Incidence Rates Table
Incidence Rate Report for North Carolina by County
Oral Cavity & Pharynx (Late Stage^), 2017-2021
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by CI*Rank
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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 6 | N/A | 8.5 (8.2, 8.7) | N/A | 1,103 | 66.4 |
| US (SEER+NPCR) 1 | N/A | 7.6 (7.5, 7.6) | N/A | 30,508 | 63.7 |
| Anson County 6 | Urban | 15.9 (9.8, 24.6) | 1 (1, 76) | 5 | 92.0 |
| McDowell County 6 | Rural | 12.6 (8.9, 17.6) | 2 (1, 71) | 8 | 63.1 |
| Rockingham County 6 | Urban | 12.3 (9.7, 15.6) | 3 (1, 52) | 17 | 75.5 |
| Greene County 6 | Rural | 12.1 (6.8, 20.2) | 4 (1, 79) | 3 | 84.2 |
| Northampton County 6 | Rural | 11.6 (6.5, 20.1) | 5 (1, 79) | 4 | 72.0 |
| Cleveland County 6 | Rural | 11.1 (8.6, 14.1) | 6 (1, 68) | 15 | 65.2 |
| Macon County 6 | Rural | 11.0 (7.2, 16.4) | 7 (1, 79) | 6 | 60.4 |
| Davie County 6 | Urban | 10.8 (7.5, 15.3) | 8 (1, 77) | 7 | 73.5 |
| Brunswick County 6 | Urban | 10.7 (8.6, 13.3) | 9 (2, 62) | 25 | 66.1 |
| Carteret County 6 | Rural | 10.6 (8.0, 14.0) | 10 (1, 72) | 13 | 65.3 |
| Scotland County 6 | Rural | 10.6 (6.6, 16.4) | 11 (1, 79) | 4 | 66.7 |
| Onslow County 6 | Urban | 10.6 (8.4, 13.2) | 12 (1, 67) | 17 | 63.6 |
| Stanly County 6 | Rural | 10.6 (7.8, 14.3) | 13 (1, 74) | 10 | 70.6 |
| Pender County 6 | Urban | 10.5 (7.4, 14.5) | 14 (1, 77) | 8 | 71.4 |
| Cherokee County 6 | Rural | 10.4 (6.5, 16.4) | 15 (1, 79) | 6 | 65.1 |
| Richmond County 6 | Rural | 10.3 (6.8, 15.0) | 16 (1, 78) | 6 | 58.8 |
| Granville County 6 | Rural | 10.2 (7.2, 14.2) | 17 (1, 77) | 8 | 72.7 |
| Caldwell County 6 | Urban | 10.1 (7.5, 13.4) | 18 (1, 74) | 11 | 65.9 |
| Bladen County 6 | Rural | 10.1 (5.9, 16.2) | 19 (1, 79) | 4 | 71.4 |
| Pasquotank County 6 | Rural | 10.0 (6.4, 15.0) | 20 (1, 79) | 5 | 78.8 |
| Yadkin County 6 | Urban | 9.9 (6.5, 14.8) | 21 (1, 79) | 6 | 70.0 |
| Warren County 6 | Rural | 9.9 (5.4, 17.4) | 22 (1, 79) | 3 | 72.7 |
| Stokes County 6 | Urban | 9.8 (6.4, 14.6) | 23 (1, 79) | 6 | 73.8 |
| Iredell County 6 | Urban | 9.8 (8.1, 11.8) | 24 (4, 68) | 23 | 65.0 |
| Currituck County 6 | Urban | 9.7 (5.5, 16.1) | 25 (1, 79) | 4 | 60.0 |
| Lincoln County 6 | Urban | 9.7 (7.3, 12.7) | 26 (2, 76) | 12 | 71.6 |
| Surry County 6 | Rural | 9.7 (7.2, 12.8) | 27 (2, 77) | 11 | 70.7 |
| Beaufort County 6 | Rural | 9.7 (6.6, 13.9) | 28 (1, 79) | 7 | 72.0 |
| Rutherford County 6 | Rural | 9.7 (7.0, 13.1) | 29 (2, 77) | 9 | 67.1 |
| Randolph County 6 | Urban | 9.6 (7.7, 11.9) | 30 (4, 72) | 19 | 71.8 |
| Harnett County 6 | Rural | 9.6 (7.4, 12.2) | 31 (3, 75) | 13 | 66.3 |
| Burke County 6 | Urban | 9.6 (7.3, 12.4) | 32 (3, 76) | 13 | 58.0 |
| New Hanover County 6 | Urban | 9.4 (7.9, 11.2) | 33 (7, 69) | 28 | 71.2 |
| Montgomery County 6 | Rural | 9.3 (5.6, 15.1) | 34 (1, 79) | 4 | 76.9 |
| Lee County 6 | Rural | 9.3 (6.5, 13.0) | 35 (2, 79) | 7 | 72.5 |
| Davidson County 6 | Urban | 9.2 (7.5, 11.3) | 36 (6, 73) | 22 | 73.6 |
| Wayne County 6 | Urban | 9.1 (7.1, 11.7) | 37 (4, 76) | 14 | 66.3 |
| Craven County 6 | Rural | 9.1 (6.9, 11.8) | 38 (4, 77) | 13 | 64.9 |
| Jackson County 6 | Rural | 9.1 (5.5, 14.2) | 39 (1, 79) | 5 | 62.2 |
| Ashe County 6 | Rural | 9.0 (5.2, 15.0) | 40 (1, 79) | 4 | 79.2 |
| Rowan County 6 | Urban | 8.9 (7.1, 11.1) | 41 (7, 76) | 18 | 65.7 |
| Nash County 6 | Urban | 8.8 (6.5, 11.7) | 42 (4, 78) | 11 | 67.5 |
