Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for North Carolina by County
Breast, 2019-2023
All Races (includes Hispanic), Female, All Ages
Sorted by Name
County
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
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Met Healthy People Objective of 15.3? |
Age-Adjusted Death Rate † deaths per 100,000 (95% Confidence Interval)
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CI*Rank ⋔ (95% Confidence Interval)
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Average Annual Count
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Recent Trend |
Recent 5-Year Trend ‡ in Death Rates (95% Confidence Interval)
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| North Carolina | N/A | No | 19.8 (19.3, 20.3) | N/A | 1,398 |
falling 
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-1.2 (-1.5, -0.9) |
| United States | N/A | No | 19.2 (19.1, 19.3) | N/A | 42,257 |
falling
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-1.5 (-1.7, -1.3) |
| Yancey County | Rural | No | 19.0 (10.3, 33.6) | 58 (1, 84) | 3 |
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| Yadkin County | Urban | Yes | 14.6 (9.1, 22.9) | 80 (16, 84) | 4 |
stable 
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-3.0 (-14.7, 0.2) |
| Wilson County | Rural | No | 25.1 (19.5, 32.0) | 12 (2, 70) | 14 |
stable
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-1.6 (-4.0, 0.7) |
| Wilkes County | Rural | No | 18.0 (13.1, 24.4) | 65 (9, 84) | 10 |
stable
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-0.4 (-2.9, 2.3) |
| Wayne County | Urban | No | 24.7 (19.8, 30.6) | 17 (2, 66) | 18 |
stable
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-1.0 (-2.5, 0.5) |
| Watauga County | Rural | No | 16.9 (11.0, 25.3) | 71 (8, 84) | 5 |
stable
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-0.3 (-4.0, 3.8) |
| Warren County | Rural | No | 22.3 (12.7, 37.9) | 26 (1, 84) | 4 |
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| Wake County | Urban | No | 16.5 (15.1, 18.0) | 76 (51, 80) | 105 |
falling
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-3.4 (-9.6, -1.8) |
| Vance County | Rural | No | 33.2 (24.3, 44.6) | 3 (1, 47) | 10 |
stable
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2.1 (0.0, 4.6) |
| Union County | Urban | No | 17.1 (14.1, 20.5) | 70 (28, 83) | 23 |
stable
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-1.3 (-2.6, 0.3) |
| Transylvania County | Rural | No | 19.9 (12.7, 30.6) | 45 (2, 84) | 6 |
stable
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-1.1 (-4.3, 2.5) |
| Surry County | Rural | No | 19.0 (14.1, 25.2) | 57 (9, 83) | 11 |
falling
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-2.5 (-5.1, -0.1) |
| Stokes County | Urban | Yes | 13.5 (8.8, 20.5) | 84 (28, 84) | 5 |
falling
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-2.8 (-5.2, -0.5) |
| Stanly County | Rural | No | 16.5 (11.3, 23.4) | 75 (12, 84) | 7 |
falling
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-2.5 (-5.0, -0.3) |
| Scotland County | Rural | No | 21.6 (14.1, 32.2) | 30 (2, 84) | 5 |
stable
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-2.0 (-5.1, 0.9) |
| Sampson County | Rural | No | 27.4 (20.6, 35.8) | 8 (1, 68) | 11 |
stable
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0.0 (-2.5, 2.5) |
| Rutherford County | Rural | No | 20.1 (14.9, 26.8) | 43 (6, 83) | 11 |
stable
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-1.1 (-3.4, 1.2) |
| Rowan County | Urban | No | 22.1 (18.1, 26.9) | 27 (6, 72) | 22 |
stable
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-0.1 (-2.0, 6.6) |
| Rockingham County | Urban | No | 20.3 (15.7, 26.0) | 38 (6, 82) | 14 |
falling
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-2.1 (-3.7, -0.7) |
| Robeson County | Rural | No | 24.9 (20.0, 30.8) | 14 (2, 68) | 18 |
stable
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-1.0 (-2.6, 0.6) |
| Richmond County | Rural | No | 28.3 (20.1, 39.1) | 6 (1, 73) | 8 |
stable
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-0.1 (-1.9, 1.7) |
| Randolph County | Urban | No | 21.4 (17.4, 26.1) | 32 (6, 76) | 21 |
stable
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-0.3 (-1.6, 1.0) |
| Polk County | Rural | No | 23.2 (13.2, 39.4) | 20 (1, 84) | 4 |
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| Pitt County | Urban | No | 24.1 (19.8, 29.0) | 18 (3, 63) | 23 |
stable
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-1.2 (-3.1, 0.7) |
| Person County | Urban | No | 21.5 (14.9, 30.6) | 31 (2, 84) | 7 |
stable
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0.1 (-2.0, 2.3) |
| Pender County | Urban | No | 22.6 (16.5, 30.4) | 24 (2, 81) | 9 |
stable
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-0.2 (-2.8, 2.8) |
| Pasquotank County | Rural | No | 16.6 (10.5, 25.3) | 74 (8, 84) | 5 |
stable
