TABLE 1.
Cancer mortality rates (“rate”) by county (NCI, 2010). Elevations from U.S. Geological Survey (USGS, 2005).
| Low elevation states (345 feet above sea level to 812 feet above sea level) | |||||
| State | County | Rate | State | County | Rate |
| DE | Kent County | 67.8 | LA | Ouachita Parish | 63.2 |
| DE | New Castle County | 56.5 | LA | Plaquemines Parish | 63.1 |
| DE | Sussex County | 74.4 | LA | Pointe Coupee Parish | 66.9 |
| DC | District of Columbia | 40.8 | LA | Rapides Parish | 66.6 |
| FL | Alachua County | 57.9 | LA | Red River Parish | 90.3 |
| FL | Baker County | 83.2 | LA | Richland Parish | 93.3 |
| FL | Bay County | 67.6 | LA | Sabine Parish | 83.0 |
| FL | Bradford County | 71.1 | LA | St. Bernard Parish | 88.5 |
| FL | Brevard County | 70.3 | LA | St. Charles Parish | 56.7 |
| FL | Broward County | 64.7 | LA | St. Helena Parish | 73.8 |
| FL | Calhoun County | 75.6 | LA | St. James Parish | 52.0 |
| FL | Charlotte County | 67.6 | LA | St. John the Baptist Parish | 56.5 |
| FL | Citrus County | 81.2 | LA | St. Landry Parish | 75.3 |
| FL | Clay County | 70.1 | LA | St. Martin Parish | 72.9 |
| FL | Collier County | 52.3 | LA | St. Mary Parish | 80.6 |
| FL | Columbia County | 75.4 | LA | St. Tammany Parish | 61.0 |
| FL | DeSoto County | 73.0 | LA | Tangipahoa Parish | 80.1 |
| FL | Dixie County | 108.0 | LA | Tensas Parish | 102.2 |
| FL | Duval County | 67.3 | LA | Terrebonne Parish | 72.4 |
| FL | Escambia County | 71.7 | LA | Union Parish | 63.6 |
| FL | Flagler County | 74.5 | LA | Vermilion Parish | 91.4 |
| FL | Franklin County | 77.9 | LA | Vernon Parish | 75.8 |
| FL | Gadsden County | 66.2 | LA | Washington Parish | 97.3 |
| FL | Gilchrist County | 69.1 | LA | Webster Parish | 105.9 |
| FL | Glades County | 58.4 | LA | West Baton Rouge Parish | 57.1 |
| FL | Gulf County | 73.8 | LA | West Carroll Parish | 78.6 |
| FL | Hamilton County | 70.1 | LA | West Feliciana Parish | 59.9 |
| FL | Hardee County | 71.5 | LA | Winn Parish | 90.2 |
| FL | Hendry County | 80.6 | MS | Adams County | 76.1 |
| FL | Hernando County | 84.4 | MS | Alcorn County | 67.7 |
| FL | Highlands County | 71.8 | MS | Amite County | 70.4 |
| FL | Hillsborough County | 64.7 | MS | Attala County | 54.5 |
| FL | Holmes County | 90.3 | MS | Benton County | 75.7 |
| FL | Indian River County | 69.8 | MS | Bolivar County | 71.0 |
| FL | Jackson County | 69.0 | MS | Calhoun County | 62.7 |
| FL | Jefferson County | 78.3 | MS | Carroll County | 50.6 |
| FL | Lafayette County | 87.9 | MS | Chickasaw County | 59.5 |
| FL | Lake County | 76.0 | MS | Choctaw County | 55.4 |
| FL | Lee County | 63.8 | MS | Clarke County | 69.5 |
| FL | Leon County | 56.3 | MS | Clay County | 82.4 |
| FL | Levy County | 88.7 | MS | Coahoma County | 84.0 |
| FL | Liberty County | 87.4 | MS | Copiah County | 76.3 |
| FL | Madison County | 90.4 | MS | Covington County | 70.3 |
| FL | Manatee County | 70.4 | MS | DeSoto County | 67.0 |
| FL | Marion County | 85.5 | MS | Forrest County | 66.1 |
