Incidence Rates Table
Incidence Rate Report for North Carolina by County
All Cancer Sites (All Stages^), 2017-2021
All Races (includes Hispanic), Male, All Ages
Sorted by Rate
County![]() |
2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ![]() |
Age-Adjusted Incidence Rate † cases per 100,000 (95% Confidence Interval) ![]() |
CI*Rank ⋔ (95% Confidence Interval) ![]() |
Average Annual Count![]() |
Recent Trend |
Recent 5-Year Trend ‡ in Incidence Rates (95% Confidence Interval) ![]() |
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North Carolina 6 | N/A | 524.8 (522.1, 527.5) | N/A | 30,972 |
stable ![]() |
-0.3 (-0.7, 0.6) |
US (SEER+NPCR) 1 | N/A | 481.1 (480.6, 481.5) | N/A | 888,315 |
stable ![]() |
-0.7 (-1.0, 0.0) |
Gates County 6 | Urban | 340.9 (283.9, 407.9) | 100 (94, 100) | 27 |
stable ![]() |
-1.1 (-3.9, 1.7) |
Currituck County 6 | Urban | 354.3 (314.7, 397.9) | 99 (95, 100) | 66 |
falling ![]() |
-2.1 (-3.8, -0.3) |
Camden County 6 | Urban | 394.3 (325.6, 474.0) | 98 (60, 100) | 25 |
stable ![]() |
-2.8 (-5.6, 0.1) |
Alleghany County 6 | Rural | 398.7 (342.9, 463.3) | 97 (70, 100) | 40 |
falling ![]() |
-1.2 (-2.3, -0.1) |
Graham County 6 | Rural | 421.5 (350.7, 504.5) | 96 (28, 100) | 27 |
stable ![]() |
-0.2 (-3.3, 3.0) |
Pasquotank County 6 | Rural | 438.1 (400.6, 478.3) | 95 (69, 99) | 106 |
falling ![]() |
-1.6 (-2.9, -0.2) |
Transylvania County 6 | Rural | 465.1 (428.6, 504.7) | 94 (45, 98) | 143 |
stable ![]() |
-0.2 (-1.7, 1.3) |
Watauga County 6 | Rural | 470.4 (434.8, 508.3) | 93 (46, 97) | 142 |
falling ![]() |
-1.0 (-1.7, -0.2) |
Nash County 6 | Urban | 473.6 (447.7, 500.6) | 92 (57, 96) | 276 |
falling ![]() |
-1.4 (-2.1, -0.7) |
Dare County 6 | Rural | 474.7 (436.8, 515.4) | 91 (36, 97) | 133 |
stable ![]() |
-0.5 (-1.6, 0.7) |
Clay County 6 | Rural | 475.9 (413.8, 547.1) | 90 (11, 98) | 51 |
stable ![]() |
-0.5 (-2.7, 1.7) |
Jackson County 6 | Rural | 477.4 (439.8, 517.7) | 89 (37, 97) | 131 |
stable ![]() |
3.9 (-0.5, 9.3) |
Perquimans County 6 | Rural | 479.9 (419.4, 548.4) | 88 (10, 98) | 54 |
stable ![]() |
-0.7 (-2.1, 0.8) |
Macon County 6 | Rural | 480.4 (444.7, 518.8) | 87 (35, 97) | 154 |
falling ![]() |
-1.2 (-2.2, -0.2) |
Hyde County 6 | Rural | 482.2 (381.5, 604.9) | 86 (1, 100) | 17 |
stable ![]() |
-1.0 (-4.0, 2.0) |
Wilkes County 6 | Rural | 483.8 (455.2, 513.9) | 85 (45, 96) | 231 |
falling ![]() |
-1.6 (-6.2, -0.7) |
Pitt County 6 | Urban | 486.8 (464.6, 509.8) | 84 (55, 95) | 391 |
falling ![]() |
-1.5 (-2.1, -0.8) |
Chowan County 6 | Rural | 487.2 (426.9, 554.8) | 83 (7, 98) | 52 |
stable ![]() |
-0.5 (-2.5, 1.6) |
Durham County 6 | Urban | 489.9 (473.7, 506.6) | 82 (60, 92) | 742 |
falling ![]() |
-1.6 (-2.3, -0.9) |
Orange County 6 | Urban | 491.5 (468.3, 515.6) | 81 (48, 94) | 369 |
stable ![]() |
2.0 (-0.8, 5.7) |
