Trends and Patterns of Disparities in Cancer Mortality Among US Counties, 1980-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and results in a high economic burden.

Objective

To estimate age-standardized mortality rates by US county from 29 cancers.

Design and setting

Deidentified death records from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and population counts from the Census Bureau, the NCHS, and the Human Mortality Database from 1980 to 2014 were used. Validated small area estimation models were used to estimate county-level mortality rates from 29 cancers: lip and oral cavity; nasopharynx; other pharynx; esophageal; stomach; colon and rectum; liver; gallbladder and biliary; pancreatic; larynx; tracheal, bronchus, and lung; malignant skin melanoma; nonmelanoma skin cancer; breast; cervical; uter

SUBMITTER: Mokdad AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5617139 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature