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 2008, Hispanic men were 20% less likely to have prostate cancer as non-Hispanic white men.
Hispanic women were also 30% 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 2.3 times more likely to have stomach cancer, as compared to non-Hispanic White women.
Hispanic women are almost twice as likely to have cervical cancer, and 1.4 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 (2008)**
Cancer	Hispanic Men	Non-Hispanic White Men	Hispanic/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All Sites	382.3	540.4	0.7
Prostate	117.5	147.6	0.8
Stomach	14.8	8.1	1.8

**New Cancer Cases per 100,000 - Women (2008)**
Cancer	Hispanic Women	Non-Hispanic White Women	Hispanic /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All Sites	321.2	437.2	0.7
Breast	93.3	134.8	0.7
Cervical	11.9	6.2	1.9
Stomach	8.2	3.6	2.3

Source: CDC, 2012. Health United States, 2011. Table 47.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus11.pdf [PDF | 9.8MB]

At a glance - Top Cancer Sites for Hispanics/Latinos
(2005-2009):

**Cancer Incidence Rates per 100,000 - Men**
Cancer	Hispanic Men	Non-Hispanic White Men	Hispanic/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All Sites	402.0	564.7	0.7
Kidney & Renal Pelvis	19.5	21.4	0.9
Liver & IBD*	17.3	8.8	2.0
Stomach	14.4	8.5	1.7
Colon & Rectum	45.2	54.2	0.8
Esophagus	5.0	8.5	0.6
Lung & Bronchus	40.5	81.4	0.5
Oral Cavity & Pharynx	9.1	17.8	0.5
Pancreas	11.6	14.0	0.8
Prostate	125.9	150.6	0.8

**Cancer Incidence Rates per 100,000 - Women**
Cancer	Hispanic Women	Non-Hispanic White Women	Hispanic/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All Sites	324.1	439.0	0.7
Kidney & Renal Pelvis	10.9	10.7	1.0
Liver & IBD*	6.7	2.9	2.3
Stomach	8.5	3.7	2.3
Breast	92.7	132.8	0.7
Cervical	11.8	7.1	1.7
Colon & Rectum	31.5	40.2	0.7
Lung & Bronchus	25.8	59.3	0.4
Pancreas	10.3	10.6	1.0

*IBD = Intrahepatic Bile Duct
Source: NCI 2012. Seer Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2009. Tables 2.15 through 24.15
http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2009_pops09/sections.html

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

At a glance - Death Rate:

**Cancer Death Rates per 100,000 - Men (2005-2009)**
Cancer	Hispanic Men	Non-Hispanic White Men	Hispanic/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All Sites	146.3	221.9	0.7
Liver & IBD*	11.8	7.0	1.7
Prostate	17.8	21.9	0.8
Stomach	7.3	4.0	1.8

**Cancer Death Rates per 100,000 - Women (2005-2009)**
Cancer	Hispanic Women	Non-Hispanic White Women	Hispanic/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All Sites	100.5	154.7	0.6
Cervical	3.0	2.1	1.4
Liver & IBD*	5.3	2.9	1.8
Stomach	4.3	2.0	2.2
Breast	14.9	23.0	0.6

*IBD = Intrahepatic Bile Duct
Source: NCI 2012. Seer Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2009. Table 1.20.
http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2009_pops09/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, 2010 (crude)**
Hispanic Women	Non-Hispanic White Women	Hispanic/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
64.2	67.8	0.9

Source: CDC, 2012. Health United States, 2011. Table 90.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus11.pdf [PDF | 9.8MB]

Cervical Cancer

**Percent of women age 18 and over who had a Pap smear within the past 3 years, 2010 (crude)**
Hispanic Women	Non-Hispanic White Women	Hispanic/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
73.6	72.8	1.0

Source: CDC, 2012. Health United States, 2011. Table 91.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus11.pdf [PDF | 9.8MB]

Colon Cancer

**Adults age 50 and over who reported they ever had a colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, or proctoscopy, United States, 2008**
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
38.8	58.4	0.7

Source: 2011 National Healthcare Disparities Report. Table 1_3_2.2b.
http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/qrdr11/index.html

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Content Last Modified: 6/15/2012 1:07:00 PM

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