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 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 | 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) |
| Scotland County 6 | Rural | 524.8 (479.8, 573.1) | 58 (5, 93) | 108 |
falling 
|
-3.0 (-15.1, -0.1) |
| Wake County 6 | Urban | 493.9 (484.9, 503.2) | 79 (65, 89) | 2,487 |
falling
|
-2.9 (-5.2, -1.2) |
| Brunswick County 6 | Urban | 522.7 (502.6, 543.5) | 60 (22, 83) | 684 |
falling
|
-2.8 (-6.0, -0.5) |
| Camden County 6 | Urban | 394.3 (325.6, 474.0) | 98 (60, 100) | 25 |
stable
|
-2.8 (-5.6, 0.1) |
| Rockingham County 6 | Urban | 534.1 (507.7, 561.7) | 45 (10, 80) | 334 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-6.8, -1.1) |
| Granville County 6 | Rural | 570.3 (535.6, 606.8) | 13 (2, 64) | 221 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-3.8, -1.3) |
| Currituck County 6 | Urban | 354.3 (314.7, 397.9) | 99 (95, 100) | 66 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-3.8, -0.3) |
| Lenoir County 6 | Rural | 558.5 (523.1, 595.8) | 22 (3, 75) | 201 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-3.0, -0.9) |
| Vance County 6 | Rural | 543.0 (501.3, 587.5) | 34 (4, 88) | 138 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-3.3, -0.3) |
| Hertford County 6 | Rural | 492.6 (440.7, 549.5) | 80 (10, 97) | 71 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-3.3, -0.3) |
| Randolph County 6 | Urban | 544.3 (522.3, 567.1) | 32 (11, 70) | 495 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-6.4, -0.5) |
| Durham County 6 | Urban | 489.9 (473.7, 506.6) | 82 (60, 92) | 742 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.3, -0.9) |
| Pasquotank County 6 | Rural | 438.1 (400.6, 478.3) | 95 (69, 99) | 106 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.9, -0.2) |
| Wilkes County 6 | Rural | 483.8 (455.2, 513.9) | 85 (45, 96) | 231 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-6.2, -0.7) |
| Hoke County 6 | Urban | 548.9 (502.1, 598.7) | 30 (2, 88) | 120 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.7, -0.2) |
| Martin County 6 | Rural | 514.0 (463.4, 569.3) | 67 (5, 95) | 84 |
stable
|
-1.5 (-10.4, 1.1) |
| Pitt County 6 | Urban | 486.8 (464.6, 509.8) | 84 (55, 95) | 391 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.1, -0.8) |
| Rowan County 6 | Urban | 525.8 (504.0, 548.4) | 56 (18, 82) | 471 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-3.0, -0.6) |
| Cabarrus County 6 | Urban | 528.6 (508.7, 549.1) | 51 (20, 77) | 575 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-3.5, -0.7) |
| Nash County 6 | Urban | 473.6 (447.7, 500.6) | 92 (57, 96) | 276 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.1, -0.7) |
| Alleghany County 6 | Rural | 398.7 (342.9, 463.3) | 97 (70, 100) | 40 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.3, -0.1) |
| Cleveland County 6 | Rural | 556.9 (529.8, 585.2) | 23 (4, 66) | 346 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.7, -0.6) |
| Iredell County 6 | Urban | 535.4 (515.2, 556.2) | 42 (14, 74) | 578 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.4, -0.5) |
| Macon County 6 | Rural | 480.4 (444.7, 518.8) | 87 (35, 97) | 154 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.2, -0.2) |
| Montgomery County 6 | Rural | 500.1 (452.9, 551.3) | 72 (12, 97) | 91 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-6.9, -0.2) |
| Gates County 6 | Urban | 340.9 (283.9, 407.9) | 100 (94, 100) | 27 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-3.9, 1.7) |
| Henderson County 6 | Urban | 500.0 (478.7, 522.1) | 74 (41, 92) | 457 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.8, -0.4) |
| Cherokee County 6 | Rural | 503.3 (462.0, 548.1) | 70 (11, 95) | 134 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.9, -0.2) |
| Hyde County 6 | Rural | 482.2 (381.5, 604.9) | 86 (1, 100) | 17 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-4.0, 2.0) |
| Watauga County 6 | Rural | 470.4 (434.8, 508.3) | 93 (46, 97) | 142 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.7, -0.2) |
| Buncombe County 6 | Urban | 499.4 (484.3, 515.0) | 75 (51, 89) | 870 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.5) |
