Maps of clusters of states with the highest cervical cancer rates in the USA

Below are maps of clusters of states with the highest cervical cancer rates in the USA. The clusters were found by counting the number of shared borders among states with the highest cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates of white, black, and Hispanic women.

Included are also the lists of states with the highest cervical 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 cervical cancer incidence rates

Map of USA. A few states are colored red, a few are colored purple, a few are colored green, and most are colored gray.

Figure 1: A cluster of states with the highest cervical cancer incidence rates of black women

Shared-border ratio: 125%   (20 shared borders among 16 states)

List of states with highest rates:

State Rate (per 100,000) Color
1 Arkansas 12.9
2 Mississippi 12.2
3 Florida 11.6
4 Illinois 11.5
5 Wisconsin 11.4
6 District of Columbia 11.1 Not In Cluster
7 Louisiana 11.1
8 Tennessee 11
9 Pennsylvania 10.9
10 Alabama 10.7
11 New York 10.6
12 Missouri 10.5
13 New Jersey 10.5
14 Texas 10.5
15 Oklahoma 9.1
16 South Carolina 9.1 Not In Cluster

(Number of states in the contiguous U.S. with numerical cancer rates in the CDC file: 33)

White women cervical cancer mortality rates

Map of USA. A few states are colored red, a few are colored purple, a few are colored green, and most are colored gray.

Figure 2: A cluster of states with the highest cervical cancer mortality rates of white women

Shared-border ratio: 147%   (25 shared borders among 17 states)

List of states with highest rates:

State Rate (per 100,000) Color
1 West Virginia 3.5
2 Arkansas 3
3 Kentucky 3
4 Alabama 2.7
5 Oklahoma 2.7
6 Mississippi 2.6
7 Texas 2.6
8 Wyoming 2.6 Not In Cluster
9 Florida 2.5
10 Louisiana 2.5
11 Indiana 2.4
12 Missouri 2.4
13 Ohio 2.4
14 Tennessee 2.4
15 California 2.3 Not In Cluster
16 Delaware 2.3 Not In Cluster
17 Georgia 2.3

(Number of states in the contiguous U.S. with numerical cancer rates in the CDC file: 48)

Black women cervical cancer mortality rates

Map of USA. A few states are colored red, a few are colored purple, a few are colored green, and most are colored gray.

Figure 3: A cluster of states with the highest cervical cancer mortality rates of black women

Shared-border ratio: 127%   (19 shared borders among 15 states)

List of states with highest rates:

State Rate (per 100,000) Color
1 Arkansas 6.7
2 Mississippi 5.4
3 Illinois 5.2
4 Alabama 4.9
5 Tennessee 4.9
6 Florida 4.7
7 Missouri 4.7
8 Oklahoma 4.6
9 Louisiana 4.3
10 Texas 4.3
11 Delaware 4.1
12 New Jersey 4.1
13 Pennsylvania 4.1
14 South Carolina 4.1 Not In Cluster
15 District of Columbia 4 Not In Cluster

(Number of states in the contiguous U.S. with numerical cancer rates in the CDC file: 28)