Cancer Incidence Rates per 100,000 – Men**
Cancer	All Men	Hispanic Men	Non-Hispanic White Men	Hispanic/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All Sites	541.8	408.7	544.3	0.7
Stomach	11.0	14.9	9.8	1.7
Liver & IBD*	10.2	15.2	8.6	2.1
Prostate	159.3	133.4	153.0	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	408.5	312.5	420.5	0.7
Stomach	5.5	9.3	4.0	2.3
Liver & IBD*	3.6	5.9	2.6	2.3
Cervical	8.2	12.7	8.1	1.6

*IBD = Intrahepatic Bile Duct
SSource: NCI 2008. Seer Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2006. Tables 1.24 & 1.25; 14.12; 24.12
http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2006/results_merged/topic_inc_trends.pdf [PDF | 62KB]

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

At a glance – Death Rate:

**Cancer Death Rates per 100,000 – Men (2002-2006)**
Cancer	Hispanic Men	Non-Hispanic White Men	Hispanic/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All Sites	154.7	231.8	0.7
Stomach	8.3	4.5	1.8
Liver & IBD*	11.3	6.4	1.8
Prostate	19.6	23.7	0.8

**Cancer Death Rates per 100,000 – Women (2002-2006)**
Cancer	Hispanic Women	Non-Hispanic White Women	Hispanic/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All Sites	103.9	161.2	0.6
Stomach	4.8	2.2	2.2
Cervical	3.1	2.1	1.5
Liver & IBD*	5.1	2.8	1.8

*IBD = Intrahepatic Bile Duct
Source: NCI 2009. Seer Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2006. Table 1.20.
http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2006/results_single/sect_01_table.20_2pgs.pdf [PDF | 24KB]

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

**Adults age 50 and over who reported they ever had a colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, or proctoscopy, or had a fecal occult blood test within the past 2 years, United States, 2005**
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
37.3	58.5	0.6

Source: 2008 National Healthcare Disparities Report. Table 1_3_1.2b.
http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/qrdr08/index.html

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