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Incidence Rate Report for North Carolina by County

All Cancer Sites (All Stages^), 2016-2020

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages 65+

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Age-Adjusted Incidence Rate
cases per 100,000
(95% Confidence Interval)
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(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 2,034.5 (2,024.7, 2,044.3) N/A 33,791 falling falling trend -0.4 (-0.7, -0.3)
US (SEER+NPCR) 1 1,944.4 (1,942.6, 1,946.1) N/A 971,828 stable stable trend -0.5 (-0.8, 0.1)
Swain County 6 2,355.2 (2,101.1, 2,631.7) 1 (1, 62) 64 stable stable trend -1.0 (-11.8, 1.9)
Onslow County 6 2,329.2 (2,229.5, 2,432.2) 2 (1, 17) 421 stable stable trend 2.2 (0.0, 6.3)
Surry County 6 2,289.7 (2,180.1, 2,403.5) 3 (1, 28) 331 stable stable trend 0.6 (-0.3, 1.6)
McDowell County 6 2,261.0 (2,124.4, 2,404.1) 4 (1, 45) 208 stable stable trend 0.5 (-0.6, 1.6)
Haywood County 6 2,209.4 (2,104.3, 2,318.4) 5 (1, 43) 335 rising rising trend 1.2 (0.3, 2.2)
Stanly County 6 2,191.1 (2,071.2, 2,316.2) 6 (1, 52) 254 falling falling trend -1.4 (-6.3, -0.1)
Rowan County 6 2,168.9 (2,086.0, 2,254.3) 7 (2, 44) 527 stable stable trend 0.0 (-0.9, 0.6)
Cabarrus County 6 2,163.1 (2,084.8, 2,243.5) 8 (2, 45) 595 stable stable trend -1.0 (-5.9, 0.2)
Moore County 6 2,159.8 (2,076.9, 2,245.3) 9 (2, 46) 514 stable stable trend -0.5 (-1.4, 0.4)
Gaston County 6 2,159.3 (2,090.3, 2,230.1) 10 (3, 42) 760 stable stable trend -0.2 (-0.8, 0.5)
Alamance County 6 2,155.8 (2,078.6, 2,235.1) 11 (3, 45) 596 stable stable trend 0.0 (-0.5, 0.6)
Randolph County 6 2,154.5 (2,073.1, 2,238.2) 12 (3, 48) 541 stable stable trend -0.3 (-5.5, 0.6)
Cleveland County 6 2,153.4 (2,057.0, 2,253.2) 13 (2, 51) 385 stable stable trend 0.2 (-0.7, 1.1)
Lincoln County 6 2,152.4 (2,046.1, 2,262.8) 14 (1, 57) 319 stable stable trend -0.4 (-1.1, 0.4)
Craven County 6 2,151.0 (2,058.8, 2,246.2) 15 (2, 52) 416 stable stable trend -0.8 (-1.7, 0.2)
Rockingham County 6 2,144.2 (2,049.7, 2,242.0) 16 (2, 54) 393 stable stable trend -0.2 (-0.8, 0.4)
Person County 6 2,143.5 (1,997.4, 2,297.4) 17 (1, 70) 164 stable stable trend -0.4 (-1.7, 1.0)
Guilford County 6 2,138.1 (2,092.2, 2,184.7) 18 (5, 38) 1,694 stable stable trend 0.9 (-0.5, 3.1)
Caldwell County 6 2,120.5 (2,019.8, 2,225.0) 19 (3, 60) 341 stable stable trend 0.2 (-0.6, 1.1)
Iredell County 6 2,117.8 (2,041.0, 2,196.9) 20 (4, 53) 592 stable stable trend -0.7 (-1.6, 0.0)
Harnett County 6 2,117.6 (2,018.2, 2,220.6) 21 (3, 62) 353 stable stable trend 0.4 (-0.2, 1.1)
Granville County 6 2,116.5 (1,990.2, 2,248.9) 22 (2, 69) 216 stable stable trend 0.0 (-1.0, 1.1)
Martin County 6 2,116.0 (1,940.3, 2,303.3) 23 (1, 79) 109 stable stable trend -0.1 (-8.4, 4.2)
