Black Americans still more likely to die from cancer
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on February 27, 2024
There has been some improvement in closing the gap -- in 2000, Black Americans were 26% more likely to die of cancer than White Americans, but by 2020 that disparity had shrunk to 12%, researchers at Duke University found.
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While cancer death rates have fallen among Americans generally over the past two decades, a new study finds Black Americans are still more likely than White Americans to die from the disease.
There has been some improvement in closing the gap -- in 2000, Black Americans were 26% more likely to . . .
