Breast Cancer Prevalence and Mortality among Hispanic Subgroups in the United States, 2009–2013

Table 1

Selected sociodemographic characteristics of the US female population, by nativity, race/ethnicity, and Hispanic subpopulation: American Community Survey, 2013.

Characteristic	Population	% of Hispanic population	% population aged 18–64	% high school graduate or higher	% unemployed
US population	160,501,141		62.0	87.2	4.8
US-born	139,313,852		—	—	5.4
Foreign-born	21,170,210		—	—	5.0
White, non-Hispanic	100,164,054		61.8	92.1	3.7
Hispanic	26,577,169	100.0	60.3	66.1	6.5
Hispanic subpopulation
Mexican	16,843,425	63.4	58.6	60.5	6.4
Puerto Rican	2,599,883	9.8	61.1	78.2	7.4
Cuban	1,014,630	3.8	61.3	79.3	5.7
Central American	2,285,947	8.6	64.8	57.1	6.8
South American	1,691,956	6.4	67.8	85.3	5.6

Source: US Census Bureau, American FactFinder, 2013, 1-year estimates.
Among those aged ≥25 years.
Among those aged ≥16 years.