‘Cancer in Iowa’ report analyzes racial disparities in incidence, mortality of disease
‘Cancer in Iowa’ report analyzes racial disparities in incidence, mortality of disease
Black Iowans harder hit than other groups
The annual report finds Black people in Iowa are getting cancer and dying from it at higher rates than any other group in the state. Contributed image.
By: Tom Snee | 2021.03.10 | 09:46 am
Black people in Iowa are getting cancer and dying from it at higher rates than any other group in the state. According to the 2021
Cancer in Iowa report issued by the State Health Registry of Iowa, the age-adjusted cancer mortality rate for Black people in Iowa is more than 25% greater than it is for white Iowans.