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)
|
CI*Rank ⋔ (95% Confidence Interval)
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Average Annual Count
|
Recent Trend |
Recent 5-Year Trend ‡ in Incidence Rates (95% Confidence Interval) 
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina 6 | N/A | 2,107.4 (2,097.4, 2,117.4) | N/A | 34,970 |
stable 
|
-0.2 (-0.6, 0.0) |
| US (SEER+NPCR) 1 | N/A | 1,975.2 (1,973.5, 1,977.0) | N/A | 1,010,129 |
falling 
|
-0.7 (-0.9, -0.5) |
| Beaufort County 6 | Rural | 2,051.4 (1,929.2, 2,179.4) | 59 (10, 90) | 217 |
rising 
|
5.2 (1.6, 9.4) |
| Yancey County 6 | Rural | 2,134.3 (1,949.6, 2,331.9) | 37 (1, 90) | 100 |
stable
|
3.2 (-0.4, 8.9) |
| Robeson County 6 | Rural | 2,151.8 (2,054.7, 2,252.3) | 32 (6, 72) | 385 |
stable
|
1.8 (-0.2, 7.0) |
| Anson County 6 | Urban | 2,208.2 (2,011.2, 2,419.5) | 16 (1, 87) | 94 |
rising
|
1.7 (0.8, 2.7) |
| Tyrrell County 6 | Rural | 2,090.6 (1,660.8, 2,597.6) | 47 (1, 99) | 16 |
stable
|
1.4 (-0.9, 3.9) |
| Orange County 6 | Urban | 2,063.7 (1,974.3, 2,156.0) | 57 (16, 84) | 423 |
stable
|
1.2 (-0.4, 4.5) |
| Sampson County 6 | Rural | 2,207.0 (2,078.9, 2,341.0) | 17 (1, 74) | 227 |
rising
|
1.2 (0.3, 2.1) |
| Haywood County 6 | Rural | 2,291.4 (2,184.1, 2,402.6) | 7 (1, 43) | 347 |
rising
|
1.1 (0.4, 2.0) |
| Graham County 6 | Rural | 1,971.9 (1,698.6, 2,276.7) | 76 (2, 98) | 37 |
stable
|
0.8 (-1.9, 3.7) |
| Chatham County 6 | Urban | 2,086.2 (1,992.8, 2,182.8) | 49 (11, 81) | 379 |
rising
|
0.7 (0.3, 1.2) |
| Duplin County 6 | Rural | 2,005.3 (1,877.1, 2,140.0) | 72 (14, 95) | 186 |
stable
|
0.7 (-0.2, 1.6) |
| Johnston County 6 | Urban | 2,211.5 (2,131.1, 2,294.3) | 13 (3, 53) | 608 |
rising
|
0.7 (0.1, 1.5) |
| Mitchell County 6 | Rural | 2,050.1 (1,848.1, 2,268.3) | 60 (2, 96) | 76 |
stable
|
0.7 (-0.5, 2.0) |
| Halifax County 6 | Rural | 2,098.6 (1,972.5, 2,230.6) | 45 (5, 87) | 211 |
stable
|
0.6 (-0.3, 1.5) |
| Martin County 6 | Rural | 2,159.3 (1,981.1, 2,349.2) | 29 (1, 88) | 111 |
stable
|
0.6 (-0.3, 1.5) |
| McDowell County 6 | Rural | 2,367.5 (2,226.1, 2,515.5) | 2 (1, 42) | 214 |
stable
|
0.6 (-0.4, 1.7) |
| Stokes County 6 | Urban | 2,038.7 (1,911.8, 2,171.9) | 64 (10, 91) | 194 |
stable
|
0.6 (-0.2, 1.5) |
| Surry County 6 | Rural | 2,318.2 (2,207.3, 2,433.3) | 4 (1, 38) | 332 |
stable
|
0.6 (-0.2, 1.5) |
| Transylvania County 6 | Rural | 1,968.9 (1,847.8, 2,095.9) | 77 (29, 95) | 197 |
stable
|
0.6 (-0.4, 1.6) |
| Yadkin County 6 | Urban | 2,101.3 (1,955.7, 2,254.8) | 44 (4, 89) | 156 |
stable
|
0.6 (-0.6, 1.8) |
| Montgomery County 6 | Rural | 1,964.7 (1,798.4, 2,142.3) | 78 (12, 97) | 106 |
stable
|
0.5 (-0.9, 1.9) |
| New Hanover County 6 | Urban | 2,184.1 (2,118.2, 2,251.4) | 23 (7, 54) | 861 |
stable
|
0.5 (-0.1, 1.0) |
| Northampton County 6 | Rural | 1,939.1 (1,765.2, 2,125.4) | 84 (15, 97) | 93 |
stable
|
0.5 (-0.5, 1.5) |
| Onslow County 6 | Urban | 2,394.3 (2,294.0, 2,497.8) | 1 (1, 14) | 443 |
stable
|
0.5 (-0.2, 1.2) |
| Washington County 6 | Rural | 1,992.8 (1,764.1, 2,243.0) | 75 (3, 97) | 56 |
stable
|
0.5 (-0.8, 1.9) |
| Clay County 6 | Rural | 2,065.3 (1,849.9, 2,299.1) | 56 (1, 97) | 69 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.9, 1.8) |
| Greene County 6 | Rural | 2,088.6 (1,869.6, 2,326.4) | 48 (1, 96) | 69 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.9, 1.9) |
