TABLE 1.

Summary data for cities. Elevations from Google Earth software. mrem, BP (barometric pressure, in mmHg), and O2 (oxygen concentration) are based on median land elevations (please see Methods section for explanation on how median elevations were calculated). AC = mortality rates for all cancers. LC = mortality rates for leukemia cancers. Both cancer rates based on both genders, < age 65, white non-Hispanic, average age-adjusted mortality rate per 100,000 persons, 2003–2007. na = data not available.

City, state	Median elev	mrem	BP	O2	AC	LC
Stockton, CA	19	0	759	100	60.6	11.5
Jacksonville, FL	18	0	760	100	65	9.3
Baton Rouge, LA	44	0	758	100	60.3	8.6
Modesto, CA	93	0	757	100	65.3	8.8
Honolulu, HI	79	0	757	100	59.5	na
Lakeland, FL	148	1.48	756	99	82.5	8
Springfield, MA	195	1.95	755	99	57.9	7.2
Richmond, VA	166	1.66	755	99	60.3	6.8
Columbia, SC	261	2.61	753	99	55.9	7.1
Jackson, MS	315	3.15	751	99	55.2	9.4
Fresno, CA	311	3.11	752	99	54.4	6.2
Bakersfield, CA	372	3.72	750	99	68.2	8.4
Rochester, NY	512	5.12	746	98	53.4	9
Syracuse, NY	506	5.06	747	98	65	7.3
Toledo, OH	612	6.12	744	98	61.1	6
Worcester, MA	475	4.75	747	98	59.6	9
Tulsa, OK	690	6.9	742	98	71.2	7.5
Dayton, OH	799	7.99	739	97	63	8
San Antonio, TX	696	6.96	742	98	55.9	6.9
Columbus, OH	906	9.06	736	97	60.5	7.2
Madison,, WI	953	9.53	735	97	44.6	7.2
Pittsburgh, PA	967	9.67	735	97	61.9	8.3
Knoxville, TN	1040	10.4	733	96	68.9	8.1
Akron, OH	1007	10.07	734	97	58.4	7.4
Oklahoma City, OK	1192	11.92	729	96	59.4	8.5
Wichita, KS	1330	13.3	726	96	58	6.7
Tucson, AZ	2633	26.33	694	91	60.1	6.4
El Paso, TX	3803	38.03	666	88	57	na
Salt Lake City, UT	4238	42.38	656	86	47.3	8.3
Albuquerque, NM	5241	52.41	634	83	47.2	5.5
Colorado Springs, CO	6282	62.82	610	80	53.8	8.3
Mean	1158.16	11.50	730.90	96.19	59.72	7.82
SD	1590.39	15.96	38.19	5.11	7.35	1.24
Skew					0.63	0.64