Table 1.
African-born population composition in the U.S. and breast and cervical cancer incidence.
| REGIONAL AND COUNTRY-SPECIFIC DATA WITH LARGEST AFRICAN-BORN POPULATION IN U.S. BETWEEN 2008–2012 (PERCENTAGE OF AFRICAN-BORN IMMIGRANT POPULATION) | BREAST CANCER INCIDENCE, 2012 (PER 100,000 WOMEN/YEAR)a,b | CERVICAL CANCER INCIDENCE, 2012 (PER 100,000 WOMEN/YEAR)a,c | HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS (HPV) PREVALENCEd |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Africa (36%) | 38.6 | 29.3 | 21.0 |
| Nigeria | 50.4 | 29.0 | 27.5 |
| Ghana | 25.6 | 35.4 | * |
| Eastern Africa (29%) | 30.4 | 42.7 | 36.0 |
| Ethiopia | 41.8 | 26.4 | * |
| Kenya | 38.3 | 40.1 | 34.1 |
| Somalia | 40.6 | 33.4 | * |
| Northern Africa (17%) | 43.2 | 6.6 | 29.1 |
| Egypt | 49.5 | 2.3 | 6.8 |
| United States | 92.9 | 6.6 | 10.6 |
Notes:
a
Age-standardized incidence rates (ASR) of cervical cancer in regions of Africa (estimations for 2012).
b
GLOBOCAN 2012 data.
c
ICO Information Centre on HPV and Cancer (HPV Information Centre) 2016.
d
ICO Information Centre on HPV and Cancer (HPV Information Centre) 2016; data available through 2014; prevalence averaged on available data in women under the age of 65 years.
*
Data not available.