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Counties with the highest liver cancer incidence rates in Alabama
Among 44 Alabama counties with published values, the counties with the highest liver cancer incidence rates are Colbert County, AL (13.8, 1.59 times the U.S. rate of 8.7), Marshall County, AL (13.1, 1.51 times the U.S. rate of 8.7) and Calhoun County, AL (12, 1.38 times the U.S. rate of 8.7). 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 Alabama counties, highest first
Liver & bile duct cancer new cases, per 100,000, age-adjusted.
| Rank | County | State | Value | U.S. rate | Times reference | Significant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colbert County | AL | 13.8 | 8.7 | 1.59x | Significant |
| 2 | Marshall County | AL | 13.1 | 8.7 | 1.51x | Significant |
| 3 | Calhoun County | AL | 12 | 8.7 | 1.38x | Significant |
| 4 | Bibb County | AL | 11.8 | 8.7 | 1.36x | No |
| 5 | Blount County | AL | 11.5 | 8.7 | 1.32x | No |
| 6 | Escambia County | AL | 11.3 | 8.7 | 1.3x | No |
| 7 | Randolph County | AL | 11.2 | 8.7 | 1.29x | No |
| 8 | DeKalb County | AL | 11.1 | 8.7 | 1.28x | No |
| 9 | Mobile County | AL | 11.1 | 8.7 | 1.28x | Significant |
| 10 | Etowah County | AL | 10.9 | 8.7 | 1.25x | No |
| 11 | Cullman County | AL | 10.7 | 8.7 | 1.23x | No |
| 12 | Walker County | AL | 10.6 | 8.7 | 1.22x | No |
| 13 | Marion County | AL | 10.1 | 8.7 | 1.16x | No |
| 14 | Jefferson County | AL | 9.8 | 8.7 | 1.13x | Significant |
| 15 | Franklin County | AL | 9.7 | 8.7 | 1.11x | No |
| 16 | Talladega County | AL | 9.7 | 8.7 | 1.11x | No |
| 17 | Dallas County | AL | 9.6 | 8.7 | 1.1x | No |
| 18 | St. Clair County | AL | 9.6 | 8.7 | 1.1x | No |
| 19 | Chilton County | AL | 9.5 | 8.7 | 1.09x | No |
| 20 | Lawrence County | AL | 9.2 | 8.7 | 1.06x | No |
| 21 | Pike County | AL | 9.1 | 8.7 | 1.05x | No |
| 22 | Winston County | AL | 9.1 | 8.7 | 1.05x | No |
| 23 | Montgomery County | AL | 8.9 | 8.7 | 1.02x | No |
| 24 | Geneva County | AL | 8.6 | 8.7 | 0.99x | No |
| 25 | Barbour County | AL | 8.5 | 8.7 | 0.98x | No |
| 26 | Madison County | AL | 8.5 | 8.7 | 0.98x | No |
| 27 | Limestone County | AL | 8.3 | 8.7 | 0.95x | No |
| 28 | Dale County | AL | 8.2 | 8.7 | 0.94x | No |
| 29 | Elmore County | AL | 8.2 | 8.7 | 0.94x | No |
| 30 | Morgan County | AL | 8 | 8.7 | 0.92x | No |
| 31 | Houston County | AL | 7.8 | 8.7 | 0.9x | No |
| 32 | Russell County | AL | 7.7 | 8.7 | 0.89x | No |
| 33 | Jackson County | AL | 7.6 | 8.7 | 0.87x | No |
| 34 | Baldwin County | AL | 7.5 | 8.7 | 0.86x | No |
| 35 | Autauga County | AL | 7.2 | 8.7 | 0.83x | No |
| 36 | Chambers County | AL | 7.1 | 8.7 | 0.82x | No |
| 37 | Coffee County | AL | 7.1 | 8.7 | 0.82x | No |
| 38 | Cherokee County | AL | 7 | 8.7 | 0.8x | No |
| 39 | Lauderdale County | AL | 7 | 8.7 | 0.8x | No |
| 40 | Tuscaloosa County | AL | 7 | 8.7 | 0.8x | No |
| 41 | Shelby County | AL | 6.8 | 8.7 | 0.78x | No |
| 42 | Lee County | AL | 6 | 8.7 | 0.69x | No |
| 43 | Tallapoosa County | AL | 5.8 | 8.7 | 0.67x | No |
| 44 | Covington County | AL | 5.6 | 8.7 | 0.64x | No |