Cancer Statistics
Approximately 7.1% of West Virginia adults had skin cancer and 7.5% had some other type of cancer. About 1 in 8 West Virginia adults are cancer survivors (13.3%). Cancer prevalence was significantly higher among females than males. Over one-fourth of West Virginia seniors had cancer during their lifetime (29.0%).
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Cancer Screening Among women age 40 and older, 27.8% had not had a mammogram in the past 2 years. Almost one-fourth of adult women in West Virginia did not have a pap test in the past 3 years (24.0%). Among men age 50 and older, 50.8% did not have a PSA test in the past year. A large proportion of adults age 50 and older did not have a fecal occult blood test in the past year (87.1%) which ranked West Virginia the 6th lowest in the nation. Among adults age 50 and older, 40.0% have not had a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy in the past 10 years.
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Caregiver Status Approximately 19.3% of West Virginia adults provided regular care or assistance to a friend or family member in the past month. The prevalence of caregiving in the past month was significantly higher among women (22.2%) than among men (16.1%). - West Virginia adults age 55-64 had the highest prevalence of caregiving in the past month and the 45-54 age group had the 2nd highest prevalence.
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Tobacco Use More than one-fourth of adults (28.2%) currently smoke cigarettes every day or some days which ranked West Virginia the 2nd highest nationally. The prevalence of cigarette smoking was significantly higher among Multiracial, Non-Hispanics than among White, Non-Hispanics. Approximately 51.0% of current smokers had tried to quit smoking in the past year which was lowest in the nation. - West Virginia ranked the highest in the nation in smokeless tobacco use (8.6%).
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