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Counties with the highest cancer incidence rates in Indiana
Among 92 Indiana counties with published values, the counties with the highest cancer incidence rates are Benton County, IN (604.8, 1.33 times the U.S. rate of 453.4), Fountain County, IN (599.7, 1.32 times the U.S. rate of 453.4) and Rush County, IN (553.2, 1.22 times the U.S. rate of 453.4). Values are per 100,000, age-adjusted. 40 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 new cases, per 100,000, age-adjusted.
| Rank | County | State | Value | U.S. rate | Times reference | Significant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benton County | IN | 604.8 | 453.4 | 1.33x | Significant |
| 2 | Fountain County | IN | 599.7 | 453.4 | 1.32x | Significant |
| 3 | Rush County | IN | 553.2 | 453.4 | 1.22x | Significant |
| 4 | Decatur County | IN | 549.5 | 453.4 | 1.21x | Significant |
| 5 | White County | IN | 546.1 | 453.4 | 1.2x | Significant |
| 6 | Blackford County | IN | 537.1 | 453.4 | 1.18x | Significant |
| 7 | Shelby County | IN | 535.9 | 453.4 | 1.18x | Significant |
| 8 | Ohio County | IN | 532.8 | 453.4 | 1.18x | Significant |
| 9 | Gibson County | IN | 528.1 | 453.4 | 1.16x | Significant |
| 10 | Morgan County | IN | 528.1 | 453.4 | 1.16x | Significant |
| 11 | Hancock County | IN | 527.3 | 453.4 | 1.16x | Significant |
| 12 | Clinton County | IN | 526 | 453.4 | 1.16x | Significant |
| 13 | Pike County | IN | 521.7 | 453.4 | 1.15x | Significant |
| 14 | Delaware County | IN | 521.4 | 453.4 | 1.15x | Significant |
| 15 | Jennings County | IN | 516.8 | 453.4 | 1.14x | Significant |
| 16 | Knox County | IN | 515 | 453.4 | 1.14x | Significant |
| 17 | Fayette County | IN | 514.7 | 453.4 | 1.14x | Significant |
| 18 | Vermillion County | IN | 512.5 | 453.4 | 1.13x | Significant |
| 19 | Union County | IN | 512.1 | 453.4 | 1.13x | No |
| 20 | Henry County | IN | 512 | 453.4 | 1.13x | Significant |
| 21 | Grant County | IN | 511.3 | 453.4 | 1.13x | Significant |
| 22 | Dearborn County | IN | 510.5 | 453.4 | 1.13x | Significant |
| 23 | Newton County | IN | 509.9 | 453.4 | 1.12x | Significant |
| 24 | Howard County | IN | 508.3 | 453.4 | 1.12x | Significant |
| 25 | Randolph County | IN | 507.7 | 453.4 | 1.12x | Significant |
| 26 | Vigo County | IN | 505 | 453.4 | 1.11x | Significant |
| 27 | Wayne County | IN | 504.2 | 453.4 | 1.11x | Significant |
| 28 | Greene County | IN | 501.9 | 453.4 | 1.11x | Significant |
| 29 | Martin County | IN | 501 | 453.4 | 1.1x | No |
| 30 | Huntington County | IN | 496.8 | 453.4 | 1.1x | Significant |
| 31 | Tipton County | IN | 496.7 | 453.4 | 1.1x | No |
| 32 | Bartholomew County | IN | 495.7 | 453.4 | 1.09x | Significant |
| 33 | Putnam County | IN | 493.2 | 453.4 | 1.09x | Significant |
| 34 | Warren County | IN | 493 | 453.4 | 1.09x | No |
| 35 | Vanderburgh County | IN | 491.5 | 453.4 | 1.08x | Significant |
| 36 | Orange County | IN | 488.5 | 453.4 | 1.08x | No |
| 37 | Johnson County | IN | 486.7 | 453.4 | 1.07x | Significant |
| 38 | Franklin County | IN | 486.3 | 453.4 | 1.07x | No |
