Incidence Rates Table
Incidence Rate Report for North Carolina by County
Breast (Late Stage^), 2018-2022
All Races (includes Hispanic), Female, All Ages
Sorted by Rate
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 | 45.6 (44.8, 46.3) | N/A | 2,898 | 30.1 |
| US (SEER+NPCR) 1 | N/A | 42.4 (42.3, 42.5) | N/A | 83,714 | 31.0 |
| Currituck County 2 | Urban | 23.0 (13.7, 36.6) | 95 (60, 95) | 4 | 26.6 |
| Alexander County 2 | Urban | 32.9 (23.3, 45.5) | 94 (25, 95) | 8 | 25.1 |
| Catawba County 2 | Urban | 33.5 (28.4, 39.2) | 93 (62, 95) | 35 | 26.9 |
| Stokes County 2 | Urban | 34.7 (25.3, 46.6) | 92 (21, 95) | 11 | 25.4 |
| Clay County 2 | Rural | 36.1 (18.6, 65.9) | 91 (1, 95) | 3 | 29.6 |
| Surry County 2 | Rural | 37.5 (29.8, 46.7) | 90 (22, 95) | 19 | 26.7 |
| Lincoln County 2 | Urban | 38.2 (31.1, 46.5) | 89 (25, 94) | 22 | 26.3 |
| Yadkin County 2 | Urban | 38.4 (27.1, 53.1) | 88 (8, 95) | 9 | 30.1 |
| Harnett County 2 | Rural | 38.4 (32.2, 45.5) | 87 (33, 94) | 28 | 30.5 |
| Transylvania County 2 | Rural | 38.5 (27.9, 52.6) | 86 (9, 95) | 12 | 27.6 |
| Orange County 2 | Urban | 38.8 (32.8, 45.6) | 85 (31, 94) | 32 | 24.5 |
| Lee County 2 | Rural | 38.9 (30.2, 49.4) | 84 (15, 95) | 15 | 30.3 |
| Chatham County 2 | Urban | 39.1 (31.5, 48.1) | 83 (20, 94) | 22 | 24.4 |
| Perquimans County 2 | Rural | 39.8 (22.3, 66.7) | 82 (1, 95) | 4 | 30.0 |
| Edgecombe County 2 | Urban | 39.8 (30.2, 51.7) | 81 (9, 95) | 14 | 30.6 |
| Rockingham County 2 | Urban | 40.2 (33.1, 48.4) | 80 (20, 94) | 27 | 27.4 |
| Avery County 2 | Rural | 40.9 (24.7, 64.6) | 79 (1, 95) | 5 | 35.3 |
| Craven County 2 | Rural | 41.3 (33.9, 50.0) | 78 (14, 94) | 25 | 26.0 |
| Bladen County 2 | Rural | 41.4 (29.4, 56.9) | 77 (4, 95) | 9 | 29.4 |
| Macon County 2 | Rural | 41.4 (29.5, 56.8) | 76 (3, 95) | 11 | 27.6 |
| Wilkes County 2 | Rural | 41.5 (32.9, 51.7) | 75 (9, 94) | 19 | 34.6 |
| Alamance County 2 | Urban | 41.7 (36.2, 47.9) | 74 (22, 91) | 44 | 26.9 |
| Gaston County 2 | Urban | 41.9 (37.1, 47.1) | 73 (31, 89) | 61 | 29.8 |
| Davidson County 2 | Urban | 42.0 (36.5, 48.1) | 72 (22, 90) | 46 | 29.5 |
| Henderson County 2 | Urban | 42.0 (35.8, 49.2) | 71 (18, 92) | 39 | 25.9 |
| Cabarrus County 2 | Urban | 42.1 (37.1, 47.6) | 70 (24, 89) | 53 | 29.7 |
| Iredell County 2 | Urban | 42.4 (37.0, 48.4) | 69 (19, 90) | 48 | 29.0 |
| Ashe County 2 | Rural | 42.6 (28.4, 61.6) | 68 (2, 95) | 7 | 30.5 |
| Madison County 2 | Urban | 42.7 (28.2, 62.6) | 67 (1, 95) | 6 | 26.0 |
