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Counties with the highest brain cancer incidence rates in Georgia
Among 54 Georgia counties with published values, the counties with the highest brain cancer incidence rates are Madison County, GA (11.6, 1.87 times the U.S. rate of 6.2), Grady County, GA (10.3, 1.66 times the U.S. rate of 6.2) and Stephens County, GA (9.8, 1.58 times the U.S. rate of 6.2). Values are per 100,000, age-adjusted. 3 of the 54 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 Georgia counties, highest first
Brain & nervous system cancer new cases, per 100,000, age-adjusted.
| Rank | County | State | Value | U.S. rate | Times reference | Significant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison County | GA | 11.6 | 6.2 | 1.87x | Significant |
| 2 | Grady County | GA | 10.3 | 6.2 | 1.66x | No |
| 3 | Stephens County | GA | 9.8 | 6.2 | 1.58x | No |
| 4 | Floyd County | GA | 9.3 | 6.2 | 1.5x | Significant |
| 5 | White County | GA | 9.3 | 6.2 | 1.5x | No |
| 6 | Tift County | GA | 9.1 | 6.2 | 1.47x | No |
| 7 | Bryan County | GA | 9 | 6.2 | 1.45x | No |
| 8 | Oconee County | GA | 8.9 | 6.2 | 1.44x | No |
| 9 | Forsyth County | GA | 8.3 | 6.2 | 1.34x | Significant |
| 10 | Barrow County | GA | 8 | 6.2 | 1.29x | No |
| 11 | Gordon County | GA | 7.6 | 6.2 | 1.23x | No |
| 12 | Pickens County | GA | 7.6 | 6.2 | 1.23x | No |
| 13 | Baldwin County | GA | 7.5 | 6.2 | 1.21x | No |
| 14 | Habersham County | GA | 7.4 | 6.2 | 1.19x | No |
| 15 | Walker County | GA | 7.4 | 6.2 | 1.19x | No |
| 16 | Lumpkin County | GA | 7.2 | 6.2 | 1.16x | No |
| 17 | Ware County | GA | 7.1 | 6.2 | 1.15x | No |
| 18 | Bartow County | GA | 7 | 6.2 | 1.13x | No |
| 19 | Effingham County | GA | 7 | 6.2 | 1.13x | No |
| 20 | Paulding County | GA | 7 | 6.2 | 1.13x | No |
| 21 | Cherokee County | GA | 6.8 | 6.2 | 1.1x | No |
| 22 | Jackson County | GA | 6.8 | 6.2 | 1.1x | No |
| 23 | Thomas County | GA | 6.8 | 6.2 | 1.1x | No |
| 24 | Columbia County | GA | 6.7 | 6.2 | 1.08x | No |
| 25 | Whitfield County | GA | 6.6 | 6.2 | 1.06x | No |
| 26 | Douglas County | GA | 6.5 | 6.2 | 1.05x | No |
| 27 | Cobb County | GA | 6.3 | 6.2 | 1.02x | No |
| 28 | Troup County | GA | 6.3 | 6.2 | 1.02x | No |
| 29 | Carroll County | GA | 6.2 | 6.2 | 1x | No |
| 30 | Coweta County | GA | 6.1 | 6.2 | 0.98x | No |
| 31 | Clarke County | GA | 6 | 6.2 | 0.97x | No |
| 32 | Bibb County | GA | 5.9 | 6.2 | 0.95x | No |
| 33 | Hall County | GA | 5.7 | 6.2 | 0.92x | No |
| 34 | Henry County | GA | 5.7 | 6.2 | 0.92x | No |
| 35 | Houston County | GA | 5.7 | 6.2 | 0.92x | No |
| 36 | Gwinnett County | GA | 5.6 | 6.2 | 0.9x | No |
| 37 | Laurens County | GA | 5.6 | 6.2 | 0.9x | No |
| 38 | Fayette County | GA | 5.5 | 6.2 | 0.89x | No |
| 39 | Rockdale County | GA | 5.5 | 6.2 | 0.89x | No |
| 40 | Camden County | GA | 5.4 | 6.2 | 0.87x | No |
| 41 | Chatham County | GA | 5.3 | 6.2 | 0.85x | No |
| 42 | DeKalb County | GA | 5.3 | 6.2 | 0.85x | No |
| 43 | Bulloch County | GA | 5.1 | 6.2 | 0.82x | No |
| 44 | Richmond County | GA | 5.1 | 6.2 | 0.82x | No |
| 45 | Fulton County | GA | 5 | 6.2 | 0.81x | No |
| 46 | Glynn County | GA | 5 | 6.2 | 0.81x | No |
| 47 | Walton County | GA | 5 | 6.2 | 0.81x | No |
| 48 | Clayton County | GA | 4.7 | 6.2 | 0.76x | No |
| 49 | Muscogee County | GA | 4.7 | 6.2 | 0.76x | No |
| 50 | Dougherty County | GA | 4.5 | 6.2 | 0.73x | No |
| 51 | Lowndes County | GA | 4.3 | 6.2 | 0.69x | No |
| 52 | Newton County | GA | 4.3 | 6.2 | 0.69x | No |
| 53 | Catoosa County | GA | 3.9 | 6.2 | 0.63x | No |
| 54 | Spalding County | GA | 3.9 | 6.2 | 0.63x | No |