| Harnett County 6 | Rural | 2,153.7 (2,054.4, 2,256.6) | 31 (4, 73) | 365 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.3, 1.2) |
| Wayne County 6 | Urban | 2,288.2 (2,191.6, 2,387.9) | 8 (1, 40) | 433 |
stable
|
0.4 (-2.8, 1.3) |
| Davidson County 6 | Urban | 2,188.7 (2,113.8, 2,265.5) | 21 (5, 58) | 658 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.2, 0.8) |
| Franklin County 6 | Urban | 2,164.1 (2,040.1, 2,293.7) | 27 (2, 77) | 239 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.4, 1.1) |
| Richmond County 6 | Rural | 2,303.5 (2,151.1, 2,463.9) | 5 (1, 62) | 175 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.8, 1.3) |
| Alamance County 6 | Urban | 2,248.6 (2,170.0, 2,329.2) | 9 (2, 44) | 627 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.2, 0.7) |
| Bladen County 6 | Rural | 1,852.8 (1,706.8, 2,008.1) | 90 (46, 97) | 123 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.9, 1.5) |
| Caldwell County 6 | Urban | 2,196.2 (2,093.2, 2,303.1) | 20 (3, 67) | 350 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.5, 1.1) |
| Columbus County 6 | Rural | 2,041.5 (1,918.0, 2,170.9) | 63 (12, 92) | 208 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.7, 1.2) |
| Cumberland County 6 | Urban | 2,049.6 (1,986.6, 2,114.2) | 61 (30, 81) | 821 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.2, 0.5) |
| Pender County 6 | Urban | 2,109.4 (1,984.1, 2,240.5) | 41 (4, 85) | 221 |
stable
|
0.1 (-1.0, 1.3) |
| Polk County 6 | Rural | 1,935.0 (1,780.7, 2,098.9) | 86 (22, 97) | 117 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.8, 1.2) |
| Union County 6 | Urban | 2,184.8 (2,108.6, 2,263.2) | 22 (5, 60) | 644 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.5, 0.8) |
| Avery County 6 | Rural | 2,042.0 (1,842.4, 2,257.5) | 62 (2, 97) | 78 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.2, 1.2) |
| Gaston County 6 | Urban | 2,209.3 (2,140.0, 2,280.3) | 15 (4, 49) | 791 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.6, 0.5) |
| Granville County 6 | Rural | 2,177.3 (2,048.4, 2,312.3) | 24 (2, 76) | 221 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.9, 0.9) |
| Hoke County 6 | Urban | 2,166.3 (1,983.2, 2,361.9) | 25 (1, 88) | 112 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.5, 1.8) |
| Mecklenburg County 6 | Urban | 2,102.6 (2,065.2, 2,140.5) | 43 (29, 64) | 2,526 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.8, 0.4) |
| Rutherford County 6 | Rural | 2,234.8 (2,122.7, 2,351.3) | 11 (1, 60) | 305 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.6, 0.7) |
| Guilford County 6 | Urban | 2,199.9 (2,153.4, 2,247.1) | 18 (7, 43) | 1,747 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.7, 0.4) |
| Alexander County 6 | Urban | 2,029.7 (1,884.1, 2,183.7) | 65 (7, 93) | 147 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.2, 0.9) |
| Burke County 6 | Urban | 2,082.3 (1,988.3, 2,179.7) | 50 (11, 83) | 373 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.9, 0.7) |
| Caswell County 6 | Rural | 2,020.8 (1,845.7, 2,208.3) | 68 (4, 96) | 101 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.3, 1.0) |
| Edgecombe County 6 | Urban | 2,053.1 (1,926.1, 2,186.4) | 58 (8, 90) | 201 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.3, 1.0) |
| Lincoln County 6 | Urban | 2,242.2 (2,134.7, 2,353.7) | 10 (1, 59) | 339 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.9, 0.7) |
