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Counties with the highest leukemia death rates in South Carolina
Among 27 South Carolina counties with published values, the counties with the highest leukemia death rates are Chesterfield County, SC (8.7, 1.53 times the U.S. rate of 5.7), Sumter County, SC (7.7, 1.35 times the U.S. rate of 5.7) and Colleton County, SC (7, 1.23 times the U.S. rate of 5.7). Values are per 100,000, age-adjusted. 0 of the 27 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 South Carolina counties, highest first
Leukemia cancer deaths, per 100,000, age-adjusted.
| Rank | County | State | Value | U.S. rate | Times reference | Significant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chesterfield County | SC | 8.7 | 5.7 | 1.53x | No |
| 2 | Sumter County | SC | 7.7 | 5.7 | 1.35x | No |
| 3 | Colleton County | SC | 7 | 5.7 | 1.23x | No |
| 4 | Kershaw County | SC | 6.9 | 5.7 | 1.21x | No |
| 5 | Aiken County | SC | 6.8 | 5.7 | 1.19x | No |
| 6 | Greenwood County | SC | 6.5 | 5.7 | 1.14x | No |
| 7 | Anderson County | SC | 6.4 | 5.7 | 1.12x | No |
| 8 | Spartanburg County | SC | 6.3 | 5.7 | 1.11x | No |
| 9 | Cherokee County | SC | 6.2 | 5.7 | 1.09x | No |
| 10 | Lexington County | SC | 6.2 | 5.7 | 1.09x | No |
| 11 | Laurens County | SC | 5.9 | 5.7 | 1.04x | No |
| 12 | Orangeburg County | SC | 5.9 | 5.7 | 1.04x | No |
| 13 | Richland County | SC | 5.9 | 5.7 | 1.04x | No |
| 14 | Greenville County | SC | 5.8 | 5.7 | 1.02x | No |
| 15 | Beaufort County | SC | 5.7 | 5.7 | 1x | No |
| 16 | Newberry County | SC | 5.6 | 5.7 | 0.98x | No |
| 17 | Pickens County | SC | 5.6 | 5.7 | 0.98x | No |
| 18 | Berkeley County | SC | 5.5 | 5.7 | 0.96x | No |
| 19 | Georgetown County | SC | 5.5 | 5.7 | 0.96x | No |
| 20 | Horry County | SC | 5.5 | 5.7 | 0.96x | No |
| 21 | Dorchester County | SC | 5.4 | 5.7 | 0.95x | No |
| 22 | Charleston County | SC | 5.3 | 5.7 | 0.93x | No |
| 23 | Darlington County | SC | 5.2 | 5.7 | 0.91x | No |
| 24 | Lancaster County | SC | 5.2 | 5.7 | 0.91x | No |
| 25 | York County | SC | 4.9 | 5.7 | 0.86x | No |
| 26 | Florence County | SC | 3.9 | 5.7 | 0.68x | No |
| 27 | Oconee County | SC | 3.9 | 5.7 | 0.68x | No |