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Counties with the highest lung cancer incidence rates in Mississippi
Among 81 Mississippi counties with published values, the counties with the highest lung cancer incidence rates are Tunica County, MS (106.1, 2.05 times the U.S. rate of 51.8), Calhoun County, MS (102, 1.97 times the U.S. rate of 51.8) and Tate County, MS (87.4, 1.69 times the U.S. rate of 51.8). Values are per 100,000, age-adjusted. 46 of the 81 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 Mississippi counties, highest first
Lung & bronchus cancer new cases, per 100,000, age-adjusted.
| Rank | County | State | Value | U.S. rate | Times reference | Significant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tunica County | MS | 106.1 | 51.8 | 2.05x | Significant |
| 2 | Calhoun County | MS | 102 | 51.8 | 1.97x | Significant |
| 3 | Tate County | MS | 87.4 | 51.8 | 1.69x | Significant |
| 4 | Yazoo County | MS | 83.5 | 51.8 | 1.61x | Significant |
| 5 | Marshall County | MS | 83.2 | 51.8 | 1.61x | Significant |
| 6 | Yalobusha County | MS | 82.1 | 51.8 | 1.58x | Significant |
| 7 | Tallahatchie County | MS | 81.4 | 51.8 | 1.57x | Significant |
| 8 | Tishomingo County | MS | 80.7 | 51.8 | 1.56x | Significant |
| 9 | Pontotoc County | MS | 80 | 51.8 | 1.54x | Significant |
| 10 | Chickasaw County | MS | 79.4 | 51.8 | 1.53x | Significant |
| 11 | Panola County | MS | 79 | 51.8 | 1.53x | Significant |
| 12 | Prentiss County | MS | 78 | 51.8 | 1.51x | Significant |
| 13 | Perry County | MS | 77.7 | 51.8 | 1.5x | Significant |
| 14 | Stone County | MS | 77.2 | 51.8 | 1.49x | Significant |
| 15 | Leflore County | MS | 76.6 | 51.8 | 1.48x | Significant |
| 16 | Forrest County | MS | 75.7 | 51.8 | 1.46x | Significant |
| 17 | Covington County | MS | 75.1 | 51.8 | 1.45x | Significant |
| 18 | Grenada County | MS | 75.1 | 51.8 | 1.45x | Significant |
| 19 | Scott County | MS | 74.8 | 51.8 | 1.44x | Significant |
| 20 | Holmes County | MS | 74.3 | 51.8 | 1.43x | Significant |
| 21 | Harrison County | MS | 74.1 | 51.8 | 1.43x | Significant |
| 22 | Itawamba County | MS | 74.1 | 51.8 | 1.43x | Significant |
| 23 | Simpson County | MS | 74 | 51.8 | 1.43x | Significant |
| 24 | Lee County | MS | 73.8 | 51.8 | 1.42x | Significant |
| 25 | Jasper County | MS | 73.2 | 51.8 | 1.41x | Significant |
| 26 | Monroe County | MS | 73 | 51.8 | 1.41x | Significant |
| 27 | Coahoma County | MS | 72.9 | 51.8 | 1.41x | Significant |
| 28 | Quitman County | MS | 72.7 | 51.8 | 1.4x | No |
| 29 | Marion County | MS | 72.5 | 51.8 | 1.4x | Significant |
| 30 | Benton County | MS | 72 | 51.8 | 1.39x | No |
| 31 | Tippah County | MS | 71.7 | 51.8 | 1.38x | Significant |
| 32 | Smith County | MS | 71.6 | 51.8 | 1.38x | Significant |
| 33 | Hancock County | MS | 71.5 | 51.8 | 1.38x | Significant |
