State Cancer Profiles

Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for North Carolina by County

Colon & Rectum, 2016-2020

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

Sorted by Name

Explanation of Column Headers

Objective - The objective of 74.4 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:

• 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.

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

• Larger confidence intervals indicate less stability of the data. This is often due to low counts that are not quite low enough to be suppressed.
• Data is currently being suppressed if there are fewer than 16 counts for the time period.

Line by Line Interpretation of the Report

North Carolina

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 12.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 12.3 to 12.9 and 1,578 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.6 to -2.3.

United States

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 13.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 13.1 to 13.2 and 52,152 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.1 to -1.8.

Alamance County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 11.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 9.3 to 13.5 and 24 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 78 (31, 90)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.9 to -1.6.

Alexander County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 14.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 10.1 to 19.9 and 8 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 36 (3, 90)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.9 to 0.2.

Anson County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 22.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 15.6 to 31.2 and 8 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 3 (1, 67)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 3.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.6 to 8.2.

Ashe County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 12.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 7.9 to 18.5 and 6 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 64 (5, 91)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.2 to 0.3.

Beaufort County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 15.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 11.6 to 21.4 and 11 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 21 (2, 86)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.8 to -0.2.

Bertie County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 15.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 10.0 to 24.7 and 5 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 20 (1, 91)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -5.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -7.0 to -3.5.

Bladen County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 16.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 11.7 to 22.8 and 8 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 16 (2, 87)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.6 to -1.1.

Brunswick County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 12.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 10.3 to 14.9 and 29 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 59 (19, 87)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.0 to -1.9.

Buncombe County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 11.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 10.3 to 13.6 and 44 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 68 (32, 87)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.4 to -2.2.

Burke County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 12.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 9.4 to 15.3 and 15 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 66 (17, 90)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.7 to -0.5.

Cabarrus County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 12.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 10.3 to 14.6 and 27 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 63 (23, 87)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.8 to -1.1.

Caldwell County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 14.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 11.7 to 18.4 and 17 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 31 (6, 85)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.4 to -0.7.

Carteret County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 16.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 13.0 to 20.2 and 19 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 18 (3, 72)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.5 to -0.4.

Caswell County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 21.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 15.0 to 30.4 and 8 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 4 (1, 75)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.3 to 0.9.

Catawba County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 13.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 11.3 to 16.1 and 27 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 49 (15, 84)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.0 to -1.3.

Chatham County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 9.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 7.4 to 12.8 and 12 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 86 (37, 91)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.5 to -1.7.

Cherokee County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 17.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 12.7 to 24.4 and 9 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 10 (1, 84)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.7 to 0.2.

Chowan County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 14.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 8.5 to 24.2 and 4 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 35 (2, 91)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.8 to -1.3.

Clay County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 15.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 8.4 to 27.5 and 3 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 27 (1, 91)
• Recent Trend : * 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).

Cleveland County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 13.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 10.9 to 16.7 and 18 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 48 (11, 86)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.1 to 0.1.

Columbus County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 15.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 11.7 to 20.1 and 12 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 26 (3, 86)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.7 to -0.3.

Craven County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 12.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 9.9 to 15.8 and 17 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 56 (14, 89)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.0 to -1.6.

Cumberland County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 12.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 10.5 to 14.0 and 38 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 65 (29, 86)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.8 to -1.5.

Currituck County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 10.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 6.0 to 17.4 and 3 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 83 (7, 91)
• Recent Trend : * 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).

Dare County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 11.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 7.9 to 17.0 and 7 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 72 (9, 91)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.3 to -0.2.

Davidson County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 13.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 11.6 to 16.1 and 31 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 47 (13, 81)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.2 to -0.8.

Davie County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 12.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 8.7 to 17.2 and 8 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 61 (8, 91)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.8 to -1.8.

Duplin County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 14.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 10.6 to 18.6 and 11 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 38 (5, 90)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 4.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.6 to 11.3.

Durham County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 11.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 9.8 to 13.2 and 37 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 73 (37, 88)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -6.1 to -1.6.

Edgecombe County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 15.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 11.9 to 20.8 and 11 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 22 (3, 85)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.9 to -1.0.

