Maps of clusters of states with the highest Hodgkin's lymphoma rates in the USA

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

Included are also the lists of states with the highest Hodgkin's lymphoma 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.

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White men Hodgkin's lymphoma 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 Hodgkin's lymphoma incidence rates of white men

Shared-border ratio: 124%   (21 shared borders among 17 states)

List of states with highest rates:

State Rate (per 100,000) Color
1 North Dakota 4.4
2 Rhode Island 4.3
3 Delaware 4.2
4 District of Columbia 4.2 Not In Cluster
5 New Hampshire 4
6 Connecticut 3.9
7 New Jersey 3.9
8 New York 3.9
9 Minnesota 3.7
10 Pennsylvania 3.7
11 Vermont 3.7
12 Maine 3.6
13 Iowa 3.5
14 Montana 3.5
15 Indiana 3.4 Not In Cluster
16 Massachusetts 3.4
17 Michigan 3.4 Not In Cluster

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

White women Hodgkin's lymphoma 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 Hodgkin's lymphoma incidence rates of white women

Shared-border ratio: 120%   (18 shared borders among 15 states)

List of states with highest rates:

State Rate (per 100,000) Color
1 Connecticut 3.2
2 Rhode Island 3.2
3 Vermont 3.2
4 New Jersey 3.1
5 New York 3.1
6 Pennsylvania 3
7 Maine 2.9 Not In Cluster
8 Massachusetts 2.8
9 Nebraska 2.8
10 South Dakota 2.8
11 Wisconsin 2.8
12 District of Columbia 2.7 Not In Cluster
13 Iowa 2.7
14 Louisiana 2.7 Not In Cluster
15 Minnesota 2.7

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

Black women Hodgkin's lymphoma 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 3: A cluster of states with the highest Hodgkin's lymphoma incidence rates of black women

Shared-border ratio: 128%   (23 shared borders among 18 states)

List of states with highest rates:

State Rate (per 100,000) Color
1 Delaware 3.5
2 Kentucky 2.9
3 Washington 2.8 Not In Cluster
4 District of Columbia 2.7
5 New York 2.7
6 Pennsylvania 2.7
7 New Jersey 2.6
8 North Carolina 2.6
9 Connecticut 2.5
10 Illinois 2.5
11 Indiana 2.5
12 Missouri 2.5
13 Virginia 2.5
14 Arizona 2.4 Not In Cluster
15 Louisiana 2.3 Not In Cluster
16 Maryland 2.3
17 Tennessee 2.3
18 Wisconsin 2.3

(Number of states in the contiguous U.S. with numerical cancer rates in the CDC file: 29)