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Counties with the highest melanoma incidence rates in Georgia
Among 117 Georgia counties with published values, the counties with the highest melanoma incidence rates are Pickens County, GA (54.3, 2.28 times the U.S. rate of 23.8), Towns County, GA (50.8, 2.13 times the U.S. rate of 23.8) and Pike County, GA (50.5, 2.12 times the U.S. rate of 23.8). Values are per 100,000, age-adjusted. 33 of the 117 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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Melanoma of the skin cancer new cases, per 100,000, age-adjusted.
| Rank | County | State | Value | U.S. rate | Times reference | Significant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pickens County | GA | 54.3 | 23.8 | 2.28x | Significant |
| 2 | Towns County | GA | 50.8 | 23.8 | 2.13x | Significant |
| 3 | Pike County | GA | 50.5 | 23.8 | 2.12x | Significant |
| 4 | Dawson County | GA | 49 | 23.8 | 2.06x | Significant |
| 5 | Forsyth County | GA | 47.3 | 23.8 | 1.99x | Significant |
| 6 | White County | GA | 45.9 | 23.8 | 1.93x | Significant |
| 7 | Cherokee County | GA | 43.2 | 23.8 | 1.82x | Significant |
| 8 | Lumpkin County | GA | 43.1 | 23.8 | 1.81x | Significant |
| 9 | Hall County | GA | 41.9 | 23.8 | 1.76x | Significant |
| 10 | Jasper County | GA | 41 | 23.8 | 1.72x | Significant |
| 11 | Columbia County | GA | 40.3 | 23.8 | 1.69x | Significant |
| 12 | Gilmer County | GA | 40.3 | 23.8 | 1.69x | Significant |
| 13 | Habersham County | GA | 38.8 | 23.8 | 1.63x | Significant |
| 14 | Bleckley County | GA | 37.9 | 23.8 | 1.59x | Significant |
| 15 | Rabun County | GA | 37.9 | 23.8 | 1.59x | Significant |
| 16 | Pierce County | GA | 37.4 | 23.8 | 1.57x | Significant |
| 17 | Bryan County | GA | 37.3 | 23.8 | 1.57x | Significant |
| 18 | McIntosh County | GA | 35.8 | 23.8 | 1.5x | No |
| 19 | Montgomery County | GA | 35.7 | 23.8 | 1.5x | No |
| 20 | Effingham County | GA | 35.5 | 23.8 | 1.49x | Significant |
| 21 | Monroe County | GA | 35.5 | 23.8 | 1.49x | Significant |
| 22 | Butts County | GA | 34.6 | 23.8 | 1.45x | Significant |
| 23 | McDuffie County | GA | 34.3 | 23.8 | 1.44x | Significant |
| 24 | Johnson County | GA | 32.6 | 23.8 | 1.37x | No |
| 25 | Jackson County | GA | 32.2 | 23.8 | 1.35x | Significant |
| 26 | Union County | GA | 32.2 | 23.8 | 1.35x | Significant |
| 27 | Peach County | GA | 32.1 | 23.8 | 1.35x | Significant |
| 28 | Chatham County | GA | 31.7 | 23.8 | 1.33x | Significant |
| 29 | Fayette County | GA | 31.1 | 23.8 | 1.31x | Significant |
| 30 | Lamar County | GA | 31 | 23.8 | 1.3x | No |
| 31 | Spalding County | GA | 30.7 | 23.8 | 1.29x | Significant |
| 32 | Carroll County | GA | 30.5 | 23.8 | 1.28x | Significant |
| 33 | Pulaski County | GA | 30.5 | 23.8 | 1.28x | No |
| 34 | Worth County | GA | 30.5 | 23.8 | 1.28x | No |
| 35 | Camden County | GA | 30.1 | 23.8 | 1.26x | Significant |
| 36 | Haralson County | GA | 29.9 | 23.8 | 1.26x | No |
| 37 | Glynn County | GA | 29.8 | 23.8 | 1.25x | Significant |
| 38 | Dodge County | GA | 29.7 | 23.8 | 1.25x | No |
| 39 | Jones County | GA | 29.7 | 23.8 | 1.25x | No |
| 40 | Houston County | GA | 29.6 | 23.8 | 1.24x | Significant |
| 41 | Walton County | GA | 29.5 | 23.8 | 1.24x | Significant |
| 42 | Lincoln County | GA | 29.3 | 23.8 | 1.23x | No |
| 43 | Tift County | GA | 29.3 | 23.8 | 1.23x | No |
| 44 | Tattnall County | GA | 29.1 | 23.8 | 1.22x | No |
| 45 | Appling County | GA | 28.7 | 23.8 | 1.21x | No |
| 46 | Wayne County | GA | 28.4 | 23.8 | 1.19x | No |
| 47 | Morgan County | GA | 27.9 | 23.8 | 1.17x | No |
| 48 | Toombs County | GA | 27.3 | 23.8 | 1.15x | No |
| 49 | Fulton County | GA | 27.1 | 23.8 | 1.14x | Significant |
