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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for North Carolina by County

Ovary (All Stages^), 2018-2022

All Races (includes Hispanic), Female, All Ages

Sorted by Name

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.

Recent Trends - This is an interpretation of the AAPC/APC:

AAPC/APC (95% Confidence Interval) - the change in rate over time


Other Notes


Line by Line Interpretation of the Report


North Carolina2


US (SEER+NPCR)1


Alamance County2


Brunswick County2


Buncombe County2


Burke County2


Cabarrus County2


Caldwell County2


Carteret County2


Catawba County2


Chatham County2


Cleveland County2


Columbus County2


Craven County2


Cumberland County2


Davidson County2


Duplin County2


Durham County2


Forsyth County2


Franklin County2


Gaston County2


Guilford County2


Harnett County2


Haywood County2


Henderson County2


Iredell County2


Johnston County2


Lee County2


Lenoir County2


Lincoln County2


Macon County2


McDowell County2


Mecklenburg County2


Moore County2


Nash County2


New Hanover County2


Onslow County2


Orange County2


Pender County2


Pitt County2


Randolph County2


Robeson County2


Rockingham County2


Rowan County2


Rutherford County2


Sampson County2


Stokes County2


Surry County2


Union County2


Wake County2


Wayne County2


Wilkes County2


Wilson County2


Alexander County2 Alleghany County2 Anson County2 Ashe County2 Avery County2 Beaufort County2 Bertie County2 Bladen County2 Camden County2 Caswell County2 Cherokee County2 Chowan County2 Clay County2 Currituck County2 Dare County2 Davie County2 Edgecombe County2 Gates County2 Graham County2 Granville County2 Greene County2 Halifax County2 Hertford County2 Hoke County2 Hyde County2 Jackson County2 Jones County2 Madison County2 Martin County2 Mitchell County2 Montgomery County2 Northampton County2 Pamlico County2 Pasquotank County2 Perquimans County2 Person County2 Polk County2 Richmond County2 Scotland County2 Stanly County2 Swain County2 Transylvania County2 Tyrrell County2 Vance County2 Warren County2 Washington County2 Watauga County2 Yadkin County2 Yancey County2


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/19/2026 10:29 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 and trends are computed using different standards for malignancy. For more information see malignant.html.

^ All Stages refers to any stage. 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.