Incidence Rates Table
Incidence Rate Report for North Carolina by County
All Cancer Sites (All Stages^), 2017-2021
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages <65
Sorted by Recentaapc
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 | 239.4 (238.0, 240.8) | N/A | 25,656 |
stable 
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-0.2 (-0.4, 0.0) |
| US (SEER+NPCR) 1 | N/A | 222.9 (222.7, 223.2) | N/A | 734,330 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.7, 0.0) |
| Washington County 6 | Rural | 265.7 (221.4, 316.9) | 16 (1, 95) | 32 |
rising 
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11.9 (1.6, 19.6) |
| Madison County 6 | Urban | 259.4 (229.0, 293.1) | 28 (1, 92) | 60 |
rising
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4.5 (2.4, 7.2) |
| Tyrrell County 6 | Rural | 286.1 (208.7, 385.1) | 3 (1, 99) | 11 |
stable
|
3.8 (-1.3, 9.3) |
| Anson County 6 | Urban | 315.7 (283.1, 351.3) | 1 (1, 21) | 76 |
rising
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2.7 (1.5, 4.0) |
| Duplin County 6 | Rural | 261.9 (241.4, 283.7) | 22 (2, 79) | 135 |
rising
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1.7 (0.8, 2.7) |
| Polk County 6 | Rural | 251.9 (218.1, 290.0) | 39 (1, 95) | 52 |
stable
|
1.7 (-0.8, 4.3) |
| Warren County 6 | Rural | 262.8 (229.8, 299.7) | 20 (1, 92) | 56 |
rising
|
1.4 (0.2, 2.6) |
| Wayne County 6 | Urban | 266.8 (253.2, 280.9) | 14 (3, 53) | 319 |
rising
|
1.4 (1.0, 1.9) |
| Cleveland County 6 | Rural | 274.2 (259.5, 289.6) | 7 (1, 44) | 291 |
rising
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1.3 (0.7, 1.9) |
| Currituck County 6 | Urban | 149.3 (130.4, 170.4) | 100 (96, 100) | 51 |
stable
|
1.3 (-11.8, 10.0) |
| Avery County 6 | Rural | 214.7 (185.7, 247.5) | 87 (20, 99) | 43 |
stable
|
1.1 (-0.3, 2.6) |
| Caldwell County 6 | Urban | 251.4 (236.3, 267.4) | 41 (8, 82) | 231 |
rising
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1.1 (0.3, 1.9) |
| Jones County 6 | Rural | 290.4 (242.7, 345.8) | 2 (1, 90) | 32 |
stable
|
1.1 (-1.1, 3.3) |
| Alexander County 6 | Urban | 249.7 (227.2, 273.9) | 45 (3, 89) | 101 |
stable
|
1.0 (-0.6, 2.7) |
| Hyde County 6 | Rural | 215.7 (161.4, 285.1) | 86 (1, 100) | 12 |
stable
|
1.0 (-2.1, 4.1) |
| McDowell County 6 | Rural | 272.5 (251.1, 295.3) | 9 (1, 66) | 137 |
rising
|
1.0 (0.1, 1.9) |
| Bladen County 6 | Rural | 258.1 (232.7, 285.8) | 29 (2, 88) | 88 |
stable
|
0.9 (-0.6, 2.4) |
| Person County 6 | Urban | 261.5 (239.0, 285.6) | 25 (2, 83) | 117 |
stable
|
0.9 (-0.2, 2.1) |
| Columbus County 6 | Rural | 262.2 (242.5, 283.2) | 21 (2, 74) | 145 |
stable
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0.8 (-0.3, 1.9) |
| Pamlico County 6 | Rural | 274.5 (232.8, 322.5) | 6 (1, 90) | 40 |
stable
|
0.8 (-1.4, 2.9) |
| Rutherford County 6 | Rural | 256.2 (238.6, 274.8) | 33 (4, 79) | 182 |
stable
|
0.8 (-0.1, 1.6) |
| Beaufort County 6 | Rural | 234.0 (213.9, 255.6) | 71 (17, 94) | 120 |
stable
|
0.7 (-3.7, 6.4) |
| Jackson County 6 | Rural | 233.1 (211.1, 256.8) | 73 (11, 96) | 95 |
stable
|
0.7 (-1.1, 2.6) |
| Stokes County 6 | Urban | 254.7 (234.1, 276.9) | 35 (3, 85) | 132 |
stable
|
0.7 (-0.5, 1.8) |
| Clay County 6 | Rural | 211.4 (172.7, 257.4) | 89 (7, 100) | 26 |
stable
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0.6 (-1.9, 3.1) |
| Dare County 6 | Rural | 222.9 (202.0, 245.8) | 83 (22, 97) | 100 |