Macon County 6 2,112.7 (1,985.4, 2,246.0) 24 (2, 72) 208 stable stable trend -0.2 (-1.1, 0.9)
Union County 6 2,106.1 (2,030.8, 2,183.6) 25 (5, 56) 615 stable stable trend 2.8 (-0.3, 5.2)
Lenoir County 6 2,104.5 (1,984.3, 2,230.1) 26 (2, 68) 232 stable stable trend -0.8 (-1.7, 0.1)
Tyrrell County 6 2,099.9 (1,680.6, 2,591.7) 27 (1, 99) 17 stable stable trend 1.7 (-0.4, 4.1)
Davidson County 6 2,098.7 (2,025.2, 2,174.1) 28 (6, 57) 627 stable stable trend 0.1 (-0.5, 0.8)
Johnston County 6 2,097.2 (2,017.9, 2,178.8) 29 (5, 58) 560 stable stable trend 0.4 (-0.2, 1.1)
Richmond County 6 2,088.8 (1,948.0, 2,237.3) 30 (1, 77) 167 stable stable trend -0.4 (-1.8, 0.9)
Henderson County 6 2,082.8 (2,009.5, 2,158.0) 31 (6, 60) 616 rising rising trend 2.4 (0.1, 4.3)
Lee County 6 2,077.2 (1,951.4, 2,209.1) 32 (2, 74) 209 stable stable trend -0.5 (-1.5, 0.5)
Wayne County 6 2,070.4 (1,981.4, 2,162.4) 33 (5, 66) 414 stable stable trend -0.5 (-5.3, 0.6)
New Hanover County 6 2,062.7 (1,999.3, 2,127.5) 34 (12, 60) 827 stable stable trend 0.1 (-0.4, 0.7)
Chatham County 6 2,061.5 (1,967.2, 2,159.3) 35 (6, 67) 363 stable stable trend -1.5 (-4.4, 1.1)
Brunswick County 6 2,058.8 (1,993.9, 2,125.4) 36 (11, 60) 852 rising rising trend 1.2 (0.7, 2.4)
Caswell County 6 2,049.8 (1,873.1, 2,238.9) 37 (2, 88) 102 stable stable trend 0.0 (-1.1, 1.3)
Wake County 6 2,046.8 (2,010.4, 2,083.7) 38 (23, 56) 2,519 stable stable trend 0.1 (-0.3, 0.8)
Jones County 6 2,045.8 (1,780.2, 2,340.2) 39 (1, 97) 44 stable stable trend 7.7 (-1.2, 15.5)
Rutherford County 6 2,044.0 (1,939.1, 2,153.1) 40 (5, 75) 290 stable stable trend -0.6 (-1.2, 0.0)
Buncombe County 6 2,042.2 (1,986.2, 2,099.3) 41 (16, 62) 1,037 falling falling trend -0.4 (-0.8, -0.1)
Yancey County 6 2,038.0 (1,855.3, 2,233.9) 42 (1, 90) 93 stable stable trend 4.4 (-1.9, 9.8)
Carteret County 6 2,037.4 (1,941.0, 2,137.4) 43 (7, 73) 345 stable stable trend 1.3 (-2.0, 5.0)
Forsyth County 6 2,033.2 (1,981.5, 2,085.8) 44 (22, 62) 1,205 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.7, -0.8)
Madison County 6 2,030.6 (1,850.6, 2,223.4) 45 (2, 89) 96 stable stable trend -0.2 (-1.2, 1.0)
Halifax County 6 2,024.7 (1,902.9, 2,152.3) 46 (6, 82) 210 stable stable trend 0.5 (-0.3, 1.4)
Mecklenburg County 6 2,021.0 (1,984.3, 2,058.1) 47 (30, 60) 2,419 stable stable trend -0.4 (-3.4, 0.5)
Burke County 6 2,015.8 (1,923.8, 2,111.1) 48 (13, 75) 365 stable stable trend -0.2 (-1.1, 0.7)
Durham County 6 2,009.7 (1,946.8, 2,074.1) 49 (23, 68) 813 falling falling trend -0.7 (-1.2, -0.1)
Davie County 6 2,007.5 (1,876.3, 2,145.4) 50 (5, 84) 176 falling falling trend -2.7 (-7.5, -0.5)
Franklin County 6 2,005.6 (1,887.9, 2,128.8) 51 (8, 83) 226 stable stable trend -0.3 (-1.3, 0.8)
Stokes County 6 1,989.1 (1,864.3, 2,120.2) 52 (8, 85) 191 stable stable trend -3.7 (-7.7, 0.3)
