Table 1.

Demographic characteristics, Appalachian^a and US non-Appalachian regions^b, invasive cancers and female breast in situ cancers, males and females, all races, 2004–2011

	US Appalachia		US non-Appalachia
	N	Percent	N	Percent
Total cases	1,165,379	9	11,287,410	91
Region
Southern	304,313	26	542,105	5
Central	424,871	36	838,566	7
Northern	430,992	37	1,766,651	16
Remaining US	0		8,140,088	72
Sex
Male	594,535	51	5,647,745	50
Female	570,844	49	5,639,665	50
Race
White	1,074,510	92	9,516,558	84
Black	76,382	7	1,218,034	11
Other/unknown	14,487	1	552,818	5
Ethnicityc
Hispanic	9,190	1	795,383	7
Non-Hispanic	1,156,189	99	10,492,027	93
Age, years
0–19	8,910	1	107,869	1
20–44	80,970	7	839,182	7
45–64	430,975	37	4,238,389	38
65+	644,524	55	6,065,060	54
County economic status
Competitive/attainment	169,570	15	3,201,857	28
Transitional	764,629	66	6,548,648	58
At-risk	137,061	12	863,960	8
Distressed	84,993	7	334,948	3

^aAppalachia includes all Appalachian counties in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.

^bUS non-Appalachia includes all counties not in Appalachia.

^cEthnicity is not mutually exclusive from race.