| FL | Martin County | 65.0 | MS | George County | 86.7 |
| FL | Miami-Dade County | 58.5 | MS | Greene County | 97.8 |
| FL | Monroe County | 68.7 | MS | Grenada County | 80.2 |
| FL | Nassau County | 79.8 | MS | Hancock County | 77.5 |
| FL | Okaloosa County | 58.0 | MS | Harrison County | 82.4 |
| FL | Okeechobee County | 104.1 | MS | Hinds County | 50.3 |
| FL | Orange County | 60.8 | MS | Holmes County | 123.2 |
| FL | Osceola County | 71.3 | MS | Itawamba County | 84.3 |
| FL | Palm Beach County | 58.0 | MS | Jackson County | 69.0 |
| FL | Pasco County | 81.9 | MS | Jasper County | 67.4 |
| FL | Pinellas County | 68.1 | MS | Jefferson Davis County | 87.2 |
| FL | Polk County | 81.9 | MS | Jones County | 72.7 |
| FL | Putnam County | 98.3 | MS | Lafayette County | 55.7 |
| FL | Santa Rosa County | 57.3 | MS | Lamar County | 71.1 |
| FL | Sarasota County | 62.4 | MS | Lauderdale County | 72.7 |
| FL | Seminole County | 51.7 | MS | Lawrence County | 69.8 |
| FL | St. Johns County | 60.0 | MS | Leake County | 72.0 |
| FL | St. Lucie County | 74.3 | MS | Lee County | 74.8 |
| FL | Sumter County | 68.2 | MS | Leflore County | 55.9 |
| FL | Suwannee County | 87.1 | MS | Lincoln County | 65.6 |
| FL | Taylor County | 83.6 | MS | Lowndes County | 56.7 |
| FL | Union County | 244.2 | MS | Madison County | 112.7 |
| FL | Volusia County | 77.5 | MS | Marion County | 102.1 |
| FL | Wakulla County | 80.8 | MS | Marshall County | 91.0 |
| FL | Walton County | 69.9 | MS | Monroe County | 65.6 |
| FL | Washington County | 98.7 | MS | Montgomery County | 55.6 |
| LA | Acadia Parish | 78.5 | MS | Neshoba County | 62.8 |
| LA | Allen Parish | 64.5 | MS | Newton County | 49.2 |
| LA | Ascension Parish | 58.8 | MS | Oktibbeha County | 52.1 |
| LA | Assumption Parish | 72.0 | MS | Panola County | 86.8 |
| LA | Avoyelles Parish | 88.1 | MS | Pearl River County | 83.2 |
| LA | Beauregard Parish | 85.3 | MS | Perry County | 115.1 |
| LA | Bienville Parish | 72.3 | MS | Pike County | 89.5 |
| LA | Bossier Parish | 69.5 | MS | Pontotoc County | 69.7 |
| LA | Caddo Parish | 68.2 | MS | Prentiss County | 76.7 |
| LA | Calcasieu Parish | 74.1 | MS | Rankin County | 57.3 |
| LA | Caldwell Parish | 71.8 | MS | Scott County | 71.3 |
| LA | Cameron Parish | 93.8 | MS | Simpson County | 79.4 |
| LA | Catahoula Parish | 67.5 | MS | Smith County | 92.3 |
| LA | Claiborne Parish | 49.6 | MS | Stone County | 63.2 |
| LA | Concordia Parish | 82.8 | MS | Sunflower County | 87.6 |
| LA | De Soto Parish | 69.5 | MS | Tallahatchie County | 48.3 |
| LA | East Baton Rouge Parish | 53.4 | MS | Tate County | 77.2 |
| LA | East Feliciana Parish | 51.8 | MS | Tippah County | 65.7 |
| LA | Evangeline Parish | 71.0 | MS | Tishomingo County | 69.4 |
| LA | Franklin Parish | 60.0 | MS | Union County | 61.8 |
| LA | Grant Parish | 53.6 | MS | Walthall County | 82.9 |
| LA | Iberia Parish | 73.0 | MS | Warren County | 71.1 |
| LA | Iberville Parish | 75.2 | MS | Washington County | 65.9 |
