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Incidence Rate Report for North Carolina by County

All Cancer Sites (All Stages^), 2017-2021

Black Non-Hispanic, Both Sexes, All Ages

Sorted by CI*Rank

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 6 N/A 475.1 (471.1, 479.1) N/A 11,598 falling falling trend -0.6 (-0.8, -0.4)
US (SEER+NPCR) 1 N/A 447.9 (447.0, 448.8) N/A 191,594 falling falling trend -0.7 (-0.9, -0.1)
Stanly County 6 Rural 572.3 (495.4, 657.7) 1 (1, 65) 44 stable stable trend 0.6 (-1.6, 3.2)
Rutherford County 6 Rural 569.8 (494.5, 653.6) 2 (1, 66) 46 stable stable trend 1.3 (0.0, 2.6)
Transylvania County 6 Rural 566.9 (389.3, 798.7) 3 (1, 86) 8 stable stable trend 2.1 (-2.0, 7.0)
Orange County 6 Urban 559.5 (510.7, 611.7) 4 (1, 44) 105 rising rising trend 3.5 (0.4, 8.7)
Jones County 6 Rural 551.1 (446.2, 676.1) 5 (1, 80) 26 stable stable trend -0.3 (-3.0, 2.3)
Granville County 6 Rural 548.2 (506.3, 592.7) 6 (1, 45) 134 stable stable trend -0.4 (-1.8, 1.1)
Onslow County 6 Urban 538.1 (496.7, 581.9) 7 (1, 49) 135 stable stable trend 0.0 (-1.4, 1.5)
Randolph County 6 Urban 531.2 (469.5, 599.0) 8 (1, 71) 59 stable stable trend -3.5 (-18.4, 1.5)
Washington County 6 Rural 530.7 (453.8, 617.8) 9 (1, 76) 41 stable stable trend 1.2 (-1.2, 3.6)
Caswell County 6 Rural 530.2 (469.8, 597.4) 10 (1, 71) 64 stable stable trend -5.8 (-12.7, 1.9)
Haywood County 6 Rural 521.3 (337.9, 770.2) 11 (1, 87) 6 stable stable trend 0.5 (-5.5, 7.0)
Tyrrell County 6 Rural 520.3 (370.4, 719.9) 12 (1, 86) 9 rising rising trend 3.8 (0.1, 8.1)
Surry County 6 Rural 520.3 (422.9, 635.7) 13 (1, 82) 22 stable stable trend -0.4 (-2.4, 1.7)
Cleveland County 6 Rural 518.5 (476.5, 563.2) 14 (2, 65) 124 stable stable trend 0.9 (0.0, 1.9)
Davidson County 6 Urban 517.3 (471.8, 566.1) 15 (2, 67) 102 stable stable trend 0.7 (-1.0, 2.6)
Union County 6 Urban 516.5 (478.5, 556.8) 16 (3, 59) 149 stable stable trend -0.2 (-1.3, 1.2)
Alamance County 6 Urban 514.8 (482.5, 548.9) 17 (4, 57) 203 stable stable trend -0.1 (-1.0, 0.9)
New Hanover County 6 Urban 513.4 (478.9, 549.8) 18 (3, 61) 180 stable stable trend 0.3 (-0.7, 1.3)
Richmond County 6 Rural 512.8 (461.4, 568.4) 19 (1, 71) 79 stable stable trend 0.1 (-1.2, 1.6)
Beaufort County 6 Rural 509.5 (457.6, 566.0) 20 (2, 72) 81 stable stable trend -0.1 (-1.6, 1.3)
Rockingham County 6 Urban 509.3 (467.3, 554.3) 21 (2, 67) 122 stable stable trend 0.2 (-1.1, 1.5)
Buncombe County 6 Urban 508.0 (462.7, 556.6) 22 (2, 70) 101 stable stable trend -0.2 (-1.4, 0.9)
Anson County 6 Urban 507.3 (453.2, 566.4) 23 (1, 74) 69 stable stable trend 1.5 (0.0, 3.0)
Northampton County 6 Rural 505.3 (451.4, 564.4) 24 (2, 74) 80 stable stable trend 0.7 (-0.6, 4.0)
Warren County 6 Rural 505.2 (451.6, 564.2) 25 (2, 74) 73 stable stable trend 0.2 (-1.2, 1.6)
Wayne County 6 Urban 503.5 (473.9, 534.6) 26 (7, 61) 233 stable stable trend 0.5 (-0.3, 1.4)
Martin County 6 Rural 503.3 (448.7, 563.4) 27 (2, 75) 73 rising rising trend 1.0 (0.2, 1.9)
Halifax County 6 Rural 502.8 (469.2, 538.2) 28 (5, 67) 183 stable stable trend -6.8 (-13.0, 0.0)
Columbus County 6 Rural 500.8 (457.1, 547.8) 29 (3, 72) 104 stable stable trend 0.7 (-0.3, 1.8)
Montgomery County 6 Rural 498.0 (418.7, 588.9) 30 (1, 81) 31 stable stable trend 1.4 (-1.4, 4.5)
Duplin County 6 Rural 495.8 (448.4, 547.4) 31 (3, 75) 91 rising rising trend 1.4 (0.5, 2.5)
Pamlico County 6 Rural 495.3 (391.7, 622.1) 32 (1, 84) 19 stable stable trend -0.2 (-2.3, 1.8)
Person County 6 Urban 493.1 (440.4, 550.7) 33 (3, 77) 72 stable stable trend -0.3 (-1.4, 0.9)
Forsyth County 6 Urban 492.4 (473.0, 512.4) 34 (13, 59) 526 rising rising trend 2.6 (0.3, 5.6)
Craven County 6 Rural 491.3 (452.7, 532.6) 35 (6, 72) 130 stable stable trend -0.4 (-1.2, 0.5)
Caldwell County 6 Urban 488.0 (401.7, 587.7) 36 (1, 84) 24 stable stable trend -1.0 (-3.9, 2.1)
