State Cancer Profiles

Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for West Virginia by County

Lung & Bronchus (Late Stage^), 2018-2022

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

Sorted by Count

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.

Percent of Cases with Late Stage - This is the number of late stages cases compared to the number of cases for all stages.

Other Notes

• Larger confidence intervals indicate less stability of the data. This is often due to low counts that are not quite low enough to be suppressed.
• Data is currently being suppressed if there are fewer than 16 counts for the time period.

Line by Line Interpretation of the Report

West Virginia²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
• Rate : The incidence rate is 51.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 49.9 to 52.4 and 1,390 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A

US (SEER+NPCR)¹

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
• Rate : The incidence rate is 33.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 33.6 to 33.7 and 143,218 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A

Wirt County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 51.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 33.1 to 80.0 and 5 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 28 (1, 54)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Pleasants County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 47.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 31.2 to 71.4 and 5 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 35 (2, 54)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Calhoun County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 52.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 34.1 to 79.9 and 6 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 25 (1, 54)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Gilmer County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 56.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 37.4 to 82.1 and 6 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 21 (1, 54)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Webster County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 38.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 25.4 to 57.5 and 6 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 50 (11, 54)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Grant County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 32.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 21.4 to 48.3 and 6 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 53 (27, 54)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Tucker County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 47.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 31.4 to 71.0 and 6 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 36 (3, 54)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Pocahontas County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 48.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 32.8 to 71.5 and 7 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 34 (3, 54)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Hardy County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 29.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 20.3 to 41.8 and 7 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 54 (35, 54)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Doddridge County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 59.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 41.6 to 83.7 and 8 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 14 (1, 52)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Clay County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 60.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 42.4 to 84.0 and 8 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 12 (1, 51)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Ritchie County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 53.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 37.5 to 75.0 and 8 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 24 (2, 54)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Tyler County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 56.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 40.0 to 78.2 and 8 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 20 (2, 53)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Monroe County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 42.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 31.0 to 58.3 and 10 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 48 (9, 54)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Summers County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 43.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 31.8 to 59.9 and 10 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 45 (9, 54)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Braxton County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 51.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 38.2 to 68.6 and 11 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 29 (3, 53)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Wetzel County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 48.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 36.9 to 64.3 and 12 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 32 (5, 53)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Barbour County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 51.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 39.4 to 67.6 and 12 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 26 (3, 52)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Taylor County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 59.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 46.4 to 75.5 and 15 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 13 (2, 48)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Mineral County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 33.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 26.7 to 43.0 and 15 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 52 (37, 54)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Roane County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 68.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 53.2 to 87.2 and 15 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 4 (1, 38)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Upshur County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 45.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 36.1 to 56.7 and 17 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 39 (12, 53)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Lewis County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 63.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 50.8 to 79.7 and 17 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 7 (1, 44)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Morgan County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 61.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 48.8 to 77.2 and 18 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 10 (1, 43)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Brooke County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 46.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 36.7 to 57.8 and 18 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 38 (11, 53)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Nicholas County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 43.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 34.3 to 53.8 and 18 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 47 (16, 54)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Hampshire County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 44.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 35.8 to 55.8 and 18 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 41 (13, 53)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Wyoming County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 65.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 52.7 to 80.1 and 22 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 6 (1, 38)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

McDowell County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 74.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 60.6 to 90.5 and 22 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 3 (1, 25)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Boone County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 65.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 53.4 to 79.5 and 23 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 5 (1, 36)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Preston County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 44.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 36.2 to 53.5 and 23 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 44 (15, 53)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Randolph County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 51.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 41.9 to 62.1 and 23 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 30 (6, 50)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Mason County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 56.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 46.7 to 68.6 and 24 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 18 (3, 46)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Hancock County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 47.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 38.8 to 57.0 and 24 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 37 (12, 51)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Jackson County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 56.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 46.6 to 68.3 and 24 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 19 (3, 45)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Greenbrier County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 43.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 35.9 to 52.8 and 24 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 46 (19, 53)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Lincoln County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 76.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 63.5 to 92.4 and 25 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 2 (1, 20)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Marshall County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 50.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 41.6 to 60.6 and 26 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 31 (8, 50)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Mingo County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 87.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 73.6 to 104.1 and 30 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 1 (1, 8)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Ohio County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 48.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 41.3 to 57.7 and 32 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 33 (11, 49)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Logan County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 63.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 53.7 to 74.9 and 32 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 8 (2, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Putnam County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 41.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 35.6 to 48.6 and 35 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 49 (26, 53)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Jefferson County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 44.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 38.1 to 51.9 and 36 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 43 (20, 51)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Monongalia County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 34.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 29.2 to 39.6 and 36 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 51 (43, 54)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Wayne County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 60.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 52.1 to 70.6 and 37 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 11 (3, 36)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Fayette County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 62.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 54.2 to 72.9 and 40 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 9 (2, 33)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Mercer County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 44.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 38.8 to 51.7 and 42 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 40 (21, 51)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Marion County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 58.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 51.5 to 67.2 and 48 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 15 (4, 36)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Harrison County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 58.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 51.8 to 66.0 and 57 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 16 (4, 35)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Raleigh County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 54.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 48.2 to 60.9 and 62 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 23 (8, 40)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Cabell County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 55.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 49.6 to 61.5 and 73 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 22 (8, 38)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Wood County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 56.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 51.0 to 63.1 and 74 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 17 (7, 35)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Berkeley County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 51.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 46.6 to 57.4 and 79 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 27 (13, 42)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Kanawha County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 44.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 41.1 to 48.5 and 125 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 42 (28, 49)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Pendleton County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/23/2026 9:50 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 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.

⋔ 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.