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

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

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

Hispanic men liver 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 liver cancer incidence rates of Hispanic men

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

List of states with highest rates:

State Rate (per 100,000) Color
1 Connecticut 26.6 Not In Cluster
2 Texas 25.1
3 New Mexico 24.5
4 Wisconsin 23.8
5 Colorado 22.9
6 New York 22.4 Not In Cluster
7 Oregon 22.1
8 Michigan 19.9
9 Washington 19.9
10 California 19.8
11 Arizona 19.5
12 Illinois 19
13 Utah 18.4
14 Idaho 18.3
15 Minnesota 17.7

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

Hispanic men liver 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 liver cancer mortality 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 Rhode Island 19.6
2 Idaho 18.1
3 New Mexico 17.3
4 Colorado 16.5
5 Texas 16.5
6 Wisconsin 14.9
7 Connecticut 14.5
8 Pennsylvania 14.1
9 California 14
10 Oregon 13.8
11 Arizona 13.6
12 New York 12.8
13 Illinois 12.7
14 Michigan 12.7
15 Massachusetts 12.5

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

White women liver 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 liver cancer mortality rates of white women

Shared-border ratio: 137%   (26 shared borders among 19 states)

List of states with highest rates:

State Rate (per 100,000) Color
1 Texas 4.5
2 Louisiana 4.1
3 Mississippi 4.1
4 California 4
5 New Mexico 3.9
6 Alabama 3.7
7 Arizona 3.7
8 Washington 3.7
9 Arkansas 3.5
10 Illinois 3.5
11 Kentucky 3.5
12 Oregon 3.5
13 Massachusetts 3.4
14 Nevada 3.4
15 New Jersey 3.4
16 New York 3.4
17 Oklahoma 3.4
18 Rhode Island 3.4
19 Tennessee 3.4

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

Black women liver 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 liver cancer mortality rates of black women

Shared-border ratio: 106%   (18 shared borders among 17 states)

List of states with highest rates:

State Rate (per 100,000) Color
1 Washington 9.2 Not In Cluster
2 Minnesota 8.3
3 District of Columbia 7.1
4 Delaware 6.6
5 Kansas 6.5
6 Arkansas 6
7 Louisiana 5.8
8 Tennessee 5.4
9 California 5.3 Not In Cluster
10 Indiana 5.2
11 Pennsylvania 5.2
12 Missouri 5.1
13 Texas 4.9
14 Maryland 4.6
15 Illinois 4.5
16 Mississippi 4.5
17 Wisconsin 4.5

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