Incidence Rates Table
Incidence Rate Report for North Carolina by County
Lung & Bronchus (Late Stage^), 2018-2022
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by Name
County
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
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Age-Adjusted Incidence Rate † cases per 100,000 (95% Confidence Interval)
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CI*Rank ⋔ (95% Confidence Interval)
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Average Annual Count
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Percent of Cases with Late Stage
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| North Carolina 2 | N/A | 41.3 (40.8, 41.7) | N/A | 5,604 | 66.9 |
| US (SEER+NPCR) 1 | N/A | 33.6 (33.6, 33.7) | N/A | 143,218 | 64.3 |
| Alamance County 2 | Urban | 46.2 (42.3, 50.5) | 50 (18, 70) | 104 | 65.7 |
| Alexander County 2 | Urban | 41.4 (34.0, 50.2) | 67 (12, 96) | 23 | 63.2 |
| Alleghany County 2 | Rural | 46.0 (33.1, 63.6) | 53 (1, 100) | 10 | 71.6 |
| Anson County 2 | Urban | 54.9 (43.9, 68.3) | 15 (1, 79) | 18 | 76.5 |
| Ashe County 2 | Rural | 35.4 (28.5, 44.1) | 85 (34, 100) | 19 | 66.4 |
| Avery County 2 | Rural | 32.3 (23.6, 44.0) | 91 (32, 100) | 9 | 72.3 |
| Beaufort County 2 | Rural | 45.9 (39.2, 53.6) | 54 (8, 85) | 37 | 73.5 |
| Bertie County 2 | Rural | 43.8 (33.1, 57.4) | 60 (3, 99) | 13 | 74.1 |
| Bladen County 2 | Rural | 48.5 (40.2, 58.4) | 35 (3, 86) | 26 | 70.3 |
| Brunswick County 2 | Urban | 43.2 (39.5, 47.2) | 64 (31, 80) | 130 | 70.2 |
| Buncombe County 2 | Urban | 36.3 (33.6, 39.1) | 84 (64, 92) | 146 | 61.7 |
| Burke County 2 | Urban | 49.0 (43.8, 54.8) | 31 (8, 70) | 68 | 67.3 |
| Cabarrus County 2 | Urban | 34.9 (31.7, 38.5) | 88 (66, 96) | 87 | 62.6 |
| Caldwell County 2 | Urban | 50.6 (45.1, 56.6) | 26 (5, 65) | 66 | 71.5 |
| Camden County 2 | Urban | 39.5 (25.7, 58.8) | 71 (1, 100) | 5 | 84.4 |
| Carteret County 2 | Rural | 45.6 (40.1, 51.7) | 55 (13, 80) | 57 | 67.8 |
| Caswell County 2 | Rural | 57.0 (46.3, 69.9) | 8 (1, 73) | 22 | 69.7 |
| Catawba County 2 | Urban | 40.2 (36.5, 44.2) | 69 (42, 87) | 90 | 66.7 |
| Chatham County 2 | Urban | 29.9 (25.9, 34.6) | 95 (78, 100) | 41 | 66.2 |
| Cherokee County 2 | Rural | 37.2 (30.5, 45.5) | 79 (33, 99) | 23 | 59.1 |
| Chowan County 2 | Rural | 46.5 (35.1, 61.4) | 48 (1, 98) | 12 | 85.5 |
| Clay County 2 | Rural | 37.3 (26.7, 52.7) | 78 (9, 100) | 9 | 60.5 |
| Cleveland County 2 | Rural | 50.7 (45.5, 56.3) | 25 (5, 64) | 74 | 69.2 |
| Columbus County 2 | Rural | 43.2 (36.8, 50.6) | 63 (12, 89) | 34 | 63.9 |
| Craven County 2 | Rural | 47.1 (42.0, 52.7) | 43 (11, 74) | 68 | 61.2 |
| Cumberland County 2 | Urban | 46.2 (42.9, 49.6) | 51 (20, 68) | 158 | 66.9 |
| Currituck County 2 | Urban | 30.1 (22.7, 39.3) | 94 (57, 100) | 13 | 65.6 |
| Dare County 2 | Rural | 36.6 (30.0, 44.6) | 82 (33, 99) | 23 | 73.6 |
