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Breast Cancer Prevalence and Mortality among Hispanic Subgroups in the United States, 2009–2013

Background. This paper presents data on breast cancer prevalence and mortality among US Hispanics and Hispanic subgroups, including Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Central American, and South American. Methods. Five-year average annual female breast cancer prevalence and mortality rates for 2009–2013...

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Autor principal: Hunt, Bijou R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5031859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27672394
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8784040
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description Background. This paper presents data on breast cancer prevalence and mortality among US Hispanics and Hispanic subgroups, including Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Central American, and South American. Methods. Five-year average annual female breast cancer prevalence and mortality rates for 2009–2013 were examined using data from the National Health Interview Survey (prevalence) and the National Center for Health Statistics and the American Community Survey (mortality rates). Results. Overall breast cancer prevalence among US Hispanic women was 1.03%. Although the estimates varied slightly by Hispanic subgroup, these differences were not statistically significant. The breast cancer mortality rate for Hispanics overall was 17.71 per 100,000 women. Higher rates were observed among Cubans (17.89), Mexicans (18.78), and Puerto Ricans (19.04), and a lower rate was observed among Central and South Americans (10.15). With the exception of the rate for Cubans, all Hispanic subgroup rates were statistically significantly different from the overall Hispanic rate. Additionally, all Hispanic subgroups rates were statistically significantly higher than the Central and South American rate. Conclusion. The data reveal significant differences in mortality across Hispanic subgroups. These data enable public health officials to develop targeted interventions to help lower breast cancer mortality among the highest risk populations.
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spelling pubmed-50318592016-09-26 Breast Cancer Prevalence and Mortality among Hispanic Subgroups in the United States, 2009–2013 Hunt, Bijou R. J Cancer Epidemiol Research Article Background. This paper presents data on breast cancer prevalence and mortality among US Hispanics and Hispanic subgroups, including Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Central American, and South American. Methods. Five-year average annual female breast cancer prevalence and mortality rates for 2009–2013 were examined using data from the National Health Interview Survey (prevalence) and the National Center for Health Statistics and the American Community Survey (mortality rates). Results. Overall breast cancer prevalence among US Hispanic women was 1.03%. Although the estimates varied slightly by Hispanic subgroup, these differences were not statistically significant. The breast cancer mortality rate for Hispanics overall was 17.71 per 100,000 women. Higher rates were observed among Cubans (17.89), Mexicans (18.78), and Puerto Ricans (19.04), and a lower rate was observed among Central and South Americans (10.15). With the exception of the rate for Cubans, all Hispanic subgroup rates were statistically significantly different from the overall Hispanic rate. Additionally, all Hispanic subgroups rates were statistically significantly higher than the Central and South American rate. Conclusion. The data reveal significant differences in mortality across Hispanic subgroups. These data enable public health officials to develop targeted interventions to help lower breast cancer mortality among the highest risk populations. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-09-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5031859/ /pubmed/27672394 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8784040 Text en Copyright © 2016 Bijou R. Hunt. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Breast Cancer Prevalence and Mortality among Hispanic Subgroups in the United States, 2009–2013
title_fullStr Breast Cancer Prevalence and Mortality among Hispanic Subgroups in the United States, 2009–2013
title_full_unstemmed Breast Cancer Prevalence and Mortality among Hispanic Subgroups in the United States, 2009–2013
title_short Breast Cancer Prevalence and Mortality among Hispanic Subgroups in the United States, 2009–2013
title_sort breast cancer prevalence and mortality among hispanic subgroups in the united states, 2009–2013
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5031859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27672394
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8784040
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