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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for North Carolina by County

All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023

Hispanic (any race), Both Sexes, All Ages

Sorted by CI*Rank

Explanation of Column Headers

Death Rate (95% Confidence Interval) - The death rate is based upon 100,000 people and is for 5 year(s). Rates are age-adjusted by 5-year age groups to the 2000 U.S. standard million population (the Healthy People 2020 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal).

Recent Trends - This is an interpretation of the AAPC:

AAPC (95% Confidence Interval) - The Average Annual Percent Change is the change in rate over time. These AAPCs are based upon APCs that were calculated by Joinpoint Regression Program


Other Notes


Line by Line Interpretation of the Report


North Carolina


United States


Craven County


Duplin County


Moore County


Catawba County


Johnston County


Cumberland County


Gaston County


Forsyth County


Harnett County


Lee County


Wayne County


Brunswick County


Wake County


Durham County


Randolph County


Alamance County


Robeson County


Buncombe County


New Hanover County


Union County


Guilford County


Cabarrus County


Mecklenburg County


Sampson County


Chatham County


Onslow County


Rowan County


Orange County


Pitt County


Davidson County


Iredell County


Henderson County


Alexander County Alleghany County Anson County Ashe County Avery County Beaufort County Bertie County Bladen County Burke County Caldwell County Camden County Carteret County Caswell County Cherokee County Chowan County Clay County Cleveland County Columbus County Currituck County Dare County Davie County Edgecombe County Franklin County Gates County Graham County Granville County Greene County Halifax County Haywood County Hertford County Hoke County Hyde County Jackson County Jones County Lenoir County Lincoln County Macon County Madison County Martin County McDowell County Mitchell County Montgomery County Nash County Northampton County Pamlico County Pasquotank County Pender County Perquimans County Person County Polk County Richmond County Rockingham County Rutherford County Scotland County Stanly County Stokes County Surry County Swain County Transylvania County Tyrrell County Vance County Warren County Washington County Watauga County Wilkes County Wilson County Yadkin County Yancey County


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/24/2026 2:23 pm.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.

† 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 (20 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85-89, 90+).

Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI.

The US Population Data File is used with mortality data.

Φ Rural–urban county classifications are based on the 2023 USDA Rural–Urban Continuum Codes (except for Connecticut Counties which use 2013 codes). State-level cancer rates for rural areas are calculated using cancer cases registered exclusively in rural counties, while state-level cancer rates for urban areas are calculated using cases registered exclusively in urban counties.

* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category.

If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).

NHIA (NAACCR Hispanic Identification Algorithm) was used for Hispanic Ethnicity (see Technical Notes section of the USCS).

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.