Forsyth County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 12.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 11.0 to 14.0 and 56 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 58 (29, 84)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.9 to -1.7.

Franklin County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 11.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 8.2 to 15.2 and 9 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 77 (16, 91)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.0 to -1.5.

Gaston County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 14.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 12.1 to 16.2 and 38 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 41 (13, 74)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.3 to -1.1.

Granville County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 16.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 12.8 to 21.5 and 13 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 14 (2, 79)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.6 to -0.2.

Greene County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 13.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 7.5 to 21.5 and 3 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 52 (2, 91)
• Recent Trend : * 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).

Guilford County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 12.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 11.1 to 13.7 and 77 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 62 (33, 80)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.2 to -1.9.

Halifax County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 19.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 15.4 to 25.1 and 15 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 6 (1, 52)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to 0.0.

Harnett County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 14.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 12.0 to 18.3 and 19 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 28 (6, 80)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.3 to -1.9.

Haywood County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 10.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 7.5 to 13.7 and 10 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 85 (29, 91)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.6 to -1.0.

Henderson County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 11.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 8.9 to 13.8 and 21 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 80 (28, 91)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.6 to -1.5.

Hertford County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 15.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 9.8 to 23.5 and 5 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 25 (1, 91)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.5 to -0.5.

Hoke County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 11.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 7.6 to 17.4 and 5 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 70 (6, 91)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.2 to -2.2.

Iredell County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 13.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 11.6 to 16.4 and 29 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 45 (13, 79)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.8 to -1.4.

Jackson County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 16.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 11.5 to 21.9 and 9 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 19 (2, 87)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.0 to 0.8.

Johnston County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 13.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 11.6 to 16.2 and 30 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 46 (14, 80)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.6 to -0.8.

Lee County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 12.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 9.4 to 16.9 and 10 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 53 (8, 91)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.1 to -0.1.

Lenoir County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 13.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 10.3 to 18.4 and 11 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 43 (5, 90)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.0 to -0.8.

Lincoln County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 12.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 9.7 to 15.8 and 15 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 57 (14, 90)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.0 to -1.8.

Macon County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 15.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 11.1 to 21.7 and 10 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 24 (2, 89)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.1 to 1.1.

Madison County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 13.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 8.3 to 22.1 and 4 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 42 (2, 91)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.6 to 1.0.

Martin County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 9.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 5.6 to 16.3 and 4 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 88 (11, 91)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.0 to -1.0.

McDowell County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 13.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 10.1 to 18.7 and 10 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 44 (5, 90)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.0 to 0.5.

Mecklenburg County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 10.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 10.0 to 11.9 and 111 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 81 (54, 87)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.9 to -1.9.

Mitchell County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 17.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 10.5 to 29.0 and 4 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 9 (1, 91)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.7 to 0.4.

Montgomery County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 14.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 9.7 to 21.6 and 6 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 33 (2, 91)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.0 to -0.8.

Moore County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 11.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 9.2 to 14.7 and 18 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 71 (21, 90)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.6 to -2.6.

Nash County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 11.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 8.8 to 14.4 and 15 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 76 (23, 91)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -16.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -28.9 to -1.0.

New Hanover County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 8.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 7.0 to 10.1 and 25 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 90 (70, 91)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.5 to -2.8.

Northampton County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 14.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 8.7 to 22.3 and 5 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 40 (2, 91)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.0 to -1.3.

Onslow County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 16.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 13.9 to 20.1 and 25 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 12 (3, 60)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.5 to -1.1.

Orange County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 10.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 8.4 to 13.3 and 16 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 82 (31, 91)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.2 to -2.2.

Pasquotank County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 19.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 14.2 to 26.0 and 10 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 7 (1, 75)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.7 to -0.4.

Pender County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 10.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 7.4 to 14.4 and 8 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 84 (22, 91)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.8 to -0.6.

Perquimans County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 15.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 9.6 to 25.6 and 4 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 23 (1, 91)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.0 to 0.8.

Person County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 18.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 13.7 to 24.9 and 10 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 8 (1, 76)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.2 to -0.1.

Pitt County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 11.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 9.7 to 14.4 and 22 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 67 (24, 89)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.6 to -2.5.

