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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Connecticut
With an incidence rate of 472,4 per 100,000, Connecticut ranks 12th in the nation. This may be due to Connecticut’s higher-than-average rate of breast cancer diagnoses—140 new cases per 100,000 people—placing it second in the nation (behind New Hampshire). However, Connecticut’s cancer death rate of 127 per 100,000 is well below the national average and places it among the top ten states for survival—seventh best overall. Here are the ten commandments for emotionally coping with a breast cancer diagnosis. Sean Pavone/Shutterstock
Mississippi
Number 13 in the nation for cancer diagnoses, Mississippi has a rate of 468.6 per 100,000. Unfortunately, the state’s cancer death rate of 194 per 100,000 puts Mississippi second worst in the nation, ahead of only Kentucky. Mississippi also has the fourth highest rate of lung cancer diagnoses in the US. Here are seven signs of lung cancer you may be ignoring. Sean Pavone/Shutterstock
Arkansas
Arkansas ranks 14th highest in the country for cancer diagnoses, with a rate of 464 per 100,000. With a cancer death rate of slightly more than 85 per 100,000, Arkansas has the fourth highest rate of cancer deaths in the US.