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Breast Cancer More Deadly to Blacks Than WhitesPosted on Mar 21, 2006Black American women are 19% more likely to die of breast cancer than white women, according to a new study. This is just the most recent of many studies illustrating that within our healthcare system, even after controlling for socioeconomic factors, blacks still receive a poorer quality of healthcare than whites.
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