Incidence Rates Table
Incidence Rate Report for North Carolina by County
Lung & Bronchus (Late Stage^), 2018-2022
All Races (includes Hispanic), Female, All Ages
Sorted by CI*Rank
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 | 35.4 (34.8, 36.1) | N/A | 2,614 | 65.0 |
| US (SEER+NPCR) 1 | N/A | 30.0 (29.9, 30.1) | N/A | 68,578 | 62.2 |
| Polk County 2 | Rural | 21.4 (14.2, 34.3) | 96 (53, 96) | 6 | 60.9 |
| Chatham County 2 | Urban | 26.0 (20.9, 32.2) | 95 (56, 96) | 19 | 61.8 |
| Orange County 2 | Urban | 27.1 (22.4, 32.5) | 94 (53, 96) | 24 | 59.8 |
| Transylvania County 2 | Rural | 27.2 (19.4, 38.3) | 93 (28, 96) | 10 | 54.4 |
| Avery County 2 | Rural | 28.2 (17.0, 46.2) | 92 (8, 96) | 4 | 76.9 |
| Mecklenburg County 2 | Urban | 28.3 (26.4, 30.4) | 91 (67, 94) | 168 | 65.3 |
| Jackson County 2 | Rural | 28.6 (20.6, 39.2) | 90 (20, 96) | 9 | 59.7 |
| Currituck County 2 | Urban | 28.9 (19.0, 42.7) | 89 (9, 96) | 6 | 66.7 |
| Wake County 2 | Urban | 29.2 (27.2, 31.2) | 88 (65, 93) | 178 | 66.2 |
| Durham County 2 | Urban | 29.5 (26.1, 33.3) | 87 (53, 95) | 56 | 64.4 |
| Warren County 2 | Rural | 29.8 (19.5, 45.8) | 86 (10, 96) | 6 | 73.7 |
| Union County 2 | Urban | 30.0 (26.0, 34.5) | 85 (46, 95) | 41 | 58.1 |
| Chowan County 2 | Rural | 30.2 (18.1, 49.9) | 84 (4, 96) | 4 | 83.3 |
| Watauga County 2 | Rural | 30.3 (22.4, 40.7) | 83 (13, 96) | 10 | 66.2 |
| Pamlico County 2 | Rural | 30.5 (19.2, 51.8) | 82 (5, 96) | 5 | 63.9 |
| Wilson County 2 | Rural | 30.6 (24.7, 37.6) | 81 (34, 96) | 20 | 65.6 |
| Washington County 2 | Rural | 30.8 (17.9, 53.0) | 80 (4, 96) | 4 | 64.3 |
| Mitchell County 2 | Rural | 30.8 (18.3, 50.8) | 79 (3, 96) | 4 | 52.5 |
| Vance County 2 | Rural | 31.1 (23.2, 41.2) | 78 (14, 96) | 11 | 56.7 |
| Iredell County 2 | Urban | 31.1 (27.0, 35.8) | 77 (43, 94) | 41 | 55.5 |
| Greene County 2 | Rural | 31.2 (19.4, 48.9) | 76 (5, 96) | 4 | 61.1 |
| New Hanover County 2 | Urban | 31.3 (27.6, 35.4) | 75 (45, 93) | 54 | 61.7 |
| Moore County 2 | Urban | 31.3 (26.2, 37.4) | 74 (34, 95) | 28 | 56.1 |
| Nash County 2 | Urban | 31.3 (25.9, 37.7) | 73 (32, 95) | 24 | 68.4 |
| Henderson County 2 | Urban | 31.5 (26.9, 36.8) | 72 (33, 94) | 37 | 64.7 |
| Pitt County 2 | Urban | 31.6 (26.9, 36.9) | 71 (35, 94) | 34 | 66.1 |
| Beaufort County 2 | Rural | 31.8 (24.4, 41.3) | 70 (16, 96) | 13 | 69.8 |
| Cabarrus County 2 | Urban | 31.8 (27.7, 36.4) | 69 (41, 93) | 44 | 59.0 |
| Dare County 2 | Rural | 31.9 (23.7, 42.9) | 68 (11, 96) | 11 | 67.5 |
| Bladen County 2 | Rural | 32.2 (23.8, 43.7) | 67 (13, 96) | 10 | 66.2 |
