Advisory Board June 20, 2024
In 2019, Kentucky had the highest age-adjusted cancer incidence rate and Nevada had the lowest, according to a report from USAFacts.
The states with the highest (and lowest) cancer rates
According to CDC data from 2019, the three states with the highest age-adjusted cancer incidence rate were Kentucky at 516.6 per 100,000 people, Iowa at 501.8 per 100,000 people, and Louisiana at 498.8 per 100,000 people.
Meanwhile, Nevada had the lowest age-adjusted cancer incidence rate at 351.5 per 100,000 people, followed by Arizona at 379.5 and New Mexico at 381.
USAFacts also looked at CDC data on cancer mortality rates, and found that in 2019, the state with the highest cancer mortality rate was Mississippi at 178.8 per 100,000 people,...
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