| Person County 6 | Urban | 2,231.8 (2,081.6, 2,390.1) | 12 (1, 73) | 169 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.2, 0.9) |
| Swain County 6 | Rural | 2,358.1 (2,104.6, 2,633.9) | 3 (1, 78) | 64 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-9.9, 2.4) |
| Alleghany County 6 | Rural | 1,631.9 (1,429.9, 1,854.6) | 97 (70, 100) | 48 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.7, 1.1) |
| Cherokee County 6 | Rural | 1,995.3 (1,860.0, 2,138.0) | 74 (14, 94) | 166 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.2, 0.3) |
| Chowan County 6 | Rural | 1,954.8 (1,746.1, 2,181.5) | 80 (5, 98) | 65 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.5, 1.0) |
| Cleveland County 6 | Rural | 2,149.2 (2,053.5, 2,248.3) | 33 (5, 72) | 390 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-6.1, 1.4) |
| Forsyth County 6 | Urban | 2,119.5 (2,066.8, 2,173.2) | 40 (18, 66) | 1,263 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.6, 0.0) |
| Henderson County 6 | Urban | 2,147.5 (2,072.7, 2,224.3) | 34 (9, 67) | 628 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.8, 0.3) |
| Jones County 6 | Rural | 2,124.6 (1,853.4, 2,424.8) | 39 (1, 96) | 46 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.7, 1.2) |
| Madison County 6 | Urban | 1,960.8 (1,783.6, 2,150.8) | 79 (9, 97) | 92 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.4, 0.9) |
| Perquimans County 6 | Rural | 1,931.1 (1,729.3, 2,150.2) | 87 (7, 98) | 67 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.6, 1.1) |
| Stanly County 6 | Rural | 2,292.0 (2,167.8, 2,421.6) | 6 (1, 50) | 261 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-3.8, 0.6) |
| Ashe County 6 | Rural | 1,872.0 (1,728.6, 2,024.2) | 89 (36, 97) | 128 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.6, 1.0) |
| Buncombe County 6 | Urban | 2,020.6 (1,965.9, 2,076.5) | 69 (41, 82) | 1,064 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.7, 0.0) |
| Macon County 6 | Rural | 2,072.1 (1,947.9, 2,202.3) | 55 (8, 88) | 210 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.4, 0.7) |
| Moore County 6 | Urban | 2,196.3 (2,112.0, 2,283.2) | 19 (3, 58) | 514 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.3, 0.5) |
| Pamlico County 6 | Rural | 2,021.5 (1,817.1, 2,242.7) | 67 (4, 97) | 73 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-2.0, 1.4) |
| Vance County 6 | Rural | 2,073.3 (1,930.1, 2,224.3) | 54 (6, 89) | 161 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.5, 0.7) |
| Hertford County 6 | Rural | 1,842.8 (1,664.8, 2,034.7) | 91 (36, 98) | 80 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.9, 0.8) |
| Pitt County 6 | Urban | 1,944.2 (1,862.5, 2,028.5) | 82 (49, 93) | 444 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.1, 0.1) |
| Scotland County 6 | Rural | 2,165.2 (2,000.6, 2,339.7) | 26 (1, 87) | 132 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-2.4, 1.5) |
| Catawba County 6 | Urban | 1,936.6 (1,863.7, 2,011.5) | 85 (56, 93) | 546 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.3, 0.2) |
| Lee County 6 | Rural | 2,028.3 (1,904.8, 2,157.8) | 66 (14, 93) | 207 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.6, 0.4) |
| Watauga County 6 | Rural | 2,005.3 (1,868.3, 2,149.7) | 71 (13, 94) | 166 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.3, 0.2) |
