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Counties with the highest cancer death rates in Indiana
Among 92 Indiana counties with published values, the counties with the highest cancer death rates are Fayette County, IN (218.1, 1.52 times the U.S. rate of 143.2), Scott County, IN (209.3, 1.46 times the U.S. rate of 143.2) and Fountain County, IN (204.3, 1.43 times the U.S. rate of 143.2). Values are per 100,000, age-adjusted. 63 of the 92 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.
All Indiana counties, highest first
All cancer cancer deaths, per 100,000, age-adjusted.
| Rank | County | State | Value | U.S. rate | Times reference | Significant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fayette County | IN | 218.1 | 143.2 | 1.52x | Significant |
| 2 | Scott County | IN | 209.3 | 143.2 | 1.46x | Significant |
| 3 | Fountain County | IN | 204.3 | 143.2 | 1.43x | Significant |
| 4 | Benton County | IN | 203.8 | 143.2 | 1.42x | Significant |
| 5 | Jennings County | IN | 203.3 | 143.2 | 1.42x | Significant |
| 6 | Blackford County | IN | 199.1 | 143.2 | 1.39x | Significant |
| 7 | Starke County | IN | 198.4 | 143.2 | 1.39x | Significant |
| 8 | Orange County | IN | 198.3 | 143.2 | 1.38x | Significant |
| 9 | Randolph County | IN | 197 | 143.2 | 1.38x | Significant |
| 10 | Jay County | IN | 196 | 143.2 | 1.37x | Significant |
| 11 | Rush County | IN | 196 | 143.2 | 1.37x | Significant |
| 12 | Grant County | IN | 195.6 | 143.2 | 1.37x | Significant |
| 13 | Henry County | IN | 194.5 | 143.2 | 1.36x | Significant |
| 14 | Fulton County | IN | 192.8 | 143.2 | 1.35x | Significant |
| 15 | Greene County | IN | 192.7 | 143.2 | 1.35x | Significant |
| 16 | Pulaski County | IN | 191.2 | 143.2 | 1.34x | Significant |
| 17 | Lawrence County | IN | 190.8 | 143.2 | 1.33x | Significant |
| 18 | Owen County | IN | 189.3 | 143.2 | 1.32x | Significant |
| 19 | Clay County | IN | 188.2 | 143.2 | 1.31x | Significant |
| 20 | Pike County | IN | 187.3 | 143.2 | 1.31x | Significant |
| 21 | Huntington County | IN | 187.1 | 143.2 | 1.31x | Significant |
| 22 | Morgan County | IN | 186.6 | 143.2 | 1.3x | Significant |
| 23 | Knox County | IN | 183 | 143.2 | 1.28x | Significant |
| 24 | Vermillion County | IN | 182.4 | 143.2 | 1.27x | Significant |
| 25 | Wabash County | IN | 182.2 | 143.2 | 1.27x | Significant |
| 26 | Putnam County | IN | 181.3 | 143.2 | 1.27x | Significant |
| 27 | Jackson County | IN | 179.9 | 143.2 | 1.26x | Significant |
| 28 | White County | IN | 179.4 | 143.2 | 1.25x | Significant |
| 29 | Decatur County | IN | 179.1 | 143.2 | 1.25x | Significant |
| 30 | Howard County | IN | 178.3 | 143.2 | 1.25x | Significant |
| 31 | Vigo County | IN | 178.3 | 143.2 | 1.25x | Significant |
| 32 | Jefferson County | IN | 177.7 | 143.2 | 1.24x | Significant |
| 33 | Madison County | IN | 176.9 | 143.2 | 1.24x | Significant |
| 34 | Washington County | IN | 176.5 | 143.2 | 1.23x | Significant |
| 35 | Newton County | IN | 175.7 | 143.2 | 1.23x | Significant |
| 36 | Wayne County | IN | 175.5 | 143.2 | 1.23x | Significant |
| 37 | Clinton County | IN | 175.4 | 143.2 | 1.22x | Significant |
| 38 | Miami County | IN | 175 | 143.2 | 1.22x | Significant |
| 39 | Dearborn County | IN | 173.8 | 143.2 | 1.21x | Significant |
