Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for North Carolina by County
Breast, 2019-2023
All Races (includes Hispanic), Female, All Ages
Sorted by Rate
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) |
| 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) |
| Alleghany County | Rural | No | 36.7 (18.9, 66.1) | 2 (1, 84) | 3 |
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| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 23.6 (17.4, 31.5) | 19 (2, 80) | 10 |
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| Polk County | Rural | No | 23.2 (13.2, 39.4) | 20 (1, 84) | 4 |
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| Currituck County | Urban | No | 23.0 (14.0, 36.1) | 21 (1, 84) | 4 |
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| Dare County | Rural | No | 22.8 (15.5, 33.0) | 22 (1, 84) | 7 |
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| 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) |
| 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) |
| Ashe County | Rural | No | 22.3 (13.4, 35.8) | 25 (1, 84) | 4 |
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| Warren County | Rural | No | 22.3 (12.7, 37.9) | 26 (1, 84) | 4 |
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| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Yancey County | Rural | No | 19.0 (10.3, 33.6) | 58 (1, 84) | 3 |
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| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Montgomery County | Rural | No | 17.6 (10.4, 28.9) | 67 (3, 84) | 3 |
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| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Bertie County | Rural | *** |
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| Camden County | Urban | *** |
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| Chowan County | Rural | *** |
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| Gates County | Urban | *** |
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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 03/13/2026 11:35 am.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
Trend
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.
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.
† 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+).
The Healthy People 2030 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 Population Data File is used with mortality data.
‡ The Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) is based on the APCs calculated by Joinpoint. Due to data availability issues, the time period used in the calculation of the joinpoint regression model may differ for selected counties.
⋔ Results presented with the CI*Rank statistics help show the usefulness of ranks. For example, ranks for relatively rare diseases or less populated areas may be essentially meaningless because of their large variability, but ranks for more common diseases in densely populated regions can be very useful. More information about methodology can be found on the CI*Rank website.
When displaying county information, the CI*Rank for the state is not shown because it's not comparable. To see the state CI*Rank please view the statistics at the US By State level.
Healthy People 2030 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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.