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Counties with the highest cancer incidence rates in Georgia
Among 159 Georgia counties with published values, the counties with the highest cancer incidence rates are Pickens County, GA (574.3, 1.27 times the U.S. rate of 453.4), Chattahoochee County, GA (571.8, 1.26 times the U.S. rate of 453.4) and Sumter County, GA (546.1, 1.2 times the U.S. rate of 453.4). Values are per 100,000, age-adjusted. 73 of the 159 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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All cancer cancer new cases, per 100,000, age-adjusted.
| Rank | County | State | Value | U.S. rate | Times reference | Significant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pickens County | GA | 574.3 | 453.4 | 1.27x | Significant |
| 2 | Chattahoochee County | GA | 571.8 | 453.4 | 1.26x | Significant |
| 3 | Sumter County | GA | 546.1 | 453.4 | 1.2x | Significant |
| 4 | Lamar County | GA | 541.6 | 453.4 | 1.19x | Significant |
| 5 | Twiggs County | GA | 540.8 | 453.4 | 1.19x | Significant |
| 6 | White County | GA | 539.7 | 453.4 | 1.19x | Significant |
| 7 | Wayne County | GA | 537.6 | 453.4 | 1.19x | Significant |
| 8 | Jefferson County | GA | 536.7 | 453.4 | 1.18x | Significant |
| 9 | Barrow County | GA | 531.7 | 453.4 | 1.17x | Significant |
| 10 | McDuffie County | GA | 530.7 | 453.4 | 1.17x | Significant |
| 11 | Dougherty County | GA | 529.6 | 453.4 | 1.17x | Significant |
| 12 | Stephens County | GA | 529.3 | 453.4 | 1.17x | Significant |
| 13 | Lumpkin County | GA | 528.8 | 453.4 | 1.17x | Significant |
| 14 | Talbot County | GA | 527.3 | 453.4 | 1.16x | Significant |
| 15 | Jasper County | GA | 526.5 | 453.4 | 1.16x | Significant |
| 16 | Effingham County | GA | 525.8 | 453.4 | 1.16x | Significant |
| 17 | Bryan County | GA | 525.3 | 453.4 | 1.16x | Significant |
| 18 | Habersham County | GA | 523.3 | 453.4 | 1.15x | Significant |
| 19 | Wilkinson County | GA | 522.4 | 453.4 | 1.15x | Significant |
| 20 | Camden County | GA | 521.1 | 453.4 | 1.15x | Significant |
| 21 | Calhoun County | GA | 519.5 | 453.4 | 1.15x | No |
| 22 | Pike County | GA | 518.3 | 453.4 | 1.14x | Significant |
| 23 | Cherokee County | GA | 517.5 | 453.4 | 1.14x | Significant |
| 24 | Haralson County | GA | 516.9 | 453.4 | 1.14x | Significant |
| 25 | Terrell County | GA | 516.7 | 453.4 | 1.14x | Significant |
| 26 | Spalding County | GA | 516.4 | 453.4 | 1.14x | Significant |
| 27 | Echols County | GA | 515.8 | 453.4 | 1.14x | No |
| 28 | Lanier County | GA | 515.1 | 453.4 | 1.14x | Significant |
| 29 | Newton County | GA | 514.5 | 453.4 | 1.13x | Significant |
| 30 | Butts County | GA | 514.2 | 453.4 | 1.13x | Significant |
| 31 | Carroll County | GA | 512.1 | 453.4 | 1.13x | Significant |
| 32 | Baldwin County | GA | 511.7 | 453.4 | 1.13x | Significant |
| 33 | Towns County | GA | 510.9 | 453.4 | 1.13x | Significant |
| 34 | Madison County | GA | 509.5 | 453.4 | 1.12x | Significant |
| 35 | Banks County | GA | 508 | 453.4 | 1.12x | Significant |
| 36 | Cook County | GA | 506.7 | 453.4 | 1.12x | Significant |
| 37 | Liberty County | GA | 506.7 | 453.4 | 1.12x | Significant |
| 38 | Clinch County | GA | 505.5 | 453.4 | 1.11x | No |
| 39 | Elbert County | GA | 505.5 | 453.4 | 1.11x | Significant |
| 40 | Lee County | GA | 504 | 453.4 | 1.11x | Significant |
| 41 | Brantley County | GA | 503.5 | 453.4 | 1.11x | Significant |
| 42 | Berrien County | GA | 503.2 | 453.4 | 1.11x | Significant |
