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Counties with the highest brain cancer incidence rates in Louisiana

Among 22 Louisiana counties with published values, the counties with the highest brain cancer incidence rates are St. Tammany Parish, LA (7.6, 1.23 times the U.S. rate of 6.2), St. Bernard Parish, LA (7, 1.13 times the U.S. rate of 6.2) and Iberia Parish, LA (6.9, 1.11 times the U.S. rate of 6.2). Values are per 100,000, age-adjusted. 1 of the 22 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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Brain & nervous system cancer new cases, per 100,000, age-adjusted.

Counties with the highest brain cancer incidence rates in Louisiana
RankCountyStateValueU.S. rateTimes referenceSignificant
1St. Tammany ParishLA7.66.21.23xSignificant
2St. Bernard ParishLA76.21.13xNo
3Iberia ParishLA6.96.21.11xNo
4Ouachita ParishLA6.96.21.11xNo
5St. Mary ParishLA6.76.21.08xNo
6Tangipahoa ParishLA6.76.21.08xNo
7Bossier ParishLA6.66.21.06xNo
8Washington ParishLA6.66.21.06xNo
9Lafayette ParishLA6.56.21.05xNo
10Livingston ParishLA6.36.21.02xNo
11Vermilion ParishLA6.16.20.98xNo
12Terrebonne ParishLA5.86.20.94xNo
13Jefferson ParishLA5.76.20.92xNo
14Acadia ParishLA5.56.20.89xNo
15Ascension ParishLA5.56.20.89xNo
16Rapides ParishLA5.56.20.89xNo
17Caddo ParishLA5.46.20.87xNo
18East Baton Rouge ParishLA5.26.20.84xNo
19Calcasieu ParishLA4.96.20.79xNo
20St. Landry ParishLA4.86.20.77xNo
21Orleans ParishLA4.66.20.74xNo
22Lafourche ParishLA46.20.65xNo

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