Incidence Rates Table
Incidence Rate Report for North Carolina by County
Lung & Bronchus (Late Stage^), 2017-2021
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by Rate
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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Percent of Cases with Late Stage
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| North Carolina 6 | N/A | 42.0 (41.5, 42.5) | N/A | 5,597 | 67.3 |
| US (SEER+NPCR) 1 | N/A | 34.3 (34.2, 34.4) | N/A | 140,561 | 64.9 |
| Onslow County 6 | Urban | 63.5 (57.8, 69.5) | 1 (1, 19) | 97 | 69.7 |
| Jones County 6 | Rural | 59.8 (43.3, 81.8) | 2 (1, 90) | 10 | 73.8 |
| Richmond County 6 | Rural | 59.5 (50.8, 69.4) | 3 (1, 50) | 35 | 67.2 |
| Robeson County 6 | Rural | 59.4 (53.8, 65.5) | 4 (1, 32) | 87 | 72.1 |
| Scotland County 6 | Rural | 59.4 (49.7, 70.6) | 5 (1, 57) | 28 | 71.3 |
| Yadkin County 6 | Urban | 58.0 (49.5, 67.9) | 6 (1, 57) | 34 | 76.4 |
| Caswell County 6 | Rural | 58.0 (47.2, 70.9) | 7 (1, 72) | 22 | 71.6 |
| Yancey County 6 | Rural | 57.9 (46.4, 72.1) | 8 (1, 75) | 19 | 69.1 |
| Surry County 6 | Rural | 57.4 (51.2, 64.3) | 9 (1, 44) | 64 | 70.8 |
| Sampson County 6 | Rural | 56.8 (49.6, 65.0) | 10 (1, 52) | 46 | 68.3 |
| Graham County 6 | Rural | 56.6 (39.9, 79.6) | 11 (1, 97) | 8 | 68.4 |
| Swain County 6 | Rural | 55.9 (42.4, 72.9) | 12 (1, 88) | 12 | 69.4 |
| Stokes County 6 | Urban | 55.1 (47.6, 63.7) | 13 (1, 60) | 40 | 70.6 |
| Madison County 6 | Urban | 54.6 (43.7, 67.8) | 14 (1, 82) | 19 | 71.8 |
| Lenoir County 6 | Rural | 54.1 (47.0, 62.0) | 15 (1, 62) | 45 | 72.1 |
| Davidson County 6 | Urban | 53.8 (49.6, 58.2) | 16 (4, 47) | 130 | 70.3 |
| Randolph County 6 | Urban | 53.6 (49.1, 58.4) | 17 (3, 49) | 108 | 69.1 |
| Greene County 6 | Rural | 53.2 (41.4, 67.7) | 18 (1, 92) | 14 | 68.6 |
| Wayne County 6 | Urban | 52.8 (47.7, 58.4) | 19 (3, 58) | 81 | 72.1 |
| McDowell County 6 | Rural | 52.5 (45.0, 61.1) | 20 (1, 70) | 37 | 60.3 |
| Stanly County 6 | Rural | 52.5 (45.8, 59.9) | 21 (2, 66) | 47 | 68.3 |
| Gaston County 6 | Urban | 52.0 (48.3, 55.9) | 22 (6, 51) | 153 | 68.3 |
| Edgecombe County 6 | Urban | 51.5 (44.3, 59.7) | 23 (1, 69) | 39 | 70.7 |
| Harnett County 6 | Rural | 51.4 (46.2, 57.1) | 24 (4, 64) | 73 | 67.3 |
| Haywood County 6 | Rural | 51.0 (44.9, 57.8) | 25 (3, 67) | 56 | 71.5 |
| Franklin County 6 | Urban | 50.8 (44.2, 58.1) | 26 (3, 72) | 45 | 73.5 |
| Rockingham County 6 | Urban | 50.4 (45.3, 56.1) | 27 (5, 64) | 73 | 66.8 |
| Hyde County 6 | Rural | 50.2 (29.5, 82.9) | 28 (1, 99) | 4 | 76.0 |
| Vance County 6 | Rural | 50.2 (42.3, 59.3) | 29 (2, 80) | 31 | 68.6 |
| Davie County 6 | Urban | 50.1 (42.6, 58.8) | 30 (2, 77) | 33 | 68.9 |
| Cleveland County 6 | Rural | 49.8 (44.7, 55.4) | 31 (7, 67) | 72 | 70.0 |
| Alleghany County 6 | Rural | 49.7 (36.0, 68.2) | 32 (1, 97) | 10 | 73.5 |
| Carteret County 6 | Rural | 49.0 (43.3, 55.4) | 33 (6, 75) | 60 | 66.4 |
| Caldwell County 6 | Urban | 48.9 (43.5, 54.9) | 34 (7, 71) | 62 | 69.3 |
| Alamance County 6 | Urban | 48.7 (44.6, 53.1) | 35 (11, 64) | 108 | 66.9 |
| Chowan County 6 | Rural | 48.6 (37.0, 63.7) | 36 (1, 97) | 12 | 86.1 |