| 43 | Oglethorpe County | GA | 502.7 | 453.4 | 1.11x | Significant |
| 44 | Appling County | GA | 502.3 | 453.4 | 1.11x | Significant |
| 45 | Meriwether County | GA | 501.6 | 453.4 | 1.11x | Significant |
| 46 | Walton County | GA | 501.5 | 453.4 | 1.11x | Significant |
| 47 | Warren County | GA | 501 | 453.4 | 1.1x | No |
| 48 | Morgan County | GA | 500.5 | 453.4 | 1.1x | Significant |
| 49 | Hall County | GA | 499.6 | 453.4 | 1.1x | Significant |
| 50 | Jones County | GA | 498.3 | 453.4 | 1.1x | Significant |
| 51 | Peach County | GA | 498.2 | 453.4 | 1.1x | Significant |
| 52 | Crisp County | GA | 497.8 | 453.4 | 1.1x | Significant |
| 53 | Union County | GA | 497.2 | 453.4 | 1.1x | Significant |
| 54 | Wilkes County | GA | 497 | 453.4 | 1.1x | No |
| 55 | Ben Hill County | GA | 496.8 | 453.4 | 1.1x | Significant |
| 56 | Bacon County | GA | 496.3 | 453.4 | 1.09x | No |
| 57 | Bartow County | GA | 496 | 453.4 | 1.09x | Significant |
| 58 | Forsyth County | GA | 495.9 | 453.4 | 1.09x | Significant |
| 59 | Jackson County | GA | 495.8 | 453.4 | 1.09x | Significant |
| 60 | Troup County | GA | 494.8 | 453.4 | 1.09x | Significant |
| 61 | Paulding County | GA | 493 | 453.4 | 1.09x | Significant |
| 62 | Rabun County | GA | 492.8 | 453.4 | 1.09x | Significant |
| 63 | Glascock County | GA | 491.3 | 453.4 | 1.08x | No |
| 64 | Polk County | GA | 490.8 | 453.4 | 1.08x | Significant |
| 65 | Pierce County | GA | 490.4 | 453.4 | 1.08x | No |
| 66 | Crawford County | GA | 490.2 | 453.4 | 1.08x | No |
| 67 | Worth County | GA | 489.7 | 453.4 | 1.08x | No |
| 68 | Murray County | GA | 489.4 | 453.4 | 1.08x | Significant |
| 69 | Burke County | GA | 489.2 | 453.4 | 1.08x | Significant |
| 70 | Mitchell County | GA | 488.2 | 453.4 | 1.08x | No |
| 71 | Gordon County | GA | 488.1 | 453.4 | 1.08x | Significant |
| 72 | Richmond County | GA | 486.4 | 453.4 | 1.07x | Significant |
| 73 | Tift County | GA | 486 | 453.4 | 1.07x | Significant |
| 74 | Ware County | GA | 485.7 | 453.4 | 1.07x | Significant |
| 75 | Treutlen County | GA | 485 | 453.4 | 1.07x | No |
| 76 | Muscogee County | GA | 484.7 | 453.4 | 1.07x | Significant |
| 77 | Thomas County | GA | 484.4 | 453.4 | 1.07x | Significant |
| 78 | Douglas County | GA | 482.6 | 453.4 | 1.06x | Significant |
| 79 | Putnam County | GA | 481.7 | 453.4 | 1.06x | No |
| 80 | Colquitt County | GA | 480.2 | 453.4 | 1.06x | Significant |
| 81 | Dawson County | GA | 480.2 | 453.4 | 1.06x | No |
| 82 | Irwin County | GA | 480.1 | 453.4 | 1.06x | No |
| 83 | Turner County | GA | 479.4 | 453.4 | 1.06x | No |
| 84 | Franklin County | GA | 479 | 453.4 | 1.06x | No |
| 85 | Glynn County | GA | 478.7 | 453.4 | 1.06x | Significant |
| 86 | Henry County | GA | 478.2 | 453.4 | 1.05x | Significant |
| 87 | Fannin County | GA | 477.5 | 453.4 | 1.05x | No |
| 88 | Heard County | GA | 476.5 | 453.4 | 1.05x | No |
| 89 | Early County | GA | 475.1 | 453.4 | 1.05x | No |
| 90 | Brooks County | GA | 474.7 | 453.4 | 1.05x | No |
| 91 | Greene County | GA | 474.7 | 453.4 | 1.05x | No |
| 92 | Houston County | GA | 473.2 | 453.4 | 1.04x | Significant |
| 93 | Macon County | GA | 473.1 | 453.4 | 1.04x | No |
| 94 | McIntosh County | GA | 471.6 | 453.4 | 1.04x | No |
| 95 | Bibb County | GA | 471.2 | 453.4 | 1.04x | Significant |
| 96 | Lowndes County | GA | 471 | 453.4 | 1.04x | No |
| 97 | Upson County | GA | 470.7 | 453.4 | 1.04x | No |
| 98 | Whitfield County | GA | 470.4 | 453.4 | 1.04x | No |
| 99 | Stewart County | GA | 470 | 453.4 | 1.04x | No |
