Cancer

Megan Mulhern

HSCI 273

Software Application

November 27, 2012

Cancer prevalence by ethnicity

Cancer prevalence by income

Prevention: How to become educated

Overview

Cancer Death Rates 1. Black men 3. Black women 2. White men 4. White women

Genetic?

Are people of these ethnicities more predisposed to developing cancer?

Is cancer more directly related to income level rather than ethnicity?

Cancer and Location

Age Adjusted Death Rates 2010 (Figure 1)

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Health Coverage

The prevalence of cancer is correlated to income level

Income can affect:1. Amount of education

2. Exposure to carcinogens

3. Access to healthy options

Health Education

Being educated can decrease prevalence of cancer by:1. Promoting early

screening/detection

2. Learning how to eat and live healthy

Exposure to Carcinogens

Lower income households may:1. Have lower air quality

2. Work with more exposure (direct sun, dangerous chemicals)

3. Have an unsafe living environment (mold, rodents, asbestos)

4. Be more exposed to drugs and alcohol

Access to Healthy Options

Lower income households may have less access to:1. Full grocery stores

2. Transportation to food

3. Money for nutritious food

4. Gym membership/ability to exercise

Food Deserts

Prevention

http://www.youtube.com/v/xYcBFwdLhNU

Public Service Announcement

Cancer prevalence by ethnicity

Most common amount black males

Cancer prevalence by incomeHealth Education

Exposure

Access to change

Prevention: How to become educatedScreening/checkups

Summary