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: As is seen across the globe, cancer diagnoses and deaths disproportionately affect the low-income states and regions of the US. This is due to a number of factors including lack of proper insurance coverage and unequal access to medical care. Unfortunately, some states suffer higher cancer-related death rates than others. Below is a look at those areas. US States with Highest Cancer Mortality Rates
Cancer mortality is the number of deaths attributed to cancer that occur within a year; it is presented as the number of deaths per 100,000 population. In the US, the three states with the highest cancer mortality rates are Kentucky (199.3 deaths out of 100,000 cancer patients), Mississippi (196.5), and West Virginia (190.5). These also happen to be the states that are consistently named the poorest in the country, both in economy and health. They are included in the southern region (with the exception of West Virginia which is sometimes southern, sometimes eastern) which some researchers have deemed the “cancer belt” of the US. Other southern states with high mortality rates include Arkansas (189.6), Louisiana (188.7), Oklahoma (185.4), Tennessee (185.4), and Alabama (182.1).