HMM: Uterine cancer rates rising, particularly among black women. “Rates of uterine cancer were once lower for black women than white women. Black women are now twice as likely to die from the disease.” Why? Here’s one possibility: “The National Cancer Institute says women who are overweight or obese are twice to nearly four times as likely to develop uterine cancer. That’s more than 82 percent of black women in the U.S.”