| LA | Jackson Parish | 49.2 | MS | Wayne County | 81.8 |
| LA | Jefferson Davis Parish | 67.7 | MS | Webster County | 77.1 |
| LA | Jefferson Parish | 64.6 | MS | Wilkinson County | 101.4 |
| LA | La Salle Parish | 84.3 | MS | Winston County | 54.7 |
| LA | LaFourche Parish | 65.7 | MS | Yalobusha County | 106.3 |
| LA | Lafayette Parish | 67.2 | MS | Yazoo County | 85.0 |
| LA | Lincoln Parish | 59.3 | RI | Bristol County | 53.7 |
| LA | Livingston Parish | 74.8 | RI | Kent County | 63.9 |
| LA | Morehouse Parish | 73.3 | RI | Newport County | 57.8 |
| LA | Natchitoches Parish | 62.8 | RI | Providence County | 64.7 |
| LA | Orleans Parish | 61.8 | RI | Washington County | 48.4 |
| High elevation states (966 feet above sea level to 3315 feet above sea level) | |||||
| State | County | Rate | State | County | Rate |
| CO | Adams County(7) | 59.6 | NM | Los Alamos County | 19.5 |
| CO | Alamosa County | 51.9 | NM | Luna County | 72.7 |
| CO | Arapahoe County | 41.3 | NM | McKinley County | 55.3 |
| CO | Archuleta County | 36.4 | NM | Otero County | 66.1 |
| CO | Baca County | 98.8 | NM | Quay County | 80.9 |
| CO | Bent County | 82.9 | NM | Rio Arriba County | 55.7 |
| CO | Boulder County(7) | 38.2 | NM | Roosevelt County | 64.0 |
| CO | Broomfield County(7) | 43.1 | NM | San Juan County | 55.5 |
| CO | Chaffee County | 33.8 | NM | San Miguel County | 65.5 |
| CO | Clear Creek County | 34.8 | NM | Sandoval County | 54.5 |
| CO | Delta County | 47.9 | NM | Santa Fe County | 43.4 |
| CO | Denver County | 52.9 | NM | Sierra County | 98.9 |
| CO | Douglas County | 32.6 | NM | Socorro County | 78.0 |
| CO | Eagle County | 35.3 | NM | Taos County | 41.4 |
| CO | El Paso County | 51.9 | NM | Torrance County | 44.5 |
| CO | Elbert County | 31.7 | NM | Valencia County | 62.5 |
| CO | Fremont County | 61.6 | SD | Beadle County | 57.3 |
| CO | Garfield County | 38.3 | SD | Bon Homme County | 60.7 |
| CO | Grand County | 36.0 | SD | Brookings County | 58.0 |
| CO | Gunnison County | 49.6 | SD | Brown County | 50.5 |
| CO | Jefferson County(7) | 44.8 | SD | Brule County | 81.0 |
| CO | Kit Carson County | 52.4 | SD | Butte County | 55.2 |
| CO | La Plata County | 40.2 | SD | Charles Mix County | 49.9 |
| CO | Larimer County | 41.7 | SD | Clay County | 57.1 |
| CO | Las Animas County | 46.1 | SD | Codington County | 63.5 |
| CO | Logan County | 56.4 | SD | Custer County | 46.9 |
| CO | Mesa County | 56.8 | SD | Davison County | 47.5 |
| CO | Moffat County | 52.5 | SD | Fall River County | 53.4 |
| CO | Montezuma County | 72.7 | SD | Grant County | 51.7 |
| CO | Montrose County | 50.7 | SD | Gregory County | 81.9 |
| CO | Morgan County | 51.7 | SD | Hamlin County | 81.9 |
| CO | Otero County | 63.8 | SD | Hughes County | 44.2 |
| CO | Park County | 32.2 | SD | Lake County | 43.8 |
| CO | Pitkin County | 33.0 | SD | Lawrence County | 49.7 |
| CO | Prowers County | 91.9 | SD | Lincoln County | 64.3 |
| CO | Pueblo County | 59.6 | SD | Meade County | 68.2 |