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-2.4 (-5.6, 0.6) |
| Orange County | Urban | No | 19.9 (15.9, 24.7) | 47 (10, 80) | 17 |
falling
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-2.5 (-4.5, -0.6) |
| Onslow County | Urban | No | 25.0 (20.3, 30.3) | 13 (2, 61) | 21 |
stable
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0.9 (-0.3, 2.5) |
| Northampton County | Rural | No | 18.8 (10.1, 34.3) | 60 (2, 84) | 3 |
stable
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-1.3 (-5.0, 1.9) |
| New Hanover County | Urban | No | 20.5 (17.4, 24.0) | 37 (13, 75) | 34 |
stable
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-1.6 (-3.1, 0.1) |
| Nash County | Urban | No | 27.9 (22.4, 34.3) | 7 (1, 50) | 19 |
stable
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0.4 (-1.2, 2.0) |
| Moore County | Urban | No | 19.4 (15.2, 24.6) | 52 (11, 82) | 17 |
stable
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-0.6 (-2.1, 0.9) |
| Montgomery County | Rural | No | 17.6 (10.4, 28.9) | 67 (3, 84) | 3 |
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| Mitchell County | Rural | No | 38.6 (23.4, 61.4) | 1 (1, 72) | 4 |
rising 
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3.5 (0.1, 7.9) |
| Mecklenburg County | Urban | No | 19.4 (17.8, 21.1) | 53 (28, 69) | 115 |
falling
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-1.5 (-2.0, -0.9) |
| McDowell County | Rural | No | 22.0 (15.7, 30.6) | 28 (3, 83) | 8 |
stable
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0.5 (-2.2, 3.5) |
| Martin County | Rural | No | 21.3 (12.6, 34.9) | 34 (1, 84) | 4 |
stable
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-2.1 (-5.3, 0.9) |
| Macon County | Rural | No | 19.8 (13.2, 29.1) | 49 (3, 84) | 7 |
stable
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-1.8 (-4.4, 0.7) |
| Lincoln County | Urban | Yes | 14.1 (10.4, 18.9) | 82 (33, 84) | 10 |
stable
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-0.7 (-3.6, 2.8) |
| Lenoir County | Rural | No | 17.9 (12.4, 25.2) | 66 (8, 84) | 7 |
falling
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-2.4 (-4.8, -0.4) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 23.6 (17.4, 31.5) | 19 (2, 80) | 10 |
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| Johnston County | Urban | No | 16.3 (13.3, 19.8) | 77 (32, 84) | 21 |
falling
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-2.2 (-3.9, -0.4) |
| Jackson County | Rural | Yes | 15.0 (9.4, 23.2) | 79 (12, 84) | 4 |
falling
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-3.2 (-5.5, -1.1) |
| Iredell County | Urban | No | 18.8 (15.6, 22.7) | 59 (18, 80) | 24 |
stable
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-1.3 (-2.8, 0.3) |
| Hoke County | Urban | No | 24.9 (16.8, 35.4) | 15 (1, 81) | 6 |
stable
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0.1 (-2.6, 3.6) |
| Henderson County | Urban | No | 19.4 (15.7, 24.0) | 51 (11, 81) | 21 |
stable
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-0.7 (-2.2, 0.8) |
| Haywood County | Rural | No | 18.7 (13.4, 25.7) | 61 (7, 84) | 9 |
stable
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-1.8 (-4.3, 0.5) |
| Harnett County | Rural | No | 19.1 (14.9, 24.1) | 55 (12, 83) | 14 |
stable
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-1.5 (-3.4, 0.5) |
| Halifax County | Rural | No | 26.6 (19.4, 35.9) | 9 (1, 75) | 10 |
stable
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-0.4 (-2.7, 1.7) |
| Guilford County | Urban | No | 20.3 (18.2, 22.6) | 39 (20, 67) | 71 |
stable
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-0.9 (-1.9, 0.2) |
| Granville County | Rural | No | 19.3 (13.7, 26.7) | 54 (5, 84) | 8 |
falling
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-3.0 (-5.4, -0.7) |
| Gaston County | Urban | No | 16.9 (14.1, 20.2) | 72 (31, 83) | 26 |
falling
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-2.3 (-3.3, -1.4) |
| Franklin County | Urban | No | 20.7 (15.1, 27.9) | 36 (4, 83) | 9 |
stable
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-0.6 (-2.9, 1.9) |
| Forsyth County | Urban | No | 21.0 (18.5, 23.7) | 35 (14, 68) | 55 |
stable
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-0.8 (-1.7, 0.1) |
| Edgecombe County | Urban | No | 26.2 (18.9, 35.6) | 10 (1, 79) | 9 |
falling
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-1.6 (-2.8, -0.4) |
| Durham County | Urban | No | 20.1 (17.3, 23.3) | 42 (15, 75) | 36 |
falling
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-1.5 (-2.5, -0.5) |
| Duplin County | Rural | No | 21.6 (14.8, 30.7) | 29 (2, 83) | 7 |
falling
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-1.9 (-3.6, -0.4) |
| Davie County | Urban | No | 16.8 (11.3, 24.7) | 73 (8, 84) | 6 |
stable
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-1.2 (-3.9, 1.7) |
| Davidson County | Urban | No | 19.9 (16.4, 24.0) | 46 (12, 78) | 24 |
stable
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-0.8 (-2.3, 0.7) |
