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Incidence Rate Report for North Carolina by County

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Cancer Sites, All Ages
Sorted by Count
County
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Annual Incidence Rate
over rate period
(95% Confidence Interval)

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Average Annual Count
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Rate Period
North Carolina 6 478.6 (476.6, 480.6) 45,225 2005-2009
US (SEER+NPCR) 1 465.0 (464.7, 465.4)
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2005-2009
Mecklenburg County 6 472.2 (464.9, 479.6) 3,369 2005-2009
Wake County 6 484.5 (476.8, 492.3) 3,238 2005-2009
Guilford County 6 524.2 (514.9, 533.6) 2,488 2005-2009
Forsyth County 6 483.2 (473.2, 493.5) 1,776 2005-2009
Buncombe County 6 483.0 (471.3, 494.9) 1,337 2005-2009
Cumberland County 6 477.1 (465.0, 489.5) 1,228 2005-2009
Gaston County 6 499.6 (486.4, 513.1) 1,100 2005-2009
Durham County 6 477.8 (464.8, 491.1) 1,063 2005-2009
New Hanover County 6 469.3 (455.9, 482.9) 962 2005-2009
Cabarrus County 6 569.9 (553.0, 587.3) 873 2005-2009
Davidson County 6 476.9 (462.4, 491.7) 836 2005-2009
Alamance County 6 515.8 (500.1, 531.8) 830 2005-2009
Catawba County 6 475.3 (460.7, 490.2) 819 2005-2009
Henderson County 6 505.1 (488.6, 522.1) 770 2005-2009
Iredell County 6 473.9 (458.8, 489.4) 755 2005-2009
Randolph County 6 473.8 (458.4, 489.5) 731 2005-2009
Rowan County 6 459.7 (444.8, 475.1) 724 2005-2009
Pitt County 6 489.6 (472.8, 506.9) 652 2005-2009
Moore County 6 508.4 (490.0, 527.4) 628 2005-2009
Union County 6 400.4 (385.8, 415.4) 611 2005-2009
Johnston County 6 428.2 (412.5, 444.3) 600 2005-2009
Robeson County 6 484.7 (467.0, 502.8) 588 2005-2009
Cleveland County 6 508.0 (489.6, 527.0) 586 2005-2009
Wayne County 6 493.2 (475.3, 511.7) 583 2005-2009
Craven County 6 514.4 (495.6, 533.9) 581 2005-2009
Brunswick County 6 400.7 (385.1, 416.8) 579 2005-2009
Rockingham County 6 505.1 (486.5, 524.2) 573 2005-2009
Orange County 6 506.2 (487.5, 525.5) 570 2005-2009
Onslow County 6 524.0 (504.1, 544.5) 558 2005-2009
Nash County 6 469.4 (451.1, 488.2) 507 2005-2009
Surry County 6 515.4 (494.4, 537.2) 461 2005-2009
Burke County 6 417.2 (399.8, 435.2) 442 2005-2009
Carteret County 6 492.1 (470.9, 514.0) 432 2005-2009
Wilson County 6 496.9 (475.9, 518.7) 428 2005-2009
Rutherford County 6 520.8 (498.5, 543.8) 426 2005-2009
Lenoir County 6 597.6 (572.0, 624.1) 421 2005-2009
Caldwell County 6 433.9 (415.2, 453.4) 412 2005-2009
Haywood County 6 488.8 (467.0, 511.5) 401 2005-2009
Wilkes County 6 465.0 (444.2, 486.5) 386 2005-2009
Harnett County 6 399.5 (381.4, 418.1) 382 2005-2009
Lincoln County 6 469.8 (448.2, 492.2) 368 2005-2009
Stanly County 6 519.9 (496.1, 544.5) 364 2005-2009
Halifax County 6 506.7 (482.6, 531.7) 340 2005-2009
Lee County 6 505.5 (481.3, 530.7) 331 2005-2009
Beaufort County 6 519.8 (493.9, 546.7) 324 2005-2009
Granville County 6 556.1 (528.6, 584.6) 316 2005-2009
Edgecombe County 6 535.2 (507.7, 563.9) 295 2005-2009
Columbus County 6 447.5 (424.4, 471.6) 288 2005-2009
Sampson County 6 408.6 (387.2, 430.9) 277 2005-2009
McDowell County 6 523.2 (495.6, 551.9) 277 2005-2009
Chatham County 6 358.4 (338.9, 378.7) 259 2005-2009
Franklin County 6 448.5 (423.8, 474.4) 256 2005-2009
Pender County 6 426.1 (402.7, 450.6) 256 2005-2009
Richmond County 6 493.1 (466.1, 521.2) 255 2005-2009
Vance County 6 526.2 (496.9, 556.8) 247 2005-2009
Duplin County 6 418.5 (394.7, 443.4) 234 2005-2009
