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

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New Hampshire
New Hampshire ranks fourth in the nation for cancer diagnoses at 483.5 per 100,000. Lung, breast and prostate are the most common cancers diagnosed in New Hampshire. The state’s cancer death rate is 162per 100,000, slightly less than the national average. Here are 10 prostate cancer myths that might surprise you. Mihai_Andritoiu/Shutterstock
New Jersey
Tied with New York, New Jersey has the fifth highest cancer rate in the country—about 483.4 per 100,000—and a cancer death rate of 153.5, Jersey’s high diagnosis rate may have something to do with the levels of radon: As many as one in six New Jersey homes may register some level of contamination, according to this map from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. But again, there are a lot of risk factors for cancer that can complicate the picture, and better screening can also raise the rates. Here’s what you need to know about radon testing. ItzaVU/Shutterstock
New York
With a rate of about 482 per 100,000, New York is sixth in the nation for cancer diagnoses.