Incidence Rates Table
Incidence Rate Report for North Carolina by County
Oral Cavity & Pharynx (All Stages^), 2017-2021
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by Count
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 | 12.8 (12.6, 13.1) | N/A | 1,661 |
rising 
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0.9 (0.4, 1.4) |
| US (SEER+NPCR) 1 | N/A | 12.0 (11.9, 12.0) | N/A | 47,920 |
stable 
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-0.1 (-0.8, 0.4) |
| Wake County 6 | Urban | 11.2 (10.3, 12.1) | 77 (53, 85) | 129 |
rising
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1.5 (0.5, 2.7) |
| Mecklenburg County 6 | Urban | 10.1 (9.3, 11.0) | 86 (65, 88) | 111 |
stable
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-0.5 (-1.8, 0.9) |
| Guilford County 6 | Urban | 12.6 (11.4, 13.9) | 62 (27, 78) | 79 |
stable
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1.1 (-0.4, 2.8) |
| Forsyth County 6 | Urban | 12.6 (11.1, 14.1) | 65 (23, 81) | 59 |
stable
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0.8 (-0.3, 2.1) |
| Buncombe County 6 | Urban | 13.8 (12.2, 15.7) | 41 (10, 73) | 52 |
stable
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0.2 (-1.4, 2.0) |
| Cumberland County 6 | Urban | 12.2 (10.6, 14.1) | 68 (24, 85) | 40 |
stable
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0.8 (-1.0, 2.7) |
| New Hanover County 6 | Urban | 13.5 (11.6, 15.6) | 48 (12, 79) | 40 |
stable
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1.0 (-2.1, 4.7) |
| Brunswick County 6 | Urban | 15.3 (12.8, 18.1) | 19 (3, 70) | 38 |
rising
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2.7 (1.1, 4.7) |
| Gaston County 6 | Urban | 13.2 (11.3, 15.3) | 54 (15, 80) | 38 |
stable
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1.3 (-0.4, 3.2) |
| Durham County 6 | Urban | 10.4 (8.9, 12.1) | 84 (49, 89) | 37 |
stable
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-0.2 (-2.0, 1.6) |
| Iredell County 6 | Urban | 15.2 (13.0, 17.7) | 20 (4, 70) | 36 |
stable
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1.0 (-1.2, 3.5) |
| Cabarrus County 6 | Urban | 13.3 (11.3, 15.5) | 51 (11, 82) | 33 |
stable
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1.1 (-1.3, 4.2) |
| Union County 6 | Urban | 11.8 (10.0, 13.8) | 73 (25, 87) | 32 |
stable
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1.1 (-1.4, 4.3) |
| Davidson County 6 | Urban | 12.7 (10.7, 15.1) | 61 (15, 85) | 30 |
stable
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1.1 (-1.1, 3.5) |
| Catawba County 6 | Urban | 13.5 (11.3, 16.0) | 49 (9, 83) | 29 |
rising
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2.4 (0.1, 5.2) |
| Johnston County 6 | Urban | 11.9 (9.9, 14.1) | 72 (20, 87) | 28 |
stable
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-0.8 (-3.7, 2.6) |
| Alamance County 6 | Urban | 12.5 (10.5, 14.9) | 66 (14, 86) | 27 |
stable
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-0.2 (-1.4, 1.1) |
| Rowan County 6 | Urban | 14.3 (11.9, 17.1) | 32 (5, 78) | 27 |
rising
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3.8 (2.0, 6.0) |
| Onslow County 6 | Urban | 16.5 (13.7, 19.7) | 11 (1, 64) | 26 |
stable
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0.1 (-2.8, 3.3) |
| Randolph County 6 | Urban | 13.7 (11.4, 16.4) | 44 (7, 83) | 26 |
stable
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0.6 (-1.1, 2.4) |
| Henderson County 6 | Urban | 12.6 (10.3, 15.3) | 64 (12, 87) | 24 |
stable
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0.0 (-2.3, 2.6) |
| Burke County 6 | Urban | 16.6 (13.6, 20.2) | 10 (1, 67) | 22 |
stable
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2.3 (-1.1, 6.1) |
| Cleveland County 6 | Rural | 16.9 (13.8, 20.6) | 6 (1, 64) | 22 |
