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 Rate/Trend Comparison by State/County
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Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, death years through 2009
North Carolina Counties versus United States

Breast
All Races, Female
Sorted by Priority Index
County
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Priority Index1
1=highest
9=lowest

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Recent
Trend2

County Death Rate
Compared to
US Rate

Average Deaths per year
2005-2009

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Annual
Death
Rate
2005-2009

deaths per 100,000

(95% Confidence Interval)
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Rate
Ratio3
County to USsort ascending by the rate ratio
Recent Average Annual
Percent Change2
in Death Rates

(95% Confidence Interval)
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Recent Trend Period2
United States-falling  -40,76023.0 (22.9, 23.1)--1.9 (-2.1, -1.8)2005 - 2009
North Carolina8falling  similar  1,24323.5 (23.0, 24.1)1.022679935-1.6 (-1.8, -1.4)2005 - 2009
Edgecombe County1rising  above  1239.6 (30.2, 51.0)1.7181255171.1 (0.1, 2.2)2005 - 2009
Cumberland County4stable  above  3927.3 (23.6, 31.4)1.185664934-0.1 (-0.7, 0.5)2005 - 2009
Halifax County4stable  above  1335.4 (27.1, 45.6)1.5393316890.3 (-0.7, 1.3)2005 - 2009
Hertford County4stable  above  741.3 (28.2, 58.9)1.7919114150.9 (-0.7, 2.6)2005 - 2009
Wayne County4stable  above  1929.0 (23.5, 35.5)1.261670187-0.2 (-1.2, 0.9)2005 - 2009
Wilson County4stable  above  1633.6 (26.6, 41.9)1.4595881300.2 (-0.7, 1.1)2005 - 2009
Anson County6stable  similar  424.9 (15.3, 38.9)1.083433941-4.9 (-11.6, 2.4)2005 - 2009
Beaufort County6stable  similar  820.6 (14.4, 29.0)0.895348321-0.5 (-1.9, 0.9)2005 - 2009
Bertie County6stable  similar  533.8 (21.5, 51.6)1.469366611-0.2 (-1.9, 1.5)2005 - 2009
Burke County6stable  similar  1423.5 (18.3, 29.9)1.020763153-0.5 (-1.5, 0.4)2005 - 2009
Caldwell County6stable  similar  1121.8 (16.4, 28.4)0.946316625-0.6 (-1.6, 0.5)2005 - 2009
Columbus County6stable  similar  925.0 (18.3, 33.7)1.088109645-0.1 (-1.5, 1.4)2005 - 2009
Davidson County6stable  similar  2323.5 (19.4, 28.4)1.021852733-0.7 (-1.5, 0.1)2005 - 2009
Franklin County6stable  similar  824.2 (17.0, 33.4)1.050409522-0.6 (-2.0, 0.8)2005 - 2009
Granville County6stable  similar  827.8 (19.9, 37.9)1.2091509660.1 (-1.4, 1.5)2005 - 2009
Harnett County6stable  similar  1324.2 (18.6, 30.9)1.051409604-0.4 (-1.5, 0.8)2005 - 2009
Haywood County6stable  similar  1326.8 (20.5, 34.9)1.165214715-0.4 (-1.5, 0.7)2005 - 2009
Iredell County6stable  similar  2325.7 (21.1, 31.0)1.115807708-0.7 (-1.5, 0.2)2005 - 2009
Johnston County6stable  similar  1721.1 (16.8, 26.3)0.917623757-0.7 (-1.7, 0.4)2005 - 2009
Lenoir County6stable  similar  1024.8 (18.4, 33.0)1.078768570-0.7 (-1.6, 0.3)2005 - 2009
New Hanover County6stable  similar  2623.0 (19.2, 27.5)1.001185112-0.5 (-1.5, 0.4)2005 - 2009
Northampton County6stable  similar  631.9 (21.0, 47.7)1.384776889-0.2 (-1.8, 1.5)2005 - 2009
Onslow County6stable  similar  1423.9 (18.5, 30.2)1.036115234-1.1 (-2.3, 0.2)2005 - 2009
Orange County6stable  similar  1422.8 (17.7, 28.9)0.990019792-0.4 (-1.5, 0.7)2005 - 2009
Pasquotank County6stable  similar  728.5 (19.7, 39.9)1.235996401-0.5 (-1.6, 0.5)2005 - 2009
Robeson County6stable  similar  1927.9 (22.5, 34.2)1.2106661760.4 (-0.3, 1.1)2005 - 2009
Rockingham County6stable  similar  1625.0 (19.8, 31.3)1.087499355-0.4 (-1.4, 0.7)2005 - 2009
Rowan County6stable  similar  1821.2 (17.0, 26.1)0.919321731-0.9 (-1.8, 0.0)2005 - 2009
Rutherford County6stable  similar  1123.1 (17.2, 30.6)1.002334140-0.9 (-1.9, 0.1)2005 - 2009
Sampson County6stable  similar  1026.3 (19.5, 34.9)1.144408897-0.2 (-1.4, 1.0)2005 - 2009
Scotland County6stable  similar  524.1 (15.6, 35.8)1.048643259-1.0 (-2.7, 0.6)2005 - 2009
Stanly County6stable  similar  923.2 (16.8, 31.3)1.005732708-0.6 (-1.8, 0.6)2005 - 2009
Stokes County6stable  similar  621.0 (14.3, 30.1)0.912705571-0.4 (-2.1, 1.4)2005 - 2009
Surry County6stable  similar  1222.7 (17.2, 29.5)0.9858224820.4 (-0.9, 1.7)2005 - 2009
Chatham County7stable  below  717.1 (11.8, 24.1)0.742434659-1.2 (-2.8, 0.3)2005 - 2009
Wilkes County7stable  below  714.9 (10.3, 21.0)0.646619139-0.2 (-1.7, 1.4)2005 - 2009
Alamance County8falling  similar  2121.9 (17.8, 26.6)0.949225015-1.3 (-1.9, -0.6)2005 - 2009
Brunswick County8falling  similar  1318.4 (14.0, 23.9)0.798933272-1.3 (-2.5, -0.2)2005 - 2009
Buncombe County8falling  similar  4225.9 (22.5, 29.8)1.126714145-0.8 (-1.5, -0.1)2005 - 2009
Cabarrus County8falling  similar  2023.2 (18.8, 28.3)1.006112993-2.4 (-3.5, -1.2)2005 - 2009
Carteret County8falling  similar  1123.8 (17.9, 31.3)1.033178112-1.1 (-2.2, -0.1)2005 - 2009
Catawba County8falling  similar  2322.5 (18.5, 27.1)0.976750886-1.0 (-1.7, -0.3)2005 - 2009
Cleveland County8falling  similar  1421.6 (16.8, 27.5)0.939416704-3.8 (-6.3, -1.4)2005 - 2009
Craven County8falling  similar  1320.6 (15.7, 26.6)0.894451961-0.9 (-1.8, -0.0)2005 - 2009
Duplin County8falling  similar  723.3 (16.4, 32.4)1.012741466-8.2 (-14.8, -1.0)2005 - 2009
Durham County8falling  similar  3426.9 (22.9, 31.3)1.167787884-1.2 (-1.8, -0.6)2005 - 2009
Forsyth County8falling  similar  4622.4 (19.6, 25.5)0.973607505-3.2 (-4.7, -1.7)2005 - 2009
Gaston County8falling  similar  2822.2 (18.7, 26.3)0.964945136-2.4 (-4.4, -0.4)2005 - 2009
Guilford County8falling  similar  5821.2 (18.8, 23.8)0.920105781-2.2 (-3.1, -1.2)2005 - 2009
Henderson County8falling  similar  1820.8 (16.5, 26.2)0.905558250-2.7 (-4.5, -0.9)2005 - 2009
Mecklenburg County8falling  similar  9624.4 (22.2, 26.7)1.060173044-2.4 (-3.2, -1.7)2005 - 2009
Moore County8falling  similar  1620.6 (16.1, 26.3)0.896792399-1.9 (-2.9, -0.8)2005 - 2009
Nash County8falling  similar  1627.6 (21.9, 34.5)1.198816846-2.0 (-3.6, -0.4)2005 - 2009