Hertford County 6 | Rural | 492.6 (440.7, 549.5) | 80 (10, 97) | 71 |
falling ![]() |
-1.8 (-3.3, -0.3) |
Wake County 6 | Urban | 493.9 (484.9, 503.2) | 79 (65, 89) | 2,487 |
falling ![]() |
-2.9 (-5.2, -1.2) |
Bladen County 6 | Rural | 496.9 (453.5, 543.7) | 78 (12, 96) | 108 |
stable ![]() |
-0.8 (-1.7, 0.1) |
Bertie County 6 | Rural | 498.3 (443.2, 559.2) | 77 (5, 97) | 65 |
stable ![]() |
-0.8 (-1.8, 0.3) |
Ashe County 6 | Rural | 499.4 (456.1, 546.5) | 76 (13, 96) | 111 |
stable ![]() |
-0.5 (-1.5, 0.5) |
Buncombe County 6 | Urban | 499.4 (484.3, 515.0) | 75 (51, 89) | 870 |
falling ![]() |
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.5) |
Henderson County 6 | Urban | 500.0 (478.7, 522.1) | 74 (41, 92) | 457 |
falling ![]() |
-1.1 (-1.8, -0.4) |
Polk County 6 | Rural | 500.1 (450.8, 554.5) | 73 (8, 97) | 90 |
stable ![]() |
0.5 (-0.9, 2.0) |
Montgomery County 6 | Rural | 500.1 (452.9, 551.3) | 72 (12, 97) | 91 |
falling ![]() |
-1.2 (-6.9, -0.2) |
Carteret County 6 | Rural | 500.4 (472.8, 529.4) | 71 (32, 93) | 280 |
stable ![]() |
-0.3 (-2.3, 2.9) |
Cherokee County 6 | Rural | 503.3 (462.0, 548.1) | 70 (11, 95) | 134 |
falling ![]() |
-1.0 (-1.9, -0.2) |
Avery County 6 | Rural | 505.0 (452.0, 563.5) | 69 (5, 96) | 69 |
stable ![]() |
-0.2 (-1.8, 1.3) |
Alexander County 6 | Urban | 513.6 (473.8, 556.0) | 68 (9, 95) | 132 |
stable ![]() |
0.2 (-1.8, 4.2) |
Martin County 6 | Rural | 514.0 (463.4, 569.3) | 67 (5, 95) | 84 |
stable ![]() |
-1.5 (-10.4, 1.1) |
Mecklenburg County 6 | Urban | 516.7 (507.1, 526.4) | 66 (43, 76) | 2,444 |
stable ![]() |
0.0 (-2.0, 1.8) |
Yadkin County 6 | Urban | 517.0 (476.7, 560.1) | 65 (8, 94) | 131 |
stable ![]() |
4.3 (-0.8, 10.2) |
Stokes County 6 | Urban | 517.8 (481.6, 556.4) | 64 (12, 93) | 166 |
stable ![]() |
0.6 (-0.1, 1.2) |
Mitchell County 6 | Rural | 518.4 (459.3, 584.0) | 63 (3, 97) | 62 |
stable ![]() |
-0.2 (-1.5, 1.1) |
Chatham County 6 | Urban | 519.9 (492.7, 548.4) | 62 (19, 88) | 299 |
stable ![]() |
-0.6 (-1.1, 0.0) |
Lee County 6 | Rural | 521.2 (487.5, 556.7) | 61 (10, 90) | 191 |
stable ![]() |
-0.8 (-1.7, 0.2) |
Brunswick County 6 | Urban | 522.7 (502.6, 543.5) | 60 (22, 83) | 684 |
falling ![]() |
-2.8 (-6.0, -0.5) |
Forsyth County 6 | Urban | 523.5 (509.3, 538.1) | 59 (31, 76) | 1,085 |
stable ![]() |
1.4 (-0.2, 3.1) |
Scotland County 6 | Rural | 524.8 (479.8, 573.1) | 58 (5, 93) | 108 |
falling ![]() |
-3.0 (-15.1, -0.1) |
Wilson County 6 | Rural | 525.5 (495.6, 556.8) | 57 (13, 88) | 249 |
falling ![]() |
-0.9 (-1.6, -0.2) |
Rowan County 6 | Urban | 525.8 (504.0, 548.4) | 56 (18, 82) | 471 |
falling ![]() |
-1.5 (-3.0, -0.6) |
Johnston County 6 | Urban | 526.0 (505.5, 547.1) | 55 (22, 82) | 563 |
falling ![]() |
-0.6 (-1.0, -0.1) |
Cumberland County 6 | Urban | 526.1 (509.0, 543.8) | 54 (24, 77) | 762 |
stable ![]() |
