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Assignment 2-2
Top Kentucky Counties, Male Lung Cancer Mortality Rates
William Velasquez
Kentucky counties with a black male mortality rate over 150 between 2000-2004
Kentucky counties with a white male mortality rate over 150 between 2000-2004
Kentucky counties with the highest count of black and white male lung cancer deaths between 2000-2004
Combined map of the three previous slides
Summary
o Black male lung cancer death rates are not as concentrated as rates for white males
o White male lung cancer death rates are concentrated in the southern and eastern parts of the state
o Death counts for both black and white males are higher near large population centers (Louisville, Lexington, Cincinnati)
o Knox County and Gallatin County have mortality rates over 150 for both white and black males