| Halifax County 6 | Rural | 8.7 (5.8, 12.9) | 43 (2, 79) | 6 | 54.5 |
| Buncombe County 6 | Urban | 8.7 (7.4, 10.3) | 44 (12, 72) | 33 | 63.2 |
| Catawba County 6 | Urban | 8.7 (6.9, 10.8) | 45 (9, 76) | 18 | 64.3 |
| Lenoir County 6 | Rural | 8.7 (5.9, 12.4) | 46 (3, 79) | 7 | 59.0 |
| Orange County 6 | Urban | 8.7 (6.7, 11.0) | 47 (7, 78) | 14 | 69.2 |
| Cabarrus County 6 | Urban | 8.6 (7.1, 10.5) | 48 (11, 75) | 22 | 66.3 |
| Gaston County 6 | Urban | 8.6 (7.2, 10.3) | 49 (12, 74) | 25 | 66.1 |
| Alexander County 6 | Urban | 8.6 (5.2, 13.6) | 50 (1, 79) | 4 | 56.8 |
| Edgecombe County 6 | Urban | 8.6 (5.6, 12.8) | 51 (2, 79) | 6 | 56.0 |
| Moore County 6 | Urban | 8.6 (6.4, 11.3) | 52 (5, 78) | 12 | 59.4 |
| Cumberland County 6 | Urban | 8.6 (7.2, 10.1) | 53 (13, 74) | 28 | 69.7 |
| Watauga County 6 | Rural | 8.5 (5.5, 12.8) | 54 (2, 79) | 5 | 77.1 |
| Caswell County 6 | Rural | 8.5 (4.8, 14.7) | 55 (1, 79) | 3 | 61.5 |
| Person County 6 | Urban | 8.5 (5.3, 13.0) | 56 (2, 79) | 5 | 68.4 |
| Haywood County 6 | Rural | 8.5 (6.1, 11.6) | 57 (5, 79) | 9 | 64.3 |
| Johnston County 6 | Urban | 8.4 (6.8, 10.3) | 58 (12, 76) | 21 | 74.1 |
| Wilson County 6 | Rural | 8.4 (6.0, 11.4) | 59 (6, 79) | 9 | 64.3 |
| Columbus County 6 | Rural | 8.3 (5.5, 12.2) | 60 (3, 79) | 6 | 62.5 |
| Henderson County 6 | Urban | 8.3 (6.5, 10.6) | 61 (9, 78) | 16 | 66.1 |
| Forsyth County 6 | Urban | 8.3 (7.2, 9.6) | 62 (20, 74) | 40 | 66.9 |
| Dare County 6 | Rural | 8.3 (5.4, 12.7) | 63 (3, 79) | 6 | 65.1 |
| Union County 6 | Urban | 8.3 (6.8, 10.0) | 64 (14, 76) | 23 | 71.4 |
| Alamance County 6 | Urban | 7.8 (6.2, 9.7) | 65 (18, 78) | 17 | 62.8 |
| Guilford County 6 | Urban | 7.5 (6.6, 8.6) | 66 (35, 76) | 48 | 60.7 |
| Wake County 6 | Urban | 7.4 (6.7, 8.1) | 67 (44, 76) | 86 | 66.5 |
| Sampson County 6 | Rural | 7.2 (4.8, 10.6) | 68 (10, 79) | 6 | 65.9 |
| Pitt County 6 | Urban | 7.2 (5.5, 9.2) | 69 (23, 79) | 13 | 64.1 |
| Franklin County 6 | Urban | 7.1 (4.7, 10.3) | 70 (11, 79) | 6 | 60.8 |
| Robeson County 6 | Rural | 7.1 (5.2, 9.5) | 71 (17, 79) | 10 | 69.0 |
| Transylvania County 6 | Rural | 7.0 (4.3, 11.6) | 72 (5, 79) | 5 | 63.2 |
| Hoke County 6 | Urban | 7.0 (4.2, 11.1) | 73 (6, 79) | 4 | 73.1 |
| Mecklenburg County 6 | Urban | 6.8 (6.1, 7.5) | 74 (53, 78) | 75 | 67.8 |
| Durham County 6 | Urban | 6.7 (5.5, 8.0) | 75 (40, 79) | 24 | 64.0 |
| Chatham County 6 | Urban | 6.6 (4.6, 9.3) | 76 (20, 79) | 8 | 59.1 |
| Duplin County 6 | Rural | 6.6 (4.1, 10.2) | 77 (10, 79) | 5 | 59.0 |
| Wilkes County 6 | Rural | 6.5 (4.5, 9.3) | 78 (21, 79) | 7 | 66.7 |
| Vance County 6 | Rural | 5.8 (3.2, 9.7) | 79 (15, 79) | 3 | 66.7 |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 12/11/2024 6:01 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 (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.
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 (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. 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).
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.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 12/11/2024 6:01 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.
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.
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 (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. 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).
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.