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Friday, September 19, 2014

Get Light or Die Trying | Dr. Yaba Blay

Get Light or Die Trying | Dr. Yaba Blay

- this Ghanaian woman’s death was caused by a type of skin cancer, which later spread to her lungs, and was attributed to her ritual practice of skin bleaching for more than 20 years of her adult life.
female clerical worker2
(Addo, 2000, 144)
  According to the CDC

The graph below shows that in 2011:
  •  Among men, black men had the highest rate of getting cancer, followed by white, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native men. 
  •  Among women, white women had the highest rate of getting cancer, followed by black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native women.

All Cancers Combined

Incidence Rates* by Race/Ethnicity and Sex, U.S., 1999–2011
Line chart showing the changes in cancer incidence rates for males of various races and ethnicities.
Line chart showing the changes in cancer incidence rates for females of various races and ethnicities.