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Mississippi residents are the most likely in America to die from cancer, federal data suggests. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) collected cancer death rates from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The researchers found that Mississippi had the highest cancer mortality rate in the US for all forms of the disease, topping the list with 985.6 deaths per 100,000 people. West Virginia came in second place, with 966.4 deaths per 100,000 residents, which could be due to high obesity rates. Southern states rounded out the top five, including Kentucky with 947.2 cases per 100,000, Alabama with 941.7, and Tennessee with 916.2.