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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for North Carolina by County

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

American Indian/Alaska Native Non-Hispanic, Both Sexes, All Ages

Sorted by Rate

Explanation of Column Headers
Incidence Rate (95% Confidence Interval) - The incidence rate is based upon 100,000 people and is an annual rate (or average annual rate) based on the time period indicated. Rates are age-adjusted by 5-year age groups to the 2000 U.S. standard million population.

Recent Trends - This is an interpretation of the AAPC/APC:

AAPC/APC (95% Confidence Interval) - the change in rate over time


Other Notes


Line by Line Interpretation of the Report


North Carolina2


US (SEER+NPCR)1


Warren County2


Harnett County2


Johnston County2


Halifax County2


Wake County2


Onslow County2


Buncombe County2


Randolph County2


Durham County2


New Hanover County2


Richmond County2


Moore County2


Guilford County2


Jackson County2


Sampson County2


Columbus County2


Hoke County2


Robeson County2


Cumberland County2


Union County2


Gaston County2


Forsyth County2


Scotland County2


Swain County2


Mecklenburg County2


Cabarrus County2


Bladen County2


Cherokee County2


Davidson County2


Alamance County2 Alexander County2 Alleghany County2 Anson County2 Ashe County2 Avery County2 Beaufort County2 Bertie County2 Brunswick County2 Burke County2 Caldwell County2 Camden County2 Carteret County2 Caswell County2 Catawba County2 Chatham County2 Chowan County2 Clay County2 Cleveland County2 Craven County2 Currituck County2 Dare County2 Davie County2 Duplin County2 Edgecombe County2 Franklin County2 Gates County2 Graham County2 Granville County2 Greene County2 Haywood County2 Henderson County2 Hertford County2 Hyde County2 Iredell County2 Jones County2 Lee County2 Lenoir County2 Lincoln County2 Macon County2 Madison County2 Martin County2 McDowell County2 Mitchell County2 Montgomery County2 Nash County2 Northampton County2 Orange County2 Pamlico County2 Pasquotank County2 Pender County2 Perquimans County2 Person County2 Pitt County2 Polk County2 Rockingham County2 Rowan County2 Rutherford County2 Stanly County2 Stokes County2 Surry County2 Transylvania County2 Tyrrell County2 Vance County2 Washington County2 Watauga County2 Wayne County2 Wilkes County2 Wilson County2 Yadkin County2 Yancey County2


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/21/2026 11:42 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.


† 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.

‡ Incidence data come from different sources. 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.

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.

⋔ 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. The rates used in CI*Rank are all age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population using 19 age groups for SEER and NPCR areas. More information about methodology can be found on the CI*Rank website.

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.

1 Source: National Program of Cancer Registries and Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results SEER*Stat Database - United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute. Based on the 2024 submission.

2 Source: National Program of Cancer Registries SEER*Stat Database - United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (based on the 2024 submission).

* 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.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.