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Counties with the highest brain cancer death rates in Pennsylvania
Among 46 Pennsylvania counties with published values, the counties with the highest brain cancer death rates are Indiana County, PA (6.6, 1.5 times the U.S. rate of 4.4), Perry County, PA (6.3, 1.43 times the U.S. rate of 4.4) and Cambria County, PA (6.2, 1.41 times the U.S. rate of 4.4). Values are per 100,000, age-adjusted. 2 of the 46 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 Pennsylvania counties, highest first
Brain & nervous system cancer deaths, per 100,000, age-adjusted.
| Rank | County | State | Value | U.S. rate | Times reference | Significant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indiana County | PA | 6.6 | 4.4 | 1.5x | No |
| 2 | Perry County | PA | 6.3 | 4.4 | 1.43x | No |
| 3 | Cambria County | PA | 6.2 | 4.4 | 1.41x | Significant |
| 4 | Somerset County | PA | 6.2 | 4.4 | 1.41x | No |
| 5 | Centre County | PA | 6.1 | 4.4 | 1.39x | No |
| 6 | Lawrence County | PA | 5.7 | 4.4 | 1.3x | No |
| 7 | Butler County | PA | 5.6 | 4.4 | 1.27x | No |
| 8 | Clearfield County | PA | 5.6 | 4.4 | 1.27x | No |
| 9 | Erie County | PA | 5.6 | 4.4 | 1.27x | Significant |
| 10 | Washington County | PA | 5.6 | 4.4 | 1.27x | No |
| 11 | Jefferson County | PA | 5.5 | 4.4 | 1.25x | No |
| 12 | Dauphin County | PA | 5.4 | 4.4 | 1.23x | No |
| 13 | Berks County | PA | 5.3 | 4.4 | 1.2x | No |
| 14 | Blair County | PA | 5.1 | 4.4 | 1.16x | No |
| 15 | Luzerne County | PA | 5.1 | 4.4 | 1.16x | No |
| 16 | Adams County | PA | 5 | 4.4 | 1.14x | No |
| 17 | Venango County | PA | 5 | 4.4 | 1.14x | No |
| 18 | Montgomery County | PA | 4.9 | 4.4 | 1.11x | No |
| 19 | Susquehanna County | PA | 4.9 | 4.4 | 1.11x | No |
| 20 | Allegheny County | PA | 4.8 | 4.4 | 1.09x | No |
| 21 | Chester County | PA | 4.8 | 4.4 | 1.09x | No |
| 22 | Beaver County | PA | 4.7 | 4.4 | 1.07x | No |
| 23 | Cumberland County | PA | 4.7 | 4.4 | 1.07x | No |
| 24 | Schuylkill County | PA | 4.7 | 4.4 | 1.07x | No |
| 25 | Bucks County | PA | 4.6 | 4.4 | 1.05x | No |
| 26 | Columbia County | PA | 4.6 | 4.4 | 1.05x | No |
| 27 | Mercer County | PA | 4.6 | 4.4 | 1.05x | No |
| 28 | York County | PA | 4.6 | 4.4 | 1.05x | No |
| 29 | Westmoreland County | PA | 4.5 | 4.4 | 1.02x | No |
| 30 | Northampton County | PA | 4.4 | 4.4 | 1x | No |
| 31 | Wayne County | PA | 4.4 | 4.4 | 1x | No |
| 32 | Lancaster County | PA | 4.3 | 4.4 | 0.98x | No |
| 33 | Northumberland County | PA | 4.2 | 4.4 | 0.95x | No |
| 34 | Armstrong County | PA | 4.1 | 4.4 | 0.93x | No |
| 35 | Delaware County | PA | 4.1 | 4.4 | 0.93x | No |
| 36 | Monroe County | PA | 4.1 | 4.4 | 0.93x | No |
| 37 | Bradford County | PA | 3.9 | 4.4 | 0.89x | No |
| 38 | Carbon County | PA | 3.9 | 4.4 | 0.89x | No |
| 39 | Lehigh County | PA | 3.9 | 4.4 | 0.89x | No |
| 40 | Franklin County | PA | 3.7 | 4.4 | 0.84x | No |
| 41 | Crawford County | PA | 3.6 | 4.4 | 0.82x | No |
| 42 | Lebanon County | PA | 3.6 | 4.4 | 0.82x | No |
| 43 | Lackawanna County | PA | 3.4 | 4.4 | 0.77x | No |
| 44 | Lycoming County | PA | 3.4 | 4.4 | 0.77x | No |
| 45 | Fayette County | PA | 3.3 | 4.4 | 0.75x | No |
| 46 | Philadelphia County | PA | 3.2 | 4.4 | 0.73x | No |