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Cancer and Asians/Pacific Islanders

Asian Americans generally have lower cancer rates than the non-Hispanic white population. However, disparities still exist in certain types of cancer.

Asian/Pacific Islander men are 40 percent less likely to have prostate cancer as white men, but they are twice as likely to have stomach cancer.
Although Asian/Pacific Islander women are 30 percent less likely to have breast cancer than white women, they are twice as likely to have stomach cancer.
Both Asian/Pacific Islander men and women have 2.1 and 2.3 times, respectively, the incidence of liver & IBD cancer as the non-Hispanic white population.
Asian/Pacific Islander men are twice as likely to die from stomach cancer as compared to the non-Hispanic white population, and Asian/Pacific Islander women are 2.4 times as likely to die from the same disease.

New Cases

**New Cancer Cases per 100,000 - Men (2012)**
Cancer	Asian/Pacific Islander Men	Non-Hispanic White Men	Asian/Pacific Islander/Non- Hispanic White Ratio
All Sites	314.7	489.9	0.6
Prostate	63.3	106.7	0.6
Stomach	14.8	7.8	1.9

**New Cancer Cases per 100,000 - Women (2012)**
Cancer	Asian/Pacific Islander Women	Non-Hispanic White Women	Asian/Pacific Islander/Non- Hispanic White Ratio
All Sites	308.9	433.2	0.7
Breast	103.9	136.5	0.8
Cervical	6.5	5.9	1.1
Stomach	8.7	3.9	2.2

Source: CDC, 2016. Health United States, 2015. Table 36.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus14.pdf [PDF |13.02MB]

Top Cancer Sites for Asian/Pacific Islander (2009-2013)

**Cancer Incidence Rates per 100,000 - Men**
Cancer	Asian/PacificIslanderMen	Non-HispanicWhite Men	Asian/Pacific Islander/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All Sites	317.3	529.2	0.6
Liver & IBD*	20.8	10.1	2.1
Stomach	14.3	8.3	1.7
Prostate	68.9	125.1	0.6

**Cancer Incidence Rates per 100,000 - Women**
Cancer	Asian/PacificIslanderWomen	Non-Hispanic White Women	Asian/Pacific Islander/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All Sites	296.7	440.8	0.7
Liver & IBD*	7.6	3.3	2.3
Stomach	8.5	3.7	2.3
Breast	97.3	134.3	0.7
Cervical	6.2	7.0	0.9

*IBD = Intrahepatic Bile Duct
Source: NCI 2016. Seer Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2013. Tables 2.15 through 24.15
http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/2013sections.html

5 Year Survival Rate

Not available at this time.

Death Rate

**Cancer Death Rates per 100,000 - Men (2009-2013)**
Cancer	Asian/Pacific Islander Men	Non-Hispanic White Men	Asian/Pacific Islander/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All Sites	125.6	207.2	0.6
Liver & IBD*	14.4	7.6	1.9
Stomach	7.5	3.5	2.1
Prostate	9.1	19.2	0.5

**Cancer Death Rates per 100,000 - Women (2009-2013)**
Cancer	Asian/Pacific Islander Women	Non-Hispanic White Women	Asian/Pacific Islander/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
All Sites	89.6	147.3	0.6
Cervical	1.8	2.0	0.9
Liver & IBD*	6.0	3.1	1.9
Stomach	4.4	1.8	2.4
Breast	11.2	21.5	0.5

*IBD = Intrahepatic Bile Duct
Source: NCI 2016. Seer Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2013. Table 1.21.
http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/2013/sections.html

Screening

Breast Cancer

**Percent of women age 40 and over who had a mammogram within the past 2 years, 2013 (crude)**
Asian American Women	Non-Hispanic White Women	Asian American/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
66.6	67.6	1.0

Source: CDC, 2016. Health United States, 2015. Table 70.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus15.pdf [PDF | 13.02MB]

Cervical Cancer

**Percent of women age 18 and over who had a Pap smear within the past 3 years, 2013 (crude)**
Asian American Women	Non-Hispanic White Women	Asian American/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
65.3	68.4	1.0

Source: CDC, 2016. Health United States, 2015. Table 71.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus15.pdf [PDF | 13.02MB]

At a Glance – Screening

Colon Cancer

**Adults aged 50-75 who had any colorectal test or procedure, 2013**
Asian American	Non-Hispanic White	Asian American/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
49.8	60.4	0.8

Source: CDC 2016. Health United States, 2015. Table 72.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus15.pdf[PDF | 13.02MB]

Last Modified: 11/3/2016 10:23:00 AM

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