Polk County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 12.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 8.5 to 19.5 and 6 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 55 (5, 91)
• Recent Trend : * 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).

Randolph County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 11.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 9.3 to 13.8 and 22 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 74 (28, 90)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.2 to -1.4.

Richmond County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 16.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 12.3 to 22.2 and 10 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 15 (2, 86)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.6 to -1.2.

Robeson County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 17.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 14.6 to 21.0 and 26 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 11 (3, 55)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.9 to -0.3.

Rockingham County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 14.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 11.9 to 18.0 and 20 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 32 (7, 80)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.4 to -0.8.

Rowan County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 13.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 11.1 to 16.1 and 24 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 50 (13, 85)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to -0.4.

Rutherford County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 14.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 11.5 to 18.9 and 15 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 29 (5, 85)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.4 to 0.0.

Sampson County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 14.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 11.1 to 18.9 and 12 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 34 (5, 87)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.9 to -1.1.

Scotland County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 20.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 14.5 to 27.1 and 9 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 5 (1, 71)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.2 to 0.0.

Stanly County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 14.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 10.7 to 18.3 and 12 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 39 (6, 88)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.2 to 2.4.

Stokes County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 12.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 9.0 to 17.6 and 8 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 54 (7, 91)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.4 to 0.4.

Surry County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 13.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 10.2 to 17.1 and 14 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 51 (9, 89)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.0 to 0.8.

Swain County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 24.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 15.6 to 38.1 and 5 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 2 (1, 80)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to 2.5.

Transylvania County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 9.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 6.4 to 14.5 and 7 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 89 (24, 91)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.2 to -2.2.

Union County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 11.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 9.4 to 13.5 and 27 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 75 (32, 89)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.2 to -1.8.

Vance County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 14.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 10.7 to 20.0 and 9 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 30 (3, 90)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.1 to -0.4.

Wake County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 9.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 8.9 to 10.7 and 98 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 87 (69, 90)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.5 to -2.5.

Warren County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 12.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 7.0 to 20.8 and 4 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 60 (3, 91)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.7 to 0.0.

Washington County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 28.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 16.8 to 45.1 and 5 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 1 (1, 81)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.2 to 0.6.

Watauga County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 8.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 5.1 to 12.4 and 5 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 91 (38, 91)
• Recent Trend : * 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).

Wayne County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 16.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 13.6 to 19.6 and 25 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 17 (4, 67)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.8 to -1.3.

Wilkes County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 14.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 11.1 to 18.2 and 15 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 37 (6, 86)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.5 to -0.1.

Wilson County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 11.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 9.0 to 15.2 and 13 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 69 (16, 91)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.8 to -0.5.

Yadkin County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 11.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 7.4 to 16.5 and 6 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 79 (9, 91)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.2 to -1.6.

Yancey County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 16.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 10.8 to 25.6 and 5 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 13 (1, 91)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.4 to 1.0.

Alleghany County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : ***
• Rate : * 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).
• CI*Rank⋔ : *
• Recent Trend : * 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).

Avery County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : ***
• Rate : * 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).
• CI*Rank⋔ : *
• Recent Trend : * 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).

Camden County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : ***
• Rate : * 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).
• CI*Rank⋔ : *
• Recent Trend : * 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).

Gates County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : ***
• Rate : * 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).
• CI*Rank⋔ : *
• Recent Trend : * 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).

Graham County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : ***
• Rate : * 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).
• CI*Rank⋔ : *
• Recent Trend : * 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).

Hyde County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : ***
• Rate : * 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).
• CI*Rank⋔ : *
• Recent Trend : * 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).

Jones County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : ***
• Rate : * 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).
• CI*Rank⋔ : *
• Recent Trend : * 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).

Pamlico County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : ***
• Rate : * 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).
• CI*Rank⋔ : *
• Recent Trend : * 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).

Tyrrell County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? : ***
• Rate : * 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).
• CI*Rank⋔ : *
• Recent Trend : * 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).

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 11/28/2023 4:58 pm.

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 (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.
* 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.

Interpret Rankings provides insight into interpreting cancer incidence statistics. When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic effect on the calculated rate.

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.