 Cancer is a disease in which cells in the body grow out of control. Cancer is always named for the part of the body where it starts, even if it spreads to other body parts later. (Source: CDC)
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Lucas County for all races.
In Lucas County, Blacks tend to have a higher incidence of cancer, as compared to Whites. Cancer incidence rates from 2003-2005 show that Blacks have a higher rate than Whites for prostate, colon and rectum, lung and bronchus, pancreas, and stomach. However, Whites have a higher incidence for female breast cancer than Blacks. Incidence rates are not available for Hispanics.
The Black mortality rate is higher than the White rate for each of the five cancers in Lucas County. (Source: ODH Information Warehouse)
United States Cancer Statistics:2005 Incidence and Mortality reports the following trends by race/ethnicity for all cancers combined (rates are per 100,000 persons and are age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population).
For men, for all cancers combined:
- Incidence rates are highest among black (590.6), followed by white (526.2), Hispanic* (406.2), Asian/Pacific Islander (313.7), and American Indian/Alaska Native (280.1) men.
- Death rates are highest among black (296.7), followed by white (223.2), Hispanic* (154.7), American Indian/Alaska Native (150.8), and Asian/Pacific Islander (133.7) men.
For women, for all cancers combined:
- Incidence rates are highest among white (410.1), followed by black (380.3), Hispanic* (320.8), Asian/Pacific Islander (267.6), and American Indian/Alaska Native (239.1) women.
- Death rates are highest among black (180.2), followed by white (154.9), American Indian/Alaska Native (107.2), Hispanic* (102.5), and Asian/Pacific Islander (94.9) women.
*Hispanics may be of any race.
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