Exhibit 1. Age-adjusted cancer incidence and mortality rates among individuals aged 65 years and older in West Virginia (WV) and in the United States (US), 2002–2006.
| Site of Cancer | Lung & Bronchus | Prostate | Colorectal | Breast | All Sites | |
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| Total # of New Cases2 | WV | 10,661 | 7,637 | 6,991 | 5,085 | 50,154 |
| Incidence Rate1,2 | WV | 481.5 | 836.4 | 316.1 | 229.6 | 2265.7 |
| US | 378.5 | 869.2 | 279.4 | 243.2 | 2184.6 | |
| Total # of Deaths3 | WV | 8,645 | 1,555 | 2,910 | 1,442 | 26,279 |
| Mortality Rate1,3 | WV | 390.6 | 193.3 | 131.7 | 65.2 | 1188.1 |
| US | 310.8 | 202.7 | 113.9 | 66.8 | 1077.7 | |
1
Age-adjusted rates per 100,000 (2000 US Std. Population).
2
United States Cancer Statistics: 1999–2006 Incidence, WONDER On-line Database. United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute; 2010. Accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov/cancer-v2006.html on Aug 19, 2011.
3
United States Cancer Statistics: 1999–2006 Mortality, WONDER On-line Database. United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2010. Accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov/CancerMort-v2006.html on Aug 19, 2011.