| Hoke County 6 | Urban | 48.6 (39.8, 58.8) | 37 (2, 89) | 23 | 65.9 |
| Craven County 6 | Rural | 48.6 (43.5, 54.3) | 38 (9, 71) | 69 | 61.2 |
| Rowan County 6 | Urban | 47.9 (43.6, 52.5) | 39 (12, 69) | 95 | 67.3 |
| Anson County 6 | Urban | 47.9 (37.9, 60.2) | 40 (1, 94) | 16 | 75.7 |
| Johnston County 6 | Urban | 47.8 (43.7, 52.1) | 41 (14, 68) | 110 | 66.8 |
| Halifax County 6 | Rural | 47.4 (40.6, 55.1) | 42 (6, 80) | 37 | 67.5 |
| Beaufort County 6 | Rural | 47.4 (40.7, 55.2) | 43 (6, 83) | 38 | 72.5 |
| Person County 6 | Urban | 47.2 (39.6, 56.1) | 44 (4, 87) | 29 | 69.6 |
| Alexander County 6 | Urban | 46.9 (39.0, 56.2) | 45 (4, 90) | 26 | 65.3 |
| Burke County 6 | Urban | 46.8 (41.7, 52.4) | 46 (13, 76) | 65 | 65.8 |
| Pender County 6 | Urban | 46.6 (40.3, 53.7) | 47 (9, 83) | 41 | 72.4 |
| Rutherford County 6 | Rural | 46.5 (40.7, 53.0) | 48 (11, 83) | 49 | 69.1 |
| Cumberland County 6 | Urban | 46.2 (42.9, 49.6) | 49 (23, 69) | 155 | 66.8 |
| Granville County 6 | Rural | 46.1 (39.8, 53.3) | 50 (9, 83) | 40 | 67.5 |
| Bladen County 6 | Rural | 46.1 (37.9, 55.9) | 51 (5, 92) | 24 | 70.2 |
| Wilkes County 6 | Rural | 45.9 (40.3, 52.2) | 52 (13, 81) | 50 | 70.7 |
| Duplin County 6 | Rural | 45.7 (38.8, 53.6) | 53 (8, 89) | 32 | 68.9 |
| Perquimans County 6 | Rural | 45.3 (32.6, 62.1) | 54 (1, 99) | 11 | 66.3 |
| Washington County 6 | Rural | 44.9 (31.3, 63.4) | 55 (1, 99) | 9 | 65.7 |
| Brunswick County 6 | Urban | 44.8 (41.0, 49.0) | 56 (23, 78) | 126 | 68.7 |
| Mitchell County 6 | Rural | 44.4 (33.5, 58.6) | 57 (2, 98) | 12 | 65.2 |
| Northampton County 6 | Rural | 44.4 (34.0, 57.6) | 58 (2, 98) | 15 | 68.8 |
| Lincoln County 6 | Urban | 44.2 (39.0, 50.0) | 59 (16, 84) | 55 | 64.1 |
| Martin County 6 | Rural | 44.2 (35.1, 55.5) | 60 (5, 96) | 17 | 69.1 |
| Columbus County 6 | Rural | 44.0 (37.5, 51.4) | 61 (12, 90) | 34 | 63.9 |
| Bertie County 6 | Rural | 43.1 (32.7, 56.5) | 62 (2, 98) | 13 | 79.7 |
| Wilson County 6 | Rural | 43.1 (37.8, 49.1) | 63 (20, 87) | 49 | 66.1 |
| Forsyth County 6 | Urban | 42.5 (39.8, 45.2) | 64 (42, 78) | 203 | 68.8 |
| Hertford County 6 | Rural | 42.1 (32.8, 53.8) | 65 (6, 98) | 14 | 66.7 |
| Lee County 6 | Rural | 41.3 (35.1, 48.2) | 66 (24, 95) | 34 | 66.4 |
| Pasquotank County 6 | Rural | 41.2 (34.0, 49.8) | 67 (15, 96) | 23 | 71.6 |
| Montgomery County 6 | Rural | 40.9 (32.2, 51.6) | 68 (9, 98) | 16 | 65.6 |
| Pamlico County 6 | Rural | 40.4 (29.7, 55.5) | 69 (6, 99) | 10 | 59.8 |
| Pitt County 6 | Urban | 40.2 (36.2, 44.7) | 70 (39, 91) | 75 | 68.9 |
| Guilford County 6 | Urban | 40.2 (38.0, 42.5) | 71 (54, 83) | 258 | 66.3 |
| Catawba County 6 | Urban | 39.7 (36.0, 43.7) | 72 (46, 91) | 88 | 66.3 |
| Nash County 6 | Urban | 39.6 (34.9, 44.8) | 73 (40, 93) | 55 | 68.4 |
| Jackson County 6 | Rural | 39.5 (32.6, 47.7) | 74 (23, 97) | 24 | 73.8 |
| Union County 6 | Urban | 38.6 (35.1, 42.3) | 75 (51, 91) | 97 | 68.1 |
| Transylvania County 6 | Rural | 38.5 (31.9, 46.6) | 76 (28, 98) | 27 | 66.2 |
| Camden County 6 | Urban | 38.5 (24.8, 57.6) | 77 (2, 99) | 5 | 83.9 |
