By Chris Hoenig
Black women under age 45 are more likely than women of any other race or ethnicity to be diagnosed with breast cancer, but surviving it may depend on where you live.
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in Black women and is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths for Black women between the ages of 4564. While white women are more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer after the age of 45, Black women are up to 60 percent more likely to die from it than their white counterparts. But the racial gaps in the mortality rates of breast-cancer patients vary significantly by state.
