In 2020, Kentucky reported the highest cancer incidence rate in the United States with around 463 new cases of cancer per 100,000 inhabitants. This statistic represents the U.S. states with the highest cancer incidence rates per 100,000 population in 2020.
U.S. states with the highest cancer incidence rates in 2020
(per 100,000 population)
Figures are age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population. Data are from selected statewide and metropolitan area cancer registries that meet the data quality criteria for all invasive cancer sites combined. Excludes basal and squamous cell carcinomas of the skin except when these occur on the skin of the genital organs, and in situ cancers except urinary bladder.
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (March 11, 2024). U.S. states with the highest cancer incidence rates in 2020 (per 100,000 population) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/248533/us-states-with-highest-cancer-incidence-rates/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "U.S. states with the highest cancer incidence rates in 2020 (per 100,000 population)." Chart. March 11, 2024. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/248533/us-states-with-highest-cancer-incidence-rates/
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2024). U.S. states with the highest cancer incidence rates in 2020 (per 100,000 population). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/248533/us-states-with-highest-cancer-incidence-rates/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "U.S. States with The Highest Cancer Incidence Rates in 2020 (per 100,000 Population)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Mar 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/248533/us-states-with-highest-cancer-incidence-rates/
Kaiser Family Foundation, U.S. states with the highest cancer incidence rates in 2020 (per 100,000 population) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/248533/us-states-with-highest-cancer-incidence-rates/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
U.S. states with the highest cancer incidence rates in 2020 (per 100,000 population) [Graph], Kaiser Family Foundation, March 11, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/248533/us-states-with-highest-cancer-incidence-rates/
