Incidence Rates Table
Incidence Rate Report for North Carolina by County
Bladder (All Stages^), 2018-2022
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by Recentaapc
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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Recent Trend |
Recent 5-Year Trend ‡ in Incidence Rates (95% Confidence Interval) 
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| North Carolina 2 | N/A | 19.0 (18.7, 19.3) | N/A | 2,477 |
falling 
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-2.5 (-4.7, -0.7) |
| US (SEER+NPCR) 1 | N/A | 18.8 (18.7, 18.8) | N/A | 77,545 |
falling
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-2.1 (-2.9, -1.6) |
| Duplin County 2 | Rural | 16.2 (12.2, 21.3) | 76 (11, 94) | 11 |
stable 
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1.9 (-1.7, 6.0) |
| Martin County 2 | Rural | 20.4 (14.3, 28.8) | 37 (1, 92) | 8 |
stable
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1.9 (-1.6, 6.2) |
| Avery County 2 | Rural | 30.9 (22.3, 42.4) | 1 (1, 64) | 9 |
stable
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1.8 (-1.9, 6.2) |
| Warren County 2 | Rural | 17.0 (10.9, 25.9) | 68 (2, 95) | 6 |
stable
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1.8 (-3.0, 7.8) |
| Harnett County 2 | Rural | 19.2 (16.0, 22.8) | 45 (6, 84) | 26 |
stable
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1.7 (-0.4, 4.5) |
| Caswell County 2 | Rural | 14.5 (9.7, 21.6) | 84 (10, 95) | 6 |
stable
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1.6 (-1.4, 5.3) |
| Caldwell County 2 | Urban | 21.7 (18.1, 25.9) | 19 (3, 75) | 27 |
stable
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1.5 (-0.5, 3.7) |
| Dare County 2 | Rural | 21.0 (15.9, 27.6) | 26 (1, 87) | 12 |
stable
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1.4 (-1.8, 5.3) |
| Hoke County 2 | Urban | 20.9 (14.9, 28.5) | 29 (1, 91) | 9 |
stable
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1.4 (-2.4, 6.5) |
| Transylvania County 2 | Rural | 24.8 (19.9, 31.2) | 7 (1, 67) | 18 |
stable
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1.2 (-2.1, 5.2) |
| Wayne County 2 | Urban | 18.6 (15.6, 22.0) | 51 (11, 85) | 28 |
stable
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1.0 (-2.0, 4.5) |
| Randolph County 2 | Urban | 24.6 (21.5, 28.0) | 8 (1, 44) | 48 |
stable
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0.8 (-1.3, 3.1) |
| Franklin County 2 | Urban | 17.9 (14.2, 22.4) | 59 (7, 91) | 17 |
stable
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0.7 (-1.2, 2.9) |
| Haywood County 2 | Rural | 23.0 (19.1, 27.6) | 11 (2, 68) | 26 |
stable
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0.6 (-1.6, 3.1) |
| Iredell County 2 | Urban | 18.5 (16.1, 21.1) | 52 (17, 81) | 45 |
stable
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0.6 (-1.3, 2.7) |
| Johnston County 2 | Urban | 21.6 (18.9, 24.5) | 20 (4, 65) | 50 |
stable
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0.6 (-0.9, 2.6) |
| Surry County 2 | Rural | 22.6 (18.7, 27.2) | 14 (2, 70) | 24 |
stable
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0.6 (-1.8, 3.1) |
| Wilson County 2 | Rural | 17.9 (14.4, 22.0) | 60 (9, 90) | 19 |
stable
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0.5 (-2.1, 3.3) |
| Alamance County 2 | Urban | 20.7 (18.1, 23.6) | 35 (5, 72) | 46 |
stable
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0.4 (-1.6, 2.7) |
| Stokes County 2 | Urban | 21.5 (17.0, 27.2) | 21 (2, 83) | 16 |
stable
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0.4 (-1.6, 2.6) |
| Davidson County 2 | Urban | 22.1 (19.4, 25.1) | 16 (3, 63) | 51 |
stable
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0.3 (-0.8, 1.5) |