Orange County 6 1,986.5 (1,897.0, 2,079.1) 53 (18, 78) 391 stable stable trend 2.3 (-0.6, 4.3)
Anson County 6 1,980.4 (1,799.5, 2,174.8) 54 (3, 93) 90 rising rising trend 1.1 (0.2, 2.2)
Avery County 6 1,970.4 (1,772.7, 2,184.0) 55 (3, 95) 74 stable stable trend -0.3 (-1.4, 0.9)
Vance County 6 1,969.8 (1,834.0, 2,113.1) 56 (8, 89) 160 stable stable trend -0.8 (-1.8, 0.4)
Hoke County 6 1,966.9 (1,794.7, 2,151.5) 57 (4, 94) 104 stable stable trend -0.5 (-2.5, 1.8)
Cumberland County 6 1,964.8 (1,902.7, 2,028.5) 58 (33, 76) 776 stable stable trend -0.1 (-0.5, 0.4)
Sampson County 6 1,953.4 (1,838.3, 2,073.8) 59 (13, 88) 219 stable stable trend 0.7 (-0.3, 1.8)
Scotland County 6 1,947.6 (1,794.0, 2,110.9) 60 (6, 92) 122 stable stable trend -1.2 (-3.1, 0.8)
Pender County 6 1,943.5 (1,826.1, 2,066.6) 61 (18, 90) 213 stable stable trend -0.7 (-2.0, 0.8)
Washington County 6 1,940.9 (1,718.8, 2,184.0) 62 (3, 97) 56 stable stable trend 0.3 (-1.1, 1.9)
Cherokee County 6 1,930.3 (1,797.1, 2,070.8) 63 (14, 91) 160 stable stable trend -0.7 (-1.9, 0.1)
Robeson County 6 1,921.7 (1,834.4, 2,012.1) 64 (35, 86) 379 stable stable trend 0.9 (-3.9, 6.5)
Transylvania County 6 1,911.7 (1,794.0, 2,035.2) 65 (22, 91) 197 stable stable trend 0.3 (-0.7, 1.5)
Catawba County 6 1,911.2 (1,838.4, 1,986.2) 66 (42, 85) 532 stable stable trend -0.6 (-1.3, 0.1)
Mitchell County 6 1,908.0 (1,714.4, 2,117.6) 67 (4, 97) 71 stable stable trend -1.4 (-10.3, 1.3)
Pasquotank County 6 1,905.2 (1,758.5, 2,061.0) 68 (13, 95) 128 stable stable trend -1.3 (-6.7, 0.3)
Yadkin County 6 1,903.8 (1,765.9, 2,049.7) 69 (15, 94) 142 stable stable trend -0.1 (-1.3, 1.3)
Alexander County 6 1,894.7 (1,756.4, 2,041.0) 70 (19, 94) 141 stable stable trend -0.4 (-1.3, 0.6)
Chowan County 6 1,894.6 (1,690.4, 2,116.6) 71 (3, 97) 64 stable stable trend -0.5 (-2.0, 1.1)
Pamlico County 6 1,887.0 (1,692.2, 2,098.3) 72 (6, 97) 70 stable stable trend -0.3 (-1.5, 1.0)
Watauga County 6 1,878.8 (1,749.5, 2,015.1) 73 (27, 95) 162 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.9, -0.3)
Nash County 6 1,854.4 (1,762.3, 1,950.1) 74 (48, 93) 314 falling falling trend -1.0 (-1.6, -0.3)
Pitt County 6 1,850.6 (1,772.3, 1,931.6) 75 (52, 91) 435 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.7, -0.5)
Edgecombe County 6 1,848.5 (1,730.9, 1,972.2) 76 (36, 95) 189 stable stable trend -0.7 (-1.9, 0.6)
Hyde County 6 1,848.4 (1,494.9, 2,261.0) 77 (1, 99) 20 stable stable trend -1.7 (-4.8, 1.4)
Wilson County 6 1,846.9 (1,748.4, 1,949.4) 78 (48, 94) 270 stable stable trend -1.4 (-7.2, 1.1)
Columbus County 6 1,838.2 (1,726.2, 1,955.6) 79 (43, 95) 204 stable stable trend -0.5 (-1.5, 0.7)
Ashe County 6 1,835.8 (1,694.0, 1,986.4) 80 (32, 97) 126 stable stable trend -0.5 (-1.8, 0.9)