| Guilford County 6 | Urban | 534.1 (521.7, 546.6) | 46 (23, 66) | 1,501 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.5, -0.3) |
| Person County 6 | Urban | 546.2 (505.1, 590.1) | 31 (3, 85) | 145 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.1, 0.3) |
| Stanly County 6 | Rural | 563.1 (529.7, 598.2) | 19 (2, 71) | 228 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.9, -0.2) |
| Wilson County 6 | Rural | 525.5 (495.6, 556.8) | 57 (13, 88) | 249 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.6, -0.2) |
| Bertie County 6 | Rural | 498.3 (443.2, 559.2) | 77 (5, 97) | 65 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.8, 0.3) |
| Bladen County 6 | Rural | 496.9 (453.5, 543.7) | 78 (12, 96) | 108 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.7, 0.1) |
| Craven County 6 | Rural | 569.7 (542.9, 597.5) | 14 (3, 57) | 364 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.7, 0.1) |
| Jones County 6 | Rural | 599.0 (516.3, 692.9) | 6 (1, 92) | 43 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.8, 1.2) |
| Lee County 6 | Rural | 521.2 (487.5, 556.7) | 61 (10, 90) | 191 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.7, 0.2) |
| Northampton County 6 | Rural | 530.1 (474.5, 591.4) | 48 (2, 95) | 76 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.3, 0.6) |
| Moore County 6 | Urban | 550.2 (525.4, 576.0) | 28 (7, 69) | 401 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.6, 0.3) |
| Perquimans County 6 | Rural | 479.9 (419.4, 548.4) | 88 (10, 98) | 54 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.1, 0.8) |
| Chatham County 6 | Urban | 519.9 (492.7, 548.4) | 62 (19, 88) | 299 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.1, 0.0) |
| Columbus County 6 | Rural | 530.3 (495.2, 567.5) | 47 (8, 89) | 181 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.3, 0.1) |
| Johnston County 6 | Urban | 526.0 (505.5, 547.1) | 55 (22, 82) | 563 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.0, -0.1) |
| Ashe County 6 | Rural | 499.4 (456.1, 546.5) | 76 (13, 96) | 111 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.5, 0.5) |
| Catawba County 6 | Urban | 527.4 (506.6, 548.8) | 53 (20, 79) | 524 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.1, 0.1) |
| Chowan County 6 | Rural | 487.2 (426.9, 554.8) | 83 (7, 98) | 52 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-2.5, 1.6) |
| Clay County 6 | Rural | 475.9 (413.8, 547.1) | 90 (11, 98) | 51 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-2.7, 1.7) |
| Dare County 6 | Rural | 474.7 (436.8, 515.4) | 91 (36, 97) | 133 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.6, 0.7) |
| Gaston County 6 | Urban | 572.1 (553.0, 591.8) | 12 (4, 43) | 728 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.2, 0.2) |
| Halifax County 6 | Rural | 560.1 (523.5, 598.9) | 21 (3, 77) | 189 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-5.9, 1.2) |
| Harnett County 6 | Rural | 535.5 (509.4, 562.5) | 41 (11, 77) | 343 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.4, 0.4) |
| Surry County 6 | Rural | 538.9 (509.1, 570.1) | 39 (5, 81) | 261 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.6, 0.7) |
| Cumberland County 6 | Urban | 526.1 (509.0, 543.8) | 54 (24, 77) | 762 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.9, 0.1) |
| Davidson County 6 | Urban | 543.4 (523.2, 564.3) | 33 (12, 69) | 585 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.2, 0.4) |
| Edgecombe County 6 | Urban | 602.9 (563.0, 645.1) | 5 (1, 42) | 188 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.9, 1.1) |
| Franklin County 6 | Urban | 550.3 (516.9, 585.3) | 27 (4, 77) | 223 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.2, 0.4) |
| Greene County 6 | Rural | 541.0 (481.3, 606.2) | 36 (2, 93) | 67 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-2.4, 1.8) |
| Lincoln County 6 | Urban | 569.4 (540.4, 599.6) | 15 (2, 58) | 319 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.3, 0.6) |
| Burke County 6 | Urban | 538.1 (511.5, 565.8) | 40 (9, 81) | 331 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.1, 0.6) |
| Carteret County 6 | Rural | 500.4 (472.8, 529.4) | 71 (32, 93) | 280 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-2.3, 2.9) |
