Maps of clusters of states with the highest brain cancer rates in the USA
Below are maps of clusters of states with the highest brain cancer rates in the USA. The clusters were found by counting the number of shared borders among states with the highest brain cancer incidence and mortality rates for every combination of gender and race/ethnicity.
Included are also the lists of states with the highest brain cancer rates.
To learn more about this study, please read the main article. You may also want to read the map guidelines and glossary of terms.
You can view geographic clusters involving other cancers:
Black women brain cancer mortality rates
Figure 1: A cluster of states with the highest brain cancer mortality rates of black women
Shared-border ratio: 150% (24 shared borders among 16 states)
List of states with highest rates:
| State | Rate (per 100,000) | Color | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma | 3.5 | |
| 2 | Mississippi | 2.9 | |
| 3 | California | 2.6 | Not In Cluster |
| 4 | Louisiana | 2.6 | |
| 5 | Michigan | 2.6 | |
| 6 | North Carolina | 2.2 | |
| 7 | Ohio | 2.2 | |
| 8 | Arkansas | 2.1 | |
| 9 | Maryland | 2.1 | |
| 10 | Missouri | 2.1 | |
| 11 | Tennessee | 2.1 | |
| 12 | Texas | 2.1 | |
| 13 | Florida | 2 | |
| 14 | Georgia | 2 | |
| 15 | Kentucky | 2 | |
| 16 | Virginia | 2 |
(Number of states in the contiguous U.S. with numerical cancer rates in the CDC file: 25)