High Cancer Burden Shifted From Urban to Rural Areas and Gap Widening
Source
American Cancer Society
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Date
Mar 18, 2026
Summary
Summarizes recent research finding disparities in mortality between urban and rural residents with cancer. The study analyzed 27,710,318 cancer deaths between 1969 and 2023 and compared rural and urban trends during that time. Notes drivers of outcome disparities including access to care, healthcare screenings, poverty, smoking, and more.
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· Cancer
· Health screening
· Mortality
· Poverty
· Rural-urban differences
· Statistics and data
· Tobacco use