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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for North Carolina by County

Lung & Bronchus, 2016-2020

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

Sorted by CI*Rank

Explanation of Column Headers

Objective - The objective of 25.1 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


Chatham County


Watauga County


Wake County


Polk County


Mecklenburg County


Orange County


Avery County


Durham County


Transylvania County


Clay County


Moore County


Pitt County


Henderson County


Anson County


Camden County


Union County


Perquimans County


Cabarrus County


Greene County


Washington County


New Hanover County


Guilford County


Alleghany County


Buncombe County


Hertford County


Warren County


Yancey County


Montgomery County


Northampton County


Person County


Macon County


Brunswick County


Forsyth County


Duplin County


Catawba County


Martin County


Jackson County


Wilson County


Alexander County


Iredell County


Haywood County


Hoke County


Mitchell County


Pamlico County


Stanly County


Ashe County


Dare County


Gates County


Lee County


Chowan County


Cleveland County


Cherokee County


Pender County


Lincoln County


Currituck County


Granville County


Beaufort County


Burke County


Madison County


Edgecombe County


Rutherford County


Pasquotank County


Cumberland County


Bertie County


Bladen County


Rowan County


Franklin County


Wilkes County


Alamance County


Columbus County


Stokes County


Nash County


Lenoir County


Craven County


Davie County


Caldwell County


Carteret County


Halifax County


Johnston County


Wayne County


Vance County


Jones County


Graham County


Rockingham County


Yadkin County


Harnett County


Caswell County


Gaston County


Swain County


Hyde County


McDowell County


Davidson County


Richmond County


Scotland County


Robeson County


Sampson County


Randolph County


Surry County


Onslow County


Tyrrell County

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 04/16/2024 5:52 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.
* 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.