Incidence Rates Table
County
|
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)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina 6 | 2,053.5 (2,043.5, 2,063.6) | N/A | 32,857 |
falling 
|
-0.6 (-0.8, -0.4) |
| US (SEER+NPCR) 1 | 1,977.8 (1,976.1, 1,979.6) | N/A | 977,751 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.3, -0.9) |
| Onslow County 6 | 2,348.7 (2,246.7, 2,454.2) | 1 (1, 16) | 407 |
stable 
|
0.2 (-0.5, 1.0) |
| Swain County 6 | 2,312.8 (2,059.6, 2,588.7) | 2 (1, 68) | 62 |
stable
|
1.2 (-1.0, 3.4) |
| Haywood County 6 | 2,273.8 (2,165.6, 2,386.2) | 3 (1, 33) | 335 |
rising 
|
1.0 (0.2, 1.9) |
| Surry County 6 | 2,257.2 (2,147.3, 2,371.4) | 4 (1, 37) | 320 |
stable
|
0.5 (-0.4, 1.3) |
| Caswell County 6 | 2,228.6 (2,040.8, 2,429.3) | 5 (1, 67) | 107 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.1, 0.8) |
| Randolph County 6 | 2,227.4 (2,143.5, 2,313.8) | 6 (1, 32) | 544 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.0, 0.4) |
| Rowan County 6 | 2,208.2 (2,123.4, 2,295.6) | 7 (1, 40) | 522 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.8, 0.5) |
| Alamance County 6 | 2,205.8 (2,126.4, 2,287.3) | 8 (1, 34) | 592 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.6, 0.4) |
| Gaston County 6 | 2,200.3 (2,129.6, 2,272.9) | 9 (1, 34) | 752 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.9, 0.4) |
| Craven County 6 | 2,200.0 (2,105.4, 2,297.7) | 10 (1, 44) | 413 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.6, -0.1) |
| Cabarrus County 6 | 2,198.4 (2,117.8, 2,281.3) | 11 (1, 39) | 580 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.3, 0.3) |
| Guilford County 6 | 2,188.5 (2,141.3, 2,236.4) | 12 (3, 29) | 1,679 |
stable
|
0.7 (-1.0, 2.5) |
| Rockingham County 6 | 2,186.1 (2,089.4, 2,286.0) | 13 (1, 49) | 391 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.8, 0.4) |
| McDowell County 6 | 2,182.4 (2,046.5, 2,325.0) | 14 (1, 60) | 196 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.7, 0.8) |
| Stanly County 6 | 2,164.4 (2,043.5, 2,290.6) | 15 (1, 62) | 244 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.2, 1.0) |
| Lincoln County 6 | 2,157.4 (2,048.2, 2,271.0) | 16 (2, 58) | 304 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.2, 0.2) |
| Granville County 6 | 2,156.0 (2,025.8, 2,292.5) | 17 (1, 64) | 212 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.0, 0.8) |
| Davidson County 6 | 2,155.4 (2,079.8, 2,233.0) | 18 (3, 49) | 627 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.4, 0.6) |
| Cleveland County 6 | 2,139.4 (2,042.2, 2,240.1) | 19 (2, 57) | 374 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.6, 0.7) |
| Harnett County 6 | 2,138.1 (2,036.0, 2,244.2) | 20 (2, 60) | 340 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.4, 0.9) |
| Johnston County 6 | 2,127.0 (2,044.9, 2,211.6) | 21 (4, 56) | 538 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.2, 0.8) |
| Martin County 6 | 2,126.2 (1,948.1, 2,316.2) | 22 (1, 82) | 107 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.6, 1.3) |
| Lenoir County 6 | 2,123.9 (2,001.9, 2,251.3) | 23 (2, 64) | 230 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-1.7, 0.0) |
| Lee County 6 | 2,103.5 (1,974.7, 2,238.5) | 24 (2, 74) | 204 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.5, 0.1) |
| Burke County 6 | 2,101.1 (2,005.6, 2,199.9) | 25 (3, 64) | 369 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.1, 0.4) |
| Wake County 6 | 2,100.7 (2,062.7, 2,139.3) | 26 (15, 47) | 2,444 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.6, 0.4) |