-0.4 (-0.9, 0.1) |
Catawba County 6 | Urban | 527.4 (506.6, 548.8) | 53 (20, 79) | 524 |
stable ![]() |
-0.5 (-1.1, 0.1) |
New Hanover County 6 | Urban | 528.4 (510.6, 546.7) | 52 (22, 77) | 704 |
stable ![]() |
0.0 (-0.5, 0.6) |
Cabarrus County 6 | Urban | 528.6 (508.7, 549.1) | 51 (20, 77) | 575 |
falling ![]() |
-1.4 (-3.5, -0.7) |
Warren County 6 | Rural | 528.7 (475.3, 587.3) | 50 (3, 95) | 81 |
stable ![]() |
1.3 (-0.2, 4.5) |
Madison County 6 | Urban | 529.5 (476.5, 587.5) | 49 (2, 95) | 80 |
stable ![]() |
1.8 (-0.8, 6.9) |
Northampton County 6 | Rural | 530.1 (474.5, 591.4) | 48 (2, 95) | 76 |
stable ![]() |
-0.8 (-2.3, 0.6) |
Columbus County 6 | Rural | 530.3 (495.2, 567.5) | 47 (8, 89) | 181 |
stable ![]() |
-0.6 (-1.3, 0.1) |
Guilford County 6 | Urban | 534.1 (521.7, 546.6) | 46 (23, 66) | 1,501 |
falling ![]() |
-0.9 (-1.5, -0.3) |
Rockingham County 6 | Urban | 534.1 (507.7, 561.7) | 45 (10, 80) | 334 |
falling ![]() |
-2.7 (-6.8, -1.1) |
Beaufort County 6 | Rural | 535.1 (498.9, 573.6) | 44 (6, 86) | 184 |
rising ![]() |
5.7 (1.0, 11.1) |
Davie County 6 | Urban | 535.2 (497.4, 575.4) | 43 (4, 88) | 160 |
stable ![]() |
-0.1 (-0.9, 0.8) |
Iredell County 6 | Urban | 535.4 (515.2, 556.2) | 42 (14, 74) | 578 |
falling ![]() |
-1.2 (-2.4, -0.5) |
Harnett County 6 | Rural | 535.5 (509.4, 562.5) | 41 (11, 77) | 343 |
stable ![]() |
-0.5 (-1.4, 0.4) |
Burke County 6 | Urban | 538.1 (511.5, 565.8) | 40 (9, 81) | 331 |
stable ![]() |
-0.3 (-1.1, 0.6) |
Surry County 6 | Rural | 538.9 (509.1, 570.1) | 39 (5, 81) | 261 |
stable ![]() |
-0.5 (-1.6, 0.7) |
Washington County 6 | Rural | 540.2 (465.6, 624.7) | 38 (1, 96) | 46 |
stable ![]() |
-0.3 (-2.0, 1.4) |
Duplin County 6 | Rural | 540.7 (503.8, 579.7) | 37 (4, 85) | 171 |
stable ![]() |
1.0 (0.0, 1.9) |
Greene County 6 | Rural | 541.0 (481.3, 606.2) | 36 (2, 93) | 67 |
stable ![]() |
-0.4 (-2.4, 1.8) |
Union County 6 | Urban | 541.8 (522.2, 562.0) | 35 (12, 70) | 640 |
stable ![]() |
-0.3 (-1.1, 0.7) |
Vance County 6 | Rural | 543.0 (501.3, 587.5) | 34 (4, 88) | 138 |
falling ![]() |
-1.9 (-3.3, -0.3) |
Davidson County 6 | Urban | 543.4 (523.2, 564.3) | 33 (12, 69) | 585 |
stable ![]() |
-0.4 (-1.2, 0.4) |
Randolph County 6 | Urban | 544.3 (522.3, 567.1) | 32 (11, 70) | 495 |
falling ![]() |
-1.7 (-6.4, -0.5) |
Person County 6 | Urban | 546.2 (505.1, 590.1) | 31 (3, 85) | 145 |
stable ![]() |
-0.9 (-2.1, 0.3) |
Hoke County 6 | Urban | 548.9 (502.1, 598.7) | 30 (2, 88) | 120 |
falling ![]() |
-1.5 (-2.7, -0.2) |
Yancey County 6 | Rural | 550.1 (495.4, 610.2) | 29 (1, 91) | 82 |
stable ![]() |
2.8 (-0.8, 10.1) |
Moore County 6 | Urban | 550.2 (525.4, 576.0) | 28 (7, 69) | 401 |
stable ![]() |
-0.7 (-1.6, 0.3) |
Franklin County 6 | Urban | 550.3 (516.9, 585.3) | 27 (4, 77) | 223 |
stable ![]() |
-0.4 (-1.2, 0.4) |