| 50 | Stephens County | GA | 26.7 | 23.8 | 1.12x | No |
| 51 | Madison County | GA | 26.6 | 23.8 | 1.12x | No |
| 52 | Baldwin County | GA | 26.4 | 23.8 | 1.11x | No |
| 53 | Thomas County | GA | 26.4 | 23.8 | 1.11x | No |
| 54 | Crawford County | GA | 26.3 | 23.8 | 1.11x | No |
| 55 | Oconee County | GA | 26 | 23.8 | 1.09x | No |
| 56 | Laurens County | GA | 25.8 | 23.8 | 1.08x | No |
| 57 | Banks County | GA | 25.4 | 23.8 | 1.07x | No |
| 58 | Colquitt County | GA | 25 | 23.8 | 1.05x | No |
| 59 | Newton County | GA | 25 | 23.8 | 1.05x | No |
| 60 | Barrow County | GA | 24.8 | 23.8 | 1.04x | No |
| 61 | Liberty County | GA | 24.8 | 23.8 | 1.04x | No |
| 62 | Oglethorpe County | GA | 24.5 | 23.8 | 1.03x | No |
| 63 | Cobb County | GA | 24.3 | 23.8 | 1.02x | No |
| 64 | Heard County | GA | 24.2 | 23.8 | 1.02x | No |
| 65 | Coweta County | GA | 24.1 | 23.8 | 1.01x | No |
| 66 | Upson County | GA | 24 | 23.8 | 1.01x | No |
| 67 | Burke County | GA | 23.8 | 23.8 | 1x | No |
| 68 | Jeff Davis County | GA | 23.8 | 23.8 | 1x | No |
| 69 | Greene County | GA | 23.5 | 23.8 | 0.99x | No |
| 70 | Bulloch County | GA | 23.1 | 23.8 | 0.97x | No |
| 71 | Bartow County | GA | 23 | 23.8 | 0.97x | No |
| 72 | Brantley County | GA | 22.8 | 23.8 | 0.96x | No |
| 73 | Cook County | GA | 22.1 | 23.8 | 0.93x | No |
| 74 | Troup County | GA | 22.1 | 23.8 | 0.93x | No |
| 75 | Berrien County | GA | 22 | 23.8 | 0.92x | No |
| 76 | Harris County | GA | 21.8 | 23.8 | 0.92x | No |
| 77 | Jefferson County | GA | 21.4 | 23.8 | 0.9x | No |
| 78 | Meriwether County | GA | 21.4 | 23.8 | 0.9x | No |
| 79 | Henry County | GA | 21.3 | 23.8 | 0.89x | No |
| 80 | Ben Hill County | GA | 21.2 | 23.8 | 0.89x | No |
| 81 | Gwinnett County | GA | 21.2 | 23.8 | 0.89x | No |
| 82 | Emanuel County | GA | 21.1 | 23.8 | 0.89x | No |
| 83 | Crisp County | GA | 20.8 | 23.8 | 0.87x | No |
| 84 | Lowndes County | GA | 20.8 | 23.8 | 0.87x | No |
| 85 | Ware County | GA | 20.7 | 23.8 | 0.87x | No |
| 86 | Lee County | GA | 20.4 | 23.8 | 0.86x | No |
| 87 | Coffee County | GA | 20.2 | 23.8 | 0.85x | No |
| 88 | Fannin County | GA | 19.7 | 23.8 | 0.83x | No |
| 89 | Sumter County | GA | 19.6 | 23.8 | 0.82x | No |
| 90 | Franklin County | GA | 19.5 | 23.8 | 0.82x | No |
| 91 | Bibb County | GA | 19.1 | 23.8 | 0.8x | No |
| 92 | Putnam County | GA | 19 | 23.8 | 0.8x | No |
| 93 | Dade County | GA | 18.8 | 23.8 | 0.79x | No |
| 94 | Polk County | GA | 18.8 | 23.8 | 0.79x | No |
| 95 | Whitfield County | GA | 18.8 | 23.8 | 0.79x | No |
| 96 | Mitchell County | GA | 18.7 | 23.8 | 0.79x | No |
| 97 | Brooks County | GA | 18.6 | 23.8 | 0.78x | No |
| 98 | Catoosa County | GA | 17.8 | 23.8 | 0.75x | No |
| 99 | Walker County | GA | 17.6 | 23.8 | 0.74x | No |
| 100 | Murray County | GA | 17.5 | 23.8 | 0.74x | No |
| 101 | Grady County | GA | 17.4 | 23.8 | 0.73x | No |
| 102 | Gordon County | GA | 17.3 | 23.8 | 0.73x | No |
| 103 | Rockdale County | GA | 17.1 | 23.8 | 0.72x | No |
| 104 | Richmond County | GA | 17 | 23.8 | 0.71x | No |
| 105 | Paulding County | GA | 16.8 | 23.8 | 0.71x | No |
| 106 | Douglas County | GA | 16.6 | 23.8 | 0.7x | No |
| 107 | Floyd County | GA | 16.6 | 23.8 | 0.7x | No |
| 108 | DeKalb County | GA | 16.4 | 23.8 | 0.69x | No |
| 109 | Elbert County | GA | 15.4 | 23.8 | 0.65x | No |
| 110 | Washington County | GA | 15.3 | 23.8 | 0.64x | No |
| 111 | Chattooga County | GA | 15 | 23.8 | 0.63x | No |
| 112 | Clarke County | GA | 14.4 | 23.8 | 0.61x | No |
| 113 | Hart County | GA | 14.1 | 23.8 | 0.59x | No |
| 114 | Dougherty County | GA | 12.9 | 23.8 | 0.54x | No |
| 115 | Muscogee County | GA | 10.1 | 23.8 | 0.42x | No |
| 116 | Decatur County | GA | 9.9 | 23.8 | 0.42x | No |
| 117 | Clayton County | GA | 6.3 | 23.8 | 0.26x | No |