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: 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. U.S. States With The Highest Cancer Mortality Rates
Rank
State
Cancer Deaths Per 100,000 People Per Year
1
Kentucky
199.3
2
Mississippi
196.5
3
West Virginia
190.5
4
Arkansas
189.6
5
Louisiana
188.7
6
Oklahoma
185.4
7
Tennessee
185.4
8
Alabama
182.1
9
Indiana
179.4
10
Missouri
179.1
Amber Pariona April 25 2017 in Society
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