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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for North Carolina by County

All Cancer Sites, 2018-2022

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

Sorted by Rate

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


Swain County


Tyrrell County


Richmond County


Sampson County


Surry County


Onslow County


Robeson County


McDowell County


Scotland County


Halifax County


Wayne County


Columbus County


Edgecombe County


Martin County


Davidson County


Cleveland County


Vance County


Person County


Alamance County


Yadkin County


Stanly County


Pender County


Harnett County


Mitchell County


Johnston County


Caldwell County


Hoke County


Greene County


Beaufort County


Rowan County


Wilson County


Craven County


Granville County


Caswell County


Warren County


Rockingham County


Cumberland County


Randolph County


Rutherford County


Yancey County


Stokes County


Washington County


Bladen County


Graham County


Anson County


Wilkes County


Carteret County


Forsyth County


Hertford County


Camden County


Jones County


Lenoir County


Franklin County


Ashe County


Davie County


Nash County


Gaston County


Alexander County


Burke County


Alleghany County


Brunswick County


Haywood County


Lee County


Guilford County


New Hanover County


Chowan County


Bertie County


Lincoln County


Montgomery County


Perquimans County


Cherokee County


Catawba County


Union County


Moore County


Pasquotank County


Pitt County


Iredell County


Gates County


Cabarrus County


Currituck County


Northampton County


Duplin County


Hyde County


Henderson County


Macon County


Dare County


Madison County


Durham County


Mecklenburg County


Avery County


Buncombe County


Transylvania County


Pamlico County


Polk County


Wake County


Chatham County


Watauga County


Jackson County


Orange County


Clay County




Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 12/13/2024 2:44 pm.

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.

Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.


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.