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Counties with the highest kidney cancer incidence rates in Iowa
Among 77 Iowa counties with published values, the counties with the highest kidney cancer incidence rates are Montgomery County, IA (38.1, 2.13 times the U.S. rate of 17.9), Appanoose County, IA (37.1, 2.07 times the U.S. rate of 17.9) and Clarke County, IA (34.7, 1.94 times the U.S. rate of 17.9). Values are per 100,000, age-adjusted. 22 of the 77 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 Iowa counties, highest first
Kidney & renal pelvis cancer new cases, per 100,000, age-adjusted.
| Rank | County | State | Value | U.S. rate | Times reference | Significant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montgomery County | IA | 38.1 | 17.9 | 2.13x | Significant |
| 2 | Appanoose County | IA | 37.1 | 17.9 | 2.07x | Significant |
| 3 | Clarke County | IA | 34.7 | 17.9 | 1.94x | Significant |
| 4 | Ida County | IA | 33.4 | 17.9 | 1.87x | Significant |
| 5 | Lucas County | IA | 32.6 | 17.9 | 1.82x | Significant |
| 6 | Butler County | IA | 32.2 | 17.9 | 1.8x | Significant |
| 7 | Franklin County | IA | 31.7 | 17.9 | 1.77x | Significant |
| 8 | Crawford County | IA | 31.5 | 17.9 | 1.76x | Significant |
| 9 | Keokuk County | IA | 30.8 | 17.9 | 1.72x | Significant |
| 10 | Audubon County | IA | 30.2 | 17.9 | 1.69x | No |
| 11 | Clinton County | IA | 30.2 | 17.9 | 1.69x | Significant |
| 12 | Benton County | IA | 29.9 | 17.9 | 1.67x | Significant |
| 13 | Greene County | IA | 28.9 | 17.9 | 1.61x | No |
| 14 | Boone County | IA | 28.3 | 17.9 | 1.58x | Significant |
| 15 | Monona County | IA | 28.2 | 17.9 | 1.58x | No |
| 16 | Lee County | IA | 27.4 | 17.9 | 1.53x | Significant |
| 17 | Cass County | IA | 26.9 | 17.9 | 1.5x | No |
| 18 | Hamilton County | IA | 26.5 | 17.9 | 1.48x | No |
| 19 | Marion County | IA | 26.3 | 17.9 | 1.47x | Significant |
| 20 | Floyd County | IA | 26.2 | 17.9 | 1.46x | No |
| 21 | Marshall County | IA | 26.2 | 17.9 | 1.46x | Significant |
| 22 | Plymouth County | IA | 26 | 17.9 | 1.45x | Significant |
| 23 | Pottawattamie County | IA | 25.9 | 17.9 | 1.45x | Significant |
| 24 | Jefferson County | IA | 25.1 | 17.9 | 1.4x | No |
| 25 | Fayette County | IA | 25 | 17.9 | 1.4x | No |
| 26 | Kossuth County | IA | 23.9 | 17.9 | 1.34x | No |
| 27 | Muscatine County | IA | 23.9 | 17.9 | 1.34x | Significant |
| 28 | Jasper County | IA | 23.4 | 17.9 | 1.31x | No |
| 29 | Union County | IA | 23.4 | 17.9 | 1.31x | No |
| 30 | Woodbury County | IA | 23.2 | 17.9 | 1.3x | Significant |
| 31 | Clayton County | IA | 22.6 | 17.9 | 1.26x | No |
| 32 | Guthrie County | IA | 22.5 | 17.9 | 1.26x | No |
| 33 | Shelby County | IA | 22.5 | 17.9 | 1.26x | No |
| 34 | Washington County | IA | 22.4 | 17.9 | 1.25x | No |
| 35 | Mitchell County | IA | 22.2 | 17.9 | 1.24x | No |
| 36 | Winneshiek County | IA | 22.2 | 17.9 | 1.24x | No |
| 37 | Linn County | IA | 22 | 17.9 | 1.23x | Significant |
| 38 | Dickinson County | IA | 21.9 | 17.9 | 1.22x | No |
| 39 | Black Hawk County | IA | 21.8 | 17.9 | 1.22x | Significant |
| 40 | Harrison County | IA | 21.8 | 17.9 | 1.22x | No |
| 41 | O'Brien County | IA | 21.5 | 17.9 | 1.2x | No |
| 42 | Jackson County | IA | 21.3 | 17.9 | 1.19x | No |
| 43 | Polk County | IA | 21.2 | 17.9 | 1.18x | Significant |
| 44 | Bremer County | IA | 21.1 | 17.9 | 1.18x | No |
| 45 | Hardin County | IA | 21.1 | 17.9 | 1.18x | No |
| 46 | Madison County | IA | 21.1 | 17.9 | 1.18x | No |
| 47 | Warren County | IA | 21.1 | 17.9 | 1.18x | No |
| 48 | Tama County | IA | 20.9 | 17.9 | 1.17x | No |
| 49 | Chickasaw County | IA | 20.7 | 17.9 | 1.16x | No |
| 50 | Iowa County | IA | 20.7 | 17.9 | 1.16x | No |
| 51 | Delaware County | IA | 20.1 | 17.9 | 1.12x | No |
| 52 | Mills County | IA | 20.1 | 17.9 | 1.12x | No |
| 53 | Scott County | IA | 20.1 | 17.9 | 1.12x | No |
| 54 | Dallas County | IA | 20 | 17.9 | 1.12x | No |
| 55 | Louisa County | IA | 20 | 17.9 | 1.12x | No |
| 56 | Carroll County | IA | 19.9 | 17.9 | 1.11x | No |
| 57 | Lyon County | IA | 19.8 | 17.9 | 1.11x | No |
| 58 | Wright County | IA | 19.8 | 17.9 | 1.11x | No |
| 59 | Wapello County | IA | 19.7 | 17.9 | 1.1x | No |
| 60 | Buchanan County | IA | 19.6 | 17.9 | 1.09x | No |
| 61 | Mahaska County | IA | 19.6 | 17.9 | 1.09x | No |
| 62 | Johnson County | IA | 19.5 | 17.9 | 1.09x | No |
| 63 | Page County | IA | 19.4 | 17.9 | 1.08x | No |
| 64 | Grundy County | IA | 18.8 | 17.9 | 1.05x | No |
| 65 | Dubuque County | IA | 18.5 | 17.9 | 1.03x | No |
| 66 | Sioux County | IA | 18.5 | 17.9 | 1.03x | No |
| 67 | Cherokee County | IA | 18.3 | 17.9 | 1.02x | No |
| 68 | Cedar County | IA | 18 | 17.9 | 1.01x | No |
| 69 | Poweshiek County | IA | 17.5 | 17.9 | 0.98x | No |
| 70 | Webster County | IA | 17.4 | 17.9 | 0.97x | No |
| 71 | Des Moines County | IA | 17 | 17.9 | 0.95x | No |
| 72 | Jones County | IA | 17 | 17.9 | 0.95x | No |
| 73 | Cerro Gordo County | IA | 16.3 | 17.9 | 0.91x | No |
| 74 | Story County | IA | 15.8 | 17.9 | 0.88x | No |
| 75 | Henry County | IA | 15.5 | 17.9 | 0.87x | No |
| 76 | Allamakee County | IA | 15.3 | 17.9 | 0.85x | No |
| 77 | Clay County | IA | 13 | 17.9 | 0.73x | No |