| 100 | Fulton County | GA | 469.4 | 453.4 | 1.04x | Significant |
| 101 | Dade County | GA | 468.5 | 453.4 | 1.03x | No |
| 102 | Washington County | GA | 468.1 | 453.4 | 1.03x | No |
| 103 | Coweta County | GA | 468 | 453.4 | 1.03x | No |
| 104 | Floyd County | GA | 467.1 | 453.4 | 1.03x | No |
| 105 | Cobb County | GA | 466.6 | 453.4 | 1.03x | Significant |
| 106 | Bleckley County | GA | 466.5 | 453.4 | 1.03x | No |
| 107 | Rockdale County | GA | 466 | 453.4 | 1.03x | No |
| 108 | Emanuel County | GA | 465.6 | 453.4 | 1.03x | No |
| 109 | Hart County | GA | 465.6 | 453.4 | 1.03x | No |
| 110 | Grady County | GA | 465.3 | 453.4 | 1.03x | No |
| 111 | Marion County | GA | 464.8 | 453.4 | 1.03x | No |
| 112 | Gilmer County | GA | 462.6 | 453.4 | 1.02x | No |
| 113 | Schley County | GA | 461.6 | 453.4 | 1.02x | No |
| 114 | Montgomery County | GA | 460.9 | 453.4 | 1.02x | No |
| 115 | Monroe County | GA | 460.7 | 453.4 | 1.02x | No |
| 116 | Chattooga County | GA | 457.6 | 453.4 | 1.01x | No |
| 117 | Walker County | GA | 456.9 | 453.4 | 1.01x | No |
| 118 | Screven County | GA | 456.5 | 453.4 | 1.01x | No |
| 119 | Evans County | GA | 455.7 | 453.4 | 1.01x | No |
| 120 | Dooly County | GA | 455.5 | 453.4 | 1x | No |
| 121 | Hancock County | GA | 455.2 | 453.4 | 1x | No |
| 122 | Lincoln County | GA | 455 | 453.4 | 1x | No |
| 123 | Jeff Davis County | GA | 454.8 | 453.4 | 1x | No |
| 124 | Catoosa County | GA | 454.7 | 453.4 | 1x | No |
| 125 | Coffee County | GA | 453.9 | 453.4 | 1x | No |
| 126 | Harris County | GA | 452.6 | 453.4 | 1x | No |
| 127 | Gwinnett County | GA | 451.6 | 453.4 | 1x | No |
| 128 | Decatur County | GA | 451.3 | 453.4 | 1x | No |
| 129 | Clayton County | GA | 449.3 | 453.4 | 0.99x | No |
| 130 | Johnson County | GA | 449.2 | 453.4 | 0.99x | No |
| 131 | Columbia County | GA | 448.7 | 453.4 | 0.99x | No |
| 132 | Randolph County | GA | 448.1 | 453.4 | 0.99x | No |
| 133 | Baker County | GA | 447.3 | 453.4 | 0.99x | No |
| 134 | Toombs County | GA | 447.2 | 453.4 | 0.99x | No |
| 135 | DeKalb County | GA | 446.1 | 453.4 | 0.98x | No |
| 136 | Fayette County | GA | 444.1 | 453.4 | 0.98x | No |
| 137 | Atkinson County | GA | 443.3 | 453.4 | 0.98x | No |
| 138 | Webster County | GA | 442.9 | 453.4 | 0.98x | No |
| 139 | Long County | GA | 442.3 | 453.4 | 0.98x | No |
| 140 | Miller County | GA | 441.5 | 453.4 | 0.97x | No |
| 141 | Chatham County | GA | 440.5 | 453.4 | 0.97x | No |
| 142 | Laurens County | GA | 437.6 | 453.4 | 0.97x | No |
| 143 | Clarke County | GA | 432.8 | 453.4 | 0.95x | No |
| 144 | Pulaski County | GA | 427 | 453.4 | 0.94x | No |
| 145 | Bulloch County | GA | 423 | 453.4 | 0.93x | No |
| 146 | Candler County | GA | 422.6 | 453.4 | 0.93x | No |
| 147 | Oconee County | GA | 419.6 | 453.4 | 0.93x | No |
| 148 | Wilcox County | GA | 418.1 | 453.4 | 0.92x | No |
| 149 | Dodge County | GA | 415 | 453.4 | 0.92x | No |
| 150 | Taliaferro County | GA | 405.7 | 453.4 | 0.89x | No |
| 151 | Tattnall County | GA | 404.7 | 453.4 | 0.89x | No |
| 152 | Charlton County | GA | 401.4 | 453.4 | 0.89x | No |
| 153 | Telfair County | GA | 394.5 | 453.4 | 0.87x | No |
| 154 | Taylor County | GA | 386.3 | 453.4 | 0.85x | No |
| 155 | Seminole County | GA | 371.5 | 453.4 | 0.82x | No |
| 156 | Quitman County | GA | 369.4 | 453.4 | 0.81x | No |
| 157 | Clay County | GA | 368.5 | 453.4 | 0.81x | No |
| 158 | Jenkins County | GA | 365.7 | 453.4 | 0.81x | No |
| 159 | Wheeler County | GA | 336.6 | 453.4 | 0.74x | No |