Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, death years through 2009
North Carolina Counties versus United States
All Cancer Sites
All Races, Both Sexes
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Above US Rate |
Similar to US Rate |
Below US Rate |
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Rising
Trend |
Priority 1: rising  and above
Bladen County
Edgecombe County
Franklin County
Granville County
Madison County
Person County
Richmond County
Rutherford County
Scotland County
Surry County
Yadkin County |
Priority 2: rising and similar 
Avery County
Wilkes County |
Priority 3: rising and below 
[none] |
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Stable
Trend |
Priority 4: stable  and above
Beaufort County
Bertie County
Caldwell County
Carteret County
Gates County
Halifax County
Hertford County
Hoke County
Hyde County
Lenoir County
McDowell County
Onslow County
Sampson County
Tyrrell County
Wayne County
Wilson County |
Priority 6: stable and similar
Alamance County
Alexander County
Anson County
Ashe County
Burke County
Camden County
Cherokee County
Clay County
Cleveland County
Dare County
Davidson County
Davie County
Graham County
Greene County
Haywood County
Jackson County
Jones County
Lincoln County
Macon County
Mitchell County
Montgomery County
Northampton County
Pamlico County
Perquimans County
Polk County
Randolph County
Stanly County
Swain County
Warren County
Washington County
Watauga County
Yancey County |
Priority 7: stable and below
[none] |
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Falling
Trend |
Priority 5: falling and above
Chowan County
Columbus County
Cumberland County
Harnett County
Martin County
Pasquotank County
Robeson County
Rockingham County
Vance County |
Priority 8: falling and similar
North Carolina
Alleghany County
Brunswick County
Buncombe County
Cabarrus County
Caswell County
Catawba County
Craven County
Currituck County
Duplin County
Durham County
Forsyth County
Gaston County
Guilford County
Henderson County
Iredell County
Johnston County
Mecklenburg County
Moore County
Nash County
New Hanover County
Pender County
Pitt County
Rowan County
Stokes County
Union County
Wake County |
Priority 9: falling and below
Chatham County
Lee County
Orange County
Transylvania County |
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Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/21/2013 7:27 pm.
Trend2
Rising when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is above 0.
Stable when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change includes 0.
Falling when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is below 0.
Rate Comparison
Above when 95% confident the rate is above and Rate Ratio3 > 1.10
Similar when unable to conclude above or below with confidence.
Below when 95% confident the rate is below and Rate Ratio3 < 0.90
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1 Priority indices were created by ordering from rates that are rising and above the comparison rate to rates that are falling and below the comparison rate.
2 Recent trend in death rates is Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) based on the APCs calculated by Joinpoint Regression Program. Due to data availability issues, the time period used in the calculation of the joinpoint regression model may differ for selected racial groups or counties.
3 Rate ratio is the county rate divided by the US rate.
Source: Death data provided by the National Vital Statistics System public use data file. Death rates calculated by the National Cancer Institute using SEER*Stat. Death rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups: <1, 1–4, 5–9, … , 80–84, 85+). The Healthy People 2010 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI. The US populations included with the data release have been adjusted for the population shifts due to hurricanes Katrina and Rita for 62 counties and parishes in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. The 1969-2009 US Population Data File is used with mortality data.
Note: When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic effect on the calculated rate. Suppression is used to avoid misinterpretation when rates are unstable.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data. Data presented on the State Cancer Profiles Web Site may differ from statistics reported by the State Cancer Registries (for more information). |
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