| Durham County 6 | Urban | 2,019.0 (1,956.6, 2,082.9) | 70 (40, 84) | 835 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.2, -0.1) |
| Rowan County 6 | Urban | 2,134.7 (2,053.5, 2,218.3) | 36 (10, 73) | 534 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.9, 0.1) |
| Warren County 6 | Rural | 1,951.8 (1,776.0, 2,140.2) | 81 (8, 97) | 93 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.6, 0.2) |
| Craven County 6 | Rural | 2,160.4 (2,068.1, 2,255.7) | 28 (5, 69) | 419 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.7, 0.2) |
| Hyde County 6 | Rural | 2,001.0 (1,622.4, 2,442.6) | 73 (1, 99) | 20 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-3.0, 1.5) |
| Iredell County 6 | Urban | 2,107.6 (2,032.4, 2,184.9) | 42 (13, 75) | 611 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.7, -0.1) |
| Randolph County 6 | Urban | 2,131.5 (2,050.6, 2,214.7) | 38 (8, 73) | 537 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-3.9, 0.0) |
| Wilkes County 6 | Rural | 1,903.9 (1,803.5, 2,008.4) | 88 (53, 96) | 273 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-2.1, -0.2) |
| Bertie County 6 | Rural | 1,836.8 (1,653.4, 2,034.9) | 92 (26, 98) | 75 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.0, 0.0) |
| Lenoir County 6 | Rural | 2,079.1 (1,960.0, 2,203.5) | 52 (7, 85) | 232 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.1, 0.1) |
| Wilson County 6 | Rural | 1,941.1 (1,838.6, 2,047.8) | 83 (41, 95) | 276 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-4.2, 0.1) |
| Cabarrus County 6 | Urban | 2,154.3 (2,077.4, 2,233.2) | 30 (7, 67) | 614 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-5.8, -0.2) |
| Dare County 6 | Rural | 1,834.6 (1,698.3, 1,979.2) | 93 (57, 98) | 145 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.0, 0.0) |
| Nash County 6 | Urban | 1,820.6 (1,729.6, 1,915.1) | 94 (74, 97) | 312 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.8, -0.4) |
| Carteret County 6 | Rural | 2,097.2 (1,998.5, 2,199.5) | 46 (11, 81) | 351 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.8, -0.6) |
| Davie County 6 | Urban | 2,076.9 (1,943.8, 2,216.7) | 53 (5, 90) | 184 |
stable
|
-1.4 (-8.9, 0.4) |
| Gates County 6 | Urban | 1,257.8 (1,056.1, 1,487.4) | 100 (97, 100) | 28 |
stable
|
-1.6 (-3.4, 0.2) |
| Rockingham County 6 | Urban | 2,142.1 (2,047.4, 2,240.0) | 35 (6, 73) | 392 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-6.7, -0.1) |
| Wake County 6 | Urban | 2,080.5 (2,044.3, 2,117.2) | 51 (34, 69) | 2,638 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.9, -1.0) |
| Currituck County 6 | Urban | 1,490.0 (1,327.2, 1,667.7) | 98 (91, 100) | 66 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.7, -0.2) |
| Jackson County 6 | Rural | 1,802.3 (1,672.2, 1,940.0) | 95 (64, 98) | 147 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.3, -1.1) |
| Brunswick County 6 | Urban | 2,209.8 (2,142.1, 2,279.1) | 14 (4, 50) | 905 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-4.2, -0.5) |
| Pasquotank County 6 | Rural | 1,731.4 (1,593.8, 1,877.7) | 96 (74, 99) | 120 |
falling
|
-7.6 (-17.4, -1.5) |
| Camden County 6 | Urban | 1,489.8 (1,235.9, 1,781.2) | 99 (81, 100) | 25 |
falling
|
-14.2 (-27.8, -4.4) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 04/23/2025 6:16 pm.
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 04/23/2025 6:16 pm.
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.