| Union County 6 | 2,099.7 (2,022.8, 2,178.8) | 27 (7, 59) | 590 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.6, 0.5) |
| Macon County 6 | 2,096.4 (1,967.5, 2,231.6) | 28 (2, 75) | 199 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.3, 0.6) |
| Iredell County 6 | 2,094.6 (2,016.4, 2,175.0) | 29 (7, 60) | 560 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.6, -0.2) |
| Caldwell County 6 | 2,086.6 (1,985.3, 2,191.9) | 30 (4, 68) | 326 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.7, 0.7) |
| Moore County 6 | 2,084.6 (2,001.9, 2,169.7) | 31 (7, 63) | 483 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.4, 0.2) |
| Forsyth County 6 | 2,079.2 (2,026.1, 2,133.4) | 32 (15, 56) | 1,192 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.7) |
| Franklin County 6 | 2,078.4 (1,955.0, 2,207.6) | 33 (2, 74) | 220 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.3, 0.5) |
| Henderson County 6 | 2,074.6 (2,000.4, 2,150.8) | 34 (10, 62) | 596 |
stable
|
1.5 (-2.7, 5.9) |
| Carteret County 6 | 2,073.0 (1,974.2, 2,175.5) | 35 (5, 70) | 340 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.1, -0.8) |
| Brunswick County 6 | 2,069.9 (2,002.2, 2,139.4) | 36 (12, 62) | 793 |
rising
|
1.0 (0.5, 1.6) |
| New Hanover County 6 | 2,058.9 (1,994.0, 2,125.4) | 37 (15, 64) | 787 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.4, 0.6) |
| Wayne County 6 | 2,055.8 (1,966.0, 2,148.6) | 38 (9, 69) | 401 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.6, 0.6) |
| Tyrrell County 6 | 2,054.1 (1,639.7, 2,541.1) | 39 (1, 100) | 17 |
stable
|
1.7 (-0.5, 4.0) |
| Person County 6 | 2,051.0 (1,906.0, 2,204.1) | 40 (2, 84) | 152 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.5, 0.5) |
| Chatham County 6 | 2,047.5 (1,951.2, 2,147.3) | 41 (9, 73) | 344 |
stable
|
-3.0 (-6.3, 0.4) |
| Halifax County 6 | 2,042.1 (1,918.4, 2,171.7) | 42 (5, 81) | 207 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.5, 1.1) |
| Mecklenburg County 6 | 2,036.5 (1,998.8, 2,074.6) | 43 (28, 60) | 2,337 |
falling
|
-0.5 (-1.0, -0.1) |
| Buncombe County 6 | 2,033.3 (1,976.3, 2,091.5) | 44 (20, 64) | 995 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.2, -0.3) |
| Durham County 6 | 2,031.7 (1,966.6, 2,098.4) | 45 (20, 67) | 776 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.3, -0.3) |
| Davie County 6 | 2,027.4 (1,893.5, 2,168.3) | 46 (4, 84) | 173 |
falling
|
-2.9 (-5.0, -0.7) |
| Stokes County 6 | 2,026.8 (1,898.8, 2,161.2) | 47 (5, 85) | 189 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.4, 1.2) |
| Pasquotank County 6 | 2,020.6 (1,866.8, 2,183.7) | 48 (3, 89) | 131 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.9, 0.7) |
| Rutherford County 6 | 2,018.4 (1,913.0, 2,128.1) | 49 (11, 80) | 281 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.3, -0.3) |
| Chowan County 6 | 2,016.0 (1,803.0, 2,247.1) | 50 (1, 96) | 66 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-2.0, 0.8) |
| Avery County 6 | 2,013.5 (1,811.4, 2,231.9) | 51 (1, 95) | 74 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.5, 0.7) |
| Yancey County 6 | 2,002.3 (1,819.0, 2,199.2) | 52 (2, 95) | 89 |
stable
|
-1.6 (-3.2, 0.1) |
| Washington County 6 | 2,001.4 (1,773.0, 2,251.1) | 53 (1, 97) | 57 |
stable
|
0.1 (-1.1, 1.4) |
| Cherokee County 6 | 1,996.3 (1,858.0, 2,142.2) | 54 (7, 89) | 159 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.2, -0.1) |
| Richmond County 6 | 1,994.8 (1,856.0, 2,141.3) | 55 (6, 88) | 157 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.4, 0.4) |
| Sampson County 6 | 1,986.9 (1,869.2, 2,110.1) | 56 (12, 86) | 216 |
