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Counties with the highest brain cancer death rates in New York
Among 50 New York counties with published values, the counties with the highest brain cancer death rates are Cortland County, NY (6.9, 1.57 times the U.S. rate of 4.4), Greene County, NY (6.4, 1.45 times the U.S. rate of 4.4) and Chenango County, NY (5.9, 1.34 times the U.S. rate of 4.4). Values are per 100,000, age-adjusted. 0 of the 50 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 New York counties, highest first
Brain & nervous system cancer deaths, per 100,000, age-adjusted.
| Rank | County | State | Value | U.S. rate | Times reference | Significant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cortland County | NY | 6.9 | 4.4 | 1.57x | No |
| 2 | Greene County | NY | 6.4 | 4.4 | 1.45x | No |
| 3 | Chenango County | NY | 5.9 | 4.4 | 1.34x | No |
| 4 | Tioga County | NY | 5.8 | 4.4 | 1.32x | No |
| 5 | Franklin County | NY | 5.6 | 4.4 | 1.27x | No |
| 6 | Herkimer County | NY | 5.4 | 4.4 | 1.23x | No |
| 7 | St. Lawrence County | NY | 5.4 | 4.4 | 1.23x | No |
| 8 | Otsego County | NY | 5.3 | 4.4 | 1.2x | No |
| 9 | Steuben County | NY | 5.3 | 4.4 | 1.2x | No |
| 10 | Jefferson County | NY | 5.2 | 4.4 | 1.18x | No |
| 11 | Warren County | NY | 5 | 4.4 | 1.14x | No |
| 12 | Broome County | NY | 4.9 | 4.4 | 1.11x | No |
| 13 | Madison County | NY | 4.9 | 4.4 | 1.11x | No |
| 14 | Clinton County | NY | 4.8 | 4.4 | 1.09x | No |
| 15 | Columbia County | NY | 4.7 | 4.4 | 1.07x | No |
| 16 | Erie County | NY | 4.7 | 4.4 | 1.07x | No |
| 17 | Wayne County | NY | 4.7 | 4.4 | 1.07x | No |
| 18 | Delaware County | NY | 4.6 | 4.4 | 1.05x | No |
| 19 | Genesee County | NY | 4.6 | 4.4 | 1.05x | No |
| 20 | Onondaga County | NY | 4.6 | 4.4 | 1.05x | No |
| 21 | Rensselaer County | NY | 4.6 | 4.4 | 1.05x | No |
| 22 | Monroe County | NY | 4.5 | 4.4 | 1.02x | No |
| 23 | Saratoga County | NY | 4.5 | 4.4 | 1.02x | No |
| 24 | Dutchess County | NY | 4.4 | 4.4 | 1x | No |
| 25 | Livingston County | NY | 4.4 | 4.4 | 1x | No |
| 26 | Ontario County | NY | 4.4 | 4.4 | 1x | No |
| 27 | Fulton County | NY | 4.3 | 4.4 | 0.98x | No |
| 28 | Suffolk County | NY | 4.3 | 4.4 | 0.98x | No |
| 29 | Oswego County | NY | 4.2 | 4.4 | 0.95x | No |
| 30 | Cattaraugus County | NY | 4.1 | 4.4 | 0.93x | No |
| 31 | Oneida County | NY | 4.1 | 4.4 | 0.93x | No |
| 32 | Ulster County | NY | 4.1 | 4.4 | 0.93x | No |
| 33 | Washington County | NY | 4.1 | 4.4 | 0.93x | No |
| 34 | Westchester County | NY | 4 | 4.4 | 0.91x | No |
| 35 | Nassau County | NY | 3.8 | 4.4 | 0.86x | No |
| 36 | Niagara County | NY | 3.8 | 4.4 | 0.86x | No |
| 37 | Tompkins County | NY | 3.8 | 4.4 | 0.86x | No |
| 38 | Cayuga County | NY | 3.7 | 4.4 | 0.84x | No |
| 39 | Rockland County | NY | 3.7 | 4.4 | 0.84x | No |
| 40 | Chautauqua County | NY | 3.5 | 4.4 | 0.8x | No |
| 41 | Putnam County | NY | 3.5 | 4.4 | 0.8x | No |
| 42 | Richmond County | NY | 3.4 | 4.4 | 0.77x | No |
| 43 | Chemung County | NY | 3.3 | 4.4 | 0.75x | No |
| 44 | Albany County | NY | 3.2 | 4.4 | 0.73x | No |
| 45 | Orange County | NY | 3.2 | 4.4 | 0.73x | No |
| 46 | New York County | NY | 3.1 | 4.4 | 0.7x | No |
| 47 | Schenectady County | NY | 3 | 4.4 | 0.68x | No |
| 48 | Kings County | NY | 2.7 | 4.4 | 0.61x | No |
| 49 | Bronx County | NY | 2.6 | 4.4 | 0.59x | No |
| 50 | Queens County | NY | 2.5 | 4.4 | 0.57x | No |