The Unequal Burden of Cancer: An Assessment of NIH Research and Programs for Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved

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. "2 The Burden of Cancer Among Ethnic Minority and the Medically Underserved Populations." The Unequal Burden of Cancer: An Assessment of NIH Research and Programs for Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1999.

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TABLE 2-8 Cancer Mortality at Selected Sites Among U.S. Men by Racial or Ethnic Group, Age Adjusted to 1970 U.S. Standards^a

	Deaths per 100,000 Population
Racial or Ethnic Group	Stomach	Colon and Rectum	Lung and Bronchus	Prostate	All Sites
Alaska Native	^b	27.2	69.4	^b	225
American Indian (New Mexico)	^b	^b	^b	16.2	123
Black	13.6	28.2	44.2	53.7	319
Chinese	10.5	15.7	25.3	6.6	139
Filipino	3.6	11.4	17.5	13.5	105
Hawaiian	14.4	23.7	43.0	19.9	239
Japanese	17.4	20.5	15.2	11.7	133
Korean	NA	NA	16.0	NA	NA
Vietnamese	NA	NA	31.2	NA	NA
Hispanic (Total)	8.4	12.8	19.5	15.3	129
White, non-Hispanic^c	6.0	23.4	43.7	24.4	217
^a SEER program estimates are from 1988 to 1992. ^b SEER program does not calculate mortality when fewer than 25 cases are reported. ^c Includes medically underserved white, non-Hispanic males among whom the cancer mortality differs from that among the majority white, non-Hispanic population. SOURCE: Miller et al., (1996).