| Dare County 6 | Rural | 37.8 (30.9, 46.1) | 78 (27, 99) | 23 | 71.6 |
| Iredell County 6 | Urban | 37.8 (34.3, 41.5) | 79 (55, 93) | 91 | 60.5 |
| Macon County 6 | Rural | 37.5 (31.0, 45.2) | 80 (32, 98) | 27 | 68.0 |
| New Hanover County 6 | Urban | 37.4 (34.4, 40.7) | 81 (59, 93) | 115 | 64.7 |
| Avery County 6 | Rural | 36.8 (27.3, 49.1) | 82 (16, 99) | 10 | 71.2 |
| Buncombe County 6 | Urban | 36.3 (33.6, 39.2) | 83 (65, 93) | 143 | 62.3 |
| Clay County 6 | Rural | 36.3 (25.9, 51.4) | 84 (11, 99) | 9 | 58.7 |
| Cherokee County 6 | Rural | 36.2 (29.7, 44.4) | 85 (40, 99) | 23 | 58.8 |
| Currituck County 6 | Urban | 36.0 (27.7, 46.2) | 86 (27, 99) | 14 | 66.4 |
| Ashe County 6 | Rural | 35.9 (29.0, 44.5) | 87 (33, 99) | 19 | 65.5 |
| Henderson County 6 | Urban | 35.8 (32.2, 39.9) | 88 (61, 96) | 76 | 66.0 |
| Cabarrus County 6 | Urban | 35.4 (32.1, 39.0) | 89 (63, 97) | 86 | 61.4 |
| Polk County 6 | Rural | 35.3 (27.0, 46.2) | 90 (25, 99) | 15 | 67.6 |
| Moore County 6 | Urban | 35.2 (31.1, 39.9) | 91 (59, 98) | 57 | 58.9 |
| Warren County 6 | Rural | 33.7 (25.3, 44.8) | 92 (33, 99) | 12 | 61.7 |
| Durham County 6 | Urban | 32.5 (29.8, 35.5) | 93 (78, 98) | 109 | 65.2 |
| Mecklenburg County 6 | Urban | 32.2 (30.6, 33.8) | 94 (84, 98) | 332 | 67.5 |
| Wake County 6 | Urban | 32.1 (30.6, 33.7) | 95 (84, 98) | 343 | 66.9 |
| Chatham County 6 | Urban | 29.3 (25.3, 34.0) | 96 (80, 99) | 40 | 63.5 |
| Watauga County 6 | Rural | 29.3 (23.5, 36.3) | 97 (68, 99) | 19 | 65.5 |
| Orange County 6 | Urban | 27.5 (23.9, 31.5) | 98 (88, 99) | 44 | 58.4 |
| Gates County 6 | Urban | 26.7 (16.6, 42.1) | 99 (41, 99) | 5 | 54.8 |
| Tyrrell County 6 | Rural |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/03/2025 4:05 am.
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.
Tyrrell
† 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 are computed using cancers classified as malignant based on ICD-O-3. For more information see malignant.html.
^ Late Stage is defined as cases determined to be regional or distant. Due to changes in stage coding, Combined Summary Stage (2004+) is used for data from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) databases and Merged Summary Stage is used for data from National Program of Cancer Registries databases. Due to the increased complexity with staging, other staging variables maybe used if necessary.
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 07/03/2025 4:05 am.
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.
Tyrrell
† 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 are computed using cancers classified as malignant based on ICD-O-3. For more information see malignant.html.
^ Late Stage is defined as cases determined to be regional or distant. Due to changes in stage coding, Combined Summary Stage (2004+) is used for data from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) databases and Merged Summary Stage is used for data from National Program of Cancer Registries databases. Due to the increased complexity with staging, other staging variables maybe used if necessary.
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.