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Incidence Rate Report for North Carolina by County

All Cancer Sites (All Stages^), 2018-2022

Hispanic (any race), Both Sexes, All Ages

Sorted by CI*Rank

County
sort alphabetically by name ascending 		2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
sort by rural urban descending 		Age-Adjusted Incidence Rate †
cases per 100,000
(95% Confidence Interval)
sort by rate descending 		CI*Rank ⋔
(95% Confidence Interval)
sort by CI rank descending 		Average Annual Count
sort by count descending 		Recent Trend
 Recent 5-Year Trend ‡ in Incidence Rates
(95% Confidence Interval)
sort by trend descending
North Carolina 2 N/A 319.5 (312.0, 327.1) N/A 1,905 falling falling trend -1.8 (-3.1, -1.0)
US (SEER+NPCR)§ 1 N/A 354.7 (353.9, 355.5) N/A 165,518 stable stable trend -0.2 (-0.5, 0.5)
Polk County 2 Rural 830.7 (445.1, 1,367.7) 1 (1, 56) 4
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Moore County 2 Urban 543.9 (419.8, 688.8) 2 (1, 22) 18 stable stable trend -1.6 (-4.6, 2.8)
Craven County 2 Rural 536.7 (414.1, 680.6) 3 (1, 25) 17 stable stable trend 0.7 (-2.9, 6.0)
Brunswick County 2 Urban 477.0 (390.5, 575.6) 4 (1, 28) 26 rising rising trend 3.0 (0.7, 6.7)
Granville County 2 Rural 442.9 (316.0, 598.4) 5 (1, 51) 15 falling falling trend -4.9 (-8.0, -1.4)
Hoke County 2 Urban 425.1 (301.9, 576.2) 6 (1, 56) 14 rising rising trend 8.0 (3.7, 14.7)
Randolph County 2 Urban 389.8 (299.4, 494.8) 7 (2, 53) 29
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Davie County 2 Urban 389.0 (255.1, 561.5) 8 (1, 64) 7
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Richmond County 2 Rural 384.6 (251.9, 556.8) 9 (1, 63) 6
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Wayne County 2 Urban 381.3 (310.8, 462.3) 10 (3, 48) 29 rising rising trend 3.5 (0.4, 8.7)
Onslow County 2 Urban 377.6 (317.8, 444.4) 11 (4, 46) 40 stable stable trend -0.2 (-1.9, 2.3)
Gaston County 2 Urban 377.4 (321.7, 439.3) 12 (4, 44) 43 rising rising trend 5.6 (1.8, 16.8)
Chatham County 2 Urban 372.1 (290.3, 467.4) 13 (3, 55) 18 stable stable trend 2.9 (-1.3, 9.9)
Duplin County 2 Rural 372.0 (276.9, 485.5) 14 (2, 59) 19 stable stable trend 3.3 (-1.4, 11.0)
New Hanover County 2 Urban 363.0 (303.9, 429.1) 15 (4, 49) 33 stable stable trend -2.0 (-4.6, 1.6)
Forsyth County 2 Urban 361.4 (322.9, 402.7) 16 (6, 42) 94 stable stable trend -1.2 (-3.0, 1.4)
Johnston County 2 Urban 359.8 (312.6, 411.4) 17 (6, 46) 63 stable stable trend 2.2 (-0.8, 13.7)
Caldwell County 2 Urban 357.2 (249.0, 491.8) 18 (2, 63) 9 rising rising trend 7.1 (1.9, 15.2)
Yadkin County 2 Urban 357.1 (223.1, 533.5) 19 (1, 66) 7
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Pender County 2 Urban 355.3 (252.7, 482.7) 20 (2, 61) 10 stable stable trend 0.4 (-3.9, 7.1)
Union County 2 Urban 354.4 (307.3, 406.0) 21 (6, 46) 57 stable stable trend 1.8 (-0.3, 4.9)
Cabarrus County 2 Urban 354.3 (304.6, 409.0) 22 (6, 48) 51 stable stable trend 0.3 (-1.2, 2.6)
Dare County 2 Rural 350.4 (219.7, 526.1) 23 (2, 65) 5
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Davidson County 2 Urban 346.8 (277.2, 426.9) 24 (4, 55) 25 stable stable trend 3.4 (0.0, 9.2)
Wake County 2 Urban 346.8 (322.8, 371.9) 25 (11, 40) 229 stable stable trend -0.3 (-1.0, 0.6)
Lincoln County 2 Urban 345.5 (268.0, 437.0) 26 (4, 59) 16 stable stable trend 0.6 (-8.7, 3.9)
Iredell County 2 Urban 341.8 (285.0, 405.6) 27 (6, 54) 33 stable stable trend -0.9 (-2.6, 1.8)
Cumberland County 2 Urban 341.7 (304.2, 382.2) 28 (9, 47) 71 stable stable trend 0.0 (-1.5, 2.2)
Durham County 2 Urban 341.4 (299.4, 387.0) 29 (8, 48) 83 stable stable trend -0.2 (-1.5, 1.6)
Rowan County 2 Urban 335.7 (266.4, 415.6) 30 (5, 58) 25 stable stable trend 0.3 (-2.8, 5.2)
Nash County 2 Urban 334.5 (249.3, 437.0) 31 (4, 61) 13 stable stable trend 1.3 (-2.4, 6.8)
Jackson County 2 Rural 334.0 (201.4, 514.0) 32 (2, 66) 5
