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Text Alternative for the Bar Graph: Cancer Death Rates by Race and Ethnicity, in the US, 2018 to 2022
This bar graph has vertical bars for males and females to show the death rate per every 100,000 people (y axis) for these racial groups (x axis): White, Black, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian American/Pacific Islander, and Hispanic/Latino.
These are the death rates listed on the graph:
- White men: 179
- White women: 131
- Black men: 208.3
- Black women: 144.7
- American Indian and Alaskan Native (AIAN) men: 207.4
- AIAN women: 158.7
- Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) men: 107.5
- AAPI women: 82.6
- Hispanic or Latino men: 126.8
- Hispanic or Latino women: 93.2
For every racial group, men had a higher death rate than women.
Black men have the highest cancer death rate while death rates for women are highest among AIAN populations.
For both men and women, AAPI individuals have the lowest death rates.