TABLE 2.
Summary data for counties. Elevations from Google Earth software. mrem, BP (barometric pressure, in mmHg), and O2 (oxygen concentration) are based on median elevations (please see Methods section for explanation on how median elevations were calculated) Cancer = all cancers average age-adjusted mortality rate per 100,000 persons, < age 65, both genders, white non-Hispanic, 2003–2007.
| County | State | mrem | BP | O2 | Cancer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boone County | WV | 12.18 | 729 | 96 | 91.7 |
| Lawrence County | IL | 4.35 | 748 | 98 | 89.3 |
| Custer County | MT | 27.32 | 692 | 91 | 84.3 |
| Montmorency County | MI | 9.7 | 735 | 97 | 83.3 |
| White County | IL | 3.92 | 750 | 99 | 80.3 |
| Cheatham County | TN | 5.57 | 745 | 98 | 79.9 |
| Sharp County | AR | 5.55 | 745 | 98 | 78.4 |
| Waller County | TX | 2.07 | 754 | 99 | 77.9 |
| Lincoln County | OK | 9.19 | 736 | 97 | 77.2 |
| Monroe County | OH | 10.15 | 734 | 97 | 75.3 |
| Wakulla County | FL | 0.1 | 759 | 100 | 74.9 |
| Fulton County | IN | 7.94 | 739 | 97 | 74.6 |
| Brown County | OH | 8.92 | 737 | 97 | 73.6 |
| Hockley County | TX | 34.97 | 673 | 89 | 72.8 |
| Clinton County | PA | 15.75 | 720 | 95 | 68.2 |
| Blair County | PA | 14.22 | 724 | 95 | 68 |
| Madera County | CA | 3.08 | 752 | 99 | 67.2 |
| Fergus County | MT | 35.45 | 672 | 88 | 66.3 |
| Gloucester County | NJ | 0.97 | 757 | 100 | 63.8 |
| Madison County | IN | 8.77 | 737 | 97 | 63.7 |
| Grant County | WA | 14.99 | 722 | 95 | 62.2 |
| Bourbon County | KS | 9.01 | 737 | 97 | 60.9 |
| Emmet County | IA | 12.85 | 727 | 96 | 60 |
| Boone County | AR | 12.67 | 727 | 96 | 59.7 |
| Duchesne County | UT | 62.55 | 611 | 80 | 59 |
| Hubbard County | MN | 14.76 | 722 | 95 | 53.4 |
| Cumberland County | PA | 6.49 | 743 | 98 | 52.9 |
| White Pine County | NV | 66.39 | 603 | 79 | 48.1 |
| Taos County | NM | 90.48 | 553 | 73 | 45.4 |
| Moniteau County | MO | 6.95 | 742 | 98 | 45.1 |
| Mean | 17.24 | 717.50 | 94.47 | 68.58 | |
| SD | 21.14 | 49.02 | 6.52 | 12.45 | |
| Skew | −0.19 |