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Rate of cancer death per year in rural and urban areas U.S. 2011-2015, by type

Average annual rate of cancer death in nonmetropolitan and metropolitan counties in the U.S. from 2011 to 2015, by type (per 100,000 population)

The data displays the average annual rate of cancer deaths in nonmetropolitan and metropolitan counties in the United States from 2011 to 2015, by type. During that time, there were an average of 52 prostate cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year in nonmetropolitan rural counties.

Nonmetropolitan rural counties	21.2	52.2	17.1	20.5	11	3	3.3	4.6
Nonmetropolitan urban counties	21.1	50.5	16.1	20	11.1	3	3.4	4.7
Metropolitan counties (population <1 million)	20.3	45	14.2	19	10.9	2.8	3.4	4.4
Metropolitan counties (population >1 million)	21.1	39.9	14	19.6	11	2.4	3.3	4.3

Rate of cancer death per year in rural and urban areas U.S. 2011-2015, by type

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