| 34 | Attala County | MS | 71.3 | 51.8 | 1.38x | Significant |
| 35 | Jackson County | MS | 71.1 | 51.8 | 1.37x | Significant |
| 36 | Newton County | MS | 70.2 | 51.8 | 1.36x | Significant |
| 37 | George County | MS | 70.1 | 51.8 | 1.35x | Significant |
| 38 | DeSoto County | MS | 69.6 | 51.8 | 1.34x | Significant |
| 39 | Hinds County | MS | 68.5 | 51.8 | 1.32x | Significant |
| 40 | Pearl River County | MS | 68.5 | 51.8 | 1.32x | Significant |
| 41 | Sharkey County | MS | 68.3 | 51.8 | 1.32x | No |
| 42 | Humphreys County | MS | 67.6 | 51.8 | 1.31x | No |
| 43 | Noxubee County | MS | 67 | 51.8 | 1.29x | No |
| 44 | Alcorn County | MS | 66.7 | 51.8 | 1.29x | Significant |
| 45 | Union County | MS | 66.3 | 51.8 | 1.28x | Significant |
| 46 | Jefferson Davis County | MS | 65.9 | 51.8 | 1.27x | No |
| 47 | Jones County | MS | 65.8 | 51.8 | 1.27x | Significant |
| 48 | Kemper County | MS | 65.1 | 51.8 | 1.26x | No |
| 49 | Montgomery County | MS | 65.1 | 51.8 | 1.26x | No |
| 50 | Washington County | MS | 64.7 | 51.8 | 1.25x | Significant |
| 51 | Lowndes County | MS | 64.1 | 51.8 | 1.24x | Significant |
| 52 | Pike County | MS | 63.6 | 51.8 | 1.23x | Significant |
| 53 | Choctaw County | MS | 62.8 | 51.8 | 1.21x | No |
| 54 | Lincoln County | MS | 62.2 | 51.8 | 1.2x | Significant |
| 55 | Wayne County | MS | 61.2 | 51.8 | 1.18x | No |
| 56 | Amite County | MS | 60.9 | 51.8 | 1.18x | No |
| 57 | Neshoba County | MS | 60.7 | 51.8 | 1.17x | No |
| 58 | Lawrence County | MS | 60.4 | 51.8 | 1.17x | No |
| 59 | Lauderdale County | MS | 60.2 | 51.8 | 1.16x | Significant |
| 60 | Warren County | MS | 60 | 51.8 | 1.16x | No |
| 61 | Jefferson County | MS | 58.9 | 51.8 | 1.14x | No |
| 62 | Copiah County | MS | 58.8 | 51.8 | 1.14x | No |
| 63 | Franklin County | MS | 58.8 | 51.8 | 1.14x | No |
| 64 | Bolivar County | MS | 57.7 | 51.8 | 1.11x | No |
| 65 | Clarke County | MS | 57.6 | 51.8 | 1.11x | No |
| 66 | Adams County | MS | 57.5 | 51.8 | 1.11x | No |
| 67 | Carroll County | MS | 57.2 | 51.8 | 1.1x | No |
| 68 | Webster County | MS | 56.8 | 51.8 | 1.1x | No |
| 69 | Lamar County | MS | 55.7 | 51.8 | 1.08x | No |
| 70 | Wilkinson County | MS | 54.8 | 51.8 | 1.06x | No |
| 71 | Leake County | MS | 54.7 | 51.8 | 1.06x | No |
| 72 | Winston County | MS | 54.2 | 51.8 | 1.05x | No |
| 73 | Rankin County | MS | 54.1 | 51.8 | 1.04x | No |
| 74 | Walthall County | MS | 54.1 | 51.8 | 1.04x | No |
| 75 | Lafayette County | MS | 53.4 | 51.8 | 1.03x | No |
| 76 | Clay County | MS | 51.5 | 51.8 | 0.99x | No |
| 77 | Sunflower County | MS | 49.3 | 51.8 | 0.95x | No |
| 78 | Greene County | MS | 48.4 | 51.8 | 0.93x | No |
| 79 | Oktibbeha County | MS | 47.1 | 51.8 | 0.91x | No |
| 80 | Madison County | MS | 46.2 | 51.8 | 0.89x | No |
| 81 | Claiborne County | MS | 32.6 | 51.8 | 0.63x | No |