Maps of clusters of states with the highest mesothelioma rates in the USA

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

Included are also the lists of states with the highest mesothelioma 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 men mesothelioma 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 mesothelioma incidence rates of black men

Shared-border ratio: 100% (16 shared borders among 16 states)

List of states with highest rates:

	State	Rate (per 100,000)	Color
1	Indiana	2
2	Louisiana	1.7
3	Virginia	1.5
4	California	1.2	Not In Cluster
5	New Jersey	1.2
6	Ohio	1.2
7	Mississippi	1.1
8	Illinois	1
9	Maryland	0.9
10	Texas	0.9
11	Alabama	0.8
12	Pennsylvania	0.8
13	Georgia	0.7
14	North Carolina	0.7
15	Michigan	0.6
16	New York	0.6

(Number of states in the contiguous U.S. with numerical cancer rates in the CDC file: 17)