stable
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2.1 (-1.5, 6.2) |
| Rockingham County 6 | Urban | 17.0 (13.8, 20.7) | 5 (1, 63) | 22 |
rising
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3.7 (1.6, 6.3) |
| Orange County 6 | Urban | 12.6 (10.2, 15.4) | 63 (11, 87) | 21 |
stable
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1.8 (-0.1, 4.0) |
| Wayne County 6 | Urban | 13.8 (11.2, 16.9) | 42 (5, 84) | 21 |
stable
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0.7 (-1.7, 3.5) |
| Pitt County 6 | Urban | 11.2 (9.1, 13.7) | 76 (24, 88) | 21 |
falling 
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-3.5 (-12.6, -1.2) |
| Harnett County 6 | Rural | 14.6 (11.9, 17.8) | 23 (3, 80) | 20 |
stable
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1.6 (-1.0, 4.6) |
| Moore County 6 | Urban | 13.5 (10.9, 16.7) | 47 (5, 86) | 20 |
stable
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-0.7 (-3.4, 2.1) |
| Carteret County 6 | Rural | 16.7 (13.3, 20.9) | 9 (1, 70) | 20 |
stable
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0.9 (-1.2, 3.4) |
| Craven County 6 | Rural | 14.0 (11.2, 17.3) | 37 (4, 83) | 19 |
stable
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0.5 (-3.4, 4.7) |
| Caldwell County 6 | Urban | 14.6 (11.5, 18.2) | 26 (3, 83) | 17 |
stable
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1.8 (-0.8, 4.9) |
| Lincoln County 6 | Urban | 13.9 (11.0, 17.6) | 38 (4, 86) | 16 |
stable
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1.1 (-1.8, 4.7) |
| Nash County 6 | Urban | 12.9 (10.1, 16.2) | 60 (8, 88) | 16 |
stable
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0.4 (-2.6, 3.6) |
| Surry County 6 | Rural | 13.9 (10.9, 17.7) | 39 (4, 86) | 15 |
stable
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0.9 (-2.4, 4.5) |
| Robeson County 6 | Rural | 10.2 (7.9, 13.0) | 85 (32, 89) | 14 |
stable
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0.2 (-2.5, 2.9) |
| Haywood County 6 | Rural | 13.2 (10.2, 17.1) | 53 (5, 87) | 14 |
stable
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1.6 (-1.0, 4.6) |
| Rutherford County 6 | Rural | 14.0 (10.8, 18.0) | 36 (4, 86) | 14 |
stable
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1.4 (-1.0, 4.1) |
| Wilson County 6 | Rural | 13.0 (10.0, 16.6) | 57 (5, 88) | 14 |
stable
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-1.8 (-4.3, 0.8) |
| Stanly County 6 | Rural | 15.3 (11.8, 19.6) | 18 (1, 84) | 14 |
stable
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2.7 (0.0, 6.0) |
| Chatham County 6 | Urban | 11.4 (8.7, 14.9) | 75 (13, 89) | 13 |
stable
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-0.7 (-3.4, 2.3) |
| McDowell County 6 | Rural | 19.7 (15.0, 25.6) | 2 (1, 60) | 13 |
rising
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4.1 (0.6, 8.4) |
| Lenoir County 6 | Rural | 15.4 (11.6, 20.2) | 17 (1, 85) | 12 |
stable
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-0.9 (-4.1, 2.6) |
| Pender County 6 | Urban | 14.6 (10.9, 19.2) | 25 (1, 86) | 11 |
stable
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-0.5 (-4.3, 3.5) |
| Granville County 6 | Rural | 14.2 (10.6, 18.8) | 33 (2, 87) | 11 |
stable
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-0.7 (-3.3, 2.0) |
| Halifax County 6 | Rural | 15.5 (11.5, 20.6) | 15 (1, 85) | 11 |
stable
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0.8 (-2.2, 4.1) |
| Wilkes County 6 | Rural | 10.5 (7.8, 14.0) | 83 (21, 89) | 11 |
stable
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-0.1 (-4.0, 4.0) |
| Macon County 6 | Rural | 16.7 (12.2, 22.8) | 8 (1, 84) | 11 |
stable
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3.5 (-0.8, 9.0) |