Guilford County 6 Urban 483.6 (468.6, 499.0) 37 (21, 61) 851 stable stable trend -0.4 (-1.1, 0.3)
Johnston County 6 Urban 483.6 (450.7, 518.2) 38 (10, 71) 179 stable stable trend -0.2 (-1.2, 0.8)
Gaston County 6 Urban 482.6 (450.8, 516.0) 39 (10, 72) 186 stable stable trend -0.2 (-1.3, 1.0)
Franklin County 6 Urban 481.5 (440.2, 525.9) 40 (7, 76) 107 stable stable trend -6.5 (-14.7, 0.7)
Edgecombe County 6 Urban 481.2 (448.7, 515.5) 41 (11, 72) 185 stable stable trend -0.3 (-1.0, 0.4)
Alexander County 6 Urban 481.0 (364.0, 624.9) 42 (1, 86) 12 stable stable trend 2.2 (-0.8, 5.8)
Vance County 6 Rural 479.4 (440.1, 521.4) 43 (8, 76) 122 stable stable trend -0.3 (-0.9, 0.4)
Sampson County 6 Rural 478.3 (436.2, 523.7) 44 (8, 76) 105 stable stable trend 0.6 (-1.0, 2.2)
Moore County 6 Urban 477.6 (428.5, 531.1) 45 (5, 79) 76 stable stable trend -1.2 (-2.8, 0.3)
Rowan County 6 Urban 477.2 (439.4, 517.5) 46 (10, 75) 126 stable stable trend -1.5 (-4.8, 0.0)
Dare County 6 Rural 475.9 (300.1, 714.5) 47 (1, 87) 6 falling falling trend -4.9 (-8.8, -1.2)
Scotland County 6 Rural 473.2 (425.0, 525.4) 48 (6, 78) 77 stable stable trend -1.2 (-2.5, 0.2)
Greene County 6 Rural 473.1 (410.1, 543.6) 49 (2, 81) 44 stable stable trend 0.5 (-1.4, 2.5)
Lenoir County 6 Rural 472.2 (436.5, 510.1) 50 (13, 76) 147 falling falling trend -1.4 (-2.6, -0.3)
Robeson County 6 Rural 471.8 (438.2, 507.4) 51 (13, 76) 159 stable stable trend 0.9 (-0.4, 4.5)
Cabarrus County 6 Urban 470.7 (437.9, 505.2) 52 (15, 75) 172 stable stable trend -1.1 (-2.2, 0.1)
Wake County 6 Urban 470.1 (456.3, 484.3) 53 (31, 67) 987 falling falling trend -1.1 (-2.0, -0.6)
Mecklenburg County 6 Urban 469.9 (458.6, 481.4) 54 (34, 66) 1,490 falling falling trend -1.1 (-2.0, -0.5)
Harnett County 6 Rural 468.7 (432.4, 507.2) 55 (13, 77) 134 stable stable trend -0.9 (-2.3, 0.7)
Pitt County 6 Urban 467.6 (442.5, 493.7) 56 (22, 74) 284 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.8, -0.3)
Burke County 6 Urban 466.6 (395.2, 548.1) 57 (2, 83) 33 stable stable trend -1.0 (-3.2, 1.3)
Davie County 6 Urban 466.6 (372.7, 579.1) 58 (1, 85) 19 falling falling trend -8.1 (-27.4, -1.4)
Lee County 6 Rural 466.1 (415.4, 521.4) 59 (7, 80) 67 stable stable trend -0.4 (-2.4, 1.9)
Cumberland County 6 Urban 465.9 (448.7, 483.5) 60 (31, 71) 594 stable stable trend -0.5 (-4.6, 0.8)
Pender County 6 Urban 465.0 (411.8, 523.8) 61 (6, 81) 60 stable stable trend 0.4 (-1.2, 2.0)
Durham County 6 Urban 464.9 (447.2, 483.2) 62 (31, 71) 563 falling falling trend -1.0 (-1.6, -0.4)
Wilson County 6 Rural 463.0 (432.1, 495.7) 63 (18, 78) 182 stable stable trend -0.4 (-1.0, 0.2)
McDowell County 6 Rural 461.3 (339.8, 614.6) 64 (1, 87) 10 stable stable trend -0.2 (-3.2, 3.0)
Stokes County 6 Urban 458.8 (346.9, 599.3) 65 (1, 87) 13 stable stable trend -0.9 (-3.9, 1.9)
Chatham County 6 Urban 449.0 (396.9, 506.8) 66 (9, 83) 62 stable stable trend -0.9 (-2.2, 0.4)
Henderson County 6 Urban 448.6 (362.5, 549.5) 67 (2, 85) 21 stable stable trend -1.5 (-3.2, 0.2)
Hoke County 6 Urban 446.7 (403.5, 493.3) 68 (18, 81) 87 stable stable trend -1.0 (-2.2, 0.3)
Lincoln County 6 Urban 446.2 (370.2, 533.7) 69 (3, 85) 26 stable stable trend -0.8 (-3.4, 2.3)
Catawba County 6 Urban 445.0 (397.7, 496.5) 70 (15, 82) 70 stable stable trend -1.0 (-2.4, 0.5)
Yadkin County 6 Urban 443.5 (291.3, 647.0) 71 (1, 87) 6 stable stable trend -0.4 (-3.3, 2.4)
Hyde County 6 Rural 442.4 (313.8, 615.1) 72 (1, 87) 9 stable stable trend 0.9 (-5.7, 7.6)
Hertford County 6 Rural 436.6 (391.7, 485.5) 73 (21, 83) 76 stable stable trend -1.1 (-2.8, 0.6)
Brunswick County 6 Urban 436.0 (391.8, 484.2) 74 (22, 83) 80 stable stable trend -0.5 (-1.6, 0.8)
Perquimans County 6 Rural 432.7 (342.2, 542.0) 75 (2, 86) 20 stable stable trend -0.6 (-2.6, 1.4)
Iredell County 6 Urban 420.0 (383.0, 459.6) 76 (39, 83) 101 falling falling trend -1.8 (-4.0, -0.6)
Bladen County 6 Rural 419.7 (371.6, 473.0) 77 (27, 85) 63 stable stable trend 0.1 (-1.2, 1.4)
