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. 2024 Dec 23;31(12):8110–8117. doi: 10.3390/curroncol31120597

Table 1.

New genitourinary cancer diagnoses by year and rural/urban county in the Pennsylvania cancer registry.

Years
GU Cancer Type 1990–1994 1995–1999 2000–2004 2015–2019 2011–2014 2015–2019
All, n (%)
  Rural 19,379 (27.4%) 21,212 (28.5%) 22,912 (28.7%) 24,233 (29.4%) 21,528 (28.2%) 22,463 (28.4%)
  Urban 51,132 (72.5%) 53,252 (71.5%) 57,013 (71.3%) 58,248 (70.6%) 54,929 (71.8%) 56,599 (71.6%)
Prostate, n (%)
  Rural 12,968 (27.3%) 14,038 (28.8%) 14,780 (28.8%) 15,039 (29.4%) 12,035 (27.9%) 12,309 (27.3%)
  Urban 34,479 (72.7%) 34,724 (71.2%) 36,461 (71.2%) 36,156 (70.6%) 31,111 (72.1%) 32,787 (72.7%)
Bladder, n (%)
  Rural 4516 (28.2%) 4988 (28.7%) 5394 (29.3%) 5773 (30.3%) 5891 (29.1%) 5987 (30.3%)
  Urban 11,513 (71.8%) 12,400 (71.3%) 13,019 (70.7%) 13,282 (69.7%) 14,369 (70.9%) 13,794 (69.7%)
Kidney, n (%)
  Rural 1895 (26.9%) 2186 (26.3%) 2738 (26.7%) 3421 (28%) 3612 (27.7%) 4167 (29.4%)
  Urban 5140 (73.1%) 6128 (73.7%) 7533 (73.3%) 8810 (72%) 9449 (72.3%) 10,018 (70.6%)