Researchers used the CDC Wonder Online Database to compile data on underlying causes of death from 1999 to 2020. The underlying cause of death for the specific analysis was malignant neoplasms.
Here are the 10 states with the highest cancer death rates per 100,000 people:
1. Kentucky – 177.3
2. West Virginia – 177
3. Mississippi – 176
4. Oklahoma – 171.1
5. Tennessee – 164.4
6. Arkansas – 163.8
7. Indiana – 162.7
8. Alabama – 161.6
9. Maine – 161.5
10. Louisiana – 159.9
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