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Harnett County 2 Rural 333.8 (268.7, 408.1) 33 (6, 57) 30 stable stable trend 2.3 (-0.5, 6.3)
Greene County 2 Rural 333.7 (192.4, 528.2) 34 (2, 66) 4
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Stanly County 2 Rural 331.3 (209.9, 491.4) 35 (2, 66) 5
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Beaufort County 2 Rural 318.8 (195.1, 487.3) 36 (2, 66) 6 stable stable trend -1.7 (-7.8, 7.1)
Robeson County 2 Rural 316.3 (245.2, 400.0) 37 (6, 60) 19 stable stable trend 3.5 (-0.1, 9.2)
Haywood County 2 Rural 308.7 (204.5, 443.9) 38 (4, 66) 6
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Burke County 2 Urban 307.3 (210.8, 427.8) 39 (4, 65) 10
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Mecklenburg County 2 Urban 304.1 (285.2, 323.7) 40 (27, 50) 284 stable stable trend -0.5 (-1.3, 0.6)
Surry County 2 Rural 300.4 (216.9, 402.3) 41 (5, 64) 13 stable stable trend 3.8 (-0.5, 10.0)
Pitt County 2 Urban 297.5 (233.9, 371.6) 42 (8, 62) 21 stable stable trend -1.1 (-3.7, 2.7)
Lee County 2 Rural 294.0 (230.3, 368.6) 43 (8, 62) 23 stable stable trend -1.4 (-4.4, 2.9)
Lenoir County 2 Rural 291.7 (200.1, 409.1) 44 (5, 66) 8
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Vance County 2 Rural 288.7 (133.6, 519.9) 45 (1, 66) 4
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Rutherford County 2 Rural 287.4 (185.6, 420.9) 46 (4, 66) 6
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Franklin County 2 Urban 286.7 (200.0, 394.2) 47 (5, 66) 10 stable stable trend 3.0 (-0.4, 8.2)
Alamance County 2 Urban 281.7 (234.6, 334.8) 48 (18, 61) 36 stable stable trend 1.2 (-2.5, 7.3)
Orange County 2 Urban 281.1 (227.0, 343.3) 49 (15, 62) 24 stable stable trend -0.8 (-2.6, 2.2)
Edgecombe County 2 Urban 278.9 (170.6, 427.3) 50 (4, 66) 5
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McDowell County 2 Rural 274.2 (173.2, 411.8) 51 (4, 66) 5 stable stable trend -25.7 (-55.7, 1.1)
Buncombe County 2 Urban 266.0 (222.4, 315.1) 52 (27, 62) 33 stable stable trend -0.8 (-3.4, 2.8)
Guilford County 2 Urban 258.8 (228.6, 291.5) 53 (36, 61) 72 stable stable trend -2.1 (-4.8, 1.6)
Catawba County 2 Urban 257.4 (209.1, 312.7) 54 (26, 63) 26 stable stable trend -0.6 (-3.4, 3.6)
Sampson County 2 Rural 251.5 (197.9, 315.2) 55 (23, 65) 20 stable stable trend -1.6 (-5.0, 3.7)
Macon County 2 Rural 249.7 (146.9, 389.8) 56 (5, 66) 4
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Carteret County 2 Rural 241.3 (152.2, 361.5) 57 (8, 66) 5 stable stable trend -2.7 (-9.4, 6.8)
Bladen County 2 Rural 226.8 (133.5, 362.3) 58 (9, 66) 4
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Rockingham County 2 Urban 224.7 (146.0, 326.6) 59 (14, 66) 7 stable stable trend -0.8 (-6.4, 7.1)
Cleveland County 2 Rural 218.8 (140.0, 323.0) 60 (16, 66) 6
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Wilkes County 2 Rural 218.2 (148.1, 309.9) 61 (21, 66) 7 stable stable trend -1.5 (-6.1, 5.4)
Pasquotank County 2 Rural 213.0 (115.1, 359.4) 62 (9, 66) 4
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Henderson County 2 Urban 199.1 (158.1, 246.8) 63 (47, 66) 20 falling falling trend -3.2 (-5.3, -0.3)
Montgomery County 2 Rural 181.5 (104.5, 308.3) 64 (14, 66) 4
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Person County 2 Urban 179.2 (101.4, 296.9) 65 (29, 66) 3
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Wilson County 2 Rural 167.7 (118.8, 231.1) 66 (49, 66) 10 stable stable trend -1.6 (-6.9, 5.4)
Alexander County 2 Urban
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Alleghany County 2 Rural
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Anson County 2 Urban
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Ashe County 2 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Avery County 2 Rural
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Bertie County 2 Rural
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Camden County 2 Urban
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3 or fewer
