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If you haven't done so yet, read Carnacki's diary on "Let's Fight Cancer III". In a diary comment, nequals1 notes the critical role oncology nurses in cancer research and treatment.
Carnacki provides simple links in his diary to send Congress a message: increase funding for cancer research to National Institute of Health (and its subsidiary, the National Institute of Nursing Research).
With that preamble, here's today's map. From the WV Health Atlas, the Cancer Mortality Rates by County for West Virginia (1999-2003).
I looked at other health-related maps for a match to Cancer rates. The closest I found was age.
That makes a little bit of sense as mortality rates for cancer increase with age (the younger you are, the better your body is able to handle treatment, etc.) (?).
I'm guessing, another reason is that living longer means you haven't died of other things. Death due to heart disease looks pretty different than death due to cancer.
I'm well beyond my area of expertise here... maybe someone else can chime in with more info!
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