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

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

Included are also the lists of states with the highest pancreatic 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 pancreatic 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 pancreatic cancer incidence rates of white men

Shared-border ratio: 137% (22 shared borders among 16 states)

List of states with highest rates:

	State	Rate (per 100,000)	Color
1	Delaware	16.5
2	New York	16.3
3	New Jersey	15.7
4	Pennsylvania	15
5	Illinois	14.9
6	Louisiana	14.9	Not In Cluster
7	Mississippi	14.9	Not In Cluster
8	Rhode Island	14.9
9	Connecticut	14.8
10	Kentucky	14.7
11	Massachusetts	14.3
12	New Hampshire	14.3
13	Wisconsin	14.3
14	Indiana	14.2
15	Iowa	14.2
16	Vermont	14.2

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

Black men pancreatic cancer incidence rates

Figure 2: A cluster of states with the highest pancreatic cancer incidence rates of black men

Shared-border ratio: 127% (19 shared borders among 15 states)

List of states with highest rates:

	State	Rate (per 100,000)	Color
1	Wisconsin	21
2	District of Columbia	20.1
3	Iowa	19.9
4	South Carolina	19.6	Not In Cluster
5	Michigan	19.5
6	Missouri	19.1
7	Indiana	19
8	Arkansas	18.7
9	Virginia	18.2
10	Illinois	18.1
11	Mississippi	18
12	Oklahoma	18
13	Nebraska	17.9
14	Pennsylvania	17.9	Not In Cluster
15	Kentucky	17.8

(Number of states in the contiguous U.S. with numerical cancer rates in the CDC file: 35)

Hispanic men pancreatic cancer incidence rates

Figure 3: A cluster of states with the highest pancreatic cancer incidence rates of Hispanic men

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

List of states with highest rates:

	State	Rate (per 100,000)	Color
1	Arkansas	16.6
2	Wisconsin	16.6
3	Oklahoma	15.8
4	Iowa	15.7
5	Utah	15.4
6	Michigan	14.8
7	Connecticut	14.5
8	Oregon	14.1
9	Idaho	13.6
10	Florida	13.3	Not In Cluster
11	New York	13.3
12	Illinois	13.1
13	New Jersey	12.4
14	Indiana	12.2
15	New Mexico	12.1
16	Texas	12.1
17	Washington	12.1

(Number of states in the contiguous U.S. with numerical cancer rates in the CDC file: 30)

White men pancreatic cancer mortality rates

Figure 4: A cluster of states with the highest pancreatic cancer mortality rates of white men

Shared-border ratio: 132% (25 shared borders among 19 states)

List of states with highest rates:

	State	Rate (per 100,000)	Color
1	Louisiana	14.7
2	New York	13.7
3	Maryland	13.5
4	Mississippi	13.5
5	New Hampshire	13.5
6	Vermont	13.5
7	Delaware	13.4
8	New Jersey	13.4
9	Pennsylvania	13.3
10	Michigan	13.2
11	Rhode Island	13.2
12	Idaho	13	Not In Cluster
13	Massachusetts	13
14	Wisconsin	13
15	Alabama	12.9
16	Arkansas	12.9
17	Indiana	12.9
18	Kentucky	12.9
19	Ohio	12.9

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

Black men pancreatic cancer mortality rates

Figure 5: A cluster of states with the highest pancreatic cancer mortality rates of black men

Shared-border ratio: 144% (23 shared borders among 16 states)

List of states with highest rates:

	State	Rate (per 100,000)	Color
1	Kansas	18.8
2	Minnesota	18.8
3	Wisconsin	18.7
4	Iowa	18.4
5	District of Columbia	18.2
6	Indiana	17.2
7	Nebraska	17.2
8	Virginia	17.2
9	Mississippi	17.1
10	South Carolina	17.1	Not In Cluster
11	Michigan	16.6
12	Arkansas	16.5
13	Illinois	16.5
14	Tennessee	16.5
15	Kentucky	16.1
16	Ohio	16.1

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

Black women pancreatic cancer incidence rates

Figure 6: A cluster of states with the highest pancreatic cancer incidence rates of black women

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

List of states with highest rates:

	State	Rate (per 100,000)	Color
1	Iowa	18.1
2	Nebraska	17.5
3	Michigan	16.9
4	Arkansas	16.7
5	Pennsylvania	16.6
6	District of Columbia	16.4	Not In Cluster
7	Washington	16.4	Not In Cluster
8	Wisconsin	16.2
9	Missouri	16
10	West Virginia	15.5
11	Delaware	15.3
12	South Carolina	15.2	Not In Cluster
13	Indiana	15.1
14	Oklahoma	14.9
15	Illinois	14.8
16	New Jersey	14.8

(Number of states in the contiguous U.S. with numerical cancer rates in the CDC file: 38)

Black women pancreatic cancer mortality rates

Figure 7: A cluster of states with the highest pancreatic 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	Nebraska	18.6
2	Arkansas	16.3
3	District of Columbia	15.1	Not In Cluster
4	Colorado	14.8
5	Michigan	14.6
6	Iowa	14.4
7	Pennsylvania	14.2
8	Kentucky	14.1
9	Wisconsin	14
10	Mississippi	13.2
11	Ohio	13.2
12	South Carolina	13.2	Not In Cluster
13	Oklahoma	13.1
14	Alabama	13
15	Missouri	13

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