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

Below are maps of clusters of states with the highest esophageal cancer rates in the USA. The clusters were found by counting the number of shared borders among states with the highest esophageal cancer incidence and mortality rates for every combination of gender and race/ethnicity.

Included are also the lists of states with the highest esophageal 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:

White men esophageal 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 esophageal cancer incidence rates of white men

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

List of states with highest rates:

State Rate (per 100,000) Color
1 Maine 11.9
2 New Hampshire 11.8
3 Massachusetts 10.7
4 Iowa 10
5 Indiana 9.9
6 Vermont 9.9
7 West Virginia 9.8
8 Ohio 9.6
9 Michigan 9.5
10 Pennsylvania 9.3
11 Illinois 9.2
12 Rhode Island 9.2
13 Missouri 9.1
14 Wisconsin 9
15 Louisiana 8.9 Not In Cluster
16 Maryland 8.9

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

Black men esophageal 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 2: A cluster of states with the highest esophageal cancer incidence rates of black men

Shared-border ratio: 140%   (21 shared borders among 15 states)

List of states with highest rates:

State Rate (per 100,000) Color
1 Mississippi 11.3
2 South Carolina 10.8
3 Wisconsin 10.2
4 Alabama 9.5
5 Arkansas 8.9
6 Tennessee 8.8
7 Connecticut 8.6 Not In Cluster
8 Georgia 8.6
9 Illinois 8.5
10 Missouri 8.3
11 District of Columbia 8.1
12 Indiana 8
13 Louisiana 8
14 North Carolina 8
15 Virginia 7.8

(Number of states in the contiguous U.S. with numerical cancer rates in the CDC file: 32)

White men esophageal 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 esophageal cancer mortality rates of white men

Shared-border ratio: 106%   (17 shared borders among 16 states)

List of states with highest rates:

State Rate (per 100,000) Color
1 Maine 10.3
2 New Hampshire 9.9
3 Ohio 9.3
4 West Virginia 9.2
5 Indiana 9.1
6 Massachusetts 9.1
7 Pennsylvania 9.1
8 Rhode Island 9
9 Michigan 8.9
10 South Dakota 8.9
11 Wyoming 8.9
12 Iowa 8.7
13 Nevada 8.5 Not In Cluster
14 Wisconsin 8.5
15 Kansas 8.3
16 Nebraska 8.3

(Number of states in the contiguous U.S. with numerical cancer rates in the CDC file: 49)

Black men esophageal 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 4: A cluster of states with the highest esophageal cancer mortality rates of black men

Shared-border ratio: 156%   (28 shared borders among 18 states)

List of states with highest rates:

State Rate (per 100,000) Color
1 Nebraska 11.1
2 South Carolina 10.3
3 Mississippi 8.7
4 Kentucky 8.3
5 Georgia 7.9
6 Illinois 7.9
7 Arkansas 7.8
8 Kansas 7.8
9 Louisiana 7.8
10 Missouri 7.7
11 Tennessee 7.6
12 Virginia 7.5
13 Alabama 7.4
14 District of Columbia 7.2
15 Minnesota 7.2
16 North Carolina 7.2
17 Ohio 7.2
18 Wisconsin 7.2

(Number of states in the contiguous U.S. with numerical cancer rates in the CDC file: 34)

White women esophageal 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 5: A cluster of states with the highest esophageal cancer incidence rates of white women

Shared-border ratio: 112%   (18 shared borders among 16 states)

List of states with highest rates:

State Rate (per 100,000) Color
1 Montana 2.7 Not In Cluster
2 New Hampshire 2.5
3 Maine 2.3
4 Rhode Island 2.3
5 Vermont 2.3
6 Delaware 2.2
7 Massachusetts 2.2
8 Michigan 2.1
9 Washington 2.1 Not In Cluster
10 Illinois 2
11 Minnesota 2
12 New York 2
13 Oregon 2 Not In Cluster
14 Connecticut 1.9
15 New Jersey 1.9
16 Wisconsin 1.9

(Number of states in the contiguous U.S. with numerical cancer rates in the CDC file: 47)

Black women esophageal 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 6: A cluster of states with the highest esophageal cancer incidence rates of black women

Shared-border ratio: 117%   (21 shared borders among 18 states)

List of states with highest rates:

State Rate (per 100,000) Color
1 Minnesota 6.3
2 Pennsylvania 3.7
3 Wisconsin 3.3
4 Illinois 2.9
5 District of Columbia 2.8
6 Indiana 2.8
7 New Jersey 2.8
8 Alabama 2.7
9 Kentucky 2.7
10 Louisiana 2.6 Not In Cluster
11 Michigan 2.6
12 Georgia 2.5
13 Ohio 2.5
14 Missouri 2.4
15 California 2.3 Not In Cluster
16 New York 2.3
17 South Carolina 2.3
18 Virginia 2.3

(Number of states in the contiguous U.S. with numerical cancer rates in the CDC file: 27)

Black women esophageal 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 7: A cluster of states with the highest esophageal cancer mortality rates of black women

Shared-border ratio: 107%   (16 shared borders among 15 states)

List of states with highest rates:

State Rate (per 100,000) Color
1 Minnesota 4.8
2 District of Columbia 3
3 Indiana 2.6
4 Wisconsin 2.6
5 Illinois 2.5
6 Pennsylvania 2.5
7 Ohio 2.3
8 Kentucky 2.2
9 Missouri 2.2
10 South Carolina 2.2
11 Alabama 2.1
12 Arkansas 2.1
13 Louisiana 2.1
14 Georgia 2
15 Virginia 2

(Number of states in the contiguous U.S. with numerical cancer rates in the CDC file: 25)