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Counties with the highest lung cancer incidence rates in Georgia
Among 154 Georgia counties with published values, the counties with the highest lung cancer incidence rates are Heard County, GA (102.2, 1.97 times the U.S. rate of 51.8), Miller County, GA (94.9, 1.83 times the U.S. rate of 51.8) and Brantley County, GA (93.4, 1.8 times the U.S. rate of 51.8). Values are per 100,000, age-adjusted. 73 of the 154 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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Lung & bronchus cancer new cases, per 100,000, age-adjusted.
| Rank | County | State | Value | U.S. rate | Times reference | Significant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heard County | GA | 102.2 | 51.8 | 1.97x | Significant |
| 2 | Miller County | GA | 94.9 | 51.8 | 1.83x | Significant |
| 3 | Brantley County | GA | 93.4 | 51.8 | 1.8x | Significant |
| 4 | Chattooga County | GA | 92.3 | 51.8 | 1.78x | Significant |
| 5 | Long County | GA | 88.1 | 51.8 | 1.7x | Significant |
| 6 | Echols County | GA | 87.4 | 51.8 | 1.69x | No |
| 7 | Murray County | GA | 87.3 | 51.8 | 1.69x | Significant |
| 8 | Elbert County | GA | 86.5 | 51.8 | 1.67x | Significant |
| 9 | Madison County | GA | 85 | 51.8 | 1.64x | Significant |
| 10 | Polk County | GA | 84.8 | 51.8 | 1.64x | Significant |
| 11 | Bacon County | GA | 84.6 | 51.8 | 1.63x | Significant |
| 12 | Schley County | GA | 81.1 | 51.8 | 1.57x | Significant |
| 13 | Walker County | GA | 80.3 | 51.8 | 1.55x | Significant |
| 14 | Wayne County | GA | 80.3 | 51.8 | 1.55x | Significant |
| 15 | Clinch County | GA | 79.7 | 51.8 | 1.54x | Significant |
| 16 | Lanier County | GA | 79.5 | 51.8 | 1.53x | Significant |
| 17 | Camden County | GA | 79.1 | 51.8 | 1.53x | Significant |
| 18 | Crawford County | GA | 78.4 | 51.8 | 1.51x | Significant |
| 19 | Warren County | GA | 77.7 | 51.8 | 1.5x | Significant |
| 20 | Lumpkin County | GA | 77.5 | 51.8 | 1.5x | Significant |
| 21 | Ware County | GA | 77.3 | 51.8 | 1.49x | Significant |
| 22 | Atkinson County | GA | 77.2 | 51.8 | 1.49x | Significant |
| 23 | Baker County | GA | 76.2 | 51.8 | 1.47x | No |
| 24 | Gordon County | GA | 75.9 | 51.8 | 1.47x | Significant |
| 25 | Haralson County | GA | 75.3 | 51.8 | 1.45x | Significant |
| 26 | Quitman County | GA | 75.2 | 51.8 | 1.45x | No |
| 27 | Pickens County | GA | 75.1 | 51.8 | 1.45x | Significant |
| 28 | Bartow County | GA | 75 | 51.8 | 1.45x | Significant |
| 29 | Effingham County | GA | 74.9 | 51.8 | 1.45x | Significant |
| 30 | Banks County | GA | 74.6 | 51.8 | 1.44x | Significant |
| 31 | Macon County | GA | 74.6 | 51.8 | 1.44x | Significant |
| 32 | Wilkinson County | GA | 74.6 | 51.8 | 1.44x | Significant |
| 33 | McIntosh County | GA | 74.5 | 51.8 | 1.44x | Significant |
| 34 | Berrien County | GA | 73.9 | 51.8 | 1.43x | Significant |
| 35 | Franklin County | GA | 73.9 | 51.8 | 1.43x | Significant |
| 36 | Stephens County | GA | 73.9 | 51.8 | 1.43x | Significant |
| 37 | Charlton County | GA | 73 | 51.8 | 1.41x | Significant |
| 38 | Carroll County | GA | 72.6 | 51.8 | 1.4x | Significant |
| 39 | Pierce County | GA | 72.4 | 51.8 | 1.4x | Significant |
| 40 | Twiggs County | GA | 71.8 | 51.8 | 1.39x | Significant |
