CANCER MORTALITY IN RURAL APPALACHIAN KENTUCKY

-Cancer mortality rates are increasing at a more rapid pace among both the rural Appalachian and rural non-Appalachian Kentucky populations compared to the U.S. population.
-The lung cancer mortality rate among rural Appalachian Kentucky males is much higher than that of either rural non-Appalachian Kentucky or the U.S. male
population.
-Lung cancer mortality has surpassed breast cancer mortality to become the leading cause of death from cancer among rural Appalachian women.