Bertie County 6 Rural 418.0 (371.2, 469.5) 78 (30, 84) 66 stable stable trend -1.1 (-2.5, 0.4)
Chowan County 6 Rural 412.4 (340.3, 496.1) 79 (10, 86) 28 stable stable trend -0.5 (-2.2, 1.1)
Nash County 6 Urban 409.7 (383.0, 437.9) 80 (57, 83) 191 stable stable trend -1.2 (-2.5, 0.1)
Currituck County 6 Urban 391.7 (274.9, 544.6) 81 (2, 87) 8 falling falling trend -24.4 (-38.5, -4.1)
Pasquotank County 6 Rural 366.8 (326.7, 410.5) 82 (68, 87) 64 falling falling trend -10.7 (-21.7, -2.5)
Polk County 6 Rural 360.3 (223.0, 562.6) 83 (1, 87) 5 stable stable trend -3.2 (-7.8, 0.9)
Carteret County 6 Rural 341.8 (273.0, 424.2) 84 (55, 87) 19 falling falling trend -3.6 (-5.6, -1.8)
Gates County 6 Urban 323.8 (259.2, 403.6) 85 (68, 87) 20 stable stable trend -1.1 (-2.9, 0.6)
Camden County 6 Urban 305.8 (194.0, 465.6) 86 (14, 87) 6 stable stable trend -3.9 (-8.5, 0.3)
Wilkes County 6 Rural 293.8 (224.3, 379.9) 87 (75, 87) 13 falling falling trend -12.4 (-28.0, -5.5)
Alleghany County 6 Rural
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Ashe County 6 Rural
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Avery County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Cherokee County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Clay County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Graham County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Jackson County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Macon County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Madison County 6 Urban
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3 or fewer
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Mitchell County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Swain County 6 Rural
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Watauga County 6 Rural
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Yancey County 6 Rural
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 12/09/2024 2:01 am.

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.

† Incidence rates (cases per 100,000 population per year) are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85+). 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.
‡ Incidence data come from different sources. The Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) is based on the APCs calculated by Joinpoint. Due to data availability issues, the time period used in the calculation of the joinpoint regression model may differ for selected counties.

Rates and trends are computed using different standards for malignancy. For more information see malignant.html.

^ All Stages refers to any stage in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Summary/Historic Combined Summary Stage (2004+).
⋔ 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. More information about methodology can be found on the CI*Rank website.

Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
* 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. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
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 2023 submission.
6 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 2023 submission).
8 Source: Incidence data provided by the SEER Program. AAPCs are calculated by the Joinpoint Regression Program and are based on APCs. Data are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84,85+). Rates are for invasive cancer only (except for bladder cancer which is invasive and in situ) or unless otherwise specified. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI. The US Population Data File is used with SEER November 2023 data.

Data for the United States does not include data from Indiana.
Data for the United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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.

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