Women from historically redlined neighborhoods less likely to be screened for breast cancer

Women living in 3,712 redlined U.S. census-tracts, especially in the New York and Los Angeles metropolitan areas, were 24 percent less likely than women living in A (“Best”) areas to meet breast screening targets. Poverty, lack of education and limited English proficiency were among the most significant barriers.

• See “Historic redlining practices cast a long shadow on cancer screening rates” on the American College of Surgeons website (June 15, 2023)
• See the abstract of the scientific paper “Association of Historical Redlining and Present-Day Social Vulnerability with Cancer Screening” by Zorays Moazzam et al.