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Counties with the highest esophagus cancer incidence rates in Georgia
Among 44 Georgia counties with published values, the counties with the highest esophagus cancer incidence rates are Wayne County, GA (8.7, 1.89 times the U.S. rate of 4.6), Pickens County, GA (8.4, 1.83 times the U.S. rate of 4.6) and Catoosa County, GA (7.2, 1.57 times the U.S. rate of 4.6). Values are per 100,000, age-adjusted. 5 of the 44 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 Georgia counties, highest first
Esophagus cancer new cases, per 100,000, age-adjusted.
| Rank | County | State | Value | U.S. rate | Times reference | Significant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wayne County | GA | 8.7 | 4.6 | 1.89x | Significant |
| 2 | Pickens County | GA | 8.4 | 4.6 | 1.83x | Significant |
| 3 | Catoosa County | GA | 7.2 | 4.6 | 1.57x | Significant |
| 4 | Floyd County | GA | 7.2 | 4.6 | 1.57x | Significant |
| 5 | Hart County | GA | 7 | 4.6 | 1.52x | No |
| 6 | Walton County | GA | 6.7 | 4.6 | 1.46x | Significant |
| 7 | Dougherty County | GA | 6.4 | 4.6 | 1.39x | No |
| 8 | Baldwin County | GA | 6.2 | 4.6 | 1.35x | No |
| 9 | Richmond County | GA | 5.9 | 4.6 | 1.28x | No |
| 10 | Troup County | GA | 5.9 | 4.6 | 1.28x | No |
| 11 | Lowndes County | GA | 5.8 | 4.6 | 1.26x | No |
| 12 | Walker County | GA | 5.8 | 4.6 | 1.26x | No |
| 13 | Bulloch County | GA | 5.7 | 4.6 | 1.24x | No |
| 14 | Bartow County | GA | 5.5 | 4.6 | 1.2x | No |
| 15 | Spalding County | GA | 5.5 | 4.6 | 1.2x | No |
| 16 | Chatham County | GA | 5.2 | 4.6 | 1.13x | No |
| 17 | Gordon County | GA | 5.2 | 4.6 | 1.13x | No |
| 18 | Habersham County | GA | 5.1 | 4.6 | 1.11x | No |
| 19 | Jackson County | GA | 5.1 | 4.6 | 1.11x | No |
| 20 | Carroll County | GA | 5 | 4.6 | 1.09x | No |
| 21 | Glynn County | GA | 4.9 | 4.6 | 1.07x | No |
| 22 | Clarke County | GA | 4.7 | 4.6 | 1.02x | No |
| 23 | Effingham County | GA | 4.7 | 4.6 | 1.02x | No |
| 24 | Cherokee County | GA | 4.6 | 4.6 | 1x | No |
| 25 | Whitfield County | GA | 4.6 | 4.6 | 1x | No |
| 26 | Forsyth County | GA | 4.4 | 4.6 | 0.96x | No |
| 27 | Clayton County | GA | 4.3 | 4.6 | 0.93x | No |
| 28 | Paulding County | GA | 4.3 | 4.6 | 0.93x | No |
| 29 | Henry County | GA | 4.2 | 4.6 | 0.91x | No |
| 30 | Coweta County | GA | 4.1 | 4.6 | 0.89x | No |
| 31 | Muscogee County | GA | 4.1 | 4.6 | 0.89x | No |
| 32 | Newton County | GA | 4.1 | 4.6 | 0.89x | No |
| 33 | Cobb County | GA | 4 | 4.6 | 0.87x | No |
| 34 | Rockdale County | GA | 3.9 | 4.6 | 0.85x | No |
| 35 | Columbia County | GA | 3.8 | 4.6 | 0.83x | No |
| 36 | Douglas County | GA | 3.8 | 4.6 | 0.83x | No |
| 37 | Fulton County | GA | 3.7 | 4.6 | 0.8x | No |
| 38 | DeKalb County | GA | 3.4 | 4.6 | 0.74x | No |
| 39 | Fayette County | GA | 3.3 | 4.6 | 0.72x | No |
| 40 | Barrow County | GA | 3.1 | 4.6 | 0.67x | No |
| 41 | Gwinnett County | GA | 3 | 4.6 | 0.65x | No |
| 42 | Hall County | GA | 2.9 | 4.6 | 0.63x | No |
| 43 | Bibb County | GA | 2.6 | 4.6 | 0.57x | No |
| 44 | Houston County | GA | 2.1 | 4.6 | 0.46x | No |