| Franklin County 6 | Urban | 11.2 (8.2, 14.9) | 78 (11, 89) | 10 |
stable
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-0.8 (-4.3, 3.1) |
| Lee County 6 | Rural | 13.2 (9.8, 17.6) | 52 (3, 89) | 10 |
stable
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-0.6 (-4.0, 3.2) |
| Richmond County 6 | Rural | 17.4 (12.8, 23.3) | 4 (1, 82) | 10 |
rising
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4.4 (0.8, 9.2) |
| Beaufort County 6 | Rural | 14.0 (10.2, 19.1) | 35 (1, 88) | 10 |
stable
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-0.4 (-3.8, 3.0) |
| Edgecombe County 6 | Urban | 14.6 (10.6, 19.6) | 24 (1, 87) | 10 |
stable
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1.1 (-2.4, 4.9) |
| Davie County 6 | Urban | 14.5 (10.7, 19.6) | 28 (1, 87) | 10 |
stable
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1.2 (-1.9, 5.3) |
| Columbus County 6 | Rural | 13.8 (10.0, 18.6) | 43 (2, 88) | 10 |
stable
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-0.1 (-2.7, 2.6) |
| Sampson County 6 | Rural | 11.1 (8.0, 15.1) | 79 (9, 89) | 9 |
stable
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0.4 (-3.0, 4.1) |
| Cherokee County 6 | Rural | 15.1 (10.5, 21.6) | 21 (1, 88) | 9 |
stable
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-3.6 (-25.5, 3.5) |
| Dare County 6 | Rural | 13.0 (9.2, 18.2) | 58 (3, 89) | 9 |
stable
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2.2 (-1.7, 7.2) |
| Stokes County 6 | Urban | 13.3 (9.3, 18.6) | 50 (2, 89) | 8 |
stable
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0.8 (-3.3, 5.3) |
| Yadkin County 6 | Urban | 13.9 (9.9, 19.3) | 40 (2, 89) | 8 |
stable
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1.4 (-2.3, 5.7) |
| Duplin County 6 | Rural | 11.9 (8.3, 16.6) | 71 (5, 89) | 8 |
stable
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0.8 (-1.7, 3.6) |
| Person County 6 | Urban | 12.2 (8.4, 17.4) | 69 (3, 89) | 8 |
falling
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-6.2 (-32.6, -0.7) |
| Transylvania County 6 | Rural | 10.6 (7.2, 15.5) | 82 (10, 89) | 8 |
stable
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-1.6 (-5.7, 3.1) |
| Alexander County 6 | Urban | 14.3 (10.0, 20.2) | 31 (1, 89) | 7 |
stable
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2.2 (-3.0, 9.0) |
| Jackson County 6 | Rural | 14.1 (9.7, 20.1) | 34 (1, 89) | 7 |
stable
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0.8 (-5.1, 8.0) |
| Watauga County 6 | Rural | 10.7 (7.3, 15.3) | 81 (13, 89) | 7 |
stable
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0.9 (-3.0, 5.5) |
| Pasquotank County 6 | Rural | 13.1 (8.9, 18.8) | 56 (1, 89) | 7 |
stable
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1.7 (-2.5, 6.8) |
| Scotland County 6 | Rural | 16.5 (11.2, 23.5) | 12 (1, 88) | 7 |
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| Currituck County 6 | Urban | 15.9 (10.4, 23.4) | 14 (1, 89) | 6 |
stable
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5.1 (-0.2, 13.4) |
| Bladen County 6 | Rural | 13.6 (8.8, 20.3) | 46 (1, 89) | 6 |
stable
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-36.9 (-60.8, 1.5) |
| Caswell County 6 | Rural | 14.4 (9.2, 21.9) | 30 (1, 89) | 5 |
stable
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-1.9 (-7.6, 3.7) |
| Hoke County 6 | Urban | 9.8 (6.3, 14.6) | 88 (12, 89) | 5 |
stable
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-4.0 (-8.4, 0.3) |
| Montgomery County 6 | Rural | 13.2 (8.4, 20.0) | 55 (1, 89) | 5 |
stable
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-0.2 (-3.4, 3.1) |
| Anson County 6 | Urban | 17.9 (11.3, 27.1) | 3 (1, 89) | 5 |
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| Northampton County 6 | Rural | 14.9 (9.2, 23.8) | 22 (1, 89) | 5 |
