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“The difference in mortality rates [in deaths per 100,000 women] between black women [top curve] and white women [bottom curve] with breast cancer has widened since 1975, in part because black women have not benefited as much from improvements in screening and treatment. Among the states with available data, Tennessee has the largest gap—with nearly 14 black women dying for every one white woman.”

The phrase in bold appeared in the printed National Edition (p. A22) but was removed without comment from the online version by Dec. 24. None of the 162 online comments on the accompanying article

Submitted by Paul Campbell