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Counties with the highest cancer death rates in Nebraska
Among 78 Nebraska counties with published values, the counties with the highest cancer death rates are Thurston County, NE (226.5, 1.58 times the U.S. rate of 143.2), Nance County, NE (215.2, 1.5 times the U.S. rate of 143.2) and Webster County, NE (207.9, 1.45 times the U.S. rate of 143.2). Values are per 100,000, age-adjusted. 11 of the 78 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 Nebraska counties, highest first
All cancer cancer deaths, per 100,000, age-adjusted.
| Rank | County | State | Value | U.S. rate | Times reference | Significant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thurston County | NE | 226.5 | 143.2 | 1.58x | Significant |
| 2 | Nance County | NE | 215.2 | 143.2 | 1.5x | Significant |
| 3 | Webster County | NE | 207.9 | 143.2 | 1.45x | Significant |
| 4 | Nemaha County | NE | 201 | 143.2 | 1.4x | Significant |
| 5 | Hitchcock County | NE | 200.9 | 143.2 | 1.4x | Significant |
| 6 | Greeley County | NE | 189.9 | 143.2 | 1.33x | No |
| 7 | Richardson County | NE | 185.2 | 143.2 | 1.29x | Significant |
| 8 | Jefferson County | NE | 184.9 | 143.2 | 1.29x | Significant |
| 9 | Franklin County | NE | 184.5 | 143.2 | 1.29x | No |
| 10 | Harlan County | NE | 182.8 | 143.2 | 1.28x | No |
| 11 | Johnson County | NE | 181.4 | 143.2 | 1.27x | No |
| 12 | Cheyenne County | NE | 175.3 | 143.2 | 1.22x | Significant |
| 13 | Thayer County | NE | 174.6 | 143.2 | 1.22x | No |
| 14 | Burt County | NE | 172.3 | 143.2 | 1.2x | No |
| 15 | Polk County | NE | 171.1 | 143.2 | 1.19x | No |
| 16 | Gage County | NE | 170.1 | 143.2 | 1.19x | Significant |
| 17 | Garfield County | NE | 168.8 | 143.2 | 1.18x | No |
| 18 | Furnas County | NE | 166.8 | 143.2 | 1.16x | No |
| 19 | Morrill County | NE | 165.5 | 143.2 | 1.16x | No |
| 20 | Dodge County | NE | 164.9 | 143.2 | 1.15x | Significant |
| 21 | Butler County | NE | 159.7 | 143.2 | 1.12x | No |
| 22 | Red Willow County | NE | 159.6 | 143.2 | 1.11x | No |
| 23 | Valley County | NE | 158.7 | 143.2 | 1.11x | No |
| 24 | Cass County | NE | 157.4 | 143.2 | 1.1x | No |
| 25 | Otoe County | NE | 155.1 | 143.2 | 1.08x | No |
| 26 | Lincoln County | NE | 154.4 | 143.2 | 1.08x | No |
| 27 | Box Butte County | NE | 153.8 | 143.2 | 1.07x | No |
| 28 | Holt County | NE | 153.5 | 143.2 | 1.07x | No |
| 29 | Adams County | NE | 152.8 | 143.2 | 1.07x | No |
| 30 | Douglas County | NE | 152.7 | 143.2 | 1.07x | Significant |
| 31 | Seward County | NE | 152.2 | 143.2 | 1.06x | No |
| 32 | Dixon County | NE | 151.4 | 143.2 | 1.06x | No |
| 33 | Washington County | NE | 151.4 | 143.2 | 1.06x | No |
| 34 | Boyd County | NE | 151.2 | 143.2 | 1.06x | No |
| 35 | Merrick County | NE | 150.5 | 143.2 | 1.05x | No |
| 36 | Dawes County | NE | 149.2 | 143.2 | 1.04x | No |
| 37 | Scotts Bluff County | NE | 148 | 143.2 | 1.03x | No |
| 38 | York County | NE | 147.8 | 143.2 | 1.03x | No |
| 39 | Sarpy County | NE | 147.7 | 143.2 | 1.03x | No |
| 40 | Brown County | NE | 147.5 | 143.2 | 1.03x | No |
| 41 | Dakota County | NE | 147.1 | 143.2 | 1.03x | No |
| 42 | Antelope County | NE | 146.8 | 143.2 | 1.03x | No |
| 43 | Colfax County | NE | 146.5 | 143.2 | 1.02x | No |
| 44 | Hamilton County | NE | 146.1 | 143.2 | 1.02x | No |
| 45 | Clay County | NE | 145.5 | 143.2 | 1.02x | No |
| 46 | Fillmore County | NE | 145.3 | 143.2 | 1.01x | No |
| 47 | Knox County | NE | 144.6 | 143.2 | 1.01x | No |
| 48 | Dawson County | NE | 144.3 | 143.2 | 1.01x | No |
| 49 | Madison County | NE | 144 | 143.2 | 1.01x | No |
| 50 | Keith County | NE | 143.3 | 143.2 | 1x | No |
| 51 | Cedar County | NE | 140.7 | 143.2 | 0.98x | No |
| 52 | Saunders County | NE | 140.7 | 143.2 | 0.98x | No |
| 53 | Chase County | NE | 139.9 | 143.2 | 0.98x | No |
| 54 | Buffalo County | NE | 139.5 | 143.2 | 0.97x | No |
| 55 | Phelps County | NE | 139.1 | 143.2 | 0.97x | No |
| 56 | Sheridan County | NE | 138.8 | 143.2 | 0.97x | No |
| 57 | Lancaster County | NE | 138.2 | 143.2 | 0.97x | No |
| 58 | Cuming County | NE | 137.9 | 143.2 | 0.96x | No |
| 59 | Hall County | NE | 136.6 | 143.2 | 0.95x | No |
| 60 | Boone County | NE | 134.3 | 143.2 | 0.94x | No |
| 61 | Saline County | NE | 134.2 | 143.2 | 0.94x | No |
| 62 | Custer County | NE | 134.1 | 143.2 | 0.94x | No |
| 63 | Cherry County | NE | 133.7 | 143.2 | 0.93x | No |
| 64 | Perkins County | NE | 133.5 | 143.2 | 0.93x | No |
| 65 | Platte County | NE | 133 | 143.2 | 0.93x | No |
| 66 | Stanton County | NE | 130.6 | 143.2 | 0.91x | No |
| 67 | Nuckolls County | NE | 130 | 143.2 | 0.91x | No |
| 68 | Pawnee County | NE | 126 | 143.2 | 0.88x | No |
| 69 | Kimball County | NE | 125.8 | 143.2 | 0.88x | No |
| 70 | Howard County | NE | 124.6 | 143.2 | 0.87x | No |
| 71 | Garden County | NE | 121.9 | 143.2 | 0.85x | No |
| 72 | Deuel County | NE | 121.5 | 143.2 | 0.85x | No |
| 73 | Pierce County | NE | 119.8 | 143.2 | 0.84x | No |
| 74 | Kearney County | NE | 114.1 | 143.2 | 0.8x | No |
| 75 | Gosper County | NE | 111.1 | 143.2 | 0.78x | No |
| 76 | Sherman County | NE | 110.1 | 143.2 | 0.77x | No |
| 77 | Wayne County | NE | 106.6 | 143.2 | 0.74x | No |
| 78 | Frontier County | NE | 97.8 | 143.2 | 0.68x | No |