Table 1.
Characteristics of the population-based U.S. cancer registries included in the study, NAACCR, 1995–2001.
| County size (acres)
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Percent county cropland No.c |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State (data years) | Population at risk (no.)a | Childhood cancer incidence rateb | SE | No. | Mean | Minimum | Maximum | No.c | Mean ± SD |
| Alabama (1998–2001) | 923,182 | 108.6 | 5.4 | 67 | 484,778 | 342,296 | 1,021,780 | 57 | 13.0 ± 8.0 |
| Arizona (1995–2001) | 1,093,842 | 128.8 | 4.1 | 15 | 4,848,735 | 792,158 | 11,916,244 | 10 | 1.8 ± 2.3 |
| Delaware (1997–2000) | 158,387 | 155.1 | 15.7 | 3 | 416,985 | 272,831 | 600,101 | 3 | 37.0 ± 11.0 |
| Florida (1995–2001) | 2,990,616 | 148.9 | 2.7 | 67 | 515,795 | 153,791 | 1,301,974 | 60 | 10.3 ± 9.1 |
| Idaho (1995–2001) | 295,656 | 147.8 | 8.5 | 44 | 1,203,650 | 260,816 | 5,430,522 | 37 | 20.0 ± 16.7 |
| Illinois (1995–2001) | 2,686,668 | 144.8 | 2.8 | 102 | 348,821 | 102,274 | 757,530 | 95 | 66.6 ± 17.5 |
| Indiana (1998–2001) | 1,306,617 | 142.7 | 5.2 | 92 | 249,531 | 55,508 | 420,662 | 83 | 56.6 ± 18.7 |
| Iowa (1995–2001) | 592,570 | 158.2 | 6.2 | 99 | 361,211 | 243,884 | 622,766 | 91 | 74.7 ± 11.0 |
| Kentucky (1995–2001) | 809,827 | 147.1 | 5.1 | 120 | 211,906 | 63,258 | 504,145 | 109 | 34.6 ± 20.9 |
| Louisiana (1995–2001) | 1,009,052 | 116.6 | 4.1 | 64 | 435,661 | 115,616 | 850,245 | 60 | 19.9 ± 19.0 |
| Maine (1995–2001) | 246,630 | 173.8 | 10.2 | 16 | 1,234,581 | 162,566 | 4,270,039 | 16 | 3.6 ± 2.3 |
| Massachusetts (1997–2001) | 1,244,435 | 152.8 | 5.0 | 14 | 358,306 | 30,580 | 968,424 | 12 | 4.2 ± 2.1 |
| Nebraska (1995–2001) | 367,540 | 128.7 | 7.1 | 93 | 529,051 | 154,030 | 3,814,878 | 58 | 63.6 ± 19.1 |
| New Hampshire (1999–2001) | 255,944 | 120.4 | 12.7 | 10 | 574,040 | 236,051 | 1,152,415 | 10 | 2.6 ± 1.0 |
| New Jersey (1995–2001) | 1,728,136 | 155.9 | 3.6 | 21 | 235,910 | 66,104 | 515,052 | 20 | 11.6 ± 10.3 |
| New Mexico (1995–2001) | 419,775 | 127.1 | 6.6 | 33 | 2,353,736 | 69,987 | 4,434,092 | 23 | 5.3 ± 10.8 |
| New York (1997–2001) | 3,891,864 | 154.4 | 2.8 | 62 | 495,022 | 18,162 | 1,718,863 | 57 | 17.8 ± 13.0 |
| Oregon (1996–2001) | 692,795 | 146.8 | 6.0 | 36 | 1,706,711 | 278,570 | 6,486,330 | 34 | 10.5 ± 10.7 |
| Rhode Island (1995–2001) | 203,255 | 180.4 | 11.3 | 5 | 133,759 | 15,796 | 264,506 | 5 | 5.5 ± 4.0 |
| South Carolina (1997–2001) | 827,867 | 129.3 | 5.6 | 46 | 418,937 | 230,140 | 725,577 | 43 | 13.6 ± 8.3 |
| Utah (1995–2001) | 577,001 | 142.2 | 5.9 | 29 | 1,813,366 | 194,875 | 5,005,263 | 25 | 5.6 ± 5.4 |
| Washington (1995–2001) | 1,232,017 | 157.8 | 4.3 | 39 | 1,092,615 | 111,963 | 3,371,698 | 34 | 17.0 ± 23.2 |
| West Virginia (1995–2001) | 333,797 | 133.7 | 7.6 | 55 | 280,280 | 53,149 | 665,470 | 50 | 9.9 ± 7.2 |
| Wisconsin (1995–2001) | 1,117,019 | 148.6 | 4.4 | 72 | 482,788 | 148,456 | 988,848 | 68 | 34.4 ± 18.5 |
| Wyoming (1995–2001) | 105,796 | 156.0 | 14.7 | 23 | 2,702,040 | 1,282,556 | 6,672,552 | 18 | 5.7 ± 4.8 |
| Total | 25,110,289 | 145.5 | 1.0 | 1,227 | 670,572 | 15,796 | 11,916,244 | 1,078 | 32.3 ± 28.3 |
a
Average annual population at risk, children 0–14 years of age.
b
Rates are average annual per 100,000,000 population for 0–14 years of age and are age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard million population.
c
Differences in county numbers are attributed to missing agricultural census data or age-specific population data.