Figure 1.

Healthy People 2020 objectives for cancer and average annual death rates (per 100,000 persons, age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population) from selected cancers (A. Lung Cancer, B. Cervical Cancer, C. Colorectal Cancer, D. Prostate Cancer) by county classification—United States, 2011–2015. Healthy People 2020 objectives for cancer death rates are indicated with a dotted line (Reference 13). Counties were identified using the United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service 2013 vintage rural-urban continuum code, which categorizes nonmetropolitan counties by degree of urbanization and adjacency to a metro area, and metropolitan counties by the population size of their metro area (https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/rural-urban-continuum-codes/). (Adapted from Reference 6).