Childhood Cancer Rates per 100,000 Children

This bar graph demonstrates the reported incidents of pediatric cancer in Nebraska compared to the United States average.

Grouped bar chart showing three types of childhood cancer rates per 100,000 children comparing Nebraska to the national average. Brain and nervous system cancer: Nebraska 4.42, U.S. 3.16. Leukemia: Nebraska 3.67, U.S. 4.66. Lymphoma: Nebraska 2.72, U.S. 2.65. Nebraska's brain cancer rate is approximately 40% higher than the national average.

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Chart: Paloma Sanchez-McGeeSource: University of Nebraska Medical Center study published in GeoHealth, 2022Get the dataEmbed Created with Datawrapper