| Forsyth County 2 | Urban | 21.1 (19.3, 23.1) | 25 (8, 58) | 100 |
stable
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0.2 (-1.1, 1.5) |
| Richmond County 2 | Rural | 20.3 (15.3, 26.5) | 38 (2, 89) | 11 |
stable
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0.2 (-2.4, 2.9) |
| Yancey County 2 | Rural | 29.3 (21.2, 40.3) | 2 (1, 72) | 9 |
stable
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0.2 (-4.2, 4.9) |
| Beaufort County 2 | Rural | 19.2 (14.9, 24.5) | 47 (3, 89) | 15 |
stable
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0.1 (-3.7, 4.3) |
| Jones County 2 | Rural | 26.1 (15.1, 43.3) | 4 (1, 94) | 4 |
stable
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0.1 (-4.1, 4.7) |
| Sampson County 2 | Rural | 15.4 (11.8, 19.9) | 82 (20, 94) | 13 |
stable
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0.1 (-3.5, 4.0) |
| McDowell County 2 | Rural | 21.2 (16.6, 26.9) | 23 (2, 84) | 15 |
stable
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0.0 (-2.3, 2.4) |
| Chatham County 2 | Urban | 18.0 (15.0, 21.6) | 57 (13, 86) | 25 |
stable
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-0.1 (-1.2, 1.2) |
| Catawba County 2 | Urban | 21.0 (18.3, 24.0) | 28 (5, 70) | 46 |
stable
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-0.3 (-2.0, 1.5) |
| Cumberland County 2 | Urban | 16.3 (14.4, 18.5) | 75 (40, 88) | 53 |
stable
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-0.3 (-2.1, 1.7) |
| Northampton County 2 | Rural | 12.7 (7.2, 21.7) | 90 (7, 95) | 4 |
stable
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-0.3 (-2.8, 2.0) |
| Pamlico County 2 | Rural | 25.2 (16.6, 38.4) | 5 (1, 91) | 6 |
stable
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-0.3 (-3.5, 3.0) |
| Madison County 2 | Urban | 18.9 (12.6, 27.8) | 49 (1, 94) | 6 |
stable
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-0.4 (-4.5, 4.1) |
| Stanly County 2 | Rural | 17.0 (13.2, 21.5) | 69 (11, 93) | 15 |
stable
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-0.4 (-3.2, 2.6) |
| Yadkin County 2 | Urban | 24.3 (18.9, 31.0) | 9 (1, 78) | 14 |
stable
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-0.4 (-2.9, 2.2) |
| Cabarrus County 2 | Urban | 20.9 (18.2, 23.7) | 33 (6, 69) | 48 |
stable
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-0.5 (-1.9, 1.2) |
| Edgecombe County 2 | Urban | 15.4 (11.6, 20.2) | 81 (17, 95) | 11 |
stable
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-0.6 (-3.0, 1.9) |
| Macon County 2 | Rural | 20.9 (16.2, 26.8) | 32 (2, 85) | 15 |
stable
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-0.6 (-3.9, 2.8) |
| Rutherford County 2 | Rural | 19.8 (16.0, 24.3) | 40 (4, 86) | 21 |
stable
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-0.6 (-2.0, 0.9) |
| Watauga County 2 | Rural | 19.6 (15.0, 25.5) | 43 (3, 90) | 13 |
stable
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-0.6 (-3.8, 2.8) |
| Alleghany County 2 | Rural | 15.8 (9.3, 27.3) | 79 (2, 95) | 4 |
stable
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-0.7 (-5.6, 4.7) |
| Burke County 2 | Urban | 19.7 (16.4, 23.5) | 41 (6, 83) | 27 |
stable
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-0.7 (-2.8, 1.5) |
| Gaston County 2 | Urban | 21.8 (19.4, 24.4) | 18 (5, 61) | 62 |
stable
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-0.7 (-2.1, 0.8) |
| Guilford County 2 | Urban | 20.0 (18.5, 21.7) | 39 (16, 64) | 126 |
stable
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-0.7 (-1.7, 0.5) |
| Moore County 2 | Urban | 22.0 (18.9, 25.6) | 17 (3, 67) | 38 |
stable
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-0.7 (-1.8, 0.5) |
| Pitt County 2 | Urban | 17.8 (15.1, 20.8) | 62 (17, 86) | 31 |
stable
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-0.7 (-2.3, 1.1) |
