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Incidence Rate Report for North Carolina by County

Melanoma of the Skin (Late Stage^), 2018-2022

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

Sorted by CI*Rank

County
sort alphabetically by name ascending 		2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
sort by rural urban descending 		Age-Adjusted Incidence Rate †
cases per 100,000
(95% Confidence Interval)
sort by rate descending 		CI*Rank ⋔
(95% Confidence Interval)
sort by CI rank descending 		Average Annual Count
sort by count descending 		Percent of Cases with Late Stage
sort by percent late descending
North Carolina 2 N/A 3.4 (3.3, 3.6) N/A 425 12.2
US (SEER+NPCR) 1 N/A 3.3 (3.3, 3.3) N/A 13,082 14.4
Carteret County 2 Rural 9.2 (6.5, 12.7) 1 (1, 10) 9 16.9
Alexander County 2 Urban 8.3 (5.0, 13.1) 2 (1, 28) 4 22.0
Cherokee County 2 Rural 7.6 (4.2, 13.2) 3 (1, 39) 4 27.7
Macon County 2 Rural 6.4 (3.5, 11.0) 4 (1, 43) 3 14.2
Brunswick County 2 Urban 6.3 (4.7, 8.3) 5 (1, 22) 15 14.1
McDowell County 2 Rural 6.2 (3.6, 10.1) 6 (1, 41) 4 21.8
Pender County 2 Urban 5.4 (3.3, 8.6) 7 (1, 41) 4 17.8
Onslow County 2 Urban 5.4 (3.9, 7.4) 8 (2, 31) 9 20.0
Burke County 2 Urban 5.4 (3.6, 7.8) 9 (2, 37) 6 15.2
Union County 2 Urban 5.1 (3.9, 6.6) 10 (3, 27) 13 15.3
Columbus County 2 Rural 4.9 (2.8, 8.0) 11 (2, 44) 4 17.5
Gaston County 2 Urban 4.8 (3.6, 6.1) 12 (3, 31) 12 13.6
Alamance County 2 Urban 4.6 (3.3, 6.1) 13 (4, 36) 10 18.3
Iredell County 2 Urban 4.2 (3.1, 5.7) 14 (4, 39) 10 11.4
New Hanover County 2 Urban 4.2 (3.2, 5.5) 15 (5, 37) 12 12.0
Haywood County 2 Rural 4.2 (2.5, 6.8) 16 (3, 45) 4 13.8
Wilkes County 2 Rural 4.0 (2.4, 6.6) 17 (3, 45) 4 15.2
Cleveland County 2 Rural 4.0 (2.5, 6.1) 18 (3, 45) 5 13.1
Caldwell County 2 Urban 3.9 (2.5, 6.0) 19 (4, 44) 5 12.4
Surry County 2 Rural 3.9 (2.2, 6.4) 20 (3, 45) 4 14.3
Davidson County 2 Urban 3.9 (2.7, 5.3) 21 (6, 42) 8 12.1
Randolph County 2 Urban 3.9 (2.6, 5.6) 22 (5, 43) 6 11.7
Johnston County 2 Urban 3.7 (2.7, 5.1) 23 (7, 43) 9 13.7
Buncombe County 2 Urban 3.7 (2.9, 4.8) 24 (9, 40) 14 11.7
Lincoln County 2 Urban 3.7 (2.2, 6.0) 25 (4, 45) 4 8.3
Stanly County 2 Rural 3.5 (2.0, 5.9) 26 (5, 45) 3 13.0
Henderson County 2 Urban 3.4 (2.3, 5.0) 27 (7, 45) 7 9.9
Chatham County 2 Urban 3.3 (2.0, 5.4) 28 (6, 45) 4 11.2
Rockingham County 2 Urban 3.3 (2.0, 5.3) 29 (6, 45) 4 12.5
Catawba County 2 Urban 3.2 (2.2, 4.7) 30 (9, 45) 6 8.0
Rowan County 2 Urban 3.2 (2.1, 4.8) 31 (9, 45) 5 11.0
Wayne County 2 Urban 3.1 (1.9, 4.9) 32 (8, 45) 4 14.4
Guilford County 2 Urban 3.1 (2.5, 3.8) 33 (17, 42) 19 11.3
Wake County 2 Urban 3.0 (2.6, 3.5) 34 (21, 41) 34 10.8
Moore County 2 Urban 3.0 (1.9, 4.7) 35 (8, 45) 5 7.6
Craven County 2 Rural 2.8 (1.6, 4.7) 36 (9, 45) 3 9.4
Harnett County 2 Rural 2.7 (1.6, 4.3) 37 (11, 45) 4 14.5
Nash County 2 Urban 2.7 (1.5, 4.4) 38 (11, 45) 3 15.0
Orange County 2 Urban 2.7 (1.7, 4.1) 39 (13, 45) 4 8.6
Mecklenburg County 2 Urban 2.7 (2.2, 3.2) 40 (25, 44) 29 10.6
Forsyth County 2 Urban 2.6 (1.9, 3.4) 41 (23, 45) 12 11.6
Cabarrus County 2 Urban 2.3 (1.5, 3.4) 42 (21, 45) 6 8.8
Pitt County 2 Urban 2.2 (1.3, 3.4) 43 (22, 45) 4 13.0
Durham County 2 Urban 2.1 (1.4, 2.9) 44 (28, 45) 7 8.3
Cumberland County 2 Urban 2.0 (1.4, 2.8) 45 (30, 45) 7 13.2
Alleghany County 2 Rural
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Anson County 2 Urban
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Ashe County 2 Rural
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Avery County 2 Rural
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Beaufort County 2 Rural
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Bertie County 2 Rural
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Bladen County 2 Rural
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Camden County 2 Urban
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Caswell County 2 Rural
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Chowan County 2 Rural
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Clay County 2 Rural
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Currituck County 2 Urban
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Dare County 2 Rural
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Davie County 2 Urban
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Duplin County 2 Rural
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Edgecombe County 2 Urban
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Franklin County 2 Urban
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Gates County 2 Urban
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Graham County 2 Rural
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Granville County 2 Rural
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Greene County 2 Rural
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Halifax County 2 Rural
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Hertford County 2 Rural
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Hoke County 2 Urban
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Hyde County 2 Rural
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Jackson County 2 Rural
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Jones County 2 Rural
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Lee County 2 Rural
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Lenoir County 2 Rural
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Madison County 2 Urban
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Martin County 2 Rural
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Mitchell County 2 Rural
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Montgomery County 2 Rural
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Northampton County 2 Rural
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Pamlico County 2 Rural
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Pasquotank County 2 Rural
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Perquimans County 2 Rural
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Person County 2 Urban
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Polk County 2 Rural
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Richmond County 2 Rural
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Robeson County 2 Rural
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Rutherford County 2 Rural
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Sampson County 2 Rural
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Scotland County 2 Rural
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Stokes County 2 Urban
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Swain County 2 Rural
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Transylvania County 2 Rural
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Tyrrell County 2 Rural
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Vance County 2 Rural
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Warren County 2 Rural
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Washington County 2 Rural
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Watauga County 2 Rural
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Wilson County 2 Rural
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Yadkin County 2 Urban
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Yancey County 2 Rural
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/21/2026 12:19 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.

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