| 40 | Franklin County | IN | 173.5 | 143.2 | 1.21x | Significant |
| 41 | DeKalb County | IN | 172.6 | 143.2 | 1.21x | Significant |
| 42 | Delaware County | IN | 172.3 | 143.2 | 1.2x | Significant |
| 43 | Jasper County | IN | 171.7 | 143.2 | 1.2x | Significant |
| 44 | Marion County | IN | 171.7 | 143.2 | 1.2x | Significant |
| 45 | Sullivan County | IN | 171.7 | 143.2 | 1.2x | Significant |
| 46 | Clark County | IN | 171.1 | 143.2 | 1.19x | Significant |
| 47 | Martin County | IN | 170.7 | 143.2 | 1.19x | No |
| 48 | Shelby County | IN | 169 | 143.2 | 1.18x | Significant |
| 49 | Cass County | IN | 168.9 | 143.2 | 1.18x | Significant |
| 50 | Vanderburgh County | IN | 168.6 | 143.2 | 1.18x | Significant |
| 51 | St. Joseph County | IN | 164.8 | 143.2 | 1.15x | Significant |
| 52 | Parke County | IN | 164 | 143.2 | 1.15x | No |
| 53 | Union County | IN | 163.1 | 143.2 | 1.14x | No |
| 54 | Tipton County | IN | 162.5 | 143.2 | 1.13x | No |
| 55 | Kosciusko County | IN | 162 | 143.2 | 1.13x | Significant |
| 56 | Crawford County | IN | 161 | 143.2 | 1.12x | No |
| 57 | Floyd County | IN | 160.9 | 143.2 | 1.12x | Significant |
| 58 | Wells County | IN | 159.3 | 143.2 | 1.11x | No |
| 59 | Harrison County | IN | 159.2 | 143.2 | 1.11x | Significant |
| 60 | Allen County | IN | 158.3 | 143.2 | 1.11x | Significant |
| 61 | Marshall County | IN | 158.1 | 143.2 | 1.1x | Significant |
| 62 | Noble County | IN | 157.8 | 143.2 | 1.1x | Significant |
| 63 | Adams County | IN | 156.7 | 143.2 | 1.09x | No |
| 64 | LaGrange County | IN | 155.9 | 143.2 | 1.09x | No |
| 65 | Elkhart County | IN | 155.8 | 143.2 | 1.09x | Significant |
| 66 | Bartholomew County | IN | 155.7 | 143.2 | 1.09x | Significant |
| 67 | Warrick County | IN | 155.6 | 143.2 | 1.09x | Significant |
| 68 | Whitley County | IN | 155.4 | 143.2 | 1.09x | No |
| 69 | Warren County | IN | 155.3 | 143.2 | 1.08x | No |
| 70 | LaPorte County | IN | 155 | 143.2 | 1.08x | Significant |
| 71 | Spencer County | IN | 154.9 | 143.2 | 1.08x | No |
| 72 | Steuben County | IN | 154.9 | 143.2 | 1.08x | No |
| 73 | Perry County | IN | 154.7 | 143.2 | 1.08x | No |
| 74 | Brown County | IN | 154 | 143.2 | 1.08x | No |
| 75 | Johnson County | IN | 152.7 | 143.2 | 1.07x | Significant |
| 76 | Hancock County | IN | 152.4 | 143.2 | 1.06x | No |
| 77 | Ripley County | IN | 152.3 | 143.2 | 1.06x | No |
| 78 | Porter County | IN | 151.8 | 143.2 | 1.06x | Significant |
| 79 | Montgomery County | IN | 151.4 | 143.2 | 1.06x | No |
| 80 | Lake County | IN | 150.7 | 143.2 | 1.05x | Significant |
| 81 | Tippecanoe County | IN | 150 | 143.2 | 1.05x | No |
| 82 | Boone County | IN | 149 | 143.2 | 1.04x | No |
| 83 | Gibson County | IN | 146.8 | 143.2 | 1.03x | No |
| 84 | Daviess County | IN | 146.5 | 143.2 | 1.02x | No |
| 85 | Carroll County | IN | 146 | 143.2 | 1.02x | No |
| 86 | Ohio County | IN | 145.6 | 143.2 | 1.02x | No |
| 87 | Switzerland County | IN | 145.3 | 143.2 | 1.01x | No |
| 88 | Hendricks County | IN | 141.9 | 143.2 | 0.99x | No |
| 89 | Monroe County | IN | 140.2 | 143.2 | 0.98x | No |
| 90 | Dubois County | IN | 139.9 | 143.2 | 0.98x | No |
| 91 | Posey County | IN | 139 | 143.2 | 0.97x | No |
| 92 | Hamilton County | IN | 122.1 | 143.2 | 0.85x | No |