Title: The 20 States with the Highest Cancer Rates | The Healthy
Headings: The 20 States with the Highest Cancer Rates
The 20 States with the Highest Cancer Rates
The U.S. cancer risk isn't spread evenly across the states: Here are the 20 states with the highest cancer rates.
The cancer report
Kentucky
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Louisiana
Rhode Island
West Virginia
Maine
Iowa
Connecticut
Mississippi
Arkansas
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Lauren Cahn

Content: New York is below the national average death rate, coming in at 151per 100,000. In 2016, pancreatic cancer became one of the top three causes of cancer death in New York. This is why pancreatic cancer is so hard to treat. f11photo/Shutterstock
Louisiana
Louisiana is the seventh highest state for cancer diagnoses, with 481 per 100,000. The state’s death rate of roughly 183 per 100,000, however, is higher than the nation’s average, placing it tenth in the nation for cancer deaths. Here are nine surprising risk factors for cancer. Sean Pavone/Shutterstock
Rhode Island
At 477.5 per 100,000, Rhode Island ranks eighth worst in the nation for new cases of cancer. The state also comes in below the national death rate—165 per 100,000. Lung, female breast and prostate are the leading cancer killers in Rhode Island. Sean Pavone/Shutterstock
West Virginia
At 476 per 100,000, West Virginia comes in ninth worst in the nation for diagnoses.