stable
|
0.5 (-0.5, 1.5) |
| Madison County 6 | 1,979.4 (1,798.9, 2,173.3) | 57 (4, 95) | 90 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.4, 0.6) |
| Hoke County 6 | 1,974.5 (1,797.8, 2,164.2) | 58 (3, 94) | 99 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-2.1, 0.9) |
| Pender County 6 | 1,965.3 (1,844.6, 2,091.9) | 59 (16, 89) | 206 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.7, 0.1) |
| Jones County 6 | 1,955.3 (1,691.5, 2,248.6) | 60 (1, 99) | 40 |
stable
|
7.5 (-6.7, 23.8) |
| Catawba County 6 | 1,954.0 (1,879.2, 2,031.0) | 61 (34, 83) | 528 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.2, -0.1) |
| Watauga County 6 | 1,943.3 (1,808.9, 2,085.0) | 62 (16, 94) | 161 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.9, -0.6) |
| Anson County 6 | 1,941.7 (1,760.1, 2,137.0) | 63 (5, 96) | 86 |
rising
|
1.2 (0.2, 2.1) |
| Orange County 6 | 1,931.5 (1,840.9, 2,025.4) | 64 (32, 88) | 362 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.8) |
| Dare County 6 | 1,931.0 (1,786.0, 2,084.9) | 65 (14, 94) | 141 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.8, -0.2) |
| Alexander County 6 | 1,922.7 (1,781.3, 2,072.5) | 66 (16, 94) | 140 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.4, 0.4) |
| Clay County 6 | 1,922.4 (1,713.0, 2,150.5) | 67 (2, 99) | 63 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.8, 1.1) |
| Cumberland County 6 | 1,916.4 (1,854.0, 1,980.4) | 68 (47, 86) | 731 |
stable
|
-5.1 (-10.7, 0.9) |
| Yadkin County 6 | 1,909.6 (1,769.9, 2,057.4) | 69 (20, 95) | 140 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.5, 1.0) |
| Vance County 6 | 1,909.2 (1,773.4, 2,052.6) | 70 (19, 95) | 151 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-1.9, 0.0) |
| Wilson County 6 | 1,895.0 (1,793.6, 2,000.6) | 71 (37, 92) | 268 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.8, -0.5) |
| Transylvania County 6 | 1,885.4 (1,766.9, 2,009.9) | 72 (32, 94) | 189 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.7, 0.9) |
| Ashe County 6 | 1,883.7 (1,737.4, 2,039.0) | 73 (23, 97) | 125 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.5, 0.4) |
| Warren County 6 | 1,880.5 (1,710.6, 2,062.8) | 74 (17, 98) | 92 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.5, -0.3) |
| Columbus County 6 | 1,874.0 (1,759.5, 1,994.0) | 75 (37, 95) | 204 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.3, 0.1) |
| Robeson County 6 | 1,869.3 (1,782.3, 1,959.6) | 76 (50, 93) | 361 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-1.8, 0.0) |
| Pitt County 6 | 1,860.3 (1,780.0, 1,943.3) | 77 (53, 93) | 420 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.9, -0.7) |
| Edgecombe County 6 | 1,857.8 (1,738.1, 1,983.6) | 78 (38, 96) | 184 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.7, -0.2) |
| Pamlico County 6 | 1,854.6 (1,658.6, 2,067.5) | 79 (12, 99) | 66 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.6, 0.8) |
| Scotland County 6 | 1,852.3 (1,700.1, 2,014.4) | 80 (24, 98) | 113 |
stable
|
-1.4 (-2.9, 0.2) |
| Greene County 6 | 1,844.2 (1,640.6, 2,066.1) | 81 (6, 99) | 62 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-2.2, 1.0) |
| Mitchell County 6 | 1,831.8 (1,640.3, 2,039.7) | 82 (16, 100) | 67 |
stable
|
0.1 (-1.1, 1.4) |
| Nash County 6 | 1,826.4 (1,733.6, 1,922.9) | 83 (52, 95) | 300 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.1, -0.6) |
| Beaufort County 6 | 1,821.6 (1,707.5, 1,941.3) | 84 (45, 97) | 195 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-4.3, -1.0) |
