Karen E. Callahan (Environmental and Occupational Health) recently published an article, "Cancer Mortality Among US Blacks: Variability between African Americans, Afro-Caribbeans, and Africans" in the journal Cancer Epidemiology.
Aggregation of all black populations in U.S. cancer mortality profiles masks remarkable heterogeneity by place of birth. Comparing U.S.-born African Americans with African and Afro-Caribbean immigrants may highlight specific cancer prevention and control needs and clarify global cancer epidemiology. Such a comparison has yet to be undertaken on a population basis. Using 2012–17 vital statistics data from California, Florida, Minnesota, and New York, age-standardized cancer mortality rates were computed for distinct black populations. Comparisons were made to the majority white population using mortality rate ratios obtained from negative binomial regression.
