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Counties with the highest cancer death rates in New Mexico

Among 32 New Mexico counties with published values, the counties with the highest cancer death rates are Quay County, NM (171.2, 1.2 times the U.S. rate of 143.2), De Baca County, NM (167.9, 1.17 times the U.S. rate of 143.2) and Union County, NM (164.8, 1.15 times the U.S. rate of 143.2). Values are per 100,000, age-adjusted. 0 of the 32 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.

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Counties with the highest cancer death rates in New Mexico
Rank	County	State	Value	U.S. rate	Times reference	Significant
1	Quay County	NM	171.2	143.2	1.2x	No
2	De Baca County	NM	167.9	143.2	1.17x	No
3	Union County	NM	164.8	143.2	1.15x	No
4	Sierra County	NM	161	143.2	1.12x	No
5	Curry County	NM	158.5	143.2	1.11x	No
6	Hidalgo County	NM	156.7	143.2	1.09x	No
7	Guadalupe County	NM	156.3	143.2	1.09x	No
8	Otero County	NM	155.1	143.2	1.08x	No
9	Eddy County	NM	153.1	143.2	1.07x	No
10	Roosevelt County	NM	151	143.2	1.05x	No
11	Socorro County	NM	150.1	143.2	1.05x	No
12	Luna County	NM	150	143.2	1.05x	No
13	Lea County	NM	145.2	143.2	1.01x	No
14	Valencia County	NM	140.5	143.2	0.98x	No
15	Chaves County	NM	138.9	143.2	0.97x	No
16	Cibola County	NM	138.3	143.2	0.97x	No
17	Torrance County	NM	137.8	143.2	0.96x	No
18	McKinley County	NM	136.5	143.2	0.95x	No
19	Doña Ana County	NM	133.2	143.2	0.93x	No
20	Sandoval County	NM	127.7	143.2	0.89x	No
21	Grant County	NM	127.3	143.2	0.89x	No
22	Bernalillo County	NM	127	143.2	0.89x	No
23	San Juan County	NM	124.5	143.2	0.87x	No
24	Rio Arriba County	NM	122.6	143.2	0.86x	No
25	Mora County	NM	119.6	143.2	0.84x	No
26	Lincoln County	NM	118.5	143.2	0.83x	No
27	San Miguel County	NM	117.5	143.2	0.82x	No
28	Taos County	NM	116.9	143.2	0.82x	No
29	Catron County	NM	115.1	143.2	0.8x	No
30	Colfax County	NM	112.9	143.2	0.79x	No
31	Santa Fe County	NM	108.9	143.2	0.76x	No
32	Los Alamos County	NM	105.2	143.2	0.73x	No

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