| Davidson County 2 | Urban | 52.3 (48.3, 56.6) | 21 (5, 50) | 129 | 70.3 |
| Davie County 2 | Urban | 48.7 (41.4, 57.1) | 33 (4, 82) | 33 | 66.9 |
| Duplin County 2 | Rural | 46.7 (39.8, 54.6) | 45 (6, 85) | 34 | 69.8 |
| Durham County 2 | Urban | 29.8 (27.2, 32.6) | 96 (85, 100) | 102 | 62.6 |
| Edgecombe County 2 | Urban | 46.6 (39.7, 54.5) | 46 (6, 84) | 35 | 68.9 |
| Forsyth County 2 | Urban | 42.6 (40.0, 45.3) | 65 (40, 77) | 206 | 68.1 |
| Franklin County 2 | Urban | 48.8 (42.4, 55.9) | 32 (5, 74) | 45 | 73.4 |
| Gaston County 2 | Urban | 49.3 (45.8, 53.1) | 28 (11, 58) | 148 | 68.8 |
| Gates County 2 | Urban | 25.9 (15.8, 41.4) | 100 (48, 100) | 4 | 52.4 |
| Graham County 2 | Rural | 58.4 (41.5, 81.6) | 5 (1, 95) | 8 | 70.7 |
| Granville County 2 | Rural | 48.5 (42.1, 55.8) | 34 (5, 76) | 42 | 68.5 |
| Greene County 2 | Rural | 52.6 (40.9, 66.8) | 19 (1, 86) | 14 | 69.2 |
| Guilford County 2 | Urban | 39.7 (37.5, 41.9) | 70 (55, 82) | 256 | 65.2 |
| Halifax County 2 | Rural | 43.3 (36.9, 50.6) | 61 (15, 92) | 34 | 68.1 |
| Harnett County 2 | Rural | 48.1 (43.1, 53.5) | 41 (8, 70) | 71 | 67.0 |
| Haywood County 2 | Rural | 49.1 (43.2, 55.7) | 30 (5, 71) | 54 | 70.8 |
| Henderson County 2 | Urban | 35.0 (31.4, 39.0) | 87 (64, 97) | 75 | 65.7 |
| Hertford County 2 | Rural | 48.3 (38.2, 60.9) | 37 (1, 93) | 16 | 67.8 |
| Hoke County 2 | Urban | 45.2 (36.8, 55.0) | 56 (4, 91) | 22 | 62.1 |
| Hyde County 2 | Rural | 44.5 (25.8, 75.4) | 57 (1, 100) | 4 | 69.2 |
| Iredell County 2 | Urban | 36.7 (33.4, 40.4) | 81 (58, 94) | 91 | 58.3 |
| Jackson County 2 | Rural | 34.3 (27.9, 42.0) | 89 (44, 100) | 21 | 68.2 |
| Johnston County 2 | Urban | 46.5 (42.6, 50.7) | 47 (16, 71) | 111 | 65.3 |
| Jones County 2 | Rural | 64.5 (47.9, 86.5) | 1 (1, 79) | 11 | 76.1 |
| Lee County 2 | Rural | 43.8 (37.6, 50.9) | 59 (13, 89) | 37 | 65.2 |
| Lenoir County 2 | Rural | 55.4 (48.3, 63.5) | 12 (1, 58) | 46 | 70.9 |
| Lincoln County 2 | Urban | 43.3 (38.2, 48.9) | 62 (21, 84) | 56 | 64.4 |
| Macon County 2 | Rural | 38.1 (31.6, 46.0) | 75 (26, 98) | 27 | 64.8 |
| Madison County 2 | Urban | 52.7 (42.0, 65.7) | 18 (1, 84) | 18 | 71.4 |
| Martin County 2 | Rural | 47.9 (38.3, 59.8) | 42 (2, 92) | 18 | 69.7 |
| McDowell County 2 | Rural | 55.3 (47.7, 63.9) | 13 (1, 63) | 40 | 62.6 |
| Mecklenburg County 2 | Urban | 31.2 (29.7, 32.8) | 93 (84, 99) | 329 | 67.3 |
| Mitchell County 2 | Rural | 48.2 (36.8, 63.0) | 39 (1, 97) | 13 | 64.4 |
| Montgomery County 2 | Rural | 39.3 (30.8, 49.8) | 72 (13, 99) | 16 | 60.9 |
| Moore County 2 | Urban | 36.5 (32.4, 41.1) | 83 (55, 96) | 61 | 60.0 |
| Nash County 2 | Urban | 38.9 (34.4, 44.0) | 74 (43, 93) | 55 | 68.3 |
| New Hanover County 2 | Urban | 35.2 (32.3, 38.4) | 86 (67, 95) | 110 | 64.6 |
| Northampton County 2 | Rural | 52.9 (41.0, 67.9) | 17 (1, 86) | 17 | 73.5 |
| Onslow County 2 | Urban | 61.5 (56.0, 67.3) | 3 (1, 24) | 97 | 70.1 |
