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Published in final edited form as: J Rural Health. 2023 Apr 24;40(1):87–95. doi: 10.1111/jrh.12763

TABLE 4.

Age-adjusted cancer mortality rates per 100,000 at-risk members of the population in the United States (excluding Kentucky), Kentucky, Appalachian Kentucky, and non-Appalachian Kentucky, 2014–2018.

	Kentucky rank	US rate	Kentucky rate	% Higher (Kentucky vs United States)	Non-Appalachian Kentucky	Appalachian Kentucky	% Higher (Appalachian vs Non-Appalachian)
All sites	1	147.5	191.2	29.6^*	153.8	172.3	12.0^*
Lung and bronchus	1	32.9	60.4	83.6^*	37.5	48.4	29.1^*
Colon and rectum	4	13.1	16.6	26.7^*	13.5	15.3	13.3^*
Larynx	2	0.8	1.5	87.5^*	0.9	1.2	33.3^*
Oral cavity and pharynx	3	2.4	3.1	29.2^*	2.5	2.8	12.0^*
Cervix uteri	10	2.1	2.6	23.8^*	2.2	2.5	13.6^*

P < .001.