| Wilkes County 6 | 1,798.7 (1,701.0, 1,900.6) | 85 (57, 97) | 257 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.7, 0.2) |
| Alleghany County 6 | 1,798.1 (1,584.9, 2,032.1) | 86 (17, 100) | 52 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.3, 1.0) |
| Camden County 6 | 1,793.3 (1,510.5, 2,114.0) | 87 (3, 100) | 29 |
falling
|
-2.8 (-4.9, -0.7) |
| Northampton County 6 | 1,792.9 (1,629.4, 1,968.4) | 88 (34, 100) | 89 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.2, 0.7) |
| Hyde County 6 | 1,788.7 (1,437.1, 2,200.8) | 89 (1, 100) | 18 |
stable
|
-1.6 (-4.1, 1.0) |
| Montgomery County 6 | 1,785.7 (1,628.1, 1,954.7) | 90 (40, 99) | 97 |
stable
|
0.3 (-1.1, 1.7) |
| Perquimans County 6 | 1,780.7 (1,588.8, 1,989.5) | 91 (29, 100) | 63 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.6, -0.2) |
| Bertie County 6 | 1,768.5 (1,591.6, 1,959.7) | 92 (28, 100) | 74 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.5, -0.6) |
| Polk County 6 | 1,748.7 (1,604.1, 1,902.8) | 93 (52, 100) | 109 |
stable
|
-3.3 (-9.9, 3.7) |
| Graham County 6 | 1,725.1 (1,476.2, 2,004.0) | 94 (16, 100) | 34 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-2.2, 1.9) |
| Jackson County 6 | 1,714.9 (1,586.2, 1,851.4) | 95 (64, 100) | 136 |
falling
|
-3.5 (-4.8, -2.2) |
| Duplin County 6 | 1,686.6 (1,576.9, 1,802.0) | 96 (73, 100) | 180 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.3, 0.4) |
| Bladen County 6 | 1,668.7 (1,535.1, 1,811.0) | 97 (67, 100) | 119 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.4, 0.5) |
| Currituck County 6 | 1,613.7 (1,440.4, 1,802.6) | 98 (65, 100) | 68 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-3.8, -0.4) |
| Hertford County 6 | 1,608.2 (1,447.3, 1,782.1) | 99 (64, 100) | 74 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.7, -0.7) |
| Gates County 6 | 1,424.7 (1,212.1, 1,664.3) | 100 (83, 100) | 33 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-4.3, -0.6) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/08/2023 2:57 pm.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
⋔ 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.
‡ 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.
1 Source: National Program of Cancer Registries and Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results SEER*Stat Database (2001-2019) - United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute. Based on the 2021 submission.
6 Source: National Program of Cancer Registries SEER*Stat Database (2001-2019) - United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (based on the 2021 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 2021 data.
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.
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.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/08/2023 2:57 pm.
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.
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.
⋔ 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.
‡ 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.
1 Source: National Program of Cancer Registries and Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results SEER*Stat Database (2001-2019) - United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute. Based on the 2021 submission.
6 Source: National Program of Cancer Registries SEER*Stat Database (2001-2019) - United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (based on the 2021 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 2021 data.
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.
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.