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.
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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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Wisconsin
Wisconsin ranks 15th worst for cancer diagnoses with 467 per 100,000. Wisconsin’s cancer death rate is just shy of 163 per 100,000, placing it smack in the middle of the nation’s rankings at 13. Sean Pavone/Shutterstock
Georgia
At 466.4 per 100,000, Georgia’s cancer diagnosis rate places it as the 16th worst in the nation, and its cancer death rate of 165.6 per 100,000, places it above the nation’s average. Check out the 15 things that cancer doctors do to prevent cancer. photo.ua/Shutterstock
Minnesota
Minnesota ranks 20th in the nation for cancer diagnoses (464 per 100,000), which places it above the national average. But Minnesota’s cancer death rate is well below average at 153.4 per 100,000, lower than the US average. The state’s lung cancer diagnosis rate is below the national average. Sources
CDC , Leading Cancer Cases and Deaths, Male and Female, 2012-2016. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Radon Potential Map.