Growing evidence suggests that physical activity lowers the risk of several types of cancer. Between 2017 and 2021, Black people in the United States were the racial group with the highest incidence of physical inactivity-associated cancers, with a rate of nearly 101 cases per 100,000 people. This graph shows the rate of new physical inactivity-related cancers per 100,000 people from 2017 to 2021 in the United States, by race and ethnic origin.
Rate of new physical inactivity-associated cancers in the United States from 2017 to 2021, by race and ethnicity
(per 100,000 people)
Race categories are not mutually exclusive from Hispanic origin.
Supplementary notes
The source provides the following statement: "Data for specified racial or ethnic populations other than white and black should be interpreted with caution."
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CDC. (June 13, 2024). Rate of new physical inactivity-associated cancers in the United States from 2017 to 2021, by race and ethnicity (per 100,000 people) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311137/rate-physical-inactivity-associated-cancers-by-race-and-ethnicity/
CDC. "Rate of new physical inactivity-associated cancers in the United States from 2017 to 2021, by race and ethnicity (per 100,000 people)." Chart. June 13, 2024. Statista. Accessed January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311137/rate-physical-inactivity-associated-cancers-by-race-and-ethnicity/
CDC. (2024). Rate of new physical inactivity-associated cancers in the United States from 2017 to 2021, by race and ethnicity (per 100,000 people). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311137/rate-physical-inactivity-associated-cancers-by-race-and-ethnicity/
CDC. "Rate of New Physical Inactivity-associated Cancers in The United States from 2017 to 2021, by Race and Ethnicity (per 100,000 People)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Jun 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311137/rate-physical-inactivity-associated-cancers-by-race-and-ethnicity/
CDC, Rate of new physical inactivity-associated cancers in the United States from 2017 to 2021, by race and ethnicity (per 100,000 people) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311137/rate-physical-inactivity-associated-cancers-by-race-and-ethnicity/ (last visited January 09, 2025)
Rate of new physical inactivity-associated cancers in the United States from 2017 to 2021, by race and ethnicity (per 100,000 people) [Graph], CDC, June 13, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311137/rate-physical-inactivity-associated-cancers-by-race-and-ethnicity/
