Cancer Screening

Geographic region of residence more than race affects rates

Published in Cancer Weekly, December 3rd, 2002

Racial and regional disparities in cancer screening rates are narrowing but persist. Findings in a study published in the journal Cancer indicate that racial and regional differences were less apparent for cervical and breast cancer than for colorectal cancer in the U.S. southern "Black Belt."

The Black Belt covers nearly contiguous counties in 11 states from Virginia to Florida to Texas and is a largely historically impoverished subregion of the southern U.S. that is predominantly rural, agricultural, and African American. Within the southern U.S. there was no significant disparity among African Americans and Caucasians regarding screening tests for cervical...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2002-12-03)

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