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. 2019 Nov 8;68(44):993–998. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6844a1

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The figure is a bar chart showing incidence rates of lung cancer in nonmetropolitan and metropolitan counties, by sex and age at diagnosis, in the United States during 2016. — Rate* of lung cancer in nonmetropolitan and metropolitan counties,^† by sex and age at diagnosis — United States,^§ 2016

* Per 100,000 persons and age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population.

^† The U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service 2013 vintage rural-urban continuum codes were used to categorize county residence at time of cancer diagnosis as nonmetropolitan (codes 4–9) or metropolitan (codes 1–3). https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/rural-urban-continuum-codes.

^§ Cancer incidence data were compiled from 49 cancer registries that meet the data quality criteria for all invasive cancer sites combined, representing approximately 97% of the U.S. population. (County-level data were not available for Kansas and Minnesota.)