Montgomery County 6 1,831.3 (1,673.6, 2,000.1) 81 (21, 98) 102 stable stable trend 0.3 (-1.0, 1.9)
Warren County 6 1,830.0 (1,664.3, 2,007.9) 82 (24, 98) 91 falling falling trend -1.3 (-2.3, -0.2)
Clay County 6 1,827.6 (1,628.2, 2,044.9) 83 (10, 98) 63 stable stable trend -0.2 (-1.7, 1.5)
Wilkes County 6 1,802.1 (1,705.5, 1,902.8) 84 (56, 96) 263 falling falling trend -1.2 (-2.5, -0.6)
Dare County 6 1,796.2 (1,660.3, 1,940.4) 85 (44, 98) 139 falling falling trend -7.9 (-14.4, -1.3)
Beaufort County 6 1,795.4 (1,684.1, 1,912.1) 86 (55, 97) 199 stable stable trend 1.9 (-3.2, 5.9)
Greene County 6 1,785.7 (1,587.8, 2,001.4) 87 (16, 99) 61 stable stable trend -0.5 (-2.0, 1.1)
Perquimans County 6 1,784.6 (1,594.8, 1,990.8) 88 (24, 99) 65 stable stable trend -1.2 (-2.6, 0.4)
Bertie County 6 1,746.0 (1,572.2, 1,933.6) 89 (34, 99) 75 falling falling trend -1.5 (-2.6, -0.2)
Northampton County 6 1,721.3 (1,562.6, 1,891.7) 90 (50, 99) 87 stable stable trend -0.1 (-1.1, 1.1)
Jackson County 6 1,714.7 (1,588.8, 1,848.1) 91 (64, 99) 142 falling falling trend -2.8 (-4.9, -1.5)
Bladen County 6 1,711.2 (1,577.7, 1,853.0) 92 (60, 99) 125 stable stable trend -0.3 (-1.2, 0.7)
Duplin County 6 1,703.0 (1,594.2, 1,817.2) 93 (69, 99) 187 stable stable trend -0.4 (-1.4, 0.7)
Polk County 6 1,700.7 (1,560.3, 1,850.3) 94 (61, 99) 109 stable stable trend -2.7 (-6.9, 1.0)
Alleghany County 6 1,667.0 (1,465.4, 1,888.7) 95 (37, 99) 50 stable stable trend -9.1 (-20.3, 1.1)
Graham County 6 1,653.7 (1,413.3, 1,923.5) 96 (30, 99) 34 stable stable trend 0.0 (-3.0, 3.2)
Camden County 6 1,595.0 (1,336.1, 1,890.0) 97 (29, 100) 27 falling falling trend -15.2 (-30.5, -1.0)
Hertford County 6 1,574.8 (1,417.4, 1,744.9) 98 (76, 99) 74 falling falling trend -1.6 (-2.9, -0.3)
Currituck County 6 1,466.4 (1,305.3, 1,642.4) 99 (86, 100) 65 falling falling trend -2.0 (-3.6, -0.2)
Gates County 6 1,138.6 (953.6, 1,349.5) 100 (98, 100) 27 falling falling trend -2.4 (-4.3, -0.4)
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/28/2024 5:54 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. Due to different years of data availability, most of the trends are AAPCs based on APCs but some are APCs calculated in SEER*Stat. Please refer to the source for each area for additional information.

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 stage.
⋔ 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.


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 2022 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 2022 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 modifed by NCI. The US Population Data File is used with SEER November 2022 data.
Data for the United States does not include data from Nevada.
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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