Chart Review: Cancer Incidence And Mortality Rates By Race, 2018

Yashashree Marne, Health Care Policy Intern

Earlier this month, the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) published a brief describing trends in cancer incidence, mortality, screening, and treatment by race and ethnicity. In 2018, Whites had the highest rate of cancer incidence (437 per 100,000) compared to other racial and ethnic groups, followed by Blacks (427 per 100,000). Blacks remain at the highest risk for cancer death, however, despite experiencing the largest overall decrease in cancer mortality from 2013 to 2018 compared to other racial and ethnic populations. As shown in the chart below, Hispanics, Asian/Pacific Islanders, and American Indians or Alaska Natives have lower overall cancer incidence and mortality rates relative to Whites and Blacks. Research suggests that reasons for differences in cancer incidence and mortality are complex and driven by a variety of interrelated socioeconomic, behavioral, hereditary, and genetic risk factors. According to the KFF report, the overall age-adjusted rates of cancer incidence and cancer mortality decreased for all racial and ethnic groups from 2013 to 2018. In 2020, however, the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically reduced rates of cancer screenings and treatment, which could reverse these trends.

 

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