Title: U.S. States With The Highest Cancer Mortality Rates - WorldAtlas
Headings: U.S. States With The Highest Cancer Mortality Rates
U.S. States With The Highest Cancer Mortality Rates
Cancer in the US
US States with Highest Cancer Mortality Rates
Cancer Health Disparities
The Burden of Poverty
U.S. States With The Highest Cancer Mortality Rates

Content: A person’s socioeconomic status negatively affects their access to a higher quality of life, decreases their chance of having adequate health insurance, and often exposes them to dangerous jobs and housing locations with increased exposure to environmental toxins. It also influences controllable cancer risk factors resulting in a higher probability of smoking, drinking, sedentary activity, and obesity. Low socioeconomic status disproportionately affects African Americans, Latinos, and Whites living in the Appalachian region (Kentucky, West Virginia, and Tennessee from the list). These individuals are also more likely to die from cancer. The Burden of Poverty
But with such advanced medical technology in the US, why do so many people fall victim to cancer? All of the states on this list suffer from a lack of resources to carry out public health outreach campaigns like education and screenings. Many cancers, if diagnosed early on, can be prevented or successfully treated. When the state cannot invest in public health and when the people themselves cannot afford access to healthcare, health screening and prevention are often overlooked. These areas, therefore, have a reactive rather than a proactive approach to healthcare which can have fatal consequences when dealing with a cancer diagnosis. Indeed, one could say that poverty is actually the root cause of high mortality rates in these states.