Pitt County8falling  similar  2127.9 (22.7, 33.8)1.210653060-1.0 (-1.9, -0.0)2005 - 2009
Randolph County8falling  similar  2023.3 (18.9, 28.4)1.010684801-2.3 (-3.8, -0.8)2005 - 2009
Richmond County8falling  similar  724.6 (17.1, 34.5)1.068627426-4.4 (-7.9, -0.8)2005 - 2009
Transylvania County8falling  similar  518.4 (11.3, 29.2)0.801393614-2.3 (-4.0, -0.5)2005 - 2009
Wake County8falling  similar  8021.9 (19.8, 24.2)0.952580437-1.9 (-2.4, -1.4)2005 - 2009
Lincoln County9falling  below  717.3 (12.1, 24.0)0.750431382-1.6 (-2.9, -0.2)2005 - 2009
Union County9falling  below  1517.3 (13.5, 21.8)0.750783335-1.6 (-2.8, -0.3)2005 - 2009
Alexander County
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similar  420.1 (12.6, 30.8)0.873928380
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Alleghany County
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Ashe County
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similar  417.5 (10.5, 28.7)0.761381167
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Avery County
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similar  328.2 (16.0, 47.2)1.224607842
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Bladen County
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similar  628.1 (19.0, 40.5)1.221020991
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Camden County
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Caswell County
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similar  322.1 (12.7, 36.4)0.958377173
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Cherokee County
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similar  833.7 (23.4, 47.9)1.463281569
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Chowan County
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similar  433.0 (19.1, 54.2)1.434738548
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Clay County
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Currituck County
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Dare County
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similar  626.7 (17.8, 38.8)1.158006384
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Davie County
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similar  621.7 (14.7, 31.2)0.941442617
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Gates County
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Graham County
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Greene County
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Hoke County
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similar  421.8 (13.0, 34.0)0.946391703
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Hyde County
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Jackson County
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similar  730.0 (20.2, 43.0)1.301039435
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Jones County
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Lee County
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similar  617.4 (11.8, 24.8)0.754186050
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Macon County
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similar  725.1 (16.6, 37.0)1.090177325
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Madison County
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Martin County
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similar  424.3 (14.2, 39.0)1.053723115
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McDowell County
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similar  825.7 (18.1, 35.7)1.116247962
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Mitchell County
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Montgomery County
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similar  420.5 (12.1, 33.0)0.891717099
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Pamlico County
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Pender County
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similar  723.4 (16.3, 32.6)1.014300152
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Perquimans County
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Person County
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similar  727.3 (18.8, 38.6)1.185271441
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Polk County
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similar  416.5 (9.6, 29.1)0.718636563
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Swain County
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Tyrrell County
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Vance County
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similar  416.2 (10.0, 24.8)0.702189074
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Warren County
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similar  427.7 (16.9, 44.0)1.203579492
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Washington County
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Watauga County
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similar  418.6 (11.2, 29.3)0.810023386
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Yadkin County
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similar  624.2 (16.4, 34.8)1.050961577
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Yancey County
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similar  426.8 (15.7, 43.9)1.164068478
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Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/23/2013 3:35 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

* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate and trendestimates.
** Data are too sparse to provide stable estimates of annual rates needed to calculate trend.
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).