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

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

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

White men bladder 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 bladder cancer incidence rates of white men

Shared-border ratio: 140%   (21 shared borders among 15 states)

List of states with highest rates:

State Rate (per 100,000) Color
1 New Hampshire 50
2 Connecticut 49.4
3 Rhode Island 47.8
4 Maine 46.7
5 New York 46.4
6 Pennsylvania 45.5
7 Delaware 45.4
8 New Jersey 45.2
9 Massachusetts 43
10 Illinois 41
11 Michigan 40.8
12 Kentucky 40.7
13 Wisconsin 40.6
14 Maryland 40.4
15 West Virginia 40.4

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

Black men bladder 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 2: A cluster of states with the highest bladder cancer incidence rates of black men

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

List of states with highest rates:

State Rate (per 100,000) Color
1 Iowa 30
2 Kentucky 27.3
3 Delaware 24.5
4 Pennsylvania 24.2
5 Connecticut 22.4 Not In Cluster
6 California 22.1 Not In Cluster
7 Wisconsin 22.1
8 New Jersey 21.8
9 Michigan 21.7
10 District of Columbia 21.6
11 Ohio 21.3
12 West Virginia 21.3
13 Virginia 21.2
14 Minnesota 21.1
15 Louisiana 21 Not In Cluster

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

Black men bladder 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 bladder cancer mortality rates of black men

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

List of states with highest rates:

State Rate (per 100,000) Color
1 Kentucky 8.3
2 Washington 7.8 Not In Cluster
3 Ohio 6.8
4 Pennsylvania 6.6
5 Delaware 6.2
6 Maryland 6.2
7 Minnesota 6.2
8 Virginia 5.9
9 Wisconsin 5.9
10 Michigan 5.8
11 Tennessee 5.8
12 California 5.7 Not In Cluster
13 District of Columbia 5.7
14 Illinois 5.7
15 North Carolina 5.6

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

White women bladder 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 4: A cluster of states with the highest bladder cancer incidence rates of white women

Shared-border ratio: 125%   (20 shared borders among 16 states)

List of states with highest rates:

State Rate (per 100,000) Color
1 Rhode Island 13.7
2 Connecticut 13
3 New Hampshire 12.7
4 Maine 12.5
5 New York 12
6 Delaware 11.8
7 New Jersey 11.8
8 Massachusetts 11.7
9 Pennsylvania 11.3
10 West Virginia 11
11 Wyoming 10.8 Not In Cluster
12 Michigan 10.5
13 Montana 10.5 Not In Cluster
14 Wisconsin 10.2
15 Illinois 10
16 Maryland 10

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

White women bladder 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 5: A cluster of states with the highest bladder cancer mortality rates of white women

Shared-border ratio: 117%   (21 shared borders among 18 states)

List of states with highest rates:

State Rate (per 100,000) Color
1 Delaware 3
2 Vermont 3
3 Massachusetts 2.9
4 Maine 2.8 Not In Cluster
5 Nevada 2.7 Not In Cluster
6 Rhode Island 2.7
7 Connecticut 2.6
8 Maryland 2.6
9 New Jersey 2.6
10 West Virginia 2.6
11 Michigan 2.5
12 Ohio 2.5
13 Washington 2.5 Not In Cluster
14 Kentucky 2.4
15 Indiana 2.3
16 Missouri 2.3
17 New York 2.3
18 Oklahoma 2.3

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

Black women bladder 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 6: A cluster of states with the highest bladder cancer mortality rates of black women

Shared-border ratio: 156%   (28 shared borders among 18 states)

List of states with highest rates:

State Rate (per 100,000) Color
1 District of Columbia 3.5
2 Pennsylvania 3.4
3 Indiana 2.9
4 Louisiana 2.9
5 Ohio 2.9
6 California 2.8 Not In Cluster
7 Michigan 2.8
8 Tennessee 2.8
9 Illinois 2.7
10 Kentucky 2.7
11 North Carolina 2.6
12 South Carolina 2.6
13 Georgia 2.5
14 Arkansas 2.4
15 Maryland 2.3
16 Mississippi 2.3
17 Texas 2.3
18 Virginia 2.3

(Number of states in the contiguous U.S. with numerical cancer rates in the CDC file: 25)