stable
|
0.6 (-0.6, 1.8) |
| Davie County 6 | Urban | 263.2 (241.4, 286.6) | 19 (2, 78) | 124 |
stable
|
0.6 (0.0, 1.3) |
| Union County 6 | Urban | 242.5 (233.6, 251.5) | 57 (28, 78) | 598 |
stable
|
0.6 (-0.2, 1.5) |
| Ashe County 6 | Rural | 214.0 (189.3, 241.4) | 88 (29, 98) | 66 |
stable
|
0.5 (-0.9, 1.8) |
| Burke County 6 | Urban | 248.2 (233.6, 263.5) | 47 (10, 82) | 247 |
stable
|
0.5 (-0.3, 1.2) |
| Lincoln County 6 | Urban | 248.0 (233.4, 263.3) | 48 (11, 82) | 241 |
stable
|
0.5 (-0.1, 1.2) |
| Mitchell County 6 | Rural | 251.5 (215.8, 292.0) | 40 (1, 96) | 41 |
stable
|
0.5 (-1.3, 2.4) |
| Pender County 6 | Urban | 259.4 (241.7, 278.3) | 27 (3, 76) | 175 |
stable
|
0.5 (-0.7, 1.7) |
| Bertie County 6 | Rural | 261.6 (228.5, 298.6) | 23 (1, 91) | 53 |
stable
|
0.4 (-1.5, 2.3) |
| Cabarrus County 6 | Urban | 233.5 (224.5, 242.8) | 72 (42, 88) | 521 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.8, 2.7) |
| Davidson County 6 | Urban | 250.7 (240.1, 261.7) | 43 (13, 74) | 470 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.1, 1.0) |
| Onslow County 6 | Urban | 267.7 (255.5, 280.5) | 12 (3, 46) | 386 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.6, 1.5) |
| Sampson County 6 | Rural | 267.5 (248.8, 287.4) | 13 (2, 66) | 165 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.6, 1.5) |
| Alamance County 6 | Urban | 252.5 (241.6, 263.7) | 38 (11, 70) | 445 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.3, 0.8) |
| Brunswick County 6 | Urban | 244.6 (231.9, 257.8) | 56 (16, 84) | 385 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.5, 1.2) |
| Chowan County 6 | Rural | 206.8 (173.4, 245.5) | 92 (20, 100) | 33 |
stable
|
0.3 (-1.7, 2.2) |
| Gaston County 6 | Urban | 256.1 (246.9, 265.5) | 34 (10, 60) | 624 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.4, 0.9) |
| Halifax County 6 | Rural | 269.0 (248.6, 290.8) | 11 (1, 66) | 150 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.7, 1.3) |
| Robeson County 6 | Rural | 256.7 (243.4, 270.5) | 30 (5, 69) | 305 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.4, 1.0) |
| Stanly County 6 | Rural | 263.3 (245.2, 282.5) | 18 (2, 70) | 173 |
stable
|
0.3 (-9.4, 3.9) |
| Yancey County 6 | Rural | 249.5 (217.9, 285.0) | 46 (2, 95) | 52 |
stable
|
0.3 (-1.5, 2.1) |
| Edgecombe County 6 | Urban | 274.1 (253.2, 296.4) | 8 (1, 60) | 148 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.7, 1.1) |
| Franklin County 6 | Urban | 238.3 (222.3, 255.3) | 64 (17, 91) | 182 |
stable
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0.2 (-0.9, 1.4) |
| Haywood County 6 | Rural | 251.3 (233.5, 270.3) | 42 (5, 84) | 173 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.9, 1.1) |
| Martin County 6 | Rural | 253.1 (223.5, 285.9) | 37 (2, 93) | 64 |
stable
|
0.2 (-1.7, 2.1) |
| Mecklenburg County 6 | Urban | 225.2 (221.1, 229.3) | 81 (70, 89) | 2,423 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.3, 1.0) |
| Rockingham County 6 | Urban | 249.8 (235.5, 264.8) | 44 (9, 80) | 266 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.5, 0.9) |
| Swain County 6 | Rural | 270.5 (232.8, 312.9) | 10 (1, 92) | 41 |
stable
|
0.2 (-1.1, 1.5) |
| Craven County 6 | Rural | 261.6 (246.6, 277.2) | 24 (4, 64) | 259 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.6, 0.7) |