| Guilford County 2 | Urban | 32.6 (30.0, 35.4) | 66 (47, 87) | 117 | 63.4 |
| Cherokee County 2 | Rural | 33.0 (24.5, 45.0) | 65 (11, 96) | 11 | 58.1 |
| Pasquotank County 2 | Rural | 33.3 (24.4, 44.7) | 64 (8, 96) | 10 | 72.5 |
| Hertford County 2 | Rural | 33.6 (23.0, 48.8) | 63 (4, 96) | 7 | 63.5 |
| Bertie County 2 | Rural | 33.9 (21.8, 52.4) | 62 (3, 96) | 5 | 75.0 |
| Buncombe County 2 | Urban | 34.0 (30.5, 37.9) | 61 (34, 86) | 74 | 61.7 |
| Catawba County 2 | Urban | 34.1 (29.6, 39.2) | 60 (30, 90) | 42 | 66.2 |
| Columbus County 2 | Rural | 34.2 (26.5, 43.9) | 59 (11, 95) | 14 | 65.1 |
| Halifax County 2 | Rural | 35.4 (27.6, 45.1) | 58 (8, 95) | 15 | 69.8 |
| Northampton County 2 | Rural | 36.0 (24.4, 53.5) | 57 (2, 96) | 7 | 72.9 |
| Montgomery County 2 | Rural | 36.5 (25.3, 51.6) | 56 (3, 96) | 8 | 62.9 |
| Edgecombe County 2 | Urban | 36.5 (28.4, 46.5) | 55 (7, 94) | 15 | 65.0 |
| Duplin County 2 | Rural | 36.5 (28.2, 46.8) | 54 (6, 94) | 14 | 66.3 |
| Lincoln County 2 | Urban | 37.0 (30.6, 44.5) | 53 (10, 89) | 25 | 62.0 |
| Burke County 2 | Urban | 37.0 (30.8, 44.3) | 52 (10, 89) | 27 | 64.3 |
| Person County 2 | Urban | 37.0 (28.2, 48.3) | 51 (5, 95) | 12 | 68.1 |
| Brunswick County 2 | Urban | 37.0 (32.3, 42.5) | 50 (15, 84) | 57 | 67.4 |
| Wilkes County 2 | Rural | 37.2 (30.3, 45.5) | 49 (9, 91) | 21 | 67.3 |
| Martin County 2 | Rural | 37.2 (26.0, 52.9) | 48 (2, 96) | 8 | 66.1 |
| Ashe County 2 | Rural | 37.4 (27.6, 50.9) | 47 (3, 95) | 10 | 75.4 |
| Harnett County 2 | Rural | 37.7 (31.8, 44.3) | 46 (11, 88) | 30 | 59.9 |
| Cumberland County 2 | Urban | 38.1 (34.3, 42.3) | 45 (18, 72) | 74 | 64.3 |
| Alexander County 2 | Urban | 38.3 (28.7, 50.6) | 44 (4, 95) | 11 | 66.7 |
| Forsyth County 2 | Urban | 38.5 (35.2, 42.0) | 43 (21, 67) | 104 | 66.6 |
| Pender County 2 | Urban | 38.5 (30.7, 48.0) | 42 (6, 91) | 18 | 68.2 |
| Hoke County 2 | Urban | 38.6 (28.1, 51.5) | 41 (2, 95) | 10 | 60.5 |
| Clay County 2 | Rural | 38.6 (23.5, 64.4) | 40 (1, 96) | 5 | 60.0 |
| Carteret County 2 | Rural | 39.7 (33.0, 47.9) | 39 (5, 82) | 27 | 65.9 |
| Lee County 2 | Rural | 40.0 (31.8, 49.9) | 38 (4, 89) | 17 | 62.6 |
| Caldwell County 2 | Urban | 40.3 (33.8, 47.9) | 37 (6, 82) | 28 | 68.1 |
| Rutherford County 2 | Rural | 40.6 (33.2, 49.5) | 36 (3, 83) | 22 | 65.7 |
| Cleveland County 2 | Rural | 40.9 (34.7, 48.0) | 35 (7, 78) | 32 | 65.6 |
| Macon County 2 | Rural | 41.1 (31.7, 53.2) | 34 (2, 91) | 15 | 63.9 |
| Anson County 2 | Urban | 41.5 (28.1, 59.9) | 33 (1, 96) | 7 | 69.4 |
