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