| Orange County 2 | Urban | 28.4 (24.8, 32.4) | 98 (83, 100) | 47 | 61.4 |
| Pamlico County 2 | Rural | 38.9 (28.9, 53.3) | 73 (6, 100) | 11 | 63.9 |
| Pasquotank County 2 | Rural | 37.7 (30.7, 45.9) | 77 (27, 99) | 21 | 70.4 |
| Pender County 2 | Urban | 47.1 (40.8, 54.2) | 44 (9, 80) | 42 | 73.9 |
| Perquimans County 2 | Rural | 44.3 (32.5, 60.2) | 58 (1, 99) | 11 | 72.4 |
| Person County 2 | Urban | 46.2 (38.7, 55.0) | 49 (4, 88) | 29 | 69.4 |
| Pitt County 2 | Urban | 42.3 (38.1, 46.8) | 66 (29, 83) | 80 | 70.5 |
| Polk County 2 | Rural | 27.7 (20.5, 37.8) | 99 (61, 100) | 12 | 64.1 |
| Randolph County 2 | Urban | 51.4 (47.0, 56.1) | 23 (6, 57) | 105 | 65.8 |
| Richmond County 2 | Rural | 56.3 (47.9, 65.8) | 11 (1, 63) | 34 | 63.2 |
| Robeson County 2 | Rural | 58.1 (52.6, 64.1) | 6 (1, 33) | 85 | 70.6 |
| Rockingham County 2 | Urban | 51.5 (46.3, 57.2) | 22 (5, 61) | 76 | 66.3 |
| Rowan County 2 | Urban | 48.1 (43.8, 52.8) | 40 (13, 69) | 96 | 67.4 |
| Rutherford County 2 | Rural | 48.4 (42.5, 55.0) | 36 (7, 74) | 51 | 70.4 |
| Sampson County 2 | Rural | 57.5 (50.2, 65.6) | 7 (1, 49) | 47 | 67.6 |
| Scotland County 2 | Rural | 56.8 (47.4, 67.8) | 9 (1, 64) | 27 | 69.4 |
| Stanly County 2 | Rural | 49.3 (42.9, 56.5) | 29 (5, 75) | 44 | 65.2 |
| Stokes County 2 | Urban | 55.2 (47.9, 63.7) | 14 (1, 61) | 42 | 68.8 |
| Surry County 2 | Rural | 52.5 (46.5, 59.1) | 20 (3, 64) | 58 | 68.7 |
| Swain County 2 | Rural | 49.5 (37.1, 65.5) | 27 (1, 94) | 11 | 67.5 |
| Transylvania County 2 | Rural | 36.9 (30.5, 44.7) | 80 (32, 99) | 27 | 64.6 |
| Tyrrell County 2 | Rural | 56.6 (32.4, 96.8) | 10 (1, 100) | 3 | 65.4 |
| Union County 2 | Urban | 38.1 (34.7, 41.8) | 76 (53, 91) | 98 | 65.8 |
| Vance County 2 | Rural | 50.7 (42.7, 60.0) | 24 (2, 76) | 31 | 66.4 |
| Wake County 2 | Urban | 31.5 (30.0, 33.1) | 92 (84, 98) | 347 | 67.0 |
| Warren County 2 | Rural | 34.0 (25.5, 45.1) | 90 (33, 100) | 12 | 60.2 |
| Washington County 2 | Rural | 48.3 (34.4, 67.1) | 38 (1, 99) | 10 | 67.1 |
| Watauga County 2 | Rural | 29.0 (23.3, 35.9) | 97 (72, 100) | 19 | 67.6 |
| Wayne County 2 | Urban | 54.0 (48.8, 59.7) | 16 (3, 51) | 83 | 72.3 |
| Wilkes County 2 | Rural | 46.1 (40.5, 52.5) | 52 (12, 79) | 51 | 68.3 |
| Wilson County 2 | Rural | 40.7 (35.5, 46.4) | 68 (26, 91) | 47 | 65.3 |
| Yadkin County 2 | Urban | 62.2 (53.4, 72.3) | 2 (1, 41) | 37 | 72.9 |
| Yancey County 2 | Rural | 59.1 (47.6, 73.1) | 4 (1, 69) | 20 | 72.3 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/21/2026 10:50 pm.
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 are computed using cancers classified as malignant based on ICD-O-3. For more information see malignant.html.
^ Late Stage is defined as cases determined to be regional or distant. 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 for United States does not include Puerto Rico.