Macon County 6 437.7 (411.2, 465.8) 228 2005-2009
Davie County 6 461.8 (434.7, 490.2) 223 2005-2009
Transylvania County 6 456.6 (428.1, 486.7) 220 2005-2009
Yadkin County 6 486.0 (457.4, 516.1) 219 2005-2009
Stokes County 6 391.1 (367.9, 415.5) 218 2005-2009
Scotland County 6 552.2 (519.1, 586.9) 214 2005-2009
Person County 6 488.3 (459.0, 519.1) 212 2005-2009
Jackson County 6 491.1 (460.3, 523.4) 201 2005-2009
Watauga County 6 458.9 (430.2, 489.0) 199 2005-2009
Pasquotank County 6 456.1 (427.7, 485.8) 196 2005-2009
Cherokee County 6 479.3 (447.7, 512.7) 190 2005-2009
Dare County 6 455.9 (426.4, 486.9) 190 2005-2009
Alexander County 6 451.2 (422.3, 481.7) 187 2005-2009
Ashe County 6 460.9 (429.6, 494.2) 170 2005-2009
Bladen County 6 388.8 (360.8, 418.6) 148 2005-2009
Madison County 6 556.0 (515.6, 599.0) 145 2005-2009
Polk County 6 430.5 (397.0, 466.5) 139 2005-2009
Northampton County 6 466.5 (431.3, 504.1) 138 2005-2009
Yancey County 6 524.0 (483.9, 566.8) 134 2005-2009
Martin County 6 437.2 (404.1, 472.5) 134 2005-2009
Montgomery County 6 414.0 (382.5, 447.4) 132 2005-2009
Hertford County 6 459.6 (424.3, 497.2) 128 2005-2009
Anson County 6 423.8 (390.6, 459.3) 123 2005-2009
Warren County 6 452.4 (416.2, 491.2) 121 2005-2009
Caswell County 6 410.7 (377.8, 445.9) 118 2005-2009
Currituck County 6 474.8 (435.9, 516.4) 117 2005-2009
Bertie County 6 479.7 (441.1, 521.0) 117 2005-2009
Hoke County 6 369.1 (338.5, 401.6) 116 2005-2009
Avery County 6 472.8 (433.3, 515.1) 108 2005-2009
Mitchell County 6 448.6 (408.8, 491.7) 99 2005-2009
Chowan County 6 452.6 (411.4, 497.2) 92 2005-2009
Greene County 6 440.9 (401.1, 483.6) 91 2005-2009
Swain County 6 480.2 (433.8, 530.5) 82 2005-2009
Pamlico County 6 416.4 (374.9, 461.9) 81 2005-2009
Clay County 6 489.5 (439.7, 544.3) 80 2005-2009
Perquimans County 6 405.5 (364.2, 450.8) 77 2005-2009
Washington County 6 438.1 (393.7, 486.6) 75 2005-2009
Alleghany County 6 431.3 (385.8, 481.4) 70 2005-2009
Jones County 6 458.4 (407.2, 514.7) 61 2005-2009
Gates County 6 458.2 (407.3, 514.1) 60 2005-2009
Camden County 6 523.4 (459.6, 593.7) 50 2005-2009
Graham County 6 429.0 (374.3, 490.2) 48 2005-2009
Hyde County 6 490.7 (418.1, 573.2) 33 2005-2009
Tyrrell County 6 483.3 (399.0, 580.8) 23 2005-2009
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/18/2013 11:27 pm.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
† Incidence rates (cases per 100,000 population per year) are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85+). Rates are for invasive cancer only (except for bladder cancer which is invasive and in situ) or unless otherwise specified. Rates calculated using SEER*Stat. 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 for SEER and NPCR incidence rates.
§ Because of the impact on Louisiana's population for the July - December 2005 time period due to Hurricanes Katrina/Rita, SEER excluded Louisiana cases diagnosed for that six month time period. The count has been suppressed due to data consistency issues.

1 Source: CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS) January 2012 data submission and SEER November 2011 submission.
6 Source: State Cancer Registry and the CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS) January 2012 data submission. State rates include rates from metropolitan areas funded by SEER.

Interpret Rankings provides insight into interpreting cancer incidence statistics. 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.
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