stable
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-0.3 (-6.4, 6.6) |
| Polk County 6 | Rural | 13.6 (8.1, 22.3) | 45 (1, 89) | 5 |
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| Ashe County 6 | Rural | 11.7 (7.2, 18.5) | 74 (2, 89) | 5 |
stable
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-0.8 (-6.9, 5.6) |
| Vance County 6 | Rural | 8.2 (5.2, 12.6) | 89 (35, 89) | 5 |
stable
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-2.6 (-7.0, 1.8) |
| Warren County 6 | Rural | 14.4 (8.7, 23.2) | 29 (1, 89) | 4 |
stable
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0.3 (-5.3, 6.3) |
| Avery County 6 | Rural | 15.5 (9.5, 24.7) | 16 (1, 89) | 4 |
stable
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1.6 (-1.6, 5.3) |
| Madison County 6 | Urban | 12.5 (7.6, 20.0) | 67 (1, 89) | 4 |
stable
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-0.4 (-4.4, 4.3) |
| Greene County 6 | Rural | 14.5 (8.6, 23.4) | 27 (1, 89) | 4 |
stable
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-0.5 (-5.5, 5.4) |
| Martin County 6 | Rural | 10.0 (5.9, 16.5) | 87 (5, 89) | 4 |
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| Swain County 6 | Rural | 20.4 (11.9, 32.9) | 1 (1, 89) | 4 |
stable
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-0.3 (-8.3, 8.4) |
| Perquimans County 6 | Rural | 16.8 (9.5, 28.6) | 7 (1, 89) | 4 |
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| Bertie County 6 | Rural | 12.1 (6.8, 20.5) | 70 (1, 89) | 3 |
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| Pamlico County 6 | Rural | 16.1 (8.5, 28.9) | 13 (1, 89) | 3 |
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| Yancey County 6 | Rural | 11.1 (6.2, 19.0) | 80 (2, 89) | 3 |
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| Mitchell County 6 | Rural | 12.9 (6.9, 22.8) | 59 (1, 89) | 3 |
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| Alleghany County 6 | Rural |
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| Camden County 6 | Urban |
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| Chowan County 6 | Rural |
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| Clay County 6 | Rural |
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| Gates County 6 | Urban |
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| Graham County 6 | Rural |
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| Hertford County 6 | Rural |
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| Hyde County 6 | Rural |
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| Jones County 6 | Rural |
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| Tyrrell County 6 | Rural |
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| Washington County 6 | Rural |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/21/2025 8:08 pm.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
Data cannot be shown for the following areas. For more information on what areas are suppressed or not available, please refer to the table.
Alleghany, Camden, Chowan, Clay, Gates, Graham, Hertford, Hyde, Jones, Tyrrell, Washington
† 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.
* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
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 05/21/2025 8:08 pm.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
Data cannot be shown for the following areas. For more information on what areas are suppressed or not available, please refer to the table.
Alleghany, Camden, Chowan, Clay, Gates, Graham, Hertford, Hyde, Jones, Tyrrell, Washington
† 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.
* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
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.