Title: 10 States Where Cancer Incidence Is the Highest | The Motley Fool
Headings: 10 States Where Cancer Incidence Is the Highest
10 States Where Cancer Incidence Is the Highest
According to the CDC, these 10 states have the highest age-adjusted cancer incidence rates. Find out what some of the biggest risk factors are in these states as well as what therapies are being introduced to curb the rising tide of cancer diagnoses.

Content: prostate cancer in men, breast cancer in women, lung and bronchus cancer, and colorectal cancer. As these states relate to prostate cancer incidence, five of the eight highest incidence states are listed above in Louisiana, Michigan, Delaware, New York, and New Hampshire. In female breast cancer, four of the aforementioned states are in the top nine -- Connecticut, Delaware, New Hampshire, and Iowa. The story is similar in colorectal cancer, with only Louisiana, Kentucky, and Iowa showing up within the top six incident rate states. Finally, three of the states above -- Kentucky, Maine, and Louisiana -- crack the top nine in terms of highest incidence for lung and bronchus cancer. Clearly, there are a number of factors at work here, but I suspect obesity could be a prime one. WHO, the CDC, and the Mayo Clinic all list obesity as a major cancer-causing risk factor. In addition, obesity can lead to a number of other serious diseases such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease. As of 2010, as you can see below, three of these 10 states -- Louisiana, Kentucky, and Michigan -- all had obesity levels in excess of 30%, likely increasing their cancer incidence rates. Image source: