The Asian Health Coalition has developed and executed two comprehensive programs that aim to improve awareness on and decrease the prevalence of breast, cervical and colorectal cancer in Chicago's Asian communities.

• Click here to learn more about our Breast and Cervical Cancer program.
• Click here to learn more about our Colorectal Cancer program.

 

 

3 Most Common Cancers Among Asian Women (rates per 100,000 women) 

Breast cancer (120.4)
> 1st among Asian & Pacific Islander women and all races and Hispanic origin populations

Colorectal cancer (39.7) 
> 2nd among Asian & Pacific Islander and Hispanic women. 
> 3rd among white, black, and American Indian/Alaska Native women.

Lung cancer (54.5)
> 2nd among white, black, and American Indian/Alaska Native women
> 3rd among Asian & Pacific Islander and Hispanic women 

3 Leading Causes Cancer Death Among Asian Women  

Lung cancer (40.0)
 > 1st among white, black, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native women
 > 2nd among Hispanic* women.

Breast cancer (22.8)
> 2nd among white, black, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native women
> 1st among Hispanic* women.

Colorectal cancer (14.1)
> 3rd among women of all races and Hispanic* origin populations.

3 Most Common Cancers Among Men (rates per 100,000 men)

Prostate cancer (156.9)
>  1st among men of all races and Hispanic* origin populations

Lung cancer (80.5)
> 2nd among white, black, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Asian/Pacific Islander men
> 3rd among Hispanic* men.

Colorectal cancer (52.7)
> 3rd among white, black, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Asian/Pacific Islander men
> 2nd among Hispanic* men.

3 Leading Causes of Cancer Death Among Men

Lung Cancer (65.2)
> 1st among men of all races and Hispanic origin populations.

Liver cancer
> 2nd among Asian & Pacific Islander men

Colorectal cancer (20.0)
> 3rd among men of all races and Hispanic* origin populations.

Source: U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group. United States Cancer Statistics: 1999-2007 Incidence and Mortality Web-based Report. Atlanta (GA): Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and National Cancer Institute; 2010. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/uscs. (full site)