Data Visualizations: Racial Gap in Breast Cancer Diagnoses Has Closed

A new study by the American Cancer Society reveals that black and white women are now being diagnosed with breast cancer at the same rate. In the past, the incident rate for black women was lower than for white women. The results were published today in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. The following visualizations show breast cancer incidence rates by race, the amount of research funding allocated toward breast cancer research in the U.S., incidence and mortality rates associated with breast cancer and breast cancer incidence rates by state.

Data is curated by HealthGrove.com and sourced from the National Cancer Institute, NIH and Cancer.gov.