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Counties with the highest esophagus cancer incidence rates in Pennsylvania
Among 55 Pennsylvania counties with published values, the counties with the highest esophagus cancer incidence rates are Greene County, PA (9.7, 2.11 times the U.S. rate of 4.6), Lackawanna County, PA (8.1, 1.76 times the U.S. rate of 4.6) and Warren County, PA (8.1, 1.76 times the U.S. rate of 4.6). Values are per 100,000, age-adjusted. 21 of the 55 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 Pennsylvania counties, highest first
Esophagus cancer new cases, per 100,000, age-adjusted.
| Rank | County | State | Value | U.S. rate | Times reference | Significant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greene County | PA | 9.7 | 4.6 | 2.11x | Significant |
| 2 | Lackawanna County | PA | 8.1 | 4.6 | 1.76x | Significant |
| 3 | Warren County | PA | 8.1 | 4.6 | 1.76x | Significant |
| 4 | Clearfield County | PA | 8 | 4.6 | 1.74x | Significant |
| 5 | Fayette County | PA | 7.7 | 4.6 | 1.67x | Significant |
| 6 | Wayne County | PA | 7.7 | 4.6 | 1.67x | Significant |
| 7 | Erie County | PA | 7.6 | 4.6 | 1.65x | Significant |
| 8 | Schuylkill County | PA | 7.6 | 4.6 | 1.65x | Significant |
| 9 | Venango County | PA | 7.5 | 4.6 | 1.63x | Significant |
| 10 | Somerset County | PA | 7.4 | 4.6 | 1.61x | Significant |
| 11 | Pike County | PA | 7.1 | 4.6 | 1.54x | Significant |
| 12 | Lycoming County | PA | 6.8 | 4.6 | 1.48x | Significant |
| 13 | Beaver County | PA | 6.7 | 4.6 | 1.46x | Significant |
| 14 | Carbon County | PA | 6.7 | 4.6 | 1.46x | No |
| 15 | Lehigh County | PA | 6.7 | 4.6 | 1.46x | Significant |
| 16 | Westmoreland County | PA | 6.5 | 4.6 | 1.41x | Significant |
| 17 | Cambria County | PA | 6.4 | 4.6 | 1.39x | Significant |
| 18 | Mercer County | PA | 6.4 | 4.6 | 1.39x | Significant |
| 19 | Mifflin County | PA | 6.4 | 4.6 | 1.39x | No |
| 20 | Adams County | PA | 6.3 | 4.6 | 1.37x | Significant |
| 21 | Armstrong County | PA | 6.2 | 4.6 | 1.35x | No |
| 22 | Crawford County | PA | 6.1 | 4.6 | 1.33x | No |
| 23 | Blair County | PA | 6 | 4.6 | 1.3x | No |
| 24 | Bradford County | PA | 6 | 4.6 | 1.3x | No |
| 25 | McKean County | PA | 6 | 4.6 | 1.3x | No |
| 26 | Huntingdon County | PA | 5.9 | 4.6 | 1.28x | No |
| 27 | Clarion County | PA | 5.8 | 4.6 | 1.26x | No |
| 28 | Washington County | PA | 5.8 | 4.6 | 1.26x | No |
| 29 | York County | PA | 5.7 | 4.6 | 1.24x | Significant |
| 30 | Centre County | PA | 5.6 | 4.6 | 1.22x | No |
| 31 | Monroe County | PA | 5.6 | 4.6 | 1.22x | No |
| 32 | Columbia County | PA | 5.5 | 4.6 | 1.2x | No |
| 33 | Luzerne County | PA | 5.5 | 4.6 | 1.2x | No |
| 34 | Allegheny County | PA | 5.4 | 4.6 | 1.17x | Significant |
| 35 | Bucks County | PA | 5.4 | 4.6 | 1.17x | Significant |
| 36 | Franklin County | PA | 5.4 | 4.6 | 1.17x | No |
| 37 | Northampton County | PA | 5.4 | 4.6 | 1.17x | No |
| 38 | Berks County | PA | 5.3 | 4.6 | 1.15x | No |
| 39 | Northumberland County | PA | 5.3 | 4.6 | 1.15x | No |
| 40 | Butler County | PA | 5.2 | 4.6 | 1.13x | No |
| 41 | Tioga County | PA | 5.2 | 4.6 | 1.13x | No |
| 42 | Lawrence County | PA | 5.1 | 4.6 | 1.11x | No |
| 43 | Lebanon County | PA | 5 | 4.6 | 1.09x | No |
| 44 | Cumberland County | PA | 4.6 | 4.6 | 1x | No |
| 45 | Dauphin County | PA | 4.6 | 4.6 | 1x | No |
| 46 | Delaware County | PA | 4.6 | 4.6 | 1x | No |
| 47 | Jefferson County | PA | 4.6 | 4.6 | 1x | No |
| 48 | Lancaster County | PA | 4.6 | 4.6 | 1x | No |
| 49 | Perry County | PA | 4.6 | 4.6 | 1x | No |
| 50 | Susquehanna County | PA | 4.6 | 4.6 | 1x | No |
| 51 | Chester County | PA | 4.4 | 4.6 | 0.96x | No |
| 52 | Indiana County | PA | 4.3 | 4.6 | 0.93x | No |
| 53 | Bedford County | PA | 4.2 | 4.6 | 0.91x | No |
| 54 | Montgomery County | PA | 4.1 | 4.6 | 0.89x | No |
| 55 | Philadelphia County | PA | 3.9 | 4.6 | 0.85x | No |