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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for North Carolina by County

Bladder, 2019-2023

All Races (includes Hispanic), 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


McDowell County


Surry County


Stokes County


Randolph County


Pender County


Watauga County


Halifax County


Macon County


Harnett County


Cleveland County


Davidson County


Cumberland County


Johnston County


Haywood County


Wilson County


Forsyth County


Onslow County


Carteret County


Rowan County


Stanly County


Brunswick County


Granville County


Transylvania County


Edgecombe County


Gaston County


Sampson County


Cabarrus County


Henderson County


Lenoir County


Guilford County


Iredell County


Wayne County


Alamance County


Craven County


Catawba County


Burke County


Caldwell County


Moore County


New Hanover County


Lincoln County


Rockingham County


Robeson County


Union County


Wake County


Chatham County


Wilkes County


Nash County


Durham County


Rutherford County


Buncombe County


Pitt County


Mecklenburg County


Orange County


Alexander County Alleghany County Anson County Ashe County Avery County Beaufort County Bertie County Bladen County Camden County Caswell County Cherokee County Chowan County Clay County Columbus County Currituck County Dare County Davie County Duplin County Franklin County Gates County Graham County Greene County Hertford County Hoke County Hyde County Jackson County Jones County Lee County Madison County Martin County Mitchell County Montgomery County Northampton County Pamlico County Pasquotank County Perquimans County Person County Polk County Richmond County Scotland County Swain County Tyrrell County Vance County Warren County Washington County Yadkin County Yancey County


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/22/2026 5:38 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.