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African Americans in Iowa are getting cancer and dying from it at higher rates than any other group in the state. According to the 2021 Cancer in Iowa report issued by the State Health Registry of Iowa, the age-adjusted cancer mortality rate for Black people in Iowa is more than 25% greater than it is for white people.

The 2020 Cancer in Iowa report, released in March 2020 by the State Health Registry of Iowa, estimates 18,700 new cancers will be diagnosed among Iowa residents this year, an increase of 600 cases from 2019. Breast cancer will remain the most common type of cancer diagnosed among females, while prostate cancer remains the most common type among males.

While the overall number of new cases for most types of cancer in Iowa remains mostly unchanged, the number of cancers related to the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is on the rise. According to the 2019 Cancer in Iowa report issued today by the State Health Registry of Iowa, women are more likely than men to be diagnosed with HPV cancers. However, the incidence of HPV cancers among men is increasing, largely driven by increases in HPV-positive oropharyngeal (middle throat) cancers.

An estimated 6,300 Iowans will die from cancer in 2018, 18 times the number caused by auto fatalities, according to a new report released today by the State Health Registry of Iowa, based in the University of Iowa College of Public Health.

An estimated 6,200 Iowans will die from cancer in 2017, according to a new report released today by the State Health Registry of Iowa, based in the University of Iowa College of Public Health.