| Franklin County 2 | Urban | 41.7 (34.0, 51.0) | 32 (3, 81) | 21 | 71.9 |
| Alamance County 2 | Urban | 41.8 (36.8, 47.3) | 31 (6, 67) | 52 | 64.7 |
| Robeson County 2 | Rural | 41.8 (35.6, 48.9) | 30 (4, 71) | 33 | 65.2 |
| Craven County 2 | Rural | 41.9 (35.4, 49.3) | 29 (5, 73) | 33 | 60.1 |
| Granville County 2 | Rural | 42.1 (34.1, 51.7) | 28 (3, 82) | 20 | 65.6 |
| Caswell County 2 | Rural | 42.4 (29.4, 60.2) | 27 (1, 94) | 8 | 66.7 |
| Wayne County 2 | Urban | 42.4 (36.2, 49.5) | 26 (5, 72) | 35 | 70.0 |
| Randolph County 2 | Urban | 43.2 (37.7, 49.3) | 25 (5, 61) | 47 | 61.7 |
| Davidson County 2 | Urban | 43.3 (38.3, 48.8) | 24 (5, 59) | 56 | 67.1 |
| Gaston County 2 | Urban | 43.7 (39.3, 48.6) | 23 (5, 52) | 72 | 67.7 |
| Sampson County 2 | Rural | 43.8 (35.4, 53.9) | 22 (2, 81) | 19 | 64.7 |
| Johnston County 2 | Urban | 43.8 (38.8, 49.4) | 21 (5, 55) | 56 | 63.3 |
| Swain County 2 | Rural | 43.9 (28.2, 66.8) | 20 (1, 96) | 5 | 69.4 |
| Rockingham County 2 | Urban | 44.3 (37.8, 51.8) | 19 (3, 65) | 35 | 66.8 |
| Perquimans County 2 | Rural | 44.4 (27.1, 70.6) | 18 (1, 96) | 5 | 74.3 |
| Rowan County 2 | Urban | 44.9 (39.2, 51.3) | 17 (3, 56) | 47 | 69.3 |
| Lenoir County 2 | Rural | 45.1 (36.5, 55.4) | 16 (1, 75) | 21 | 69.8 |
| Alleghany County 2 | Rural | 45.3 (26.8, 74.7) | 15 (1, 96) | 5 | 65.7 |
| Stanly County 2 | Rural | 45.4 (36.9, 55.4) | 14 (1, 74) | 21 | 62.0 |
| McDowell County 2 | Rural | 46.3 (36.7, 58.1) | 13 (1, 74) | 17 | 64.0 |
| Stokes County 2 | Urban | 46.7 (37.7, 57.8) | 12 (1, 68) | 19 | 64.4 |
| Surry County 2 | Rural | 47.1 (39.4, 56.1) | 11 (1, 62) | 28 | 70.6 |
| Yadkin County 2 | Urban | 47.5 (37.3, 60.2) | 10 (1, 72) | 15 | 71.7 |
| Davie County 2 | Urban | 48.3 (38.5, 60.3) | 9 (1, 67) | 17 | 70.5 |
| Richmond County 2 | Rural | 48.4 (37.9, 61.2) | 8 (1, 74) | 16 | 61.4 |
| Scotland County 2 | Rural | 48.7 (37.3, 63.1) | 7 (1, 77) | 13 | 64.6 |
| Haywood County 2 | Rural | 49.7 (41.6, 59.4) | 6 (1, 53) | 29 | 71.2 |
| Jones County 2 | Rural | 50.7 (31.4, 81.5) | 5 (1, 96) | 4 | 75.9 |
| Yancey County 2 | Rural | 52.3 (38.1, 71.9) | 4 (1, 81) | 10 | 69.6 |
| Madison County 2 | Urban | 56.7 (41.6, 76.5) | 3 (1, 70) | 10 | 77.3 |
| Onslow County 2 | Urban | 57.1 (50.0, 64.8) | 2 (1, 18) | 49 | 71.3 |
| Graham County 2 | Rural | 61.5 (37.9, 98.5) | 1 (1, 94) | 4 | 73.3 |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/30/2026 12:12 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 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.