Caldwell County 6 | Urban | 553.4 (524.9, 583.1) | 26 (5, 72) | 308 |
stable ![]() |
0.5 (-2.0, 3.7) |
Alamance County 6 | Urban | 555.1 (533.7, 577.1) | 25 (6, 63) | 536 |
stable ![]() |
1.2 (-0.7, 4.4) |
Sampson County 6 | Rural | 555.7 (520.9, 592.2) | 24 (4, 75) | 202 |
stable ![]() |
0.1 (-1.0, 1.3) |
Cleveland County 6 | Rural | 556.9 (529.8, 585.2) | 23 (4, 66) | 346 |
falling ![]() |
-1.2 (-2.7, -0.6) |
Lenoir County 6 | Rural | 558.5 (523.1, 595.8) | 22 (3, 75) | 201 |
falling ![]() |
-1.9 (-3.0, -0.9) |
Halifax County 6 | Rural | 560.1 (523.5, 598.9) | 21 (3, 77) | 189 |
stable ![]() |
-0.5 (-5.9, 1.2) |
Robeson County 6 | Rural | 562.3 (535.4, 590.2) | 20 (4, 64) | 360 |
rising ![]() |
0.7 (0.1, 1.5) |
Stanly County 6 | Rural | 563.1 (529.7, 598.2) | 19 (2, 71) | 228 |
falling ![]() |
-0.9 (-1.9, -0.2) |
Haywood County 6 | Rural | 564.1 (533.2, 596.7) | 18 (2, 67) | 273 |
stable ![]() |
0.3 (-0.7, 1.4) |
Richmond County 6 | Rural | 565.3 (524.2, 608.9) | 17 (2, 78) | 150 |
stable ![]() |
1.5 (-1.1, 5.8) |
Pender County 6 | Urban | 569.0 (534.4, 605.4) | 16 (2, 67) | 220 |
stable ![]() |
0.2 (-0.8, 1.3) |
Lincoln County 6 | Urban | 569.4 (540.4, 599.6) | 15 (2, 58) | 319 |
stable ![]() |
-0.4 (-1.3, 0.6) |
Craven County 6 | Rural | 569.7 (542.9, 597.5) | 14 (3, 57) | 364 |
stable ![]() |
-0.8 (-1.7, 0.1) |
Granville County 6 | Rural | 570.3 (535.6, 606.8) | 13 (2, 64) | 221 |
falling ![]() |
-2.2 (-3.8, -1.3) |
Gaston County 6 | Urban | 572.1 (553.0, 591.8) | 12 (4, 43) | 728 |
stable ![]() |
-0.5 (-1.2, 0.2) |
Caswell County 6 | Rural | 573.5 (521.0, 630.3) | 11 (1, 80) | 97 |
stable ![]() |
1.9 (-0.6, 6.2) |
Pamlico County 6 | Rural | 578.1 (512.2, 651.9) | 10 (1, 90) | 67 |
stable ![]() |
-0.3 (-1.6, 1.1) |
Onslow County 6 | Urban | 581.8 (555.9, 608.5) | 9 (2, 43) | 415 |
stable ![]() |
-0.2 (-0.9, 0.6) |
Wayne County 6 | Urban | 584.8 (558.2, 612.4) | 8 (1, 40) | 389 |
stable ![]() |
0.1 (-4.6, 0.9) |
Rutherford County 6 | Rural | 588.4 (555.6, 622.8) | 7 (1, 45) | 266 |
stable ![]() |
0.0 (-0.6, 0.6) |
Jones County 6 | Rural | 599.0 (516.3, 692.9) | 6 (1, 92) | 43 |
stable ![]() |
-0.8 (-2.8, 1.2) |
Edgecombe County 6 | Urban | 602.9 (563.0, 645.1) | 5 (1, 42) | 188 |
stable ![]() |
-0.4 (-1.9, 1.1) |
McDowell County 6 | Rural | 617.0 (577.6, 658.7) | 4 (1, 32) | 196 |
stable ![]() |
0.5 (-0.2, 1.3) |
Tyrrell County 6 | Rural | 626.3 (490.7, 792.2) | 3 (1, 97) | 16 |
stable ![]() |
2.3 (-0.6, 5.5) |
Swain County 6 | Rural | 632.1 (559.4, 712.4) | 2 (1, 62) | 58 |
rising ![]() |
1.7 (0.2, 3.3) |
Anson County 6 | Urban | 633.3 (574.5, 696.8) | 1 (1, 45) | 93 |
rising ![]() |
1.4 (0.1, 2.9) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 02/10/2025 3:41 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 02/10/2025 3:41 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.