| Dare County | Rural | No | 22.8 (15.5, 33.0) | 22 (1, 84) | 7 |
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| Currituck County | Urban | No | 23.0 (14.0, 36.1) | 21 (1, 84) | 4 |
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| Cumberland County | Urban | No | 25.3 (22.0, 28.9) | 11 (4, 44) | 45 |
stable
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-0.9 (-1.8, 0.0) |
| Craven County | Rural | No | 17.6 (13.2, 23.0) | 68 (13, 84) | 12 |
stable
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-1.7 (-3.5, 0.1) |
| Columbus County | Rural | No | 24.8 (17.9, 33.7) | 16 (1, 80) | 9 |
stable
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-0.8 (-2.7, 1.1) |
| Cleveland County | Rural | No | 22.7 (17.8, 28.6) | 23 (4, 76) | 16 |
stable
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-0.8 (-2.4, 0.8) |
| Cherokee County | Rural | Yes | 13.8 (8.6, 22.8) | 83 (18, 84) | 4 |
stable
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-3.2 (-7.6, 0.9) |
| Chatham County | Urban | Yes | 14.2 (10.3, 19.5) | 81 (33, 84) | 10 |
stable
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-1.6 (-3.9, 1.0) |
| Catawba County | Urban | No | 19.1 (15.6, 23.3) | 56 (13, 80) | 22 |
stable
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-1.0 (-2.5, 0.5) |
| Caswell County | Rural | No | 15.5 (8.8, 27.2) | 78 (5, 84) | 3 |
stable
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-1.9 (-5.4, 1.5) |
| Carteret County | Rural | No | 18.1 (13.5, 24.2) | 64 (11, 84) | 11 |
falling
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-2.3 (-4.0, -0.6) |
| Caldwell County | Urban | No | 20.1 (15.1, 26.4) | 44 (7, 83) | 12 |
stable
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-0.4 (-2.1, 1.4) |
| Cabarrus County | Urban | No | 17.2 (14.2, 20.8) | 69 (24, 83) | 22 |
stable
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-0.9 (-2.4, 0.7) |
| Burke County | Urban | No | 20.1 (15.4, 26.1) | 41 (7, 82) | 13 |
stable
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-1.0 (-3.5, 1.2) |
| Buncombe County | Urban | No | 18.5 (15.9, 21.5) | 63 (22, 79) | 38 |
falling
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-1.7 (-3.4, -0.1) |
| Brunswick County | Urban | No | 18.5 (15.1, 22.7) | 62 (16, 83) | 26 |
stable
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-0.6 (-1.8, 0.9) |
| Bladen County | Rural | No | 29.0 (20.1, 41.3) | 5 (1, 76) | 7 |
stable
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-1.8 (-4.8, 1.0) |
| Beaufort County | Rural | No | 19.8 (13.9, 27.9) | 48 (5, 84) | 8 |
stable
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-0.6 (-3.6, 2.6) |
| Avery County | Rural | No | 21.4 (12.0, 37.6) | 33 (1, 84) | 3 |
stable
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-0.5 (-4.1, 3.4) |
| Ashe County | Rural | No | 22.3 (13.4, 35.8) | 25 (1, 84) | 4 |
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| Anson County | Urban | No | 29.1 (18.9, 44.0) | 4 (1, 81) | 5 |
stable
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1.0 (-2.4, 4.9) |
| Alleghany County | Rural | No | 36.7 (18.9, 66.1) | 2 (1, 84) | 3 |
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| Alexander County | Urban | No | 19.7 (12.2, 30.5) | 50 (2, 84) | 4 |
stable
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-1.6 (-5.4, 2.3) |
| Alamance County | Urban | No | 20.3 (16.7, 24.5) | 40 (10, 78) | 23 |
stable
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-1.0 (-2.5, 0.6) |
| Bertie County | Rural | *** |
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| Camden County | Urban | *** |
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| Chowan County | Rural | *** |
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| Clay County | Rural | *** |
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| Gates County | Urban | *** |
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| Graham County | Rural | *** |
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| Greene County | Rural | *** |
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| Hertford County | Rural | *** |
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| Hyde County | Rural | *** |
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| Jones County | Rural | *** |
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| Madison County | Urban | *** |
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| Pamlico County | Rural | *** |
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| Perquimans County | Rural | *** |
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| Swain County | Rural | *** |
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| Tyrrell County | Rural | *** |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/29/2026 11:04 am.
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).
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.