| Montgomery County 2 | Rural | 42.8 (30.2, 59.5) | 66 (3, 95) | 9 | 35.8 |
| Randolph County 2 | Urban | 43.0 (36.8, 50.1) | 65 (15, 91) | 37 | 28.2 |
| Caswell County 2 | Rural | 43.1 (29.5, 61.8) | 64 (2, 95) | 8 | 38.8 |
| Watauga County 2 | Rural | 43.4 (32.2, 57.4) | 63 (3, 94) | 12 | 33.9 |
| Brunswick County 2 | Urban | 43.4 (37.1, 50.6) | 62 (15, 90) | 50 | 24.5 |
| Stanly County 2 | Rural | 43.9 (34.4, 55.2) | 61 (5, 94) | 17 | 29.9 |
| New Hanover County 2 | Urban | 43.9 (39.0, 49.2) | 60 (20, 86) | 65 | 27.6 |
| Carteret County 2 | Rural | 44.1 (35.2, 54.8) | 59 (6, 94) | 22 | 27.2 |
| Davie County 2 | Urban | 44.2 (33.1, 58.1) | 58 (3, 94) | 12 | 30.2 |
| Greene County 2 | Rural | 44.3 (27.1, 68.5) | 57 (1, 95) | 5 | 23.5 |
| Pasquotank County 2 | Rural | 44.4 (33.0, 58.6) | 56 (3, 94) | 12 | 36.0 |
| Forsyth County 2 | Urban | 44.4 (40.5, 48.6) | 55 (25, 81) | 104 | 30.1 |
| Burke County 2 | Urban | 44.7 (36.9, 53.7) | 54 (8, 91) | 27 | 33.6 |
| McDowell County 2 | Rural | 44.7 (34.2, 57.8) | 53 (3, 94) | 14 | 30.9 |
| Granville County 2 | Rural | 44.8 (35.3, 56.3) | 52 (4, 93) | 17 | 31.0 |
| Rowan County 2 | Urban | 45.0 (38.9, 51.9) | 51 (12, 89) | 42 | 29.4 |
| Dare County 2 | Rural | 45.0 (33.5, 59.6) | 50 (2, 94) | 12 | 28.6 |
| Caldwell County 2 | Urban | 45.5 (37.4, 55.0) | 49 (7, 92) | 25 | 30.9 |
| Mecklenburg County 2 | Urban | 45.6 (43.2, 48.1) | 48 (27, 70) | 272 | 30.3 |
| Wake County 2 | Urban | 45.7 (43.4, 48.2) | 47 (28, 69) | 285 | 28.9 |
| Hoke County 2 | Urban | 45.8 (34.7, 59.4) | 46 (3, 94) | 12 | 34.1 |
| Jackson County 2 | Rural | 45.9 (34.0, 60.7) | 45 (2, 94) | 12 | 36.9 |
| Guilford County 2 | Urban | 46.2 (42.8, 49.8) | 44 (21, 74) | 148 | 29.5 |
| Moore County 2 | Urban | 46.5 (38.8, 55.4) | 43 (5, 89) | 31 | 28.8 |
| Person County 2 | Urban | 46.7 (35.4, 60.8) | 42 (2, 94) | 13 | 28.9 |
| Columbus County 2 | Rural | 46.8 (36.5, 59.3) | 41 (2, 93) | 16 | 33.9 |
| Durham County 2 | Urban | 47.0 (42.5, 51.8) | 40 (13, 77) | 85 | 30.2 |
| Pamlico County 2 | Rural | 47.0 (24.3, 82.8) | 39 (1, 95) | 4 | 27.9 |
| Yancey County 2 | Rural | 47.2 (30.1, 70.9) | 38 (1, 95) | 6 | 27.0 |
| Onslow County 2 | Urban | 47.4 (40.8, 54.7) | 37 (8, 85) | 39 | 34.5 |
| Lenoir County 2 | Rural | 48.4 (37.8, 61.1) | 36 (2, 92) | 17 | 28.6 |
| Rutherford County 2 | Rural | 48.6 (39.7, 59.0) | 35 (3, 89) | 24 | 35.0 |
| Haywood County 2 | Rural | 48.7 (38.8, 60.5) | 34 (2, 90) | 21 | 30.0 |
| Polk County 2 | Rural | 49.0 (33.5, 70.8) | 33 (1, 94) | 9 | 30.7 |
