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APPENDIX

C

KNOWN HEALTH

DISPARITIES AMONG

RACIAL AND ETHNIC

GROUPS

AFRICAN AMERICAN

Cancer
■ In 2003, African American men were 1.4 times as likely to have new cases of lung
and prostate cancer as non - Hispanic white men were.

■ African American men were twice as likely to have new cases of stomach cancer
as non - Hispanic white men were.

■ African American men had lower five - year cancer survival rates for lung and pan-
creatic cancer than non - Hispanic white men did.
■ In 2003, African American men were 2.4 times as likely to die from prostate can-
cer as non - Hispanic white men were.

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