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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for North Carolina by County

All Cancer Sites, 2016-2020

White Non-Hispanic, Both Sexes, All Ages

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 (6)


Swain County


Onslow County


Robeson County


Hoke County


Scotland County


Surry County


Sampson County


Cleveland County


Richmond County


Edgecombe County


Bladen County


Vance County


McDowell County


Columbus County


Caswell County


Rowan County


Bertie County


Washington County


Wayne County


Lenoir County


Randolph County


Halifax County


Stokes County


Davidson County


Pasquotank County


Cumberland County


Tyrrell County


Caldwell County


Anson County


Mitchell County


Craven County


Nash County


Greene County


Granville County


Harnett County


Carteret County


Franklin County


Graham County


Yadkin County


Person County


Wilkes County


Lincoln County


Burke County


Gaston County


Jones County


Rutherford County


Rockingham County


Yancey County


Johnston County


Alamance County


Hyde County


Gates County


Pender County


Dare County


Davie County


Chowan County


Alexander County


Perquimans County


Stanly County


Cherokee County


Catawba County


Lee County


Iredell County


Martin County


Beaufort County


Ashe County


Macon County


Haywood County


Montgomery County


Madison County


Forsyth County


Union County


Buncombe County


Pamlico County


Cabarrus County


Brunswick County


Wilson County


Alleghany County


Jackson County


Avery County


Henderson County


Guilford County


Hertford County


Duplin County


Warren County


Currituck County


New Hanover County


Moore County


Clay County


Pitt County


Camden County


Northampton County


Durham County


Chatham County


Wake County


Orange County


Polk County


Transylvania County


Mecklenburg County


Watauga County




Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/28/2024 2:06 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.
⋔ 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.

Healthy People 2030 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

6 Hispanic mortality recent trend data for the United States has been excluded for the following states: Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Oklahoma. The data on Hispanic and non-Hispanic mortality for these states may be unreliable for the time period used in the generation of the recent trend (1990 - 2020) and has been excluded from the calculation of the United States recent trend. This was based on the NCHS Policy.

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.