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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for North Carolina by County

All Cancer Sites, 2016-2020

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages <65

Sorted by CI*Rank

Explanation of Column Headers

Objective - The objective of 122.7 is from the Healthy People 2020 project done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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


Scotland County


Vance County


Swain County


Bertie County


Halifax County


Robeson County


Anson County


Onslow County


Washington County


Edgecombe County


Mitchell County


Bladen County


McDowell County


Pasquotank County


Caswell County


Richmond County


Columbus County


Northampton County


Wayne County


Cleveland County


Stokes County


Greene County


Graham County


Duplin County


Caldwell County


Sampson County


Rutherford County


Craven County


Alexander County


Cumberland County


Nash County


Beaufort County


Rockingham County


Surry County


Gaston County


Hoke County


Warren County


Harnett County


Yadkin County


Chowan County


Lenoir County


Randolph County


Alamance County


Yancey County


Pamlico County


Clay County


Dare County


Davidson County


Rowan County


Cherokee County


Carteret County


Davie County


Burke County


Granville County


Lee County


Jones County


Person County


Catawba County


Perquimans County


Lincoln County


Madison County


Wilkes County


Franklin County


Gates County


Wilson County


Hertford County


Pitt County


Haywood County


Avery County


Montgomery County


Hyde County


Currituck County


Stanly County


Martin County


Brunswick County


Pender County


Moore County


Johnston County


Henderson County


Guilford County


Macon County


Buncombe County


Iredell County


Jackson County


Forsyth County


Polk County


Ashe County


Durham County


Cabarrus County


New Hanover County


Union County


Transylvania County


Alleghany County


Chatham County


Mecklenburg County


Wake County


Orange County


Camden County


Watauga County


Tyrrell County

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/28/2024 11:56 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.

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

* 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).

Please note that the data comes from different sources. Due to different years of data availability, most of the trends are AAPCs based on APCs but some are APCs calculated in SEER*Stat. Please refer to the source for each graph for additional information.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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.