Table 1.
Non-Hispanic Black (NHB) and Non-Hispanic White (NHW) breast cancer mortality rates (1999–2013) and rate ratios by age group for the US and 10 study cities.
| < 40
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40–49
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50–64
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65+
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| NHW | NHB | NHW | NHB | NHW | NHB | NHW | NHB | |
| US | 1.32 | 2.87 | 16.11 | 30.53 | 40.99 | 63.65 | 101.38 | 119.40 |
| Baltimore, MD | 2.45 | 6.73 | 28.14 | 37.17 | 49.38 | 61.15 | 136.84 | 106.20 |
| Chicago, IL | 1.27 | 3.26 | 18.69 | 36.13 | 41.96 | 71.98 | 114.67 | 136.49 |
| Dallas, TX | 0.82 | 2.96 | 17.63 | 36.22 | 37.74 | 63.71 | 100.46 | 145.90 |
| Detroit, MI | 1.42 | 3.79 | 22.07 | 31.69 | 54.86 | 69.21 | 124.46 | 125.76 |
| Houston, TX | 2.22 | 3.80 | 23.36 | 46.15 | 54.49 | 86.80 | 123.02 | 142.03 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 1.39 | 3.58 | 19.89 | 40.41 | 46.76 | 80.05 | 111.55 | 150.80 |
| Memphis, TN | 1.12 | 3.43 | 12.26 | 38.05 | 45.22 | 74.54 | 95.16 | 152.72 |
| New York City, NY | 1.25 | 2.59 | 18.10 | 28.23 | 45.98 | 57.25 | 113.07 | 110.95 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 1.33 | 3.08 | 19.03 | 28.90 | 51.23 | 70.35 | 127.15 | 136.33 |
| Washington, DC | 0.55 | 2.96 | 13.72 | 37.15 | 41.66 | 66.65 | 134.36 | 126.34 |
| NHB:NHW rate ratio and 95% CI*
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 40
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40–49
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50–64
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65+
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| US | 2.17 | 2.10–2.25 | 1.90 | 1.86–1.93 | 1.55 | 1.53–1.57 | 1.18 | 1.17–1.19 |
| Baltimore, MD | 2.75 | 1.69–4.46 | 1.32 | 0.98–1.78 | 1.24 | 1.02–1.51 | 0.78 | 0.68–0.89 |
| Chicago, IL | 2.57 | 1.87–3.52 | 1.93 | 1.62–2.31 | 1.72 | 1.54–1.91 | 1.19 | 1.11–1.28 |
| Dallas, TX | 3.59 | 1.96–6.56 | 2.06 | 1.55–2.72 | 1.69 | 1.42–2.01 | 1.45 | 1.28–1.65 |
| Detroit, MI | 2.67 | 0.99–7.24 | 1.44 | 0.88–2.35 | 1.26 | 0.97–1.63 | 1.01 | 0.86–1.19 |
| Houston, TX | 1.71 | 1.21–2.41 | 1.98 | 1.62–2.41 | 1.59 | 1.42–1.79 | 1.15 | 1.04–1.28 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 2.57 | 1.81–3.65 | 2.03 | 1.69–2.45 | 1.71 | 1.53–1.92 | 1.35 | 1.24–1.47 |
| Memphis, TN | 3.06 | 1.47–6.38 | 3.10 | 2.07–4.65 | 1.65 | 1.37–1.98 | 1.60 | 1.40–1.84 |
| New York City, NY | 2.07 | 1.69–2.53 | 1.56 | 1.40–1.74 | 1.24 | 1.17–1.33 | 0.98 | 0.94–1.03 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 2.32 | 1.53–3.51 | 1.52 | 1.22–1.89 | 1.37 | 1.22–1.55 | 1.07 | 0.99–1.16 |
| Washington, DC | 5.37 | 2.28–12.67 | 2.71 | 1.73–4.23 | 1.60 | 1.28–2.00 | 0.94 | 0.81–1.09 |
Some cities are doing better than the national level and are doing better than the other. There is a geographic variation as some cities are doing better than the others.
*
All confidence intervals that include 1 do not display a statistically significant result. For example, Detroit in the age < 40 doesn’t show a statistically significant result.