Abstract B84: Increasing disparities in breast cancer mortality for young black women in the U.S. from 1979-2010

Conclusions: Though mortality rates have declined over the past 30 years for women under 50, significant disparities in the two leading causes of death, cancer and CVD, remain. The persistence of disparities across diseases highlights the need to focus on improving health outcomes broadly, in addition to disease centered approaches, in order to prevent premature deaths among young women. The breast cancer mortality rate was two times greater among black women younger than 50 compared to white women, indicating a more profound disparity in younger women than older women. Furthermore, while relative disparities have decreased over time for most of the causes of death examined, the disparity in breast cancer mortality appears to be widening among young women. We plan to further quantify these trends using joinpoint regression to calculate the average percent change in mortality rates over time.Citation Format: Anne Marie McCarthy, Jianing Yang, Katrina Armstrong. Increasing disparities in breast cancer mortality for young black women in the U.S. from 1979-2010. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Sixth AACR Conference: The Science of Cancer Health Disparities; Dec 6–9, 2013; Atlanta, GA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2014;23(11 Suppl):Abstract nr B84. doi:10.1158/1538-7755.DISP13-B84

Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention - November 13, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: McCarthy, A. M., Yang, J., Armstrong, K. Tags: Screening and Early Detection: Poster Presentations - Proffered Abstracts Source Type: research