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Number of cancer deaths per year in rural and urban areas U.S. 2011-2015

Average annual number of cancer deaths in nonmetropolitan and metropolitan counties in the U.S. from 2011 to 2015

The data displays the average annual number of cancer deaths in nonmetropolitan and metropolitan counties in the United States from 2011 to 2015. During that time, there were an average of 292,767 cancer deaths per year in metropolitan counties with a population greater than or equal to 1 million.

Nonmetropolitan rural counties	48194
Nonmetropolitan urban counties	61142
Metropolitan counties (population <1 million)	184261
Metropolitan counties (population >1 million)	292767

Number of cancer deaths per year in rural and urban areas U.S. 2011-2015

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