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Caswell County 2 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Cherokee County 2 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Chowan County 2 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Clay County 2 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Columbus County 2 Rural
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Currituck County 2 Urban
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Gates County 2 Urban
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3 or fewer
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Graham County 2 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Halifax County 2 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Hertford County 2 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Hyde County 2 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Jones County 2 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Madison County 2 Urban
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3 or fewer
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Martin County 2 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Mitchell County 2 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Northampton County 2 Rural
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Pamlico County 2 Rural
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Perquimans County 2 Rural
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Scotland County 2 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Stokes County 2 Urban
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Swain County 2 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Transylvania County 2 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Tyrrell County 2 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Warren County 2 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Washington County 2 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Watauga County 2 Rural
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Yancey County 2 Rural
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/23/2026 8:29 am.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.

† Incidence rates (cases per 100,000 population per year) are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (SEER areas use 20 age groups and NPCR areas use 19 age groups). Rates are for invasive cancer only (except for bladder cancer which is invasive and in situ) or unless otherwise specified. Rates calculated using SEER*Stat. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI. The US Population Data File is used for SEER and NPCR incidence rates.

Rates and trends are computed using different standards for malignancy. For more information see malignant.html.

^ All Stages refers to any stage. Due to changes in stage coding, Combined Summary Stage with Expanded Regional Codes (2004+) is used for data from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) databases and Merged Summary Stage is used for data from National Program of Cancer Registries databases. Due to the increased complexity with staging, other staging variables maybe used if necessary.

Φ Rural–urban county classifications are based on the 2023 USDA Rural–Urban Continuum Codes (except for Connecticut Counties which use 2013 codes). State-level cancer rates for rural areas are calculated using cancer cases registered exclusively in rural counties, while state-level cancer rates for urban areas are calculated using cases registered exclusively in urban counties.

Source: SEER and NPCR data. For more specific information please see the table.

* 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.

NHIA (NAACCR Hispanic Identification Algorithm) was used for Hispanic Ethnicity (see Technical Notes section of the USCS).

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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