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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: South Med J. 2018 Apr;111(4):213–219. doi: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000794

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.