The statistic shows the total annual age-adjusted rate of overweight and obesity-related invasive cancer cases in the United States in 2014, by ethnicity. In that year, the rate of overweight and obesity-related invasive cancer was highest among African Americans.
Rate of overweight and obesity-related invasive cancer cases in the United States in 2014, by ethnicity
(per 100,000 population)
Age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population.
Overweight- and obesity-related cancers include adenocarcinoma of the esophagus; cancers of the breast [in postmenopausal women], colon and rectum,
endometrium, gallbladder, gastric cardia, kidney, liver, ovary, pancreas, and thyroid; meningioma; and multiple myeloma.
Cancer incidence compiled from cancer registries that meet the data quality criteria for all invasive cancer sites combined (covering 100% of the U.S. population).
Mutually exclusive racial/ethnic groups are based on information about race/ethnicity that was collected separately and combined for this report. The white, black, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Asian/Pacific Islander race categories are all non-Hispanic. Hispanic persons can be any race. Rates are not presented for those with unknown or other race or unknown ethnicity.
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CDC. (October 3, 2017). Rate of overweight and obesity-related invasive cancer cases in the United States in 2014, by ethnicity (per 100,000 population) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/768851/rate-of-overweight-and-obesity-related-invasive-cancer-cases-in-us-by-ethnicity/
CDC. "Rate of overweight and obesity-related invasive cancer cases in the United States in 2014, by ethnicity (per 100,000 population)." Chart. October 3, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/768851/rate-of-overweight-and-obesity-related-invasive-cancer-cases-in-us-by-ethnicity/
CDC. (2017). Rate of overweight and obesity-related invasive cancer cases in the United States in 2014, by ethnicity (per 100,000 population). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/768851/rate-of-overweight-and-obesity-related-invasive-cancer-cases-in-us-by-ethnicity/
CDC. "Rate of Overweight and Obesity-related Invasive Cancer Cases in The United States in 2014, by Ethnicity (per 100,000 Population)." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Oct 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/768851/rate-of-overweight-and-obesity-related-invasive-cancer-cases-in-us-by-ethnicity/
CDC, Rate of overweight and obesity-related invasive cancer cases in the United States in 2014, by ethnicity (per 100,000 population) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/768851/rate-of-overweight-and-obesity-related-invasive-cancer-cases-in-us-by-ethnicity/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Rate of overweight and obesity-related invasive cancer cases in the United States in 2014, by ethnicity (per 100,000 population) [Graph], CDC, October 3, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/768851/rate-of-overweight-and-obesity-related-invasive-cancer-cases-in-us-by-ethnicity/
