Table 1.

Age-adjusted cancer incidence and mortality data for select cancers in the United States and Kentucky, 2010–2014

	National ranking	US	Kentucky	% Difference	Non-Appalachian Kentucky	Appalachian Kentucky	% Difference
Age-adjusted cancer incidence rates per 100,000 population
All cancer sites	1	452.1	521.1***	15.26	514.5	538.5***	4.66
Lung	1	61.2	95.3***	55.72	89.9	108.9***	21.13
Colorectal	1	39.8	50.0***	25.63	48.0	55.1***	14.79
Larynx	1	3.5	5.7***	62.86	5.1	7.2***	41.18
Oral cavity	1	11.5	14.1***	22.61	13.9	14.5	4.32
Cervix	8	7.6	8.7***	14.47	8.1	10.2**	25.93
Age-adjusted cancer mortality rates per 100,000 population
All cancer sites	1	165.6	201.5***	21.68	191.8	226.1***	17.88
Lung	1	44.4	69.6***	56.76	64.4	82.4***	27.95
Colorectal	5	14.7	17.2***	17.01	16.0	20.2***	26.25
Larynx	3	1.0	1.5***	50.00	1.3	1.9***	46.15
Oral cavity	6	2.5	3.0***	20.00	3.0	3.1	3.33
Cervix	10	2.3	2.8***	21.74	2.6	3.3*	26.92

P values for Kentucky are calculated against US P values. P values for Appalachian Kentucky are calculated against P values for non-Appalachian Kentucky. ^ASource: SEER*Stat, Kentucky Cancer Registry, and US Cancer Statistics. Source for state ranking: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and US Cancer Statistics. Source for age-adjusted rates: NCI SEER*Stat, Kentucky Cancer Registry, and US Cancer Statistics. ^BA rate-ratio approach was used to test statistical difference between two age-adjusted rates. P values for Kentucky are calculated against US P values. P values for Appalachian Kentucky are calculated against P values for non-Appalachian Kentucky.^C

^*P ≤ 0.05;

^**P ≤ 0.01;

^***P ≤ 0.001.