| 39 | Clay County | IN | 482.8 | 453.4 | 1.06x | No |
| 40 | Tippecanoe County | IN | 481.7 | 453.4 | 1.06x | Significant |
| 41 | Jay County | IN | 481.6 | 453.4 | 1.06x | No |
| 42 | Ripley County | IN | 481.4 | 453.4 | 1.06x | No |
| 43 | Spencer County | IN | 481.2 | 453.4 | 1.06x | No |
| 44 | DeKalb County | IN | 480.9 | 453.4 | 1.06x | Significant |
| 45 | Owen County | IN | 479.3 | 453.4 | 1.06x | No |
| 46 | Lawrence County | IN | 478 | 453.4 | 1.05x | Significant |
| 47 | Parke County | IN | 478 | 453.4 | 1.05x | No |
| 48 | Marion County | IN | 477.2 | 453.4 | 1.05x | Significant |
| 49 | Madison County | IN | 477.1 | 453.4 | 1.05x | Significant |
| 50 | Whitley County | IN | 475.5 | 453.4 | 1.05x | No |
| 51 | LaPorte County | IN | 475.3 | 453.4 | 1.05x | Significant |
| 52 | Pulaski County | IN | 472.8 | 453.4 | 1.04x | No |
| 53 | Montgomery County | IN | 471.1 | 453.4 | 1.04x | No |
| 54 | Scott County | IN | 470.7 | 453.4 | 1.04x | No |
| 55 | Posey County | IN | 469.4 | 453.4 | 1.04x | No |
| 56 | Warrick County | IN | 468.6 | 453.4 | 1.03x | No |
| 57 | Starke County | IN | 467.2 | 453.4 | 1.03x | No |
| 58 | Jasper County | IN | 466 | 453.4 | 1.03x | No |
| 59 | Dubois County | IN | 465.4 | 453.4 | 1.03x | No |
| 60 | Boone County | IN | 465 | 453.4 | 1.03x | No |
| 61 | Jackson County | IN | 463.6 | 453.4 | 1.02x | No |
| 62 | Allen County | IN | 462.9 | 453.4 | 1.02x | Significant |
| 63 | Lake County | IN | 461.1 | 453.4 | 1.02x | Significant |
| 64 | Porter County | IN | 458.2 | 453.4 | 1.01x | No |
| 65 | Wabash County | IN | 457.6 | 453.4 | 1.01x | No |
| 66 | Noble County | IN | 456.9 | 453.4 | 1.01x | No |
| 67 | Carroll County | IN | 456.6 | 453.4 | 1.01x | No |
| 68 | Crawford County | IN | 454.7 | 453.4 | 1x | No |
| 69 | Harrison County | IN | 451.6 | 453.4 | 1x | No |
| 70 | Hendricks County | IN | 450.1 | 453.4 | 0.99x | No |
| 71 | Sullivan County | IN | 448.6 | 453.4 | 0.99x | No |
| 72 | Brown County | IN | 445.1 | 453.4 | 0.98x | No |
| 73 | Switzerland County | IN | 442.8 | 453.4 | 0.98x | No |
| 74 | Fulton County | IN | 439 | 453.4 | 0.97x | No |
| 75 | Miami County | IN | 436.2 | 453.4 | 0.96x | No |
| 76 | Jefferson County | IN | 432.4 | 453.4 | 0.95x | No |
| 77 | Daviess County | IN | 431.3 | 453.4 | 0.95x | No |
| 78 | Floyd County | IN | 431.2 | 453.4 | 0.95x | No |
| 79 | Kosciusko County | IN | 431 | 453.4 | 0.95x | No |
| 80 | Hamilton County | IN | 430.5 | 453.4 | 0.95x | No |
| 81 | Elkhart County | IN | 426.8 | 453.4 | 0.94x | No |
| 82 | Steuben County | IN | 425.8 | 453.4 | 0.94x | No |
| 83 | Marshall County | IN | 420.6 | 453.4 | 0.93x | No |
| 84 | Clark County | IN | 419.3 | 453.4 | 0.92x | No |
| 85 | St. Joseph County | IN | 418.7 | 453.4 | 0.92x | No |
| 86 | Washington County | IN | 418.3 | 453.4 | 0.92x | No |
| 87 | Monroe County | IN | 416.5 | 453.4 | 0.92x | No |
| 88 | LaGrange County | IN | 408.9 | 453.4 | 0.9x | No |
| 89 | Perry County | IN | 402.9 | 453.4 | 0.89x | No |
| 90 | Cass County | IN | 394.7 | 453.4 | 0.87x | No |
| 91 | Adams County | IN | 393.6 | 453.4 | 0.87x | No |
| 92 | Wells County | IN | 392.5 | 453.4 | 0.87x | No |