While 68.8 percent of white women age 65 and over on Medicare survived a breast cancer diagnosis after five years, only 55.9 percent of black women of the same age and insurance demographic were alive five years after being diagnosed with breast cancer, according to the study.
Researchers found that among whites and blacks who were nearly perfect demographic matches, survival rates increased in similarity. This suggests that poorer health among the black women as a population was to blame for reduced mortality, according to the authors.
Data considered was from approximately 15 years of Medicare data from the National Cancer institute.
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