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

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

Included are also the lists of states with the highest stomach 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 stomach cancer incidence rates

Figure 1: A cluster of states with the highest stomach cancer incidence rates of white men

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

List of states with highest rates:

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

Hispanic men stomach cancer mortality rates

Figure 2: A cluster of states with the highest stomach cancer mortality rates of Hispanic men

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

List of states with highest rates:

(Number of states in the contiguous U.S. with numerical cancer rates in the CDC file: 24)