| Duplin County 2 | Rural | 49.6 (38.4, 63.2) | 32 (1, 92) | 15 | 33.9 |
| Union County 2 | Urban | 49.8 (44.5, 55.6) | 31 (7, 71) | 66 | 30.3 |
| Buncombe County 2 | Urban | 50.0 (45.2, 55.3) | 30 (7, 66) | 89 | 29.8 |
| Nash County 2 | Urban | 50.5 (42.5, 59.7) | 29 (3, 84) | 31 | 33.7 |
| Cumberland County 2 | Urban | 51.0 (46.2, 56.1) | 28 (8, 62) | 89 | 35.7 |
| Halifax County 2 | Rural | 51.0 (39.4, 65.0) | 27 (1, 90) | 16 | 32.5 |
| Cherokee County 2 | Rural | 51.7 (37.5, 70.2) | 26 (1, 93) | 12 | 35.3 |
| Franklin County 2 | Urban | 51.8 (42.0, 63.2) | 25 (2, 85) | 21 | 35.0 |
| Beaufort County 2 | Rural | 51.8 (39.9, 66.3) | 24 (1, 91) | 16 | 29.1 |
| Wilson County 2 | Rural | 52.1 (43.3, 62.1) | 23 (2, 80) | 28 | 34.8 |
| Johnston County 2 | Urban | 52.1 (46.5, 58.3) | 22 (4, 63) | 65 | 31.8 |
| Bertie County 2 | Rural | 52.2 (32.7, 79.6) | 21 (1, 95) | 6 | 29.7 |
| Richmond County 2 | Rural | 52.7 (41.0, 66.8) | 20 (1, 88) | 15 | 32.5 |
| Pender County 2 | Urban | 53.1 (42.8, 65.2) | 19 (1, 84) | 20 | 31.8 |
| Robeson County 2 | Rural | 53.1 (45.5, 61.6) | 18 (2, 74) | 38 | 35.9 |
| Warren County 2 | Rural | 53.5 (35.1, 78.6) | 17 (1, 94) | 7 | 31.9 |
| Swain County 2 | Rural | 53.5 (33.7, 81.3) | 16 (1, 95) | 5 | 41.9 |
| Pitt County 2 | Urban | 53.5 (47.0, 60.8) | 15 (3, 63) | 51 | 31.7 |
| Cleveland County 2 | Rural | 53.7 (45.5, 62.9) | 14 (2, 73) | 34 | 35.2 |
| Vance County 2 | Rural | 54.0 (41.4, 69.3) | 13 (1, 88) | 14 | 32.7 |
| Anson County 2 | Urban | 54.1 (37.8, 75.5) | 12 (1, 94) | 8 | 33.1 |
| Scotland County 2 | Rural | 54.7 (40.8, 72.0) | 11 (1, 91) | 12 | 41.5 |
| Chowan County 2 | Rural | 55.0 (33.6, 85.3) | 10 (1, 95) | 5 | 32.1 |
| Wayne County 2 | Urban | 56.0 (47.9, 65.1) | 9 (1, 63) | 37 | 33.8 |
| Sampson County 2 | Rural | 56.2 (45.1, 69.3) | 8 (1, 83) | 20 | 32.6 |
| Northampton County 2 | Rural | 56.8 (38.1, 82.6) | 7 (1, 93) | 9 | 41.0 |
| Hertford County 2 | Rural | 57.6 (39.7, 81.2) | 6 (1, 94) | 8 | 35.3 |
| Washington County 2 | Rural | 57.7 (36.5, 88.7) | 5 (1, 95) | 6 | 41.8 |
| Alleghany County 2 | Rural | 57.8 (35.9, 90.5) | 4 (1, 95) | 6 | 52.8 |
| Mitchell County 2 | Rural | 58.1 (38.1, 86.0) | 3 (1, 94) | 6 | 36.8 |
| Jones County 2 | Rural | 60.5 (33.4, 101.8) | 2 (1, 95) | 4 | 33.9 |
| Martin County 2 | Rural | 61.6 (44.4, 83.8) | 1 (1, 92) | 10 | 30.1 |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/11/2026 2:49 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 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.