| Montgomery County 6 | Rural | 235.5 (209.1, 264.6) | 70 (5, 96) | 66 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.9, 1.0) |
| Moore County 6 | Urban | 254.0 (239.3, 269.3) | 36 (6, 76) | 251 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.7, 0.9) |
| Surry County 6 | Rural | 237.6 (221.9, 254.2) | 66 (17, 90) | 189 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.8, 1.1) |
| Vance County 6 | Rural | 256.4 (234.5, 279.8) | 32 (2, 84) | 116 |
stable
|
0.1 (-1.0, 1.2) |
| Cumberland County 6 | Urban | 247.0 (238.8, 255.4) | 50 (19, 71) | 730 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.4, 0.4) |
| New Hanover County 6 | Urban | 238.5 (229.2, 248.0) | 63 (33, 85) | 546 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.5, 0.6) |
| Wilson County 6 | Rural | 241.6 (226.3, 257.8) | 58 (14, 89) | 205 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.0, 1.1) |
| Caswell County 6 | Rural | 265.8 (236.3, 298.2) | 15 (1, 88) | 70 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.1, 1.0) |
| Iredell County 6 | Urban | 247.6 (237.6, 258.0) | 49 (19, 75) | 494 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.8, 0.3) |
| Johnston County 6 | Urban | 240.5 (231.2, 250.0) | 60 (30, 82) | 528 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.7, 0.6) |
| Northampton County 6 | Rural | 264.5 (229.5, 303.8) | 17 (1, 91) | 53 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.2, 1.0) |
| Orange County 6 | Urban | 227.0 (215.6, 238.9) | 80 (45, 93) | 321 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.0, 0.8) |
| Harnett County 6 | Rural | 246.9 (234.6, 259.8) | 51 (13, 79) | 310 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.7, 0.2) |
| Lenoir County 6 | Rural | 278.5 (258.5, 299.8) | 5 (1, 55) | 166 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.3, 0.8) |
| Richmond County 6 | Rural | 260.3 (238.9, 283.2) | 26 (2, 80) | 120 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-2.0, 0.6) |
| Transylvania County 6 | Rural | 205.3 (182.5, 230.4) | 93 (48, 99) | 74 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-2.0, 1.6) |
| Cherokee County 6 | Rural | 245.9 (219.7, 274.7) | 53 (2, 94) | 82 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-5.9, 0.9) |
| Pasquotank County 6 | Rural | 210.3 (190.4, 231.9) | 90 (45, 98) | 90 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-2.0, 1.5) |
| Wilkes County 6 | Rural | 230.0 (213.6, 247.4) | 78 (26, 94) | 167 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.0, 0.3) |
| Yadkin County 6 | Urban | 222.4 (200.9, 245.7) | 85 (23, 97) | 90 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.5, 0.9) |
| Carteret County 6 | Rural | 245.6 (228.9, 263.4) | 54 (8, 87) | 198 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.2, 0.4) |
| Lee County 6 | Rural | 236.2 (219.1, 254.4) | 69 (18, 93) | 154 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.2, 0.5) |
| Perquimans County 6 | Rural | 209.6 (173.3, 251.8) | 91 (12, 99) | 30 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-2.8, 1.9) |
| Pitt County 6 | Urban | 240.2 (229.0, 251.8) | 61 (27, 85) | 372 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.0, 0.1) |
| Randolph County 6 | Urban | 256.6 (244.9, 268.6) | 31 (9, 64) | 406 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-2.9, 0.4) |
| Henderson County 6 | Urban | 223.5 (211.1, 236.5) | 82 (50, 95) | 279 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.2, 0.3) |