| 41 | Dade County | GA | 71.5 | 51.8 | 1.38x | Significant |
| 42 | Jones County | GA | 71.5 | 51.8 | 1.38x | Significant |
| 43 | Marion County | GA | 71.3 | 51.8 | 1.38x | No |
| 44 | Floyd County | GA | 71.2 | 51.8 | 1.37x | Significant |
| 45 | Lamar County | GA | 70.7 | 51.8 | 1.36x | Significant |
| 46 | Liberty County | GA | 70 | 51.8 | 1.35x | Significant |
| 47 | Catoosa County | GA | 69.9 | 51.8 | 1.35x | Significant |
| 48 | Lee County | GA | 69.9 | 51.8 | 1.35x | Significant |
| 49 | Jasper County | GA | 69.5 | 51.8 | 1.34x | Significant |
| 50 | Terrell County | GA | 69.3 | 51.8 | 1.34x | No |
| 51 | Barrow County | GA | 69.2 | 51.8 | 1.34x | Significant |
| 52 | Bryan County | GA | 69.2 | 51.8 | 1.34x | Significant |
| 53 | Jackson County | GA | 68.8 | 51.8 | 1.33x | Significant |
| 54 | Emanuel County | GA | 68.6 | 51.8 | 1.32x | Significant |
| 55 | Treutlen County | GA | 68.6 | 51.8 | 1.32x | No |
| 56 | Thomas County | GA | 68.3 | 51.8 | 1.32x | Significant |
| 57 | White County | GA | 68.1 | 51.8 | 1.31x | Significant |
| 58 | Colquitt County | GA | 67.9 | 51.8 | 1.31x | Significant |
| 59 | Upson County | GA | 67 | 51.8 | 1.29x | Significant |
| 60 | Paulding County | GA | 66.9 | 51.8 | 1.29x | Significant |
| 61 | Toombs County | GA | 66.9 | 51.8 | 1.29x | Significant |
| 62 | Brooks County | GA | 66.3 | 51.8 | 1.28x | Significant |
| 63 | Worth County | GA | 66.2 | 51.8 | 1.28x | Significant |
| 64 | Crisp County | GA | 66 | 51.8 | 1.27x | Significant |
| 65 | Early County | GA | 65.9 | 51.8 | 1.27x | No |
| 66 | Evans County | GA | 65.8 | 51.8 | 1.27x | No |
| 67 | Whitfield County | GA | 65.7 | 51.8 | 1.27x | Significant |
| 68 | Spalding County | GA | 65.6 | 51.8 | 1.27x | Significant |
| 69 | Decatur County | GA | 65.4 | 51.8 | 1.26x | Significant |
| 70 | Baldwin County | GA | 65.3 | 51.8 | 1.26x | Significant |
| 71 | Towns County | GA | 65.1 | 51.8 | 1.26x | No |
| 72 | Jeff Davis County | GA | 65 | 51.8 | 1.25x | No |
| 73 | Coffee County | GA | 64.9 | 51.8 | 1.25x | Significant |
| 74 | Laurens County | GA | 64.8 | 51.8 | 1.25x | Significant |
| 75 | Hart County | GA | 64.7 | 51.8 | 1.25x | Significant |
| 76 | Screven County | GA | 64.7 | 51.8 | 1.25x | No |
| 77 | Mitchell County | GA | 64.4 | 51.8 | 1.24x | Significant |
| 78 | Washington County | GA | 64.2 | 51.8 | 1.24x | No |
| 79 | Stewart County | GA | 64 | 51.8 | 1.24x | No |
| 80 | Talbot County | GA | 63.5 | 51.8 | 1.23x | No |
| 81 | Dougherty County | GA | 63.1 | 51.8 | 1.22x | Significant |
| 82 | Troup County | GA | 63.1 | 51.8 | 1.22x | Significant |
| 83 | Calhoun County | GA | 62.7 | 51.8 | 1.21x | No |
| 84 | Jenkins County | GA | 62.3 | 51.8 | 1.2x | No |
| 85 | Hancock County | GA | 62 | 51.8 | 1.2x | No |
| 86 | Johnson County | GA | 62 | 51.8 | 1.2x | No |
| 87 | Richmond County | GA | 61.8 | 51.8 | 1.19x | Significant |
| 88 | Bibb County | GA | 61.3 | 51.8 | 1.18x | Significant |
| 89 | Douglas County | GA | 61 | 51.8 | 1.18x | Significant |
| 90 | Ben Hill County | GA | 60.7 | 51.8 | 1.17x | No |
| 91 | Fannin County | GA | 60.5 | 51.8 | 1.17x | No |
| 92 | Muscogee County | GA | 60.2 | 51.8 | 1.16x | Significant |
| 93 | Tattnall County | GA | 60.2 | 51.8 | 1.16x | No |
| 94 | Tift County | GA | 60.1 | 51.8 | 1.16x | No |
| 95 | Cook County | GA | 60 | 51.8 | 1.16x | No |
