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Recent SEER data depicting current racial and ethnic lung cancer disparities between African-Americans and whites in lung cancer incidence and mortality
| US lung cancer incidence and mortality rates, 1992–1999* | ||
|---|---|---|
| White | African-American | |
| Lung cancer incidence | ||
| Men | 82.9 | 124.1 |
| Women | 51.1 | 53.2 |
| Total | 64.3 | 82.6 |
| Lung cancer mortality | ||
| Men | 81.7 | 113.0 |
| Women | 41.1 | 39.6 |
| Total | 57.9 | 68.9 |