| Nash County 6 | Urban | 228.3 (214.7, 242.7) | 79 (36, 93) | 234 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.2, 0.2) |
| Durham County 6 | Urban | 232.6 (224.9, 240.5) | 74 (47, 87) | 724 |
falling 
|
-0.6 (-1.1, -0.1) |
| Chatham County 6 | Urban | 237.1 (221.2, 253.9) | 67 (19, 90) | 194 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.3, 0.0) |
| Greene County 6 | Rural | 238.7 (210.1, 270.4) | 62 (4, 96) | 54 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.0, 0.7) |
| Guilford County 6 | Urban | 231.7 (225.9, 237.7) | 75 (54, 86) | 1,255 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-2.3, -0.3) |
| Hertford County 6 | Rural | 238.2 (209.1, 270.5) | 65 (3, 96) | 56 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-3.4, 1.8) |
| Watauga County 6 | Rural | 200.8 (181.8, 221.3) | 95 (68, 99) | 96 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.8, 0.4) |
| Graham County 6 | Rural | 198.6 (156.3, 249.8) | 96 (8, 100) | 17 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-9.4, 2.1) |
| Hoke County 6 | Urban | 245.6 (226.1, 266.4) | 55 (7, 91) | 122 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.7, 0.2) |
| Wake County 6 | Urban | 222.7 (218.8, 226.7) | 84 (73, 91) | 2,488 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.3, -0.4) |
| Camden County 6 | Urban | 196.1 (159.7, 239.0) | 97 (23, 100) | 22 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.7, 1.0) |
| Macon County 6 | Rural | 203.9 (182.5, 227.4) | 94 (54, 99) | 81 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.6, 0.8) |
| Buncombe County 6 | Urban | 231.1 (223.0, 239.6) | 76 (50, 88) | 657 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-4.0, -0.4) |
| Forsyth County 6 | Urban | 230.6 (223.7, 237.7) | 77 (55, 88) | 907 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-3.0, -0.5) |
| Granville County 6 | Rural | 279.1 (260.9, 298.4) | 4 (1, 43) | 193 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-3.0, -0.4) |
| Alleghany County 6 | Rural | 181.1 (148.1, 220.7) | 98 (57, 100) | 25 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-2.9, 0.5) |
| Rowan County 6 | Urban | 246.4 (235.0, 258.2) | 52 (16, 77) | 391 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.6, -0.7) |
| Scotland County 6 | Rural | 241.5 (218.1, 266.8) | 59 (5, 94) | 84 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-6.2, -0.7) |
| Catawba County 6 | Urban | 237.1 (226.4, 248.1) | 68 (31, 87) | 411 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-5.9, -0.4) |
| Gates County 6 | Urban | 154.2 (123.6, 191.3) | 99 (89, 100) | 21 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-6.2, -0.7) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/15/2025 1:00 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 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+).
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
Source: SEER and NPCR data. For more specific information please see the table.
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 01/15/2025 1:00 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 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+).
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
Source: SEER and NPCR data. For more specific information please see the table.
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.