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

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

Included are also the lists of states with the highest kidney 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.

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White men kidney 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 kidney cancer incidence rates of white men

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

List of states with highest rates:

	State	Rate (per 100,000)	Color
1	Louisiana	28.4
2	Kentucky	26.3
3	Delaware	25.1
4	Mississippi	25
5	Iowa	24.4
6	Texas	24.4
7	New York	23.4
8	Illinois	23.1
9	West Virginia	23.1
10	Tennessee	23
11	Rhode Island	22.9	Not In Cluster
12	Indiana	22.8
13	Wisconsin	22.8
14	Alabama	22.7
15	New Jersey	22.5

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

Hispanic men kidney cancer incidence rates

Figure 2: A cluster of states with the highest kidney cancer incidence rates of Hispanic men

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

List of states with highest rates:

	State	Rate (per 100,000)	Color
1	Kansas	31.5
2	Arkansas	29.5
3	Texas	25.9
4	Colorado	25
5	Michigan	25
6	Arizona	24.3
7	Idaho	24
8	Nebraska	23.2
9	Oregon	22.8
10	Minnesota	21.7	Not In Cluster
11	Illinois	21.6
12	Connecticut	21.4	Not In Cluster
13	Utah	21
14	Oklahoma	20.8
15	Indiana	20.6

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

White men kidney cancer mortality rates

Figure 3: A cluster of states with the highest kidney cancer mortality rates of white men

Shared-border ratio: 153% (23 shared borders among 15 states)

List of states with highest rates:

	State	Rate (per 100,000)	Color
1	Oklahoma	7.7
2	Louisiana	7
3	Iowa	6.9
4	Mississippi	6.9
5	Arkansas	6.8
6	Tennessee	6.8
7	Kentucky	6.7
8	Missouri	6.7
9	Nebraska	6.7
10	Indiana	6.6
11	Texas	6.6
12	Kansas	6.5
13	Minnesota	6.5
14	West Virginia	6.5
15	Maine	6.4	Not In Cluster

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

White women kidney cancer incidence rates

Figure 4: A cluster of states with the highest kidney cancer incidence rates of white women

Shared-border ratio: 153% (23 shared borders among 15 states)

List of states with highest rates:

	State	Rate (per 100,000)	Color
1	Louisiana	16
2	Kentucky	14.5
3	West Virginia	13.7
4	Mississippi	13.5
5	Texas	13.3
6	Indiana	12.9
7	Kansas	12.7
8	Illinois	12.6
9	Arkansas	12.5
10	Missouri	12.5
11	North Dakota	12.4	Not In Cluster
12	Tennessee	12.3
13	Alabama	12.1
14	Oklahoma	12.1
15	Rhode Island	12.1	Not In Cluster

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

Black women kidney cancer incidence rates

Figure 5: A cluster of states with the highest kidney cancer incidence rates of black women

Shared-border ratio: 113% (17 shared borders among 15 states)

List of states with highest rates:

	State	Rate (per 100,000)	Color
1	Iowa	26
2	Wisconsin	18.9
3	Nebraska	18.5
4	Kentucky	17.3
5	Mississippi	16.6
6	Oregon	16.6	Not In Cluster
7	Louisiana	15.3
8	Missouri	15.2
9	Tennessee	15.1
10	Oklahoma	15
11	Pennsylvania	14.8	Not In Cluster
12	Texas	14.8
13	North Carolina	14.7
14	Kansas	14.6
15	Michigan	14

(Number of states in the contiguous U.S. with numerical cancer rates in the CDC file: 37)

Hispanic women kidney cancer incidence rates

Figure 6: A cluster of states with the highest kidney cancer incidence rates of Hispanic women

Shared-border ratio: 100% (15 shared borders among 15 states)

List of states with highest rates:

	State	Rate (per 100,000)	Color
1	Oregon	16.7
2	Colorado	16.4
3	Texas	15.7	Not In Cluster
4	Arizona	14.9
5	Arkansas	14.9	Not In Cluster
6	Idaho	14.8
7	Kansas	14.3
8	Wisconsin	13.6
9	Utah	13.2
10	Minnesota	12.9
11	Illinois	12.8
12	South Carolina	12.7	Not In Cluster
13	Indiana	12.6
14	Michigan	12.2
15	Nebraska	12.2

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

White women kidney cancer mortality rates

Figure 7: A cluster of states with the highest kidney cancer mortality rates of white women

Shared-border ratio: 156% (25 shared borders among 16 states)

List of states with highest rates:

	State	Rate (per 100,000)	Color
1	Louisiana	3.5
2	South Dakota	3.3
3	West Virginia	3.3
4	Arkansas	3.2
5	Oklahoma	3.1
6	Kentucky	3
7	Missouri	3
8	New Mexico	3
9	Texas	3
10	Delaware	2.9	Not In Cluster
11	Indiana	2.9
12	Kansas	2.9
13	Ohio	2.9
14	Illinois	2.8
15	Iowa	2.8
16	Michigan	2.8

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

Black women kidney cancer mortality rates

Figure 8: A cluster of states with the highest kidney cancer mortality rates of black women

Shared-border ratio: 168% (32 shared borders among 19 states)

List of states with highest rates:

	State	Rate (per 100,000)	Color
1	Kentucky	4
2	Nevada	3.8	Not In Cluster
3	Oklahoma	3.6
4	Louisiana	3.5
5	Missouri	3.3
6	Tennessee	3.3
7	Arizona	3.2	Not In Cluster
8	Wisconsin	3.2
9	Texas	3.1
10	Alabama	2.9
11	Indiana	2.9
12	Ohio	2.9
13	Virginia	2.8
14	Arkansas	2.7
15	Illinois	2.7
16	Michigan	2.7
17	Mississippi	2.7
18	North Carolina	2.7
19	Pennsylvania	2.7

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