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Counties with the highest cancer death rates (U.S.)

Among 3,085 U.S. counties with published values, the counties with the highest cancer death rates are Union County, FL (424.8, 2.97 times the U.S. rate of 143.2), Kingman County, KS (376.7, 2.63 times the U.S. rate of 143.2) and Norton city, VA (290.7, 2.03 times the U.S. rate of 143.2). Values are per 100,000, age-adjusted. 1,505 of the 3,085 are significantly above the U.S. rate.

Source: NCI and CDC State Cancer Profiles, both sexes, all ages. These are county-level figures, age-adjusted as published by the source, compared with the U.S. rate. A high rate does not prove an environmental cause: age, smoking, income, access to care, screening and chance all move county rates, and small counties swing widely. Significant means the lower bound of the county’s 95 percent confidence interval is above the U.S. rate.