| Cleveland County 2 | Rural | 18.4 (15.2, 22.1) | 53 (9, 87) | 25 |
stable
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-0.8 (-2.5, 0.9) |
| Onslow County 2 | Urban | 21.2 (17.9, 24.8) | 22 (4, 76) | 32 |
stable
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-0.8 (-2.8, 1.3) |
| Orange County 2 | Urban | 17.1 (14.3, 20.3) | 66 (20, 89) | 27 |
stable
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-0.8 (-2.7, 1.2) |
| Robeson County 2 | Rural | 12.7 (10.0, 15.8) | 91 (57, 95) | 17 |
stable
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-0.8 (-3.6, 2.2) |
| Vance County 2 | Rural | 16.4 (12.1, 21.9) | 74 (9, 94) | 10 |
stable
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-0.8 (-3.6, 2.2) |
| Wilkes County 2 | Rural | 19.0 (15.4, 23.5) | 48 (6, 87) | 20 |
stable
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-0.8 (-3.0, 1.3) |
| Pasquotank County 2 | Rural | 14.4 (10.2, 19.9) | 85 (22, 95) | 8 |
stable
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-0.9 (-3.6, 1.8) |
| Henderson County 2 | Urban | 21.1 (18.4, 24.2) | 24 (4, 69) | 45 |
stable
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-1.0 (-2.2, 0.2) |
| Anson County 2 | Urban | 13.1 (8.1, 20.4) | 88 (14, 95) | 4 |
stable
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-1.1 (-5.5, 3.1) |
| Clay County 2 | Rural | 28.2 (18.8, 42.6) | 3 (1, 88) | 7 |
stable
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-1.1 (-5.4, 3.5) |
| Montgomery County 2 | Rural | 20.5 (14.6, 28.5) | 36 (1, 92) | 8 |
stable
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-1.1 (-3.7, 1.7) |
| Buncombe County 2 | Urban | 19.2 (17.3, 21.2) | 46 (16, 74) | 77 |
stable
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-1.2 (-2.3, 0.0) |
| Craven County 2 | Rural | 22.9 (19.5, 26.7) | 13 (2, 64) | 34 |
stable
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-1.2 (-3.2, 1.0) |
| Halifax County 2 | Rural | 16.2 (12.2, 21.2) | 77 (11, 93) | 12 |
stable
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-1.2 (-4.2, 1.7) |
| Person County 2 | Urban | 16.6 (12.1, 22.4) | 72 (7, 94) | 9 |
stable
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-1.2 (-3.7, 1.4) |
| Jackson County 2 | Rural | 17.3 (12.8, 23.2) | 65 (6, 93) | 10 |
stable
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-1.3 (-4.7, 2.2) |
| Mecklenburg County 2 | Urban | 16.6 (15.4, 17.8) | 73 (50, 82) | 166 |
stable
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-1.3 (-6.1, 0.6) |
| Pender County 2 | Urban | 18.4 (14.4, 23.2) | 54 (6, 90) | 15 |
stable
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-1.4 (-3.0, 0.4) |
| Nash County 2 | Urban | 12.5 (9.9, 15.7) | 92 (63, 95) | 17 |
stable
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-1.5 (-4.4, 1.5) |
| Bertie County 2 | Rural | 13.1 (8.0, 21.2) | 87 (13, 95) | 4 |
stable
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-1.6 (-5.7, 2.5) |
| Union County 2 | Urban | 18.2 (15.8, 20.9) | 55 (19, 84) | 44 |
stable
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-1.7 (-3.5, 0.2) |
| Currituck County 2 | Urban | 16.1 (10.5, 23.8) | 78 (4, 95) | 6 |
stable
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-1.8 (-6.5, 3.4) |
| Carteret County 2 | Rural | 22.1 (18.4, 26.6) | 15 (2, 72) | 27 |
falling
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-2.0 (-3.9, -0.1) |
| Lee County 2 | Rural | 17.1 (13.2, 21.7) | 67 (11, 93) | 14 |
stable
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-2.0 (-4.5, 0.6) |
| Greene County 2 | Rural | 15.5 (9.3, 24.5) | 80 (3, 95) | 4 |
stable
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-2.1 (-6.7, 2.3) |
| Bladen County 2 | Rural | 11.8 (7.7, 17.8) | 93 (36, 95) | 5 |
stable