| 96 | Rabun County | GA | 60 | 51.8 | 1.16x | No |
| 97 | Monroe County | GA | 59.9 | 51.8 | 1.16x | No |
| 98 | Taylor County | GA | 59.8 | 51.8 | 1.15x | No |
| 99 | Dodge County | GA | 59.7 | 51.8 | 1.15x | No |
| 100 | Jefferson County | GA | 59.7 | 51.8 | 1.15x | No |
| 101 | Glynn County | GA | 59.5 | 51.8 | 1.15x | Significant |
| 102 | Gilmer County | GA | 59.1 | 51.8 | 1.14x | No |
| 103 | Peach County | GA | 58.9 | 51.8 | 1.14x | No |
| 104 | Wilkes County | GA | 58.9 | 51.8 | 1.14x | No |
| 105 | Lincoln County | GA | 58.8 | 51.8 | 1.14x | No |
| 106 | Burke County | GA | 58.5 | 51.8 | 1.13x | No |
| 107 | Pulaski County | GA | 58.4 | 51.8 | 1.13x | No |
| 108 | Butts County | GA | 58.1 | 51.8 | 1.12x | No |
| 109 | Newton County | GA | 57.6 | 51.8 | 1.11x | No |
| 110 | Appling County | GA | 57.5 | 51.8 | 1.11x | No |
| 111 | Oglethorpe County | GA | 57.4 | 51.8 | 1.11x | No |
| 112 | Dooly County | GA | 57.3 | 51.8 | 1.11x | No |
| 113 | Habersham County | GA | 57.2 | 51.8 | 1.1x | No |
| 114 | Walton County | GA | 57.2 | 51.8 | 1.1x | No |
| 115 | Meriwether County | GA | 56.9 | 51.8 | 1.1x | No |
| 116 | Telfair County | GA | 56.8 | 51.8 | 1.1x | No |
| 117 | Morgan County | GA | 55.9 | 51.8 | 1.08x | No |
| 118 | McDuffie County | GA | 55.3 | 51.8 | 1.07x | No |
| 119 | Seminole County | GA | 55.3 | 51.8 | 1.07x | No |
| 120 | Irwin County | GA | 54.9 | 51.8 | 1.06x | No |
| 121 | Union County | GA | 54.8 | 51.8 | 1.06x | No |
| 122 | Dawson County | GA | 54.7 | 51.8 | 1.06x | No |
| 123 | Bleckley County | GA | 54.1 | 51.8 | 1.04x | No |
| 124 | Bulloch County | GA | 52.9 | 51.8 | 1.02x | No |
| 125 | Pike County | GA | 52.9 | 51.8 | 1.02x | No |
| 126 | Wilcox County | GA | 52.9 | 51.8 | 1.02x | No |
| 127 | Wheeler County | GA | 52.4 | 51.8 | 1.01x | No |
| 128 | Sumter County | GA | 52.1 | 51.8 | 1.01x | No |
| 129 | Chatham County | GA | 51.8 | 51.8 | 1x | No |
| 130 | Clayton County | GA | 51.4 | 51.8 | 0.99x | No |
| 131 | Putnam County | GA | 51.2 | 51.8 | 0.99x | No |
| 132 | Candler County | GA | 50.9 | 51.8 | 0.98x | No |
| 133 | Hall County | GA | 50.6 | 51.8 | 0.98x | No |
| 134 | Lowndes County | GA | 50.6 | 51.8 | 0.98x | No |
| 135 | Grady County | GA | 50.4 | 51.8 | 0.97x | No |
| 136 | Greene County | GA | 50 | 51.8 | 0.97x | No |
| 137 | Cherokee County | GA | 49.8 | 51.8 | 0.96x | No |
| 138 | Turner County | GA | 49.8 | 51.8 | 0.96x | No |
| 139 | Henry County | GA | 49.4 | 51.8 | 0.95x | No |
| 140 | Houston County | GA | 49.2 | 51.8 | 0.95x | No |
| 141 | Coweta County | GA | 49 | 51.8 | 0.95x | No |
| 142 | Montgomery County | GA | 48 | 51.8 | 0.93x | No |
| 143 | Clarke County | GA | 46.2 | 51.8 | 0.89x | No |
| 144 | Harris County | GA | 45.3 | 51.8 | 0.87x | No |
| 145 | Forsyth County | GA | 45.1 | 51.8 | 0.87x | No |
| 146 | Columbia County | GA | 45 | 51.8 | 0.87x | No |
| 147 | Fulton County | GA | 44.9 | 51.8 | 0.87x | No |
| 148 | Cobb County | GA | 43.5 | 51.8 | 0.84x | No |
| 149 | Randolph County | GA | 43.2 | 51.8 | 0.83x | No |
| 150 | Gwinnett County | GA | 40.5 | 51.8 | 0.78x | No |
| 151 | Rockdale County | GA | 40.4 | 51.8 | 0.78x | No |
| 152 | DeKalb County | GA | 40.2 | 51.8 | 0.78x | No |
| 153 | Fayette County | GA | 36 | 51.8 | 0.69x | No |
| 154 | Oconee County | GA | 35.1 | 51.8 | 0.68x | No |