| Pamlico County 6 | Rural | 578.1 (512.2, 651.9) | 10 (1, 90) | 67 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.6, 1.1) |
| Union County 6 | Urban | 541.8 (522.2, 562.0) | 35 (12, 70) | 640 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.1, 0.7) |
| Washington County 6 | Rural | 540.2 (465.6, 624.7) | 38 (1, 96) | 46 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-2.0, 1.4) |
| Avery County 6 | Rural | 505.0 (452.0, 563.5) | 69 (5, 96) | 69 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.8, 1.3) |
| Graham County 6 | Rural | 421.5 (350.7, 504.5) | 96 (28, 100) | 27 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-3.3, 3.0) |
| Mitchell County 6 | Rural | 518.4 (459.3, 584.0) | 63 (3, 97) | 62 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.5, 1.1) |
| Onslow County 6 | Urban | 581.8 (555.9, 608.5) | 9 (2, 43) | 415 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.9, 0.6) |
| Transylvania County 6 | Rural | 465.1 (428.6, 504.7) | 94 (45, 98) | 143 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.7, 1.3) |
| Davie County 6 | Urban | 535.2 (497.4, 575.4) | 43 (4, 88) | 160 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.9, 0.8) |
| Mecklenburg County 6 | Urban | 516.7 (507.1, 526.4) | 66 (43, 76) | 2,444 |
stable
|
0.0 (-2.0, 1.8) |
| New Hanover County 6 | Urban | 528.4 (510.6, 546.7) | 52 (22, 77) | 704 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.5, 0.6) |
| Rutherford County 6 | Rural | 588.4 (555.6, 622.8) | 7 (1, 45) | 266 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.6, 0.6) |
| Sampson County 6 | Rural | 555.7 (520.9, 592.2) | 24 (4, 75) | 202 |
stable
|
0.1 (-1.0, 1.3) |
| Wayne County 6 | Urban | 584.8 (558.2, 612.4) | 8 (1, 40) | 389 |
stable
|
0.1 (-4.6, 0.9) |
| Alexander County 6 | Urban | 513.6 (473.8, 556.0) | 68 (9, 95) | 132 |
stable
|
0.2 (-1.8, 4.2) |
| Pender County 6 | Urban | 569.0 (534.4, 605.4) | 16 (2, 67) | 220 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.8, 1.3) |
| Haywood County 6 | Rural | 564.1 (533.2, 596.7) | 18 (2, 67) | 273 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.7, 1.4) |
| Caldwell County 6 | Urban | 553.4 (524.9, 583.1) | 26 (5, 72) | 308 |
stable
|
0.5 (-2.0, 3.7) |
| McDowell County 6 | Rural | 617.0 (577.6, 658.7) | 4 (1, 32) | 196 |
stable
|
0.5 (-0.2, 1.3) |
| Polk County 6 | Rural | 500.1 (450.8, 554.5) | 73 (8, 97) | 90 |
stable
|
0.5 (-0.9, 2.0) |
| Stokes County 6 | Urban | 517.8 (481.6, 556.4) | 64 (12, 93) | 166 |
stable
|
0.6 (-0.1, 1.2) |
| Robeson County 6 | Rural | 562.3 (535.4, 590.2) | 20 (4, 64) | 360 |
rising 
|
0.7 (0.1, 1.5) |
| Duplin County 6 | Rural | 540.7 (503.8, 579.7) | 37 (4, 85) | 171 |
stable
|
1.0 (0.0, 1.9) |
| Alamance County 6 | Urban | 555.1 (533.7, 577.1) | 25 (6, 63) | 536 |
stable
|
1.2 (-0.7, 4.4) |
| Warren County 6 | Rural | 528.7 (475.3, 587.3) | 50 (3, 95) | 81 |
stable
|
1.3 (-0.2, 4.5) |
| Anson County 6 | Urban | 633.3 (574.5, 696.8) | 1 (1, 45) | 93 |
rising
|
1.4 (0.1, 2.9) |
| Forsyth County 6 | Urban | 523.5 (509.3, 538.1) | 59 (31, 76) | 1,085 |
stable
|
1.4 (-0.2, 3.1) |
| Richmond County 6 | Rural | 565.3 (524.2, 608.9) | 17 (2, 78) | 150 |
stable
|
1.5 (-1.1, 5.8) |
| Swain County 6 | Rural | 632.1 (559.4, 712.4) | 2 (1, 62) | 58 |
rising
|
1.7 (0.2, 3.3) |
| Madison County 6 | Urban | 529.5 (476.5, 587.5) | 49 (2, 95) | 80 |
stable
|
1.8 (-0.8, 6.9) |
| Caswell County 6 | Rural | 573.5 (521.0, 630.3) | 11 (1, 80) | 97 |
stable
|
1.9 (-0.6, 6.2) |
| Orange County 6 | Urban | 491.5 (468.3, 515.6) | 81 (48, 94) | 369 |
stable
|
2.0 (-0.8, 5.7) |
| Tyrrell County 6 | Rural | 626.3 (490.7, 792.2) | 3 (1, 97) | 16 |
stable
|
2.3 (-0.6, 5.5) |
| Yancey County 6 | Rural | 550.1 (495.4, 610.2) | 29 (1, 91) | 82 |
stable
|
2.8 (-0.8, 10.1) |
| Jackson County 6 | Rural | 477.4 (439.8, 517.7) | 89 (37, 97) | 131 |
stable
|
3.9 (-0.5, 9.3) |
| Yadkin County 6 | Urban | 517.0 (476.7, 560.1) | 65 (8, 94) | 131 |
stable
|
4.3 (-0.8, 10.2) |
| Beaufort County 6 | Rural | 535.1 (498.9, 573.6) | 44 (6, 86) | 184 |
rising
|
5.7 (1.0, 11.1) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/08/2025 8:01 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 07/08/2025 8:01 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.