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