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-2.2 (-5.8, 1.4) |
| New Hanover County 2 | Urban | 21.0 (18.7, 23.6) | 27 (6, 67) | 63 |
falling
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-2.2 (-10.6, -0.1) |
| Polk County 2 | Rural | 10.1 (6.6, 16.6) | 94 (63, 95) | 5 |
stable
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-2.3 (-5.3, 0.9) |
| Lenoir County 2 | Rural | 16.6 (12.9, 21.2) | 71 (13, 93) | 14 |
stable
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-2.4 (-5.3, 0.5) |
| Alexander County 2 | Urban | 17.9 (13.2, 24.0) | 58 (4, 94) | 10 |
stable
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-3.0 (-28.9, 4.6) |
| Chowan County 2 | Rural | 13.4 (7.9, 22.6) | 86 (9, 95) | 4 |
stable
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-3.0 (-8.4, 2.0) |
| Mitchell County 2 | Rural | 20.9 (13.4, 32.1) | 31 (1, 94) | 5 |
falling
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-3.0 (-5.9, -0.2) |
| Swain County 2 | Rural | 16.9 (9.8, 27.9) | 70 (2, 95) | 3 |
stable
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-3.1 (-7.3, 0.9) |
| Scotland County 2 | Rural | 18.8 (13.4, 25.9) | 50 (2, 93) | 8 |
stable
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-3.3 (-13.1, 0.1) |
| Wake County 2 | Urban | 17.8 (16.6, 19.0) | 61 (39, 75) | 189 |
falling
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-3.5 (-8.6, -1.1) |
| Brunswick County 2 | Urban | 22.9 (20.3, 25.9) | 12 (3, 53) | 68 |
falling
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-3.7 (-8.0, -1.1) |
| Cherokee County 2 | Rural | 23.4 (18.0, 30.5) | 10 (1, 83) | 14 |
falling
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-3.7 (-13.3, -0.4) |
| Hertford County 2 | Rural | 9.2 (5.2, 15.9) | 95 (54, 95) | 3 |
falling
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-4.3 (-8.7, -0.5) |
| Rowan County 2 | Urban | 19.7 (17.0, 22.7) | 42 (8, 78) | 39 |
stable
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-4.3 (-16.4, 0.2) |
| Davie County 2 | Urban | 17.7 (13.5, 23.2) | 64 (6, 92) | 12 |
falling
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-7.8 (-15.4, -4.0) |
| Durham County 2 | Urban | 15.2 (13.4, 17.3) | 83 (52, 91) | 51 |
stable
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-8.6 (-15.7, 0.4) |
| Granville County 2 | Rural | 20.9 (16.6, 26.1) | 30 (2, 85) | 17 |
stable
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-10.2 (-25.8, 0.9) |
| Columbus County 2 | Rural | 13.0 (9.5, 17.5) | 89 (47, 95) | 10 |
falling
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-10.4 (-25.5, -2.0) |
| Ashe County 2 | Rural | 17.7 (13.0, 24.4) | 63 (4, 94) | 9 |
falling
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-12.4 (-30.7, -0.7) |
| Rockingham County 2 | Urban | 20.8 (17.6, 24.6) | 34 (4, 76) | 30 |
stable
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-12.8 (-25.5, 0.7) |
| Lincoln County 2 | Urban | 19.5 (16.1, 23.5) | 44 (6, 83) | 24 |
stable
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-13.3 (-26.6, 1.4) |
| Graham County 2 | Rural | 25.0 (14.8, 41.8) | 6 (1, 95) | 4 |
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| Washington County 2 | Rural | 18.2 (10.1, 31.5) | 56 (1, 95) | 3 |
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| Camden County 2 | Urban |
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| Gates County 2 | Urban |
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| Hyde County 2 | Rural |
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| Perquimans County 2 | Rural |
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| Tyrrell County 2 | Rural |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/27/2026 5:29 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 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.