| CO | Rio Grande County | 56.8 | SD | Minnehaha County | 59.0 |
| CO | Routt County | 41.9 | SD | Pennington County | 51.4 |
| CO | Saguache County | 62.2 | SD | Roberts County | 46.4 |
| CO | Summit County | 28.7 | SD | Tripp County | 72.7 |
| CO | Teller County | 52.0 | SD | Turner County | 40.2 |
| CO | Weld County(7) | 55.6 | SD | Union County | 51.6 |
| CO | Yuma County | 69.3 | SD | Yankton County | 57.4 |
| MT | Beaverhead County | 35.9 | UT | Beaver County | 77.3 |
| MT | Broadwater County | 84.3 | UT | Box Elder County | 42.7 |
| MT | Carbon County | 50.7 | UT | Cache County | 31.9 |
| MT | Cascade County | 52.8 | UT | Carbon County | 42.5 |
| MT | Custer County | 75.4 | UT | Davis County | 41.3 |
| MT | Dawson County | 53.6 | UT | Duchesne County | 58.0 |
| MT | Deer Lodge County | 61.2 | UT | Emery County | 58.9 |
| MT | Fergus County | 65.0 | UT | Grand County | 45.3 |
| MT | Flathead County | 52.3 | UT | Iron County | 53.2 |
| MT | Gallatin County | 36.6 | UT | Millard County | 36.2 |
| MT | Hill County | 47.0 | UT | Salt Lake County | 45.5 |
| MT | Jefferson County | 44.8 | UT | San Juan County | 72.8 |
| MT | Lake County | 41.5 | UT | Sanpete County | 48.8 |
| MT | Lewis and Clark County | 50.1 | UT | Sevier County | 41.4 |
| MT | Lincoln County | 50.8 | UT | Summit County | 35.4 |
| MT | Madison County | 35.0 | UT | Tooele County | 48.7 |
| MT | Mineral County | 66.4 | UT | Uintah County | 51.8 |
| MT | Missoula County | 43.1 | UT | Utah County | 38.2 |
| MT | Musselshell County | 67.3 | UT | Wasatch County | 43.3 |
| MT | Park County | 57.6 | UT | Washington County | 59.4 |
| MT | Pondera County | 69.5 | UT | Weber County | 47.7 |
| MT | Powell County | 77.7 | WY | Albany County | 37.2 |
| MT | Ravalli County | 61.3 | WY | Big Horn County | 49.1 |
| MT | Richland County | 67.8 | WY | Campbell County | 48.4 |
| MT | Rosebud County | 68.2 | WY | Carbon County | 50.6 |
| MT | Sanders County | 74.9 | WY | Converse County | 45.3 |
| MT | Sheridan County | 72.5 | WY | Crook County | 51.9 |
| MT | Silver Bow County | 48.3 | WY | Fremont County | 53.7 |
| MT | Stillwater County | 37.6 | WY | Goshen County | 32.4 |
| MT | Teton County | 55.8 | WY | Hot Springs County | 58.9 |
| MT | Valley County | 52.0 | WY | Johnson County | 50.2 |
| MT | Yellowstone County | 55.0 | WY | Laramie County | 61.1 |
| NM | Bernalillo County | 50.9 | WY | Lincoln County | 37.6 |
| NM | Chaves County | 74.6 | WY | Natrona County | 58.3 |
| NM | Cibola County | 64.5 | WY | Park County | 51.6 |
| NM | Colfax County | 41.9 | WY | Platte County | 67.5 |
| NM | Curry County | 57.5 | WY | Sheridan County | 60.2 |
| NM | Dona Ana County | 57.4 | WY | Sublette County | 46.0 |
| NM | Eddy County | 67.3 | WY | Sweetwater County | 54.0 |
| NM | Grant County | 61.9 | WY | Teton County | 41.0 |
| NM | Lea County | 60.1 | WY | Uinta County | 51.0 |
| NM | Lincoln County | 55.6 | WY | Washakie County | 48.5 |
| WY | Weston County | 64.2 | |||