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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for North Carolina by County

All Cancer Sites (All Stages^), 2015-2019

Hispanic (any race), Both Sexes, All Ages

Sorted by CI*Rank

Explanation of Column Headers

Objective - The objective of *** is from the Healthy People 2020 project done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Incidence Rate (95% Confidence Interval) - The incidence rate is based upon 100,000 people and is an annual rate (or average annual rate) based on the time period indicated. Rates are age-adjusted by 5-year age groups to the 2000 U.S. standard million population.

Recent Trends - This is an interpretation of the AAPC/APC:

AAPC/APC (95% Confidence Interval) - the change in rate over time


Other Notes


Line by Line Interpretation of the Report


North Carolina6


US (SEER+NPCR)ยง1


Moore County6


Polk County6


Craven County6


Hoke County6


Burke County6


Transylvania County6


Brunswick County6


Granville County6


McDowell County6


New Hanover County6


Scotland County6


Lenoir County6


Davidson County6


Cabarrus County6


Onslow County6


Richmond County6


Alexander County6


Watauga County6


Orange County6


Johnston County6


Harnett County6


Davie County6


Gaston County6


Beaufort County6


Surry County6


Caldwell County6


Wake County6


Wayne County6


Iredell County6


Franklin County6


Robeson County6


Pitt County6


Durham County6


Buncombe County6


Alamance County6


Mecklenburg County6


Pender County6


Rowan County6


Lincoln County6


Montgomery County6


Lee County6


Union County6


Chatham County6


Cumberland County6


Pasquotank County6


Macon County6


Yadkin County6


Sampson County6


Forsyth County6


Nash County6


Person County6


Duplin County6


Guilford County6


Edgecombe County6


Henderson County6


Greene County6


Randolph County6


Jackson County6


Dare County6


Catawba County6


Vance County6


Haywood County6


Rockingham County6


Wilkes County6


Rutherford County6


Carteret County6


Wilson County6


Cleveland County6


Alleghany County6 Anson County6 Ashe County6 Avery County6 Bertie County6 Bladen County6 Camden County6 Caswell County6 Cherokee County6 Chowan County6 Clay County6 Columbus County6 Currituck County6 Gates County6 Graham County6 Halifax County6 Hertford County6 Hyde County6 Jones County6 Madison County6 Martin County6 Mitchell County6 Northampton County6 Pamlico County6 Perquimans County6 Stanly County6 Stokes County6 Swain County6 Tyrrell County6 Warren County6 Washington County6 Yancey County6

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/03/2023 5:21 am.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.

Data cannot be shown for the following areas. For more information on what areas are suppressed or not available, please refer to the table.
Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Avery, Bertie, Bladen, Camden, Caswell, Cherokee, Chowan, Clay, Columbus, Currituck, Gates, Graham, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Jones, Madison, Martin, Mitchell, Northampton, Pamlico, Perquimans, Stanly, Stokes, Swain, Tyrrell, Warren, Washington, Yancey

⋔ 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.

† 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 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.
* 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).

Source: SEER and NPCR data. For more specific information please see the table.

Interpret Rankings provides insight into interpreting cancer incidence statistics. When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic effect on the calculated rate.

NHIA (NAACCR Hispanic Identification Algorithm) was used for Hispanic Ethnicity (see Technical Notes section of the USCS).
Statistics for minorities may be affected by inconsistent race identification between the cancer case reports (sources for numerator of rate) and data from the Census Bureau (source for denominator of rate); and from undercounts of some population groups in the census.
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.