Abstract 2157: Evaluating cervical and lung cancer risk among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Black women in three urban Texas counties

Abstract

Abstract This study examines if there is a statistically significant difference in the risk of being diagnosed with cervical and lung cancer between Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Black (NHB) women in Tarrant, Dallas, and Bexar county. Pulling from the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, 2000-2020 trends in cancer diagnosis were measured by age-adjusted annual percent change (APC). Data was sorted by county and race/ethnicity and statistically insignificant measures were removed. APC measures were ranked relative to counties across Texas and the US. APC measures with 95% confidence intervals for Hispanic and NHB women in Tarrant, Dallas, and Bexar county were compared for a significant difference. Results from a previous study indicated that the slowest decreases in cervical cancer rates are found among Hispanic and African-American women in Tarrant and Dallas County. We built upon this study to assess if there was a statistically significant difference in the risk of developing cervical and lung cancer between these two groups. In Tarrant County (TC), the cervical cancer APC of Hispanic women was -1.8 [-3.4,0.1] and NHB women was -1.2 [-3.7, 1.3]. In Dallas County, the cervical cancer APC of Hispanic women was -2.1 [-3.4, -0.8] and NHB women was -1.8 [-3, -0.5]. This indicates that for both cities, Hispanic women saw a greater decrease in the APC in cervical cancer rates than NHB women. In Tarrant County (TC), the lung cancer APC of Hispanic women was -2.7 [-4.5, -0.9] and NHB women was -2.1[-3.1, -1.1]. In Dallas County, the lung cancer APC of Hispanic women was -2.3 [-4.2, -0.4] and NHB women was -1.8 [-2.5, -1]. This indicates that for both cities, while Hispanic women saw a greater decrease in the APC in lung cancer rates than NHB women, the decrease is not statistically significant due to the overlap of the confidence intervals. Even though the confidence interval (CI) overlaps indicates insignificance, the APC can still provide valuable information regarding diagnostic trends seen in urban cities. The results showed that there is no significant difference between these two groups, suggesting that other county-level factors may play a role in diagnostic disparities seen between these two racial groups. Citation Format: Megan L. Chu, Irene E. Jayesh. Evaluating cervical and lung cancer risk among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Black women in three urban Texas counties [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2024; Part 1 (Regular Abstracts); 2024 Apr 5-10; San Diego, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2024;84(6_Suppl):Abstract nr 2157.