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Incidence Rate Report for North Carolina by County

Thyroid (All Stages^), 2017-2021

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages

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County
sort alphabetically by name ascending 		2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
sort by rural urban descending 		Age-Adjusted Incidence Rate †
cases per 100,000
(95% Confidence Interval)
sort by rate ascending 		CI*Rank ⋔
(95% Confidence Interval)
sort by CI rank descending 		Average Annual Count
sort by count descending 		Recent Trend
 Recent 5-Year Trend ‡ in Incidence Rates
(95% Confidence Interval)
sort by trend descending
North Carolina 6 N/A 11.0 (10.7, 11.3) N/A 1,221 falling falling trend -3.0 (-5.1, -1.9)
US (SEER+NPCR) 1 N/A 12.9 (12.9, 13.0) N/A 44,379 falling falling trend -2.4 (-3.2, -1.9)
New Hanover County 6 Urban 16.8 (14.4, 19.3) 1 (1, 18) 40 falling falling trend -6.9 (-12.4, -2.5)
Brunswick County 6 Urban 16.5 (13.2, 20.4) 2 (1, 27) 25 falling falling trend -3.7 (-10.3, -0.2)
Bladen County 6 Rural 15.8 (9.8, 24.1) 3 (1, 62) 5 stable stable trend 5.5 (-0.3, 12.7)
Duplin County 6 Rural 15.3 (10.7, 21.2) 4 (1, 54) 8 stable stable trend -4.7 (-14.6, 0.7)
Iredell County 6 Urban 15.2 (12.8, 18.0) 5 (1, 28) 30 falling falling trend -5.0 (-9.3, -2.1)
Sampson County 6 Rural 15.2 (11.2, 20.2) 6 (1, 49) 10 stable stable trend 2.5 (-1.6, 7.5)
Person County 6 Urban 15.0 (10.2, 21.3) 7 (1, 58) 7
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Columbus County 6 Rural 14.5 (10.2, 20.0) 8 (1, 54) 8 stable stable trend 3.5 (-1.2, 9.2)
Durham County 6 Urban 14.3 (12.5, 16.2) 9 (1, 28) 49 falling falling trend -7.2 (-14.8, -2.6)
Union County 6 Urban 14.2 (12.1, 16.6) 10 (1, 32) 34 rising rising trend 3.4 (1.3, 6.0)
Pender County 6 Urban 14.2 (10.1, 19.3) 11 (1, 56) 9 falling falling trend -10.3 (-17.1, -5.9)
Cabarrus County 6 Urban 14.0 (11.9, 16.4) 12 (2, 34) 32 stable stable trend 2.6 (-5.6, 16.2)
Moore County 6 Urban 14.0 (10.8, 17.8) 13 (1, 48) 15 falling falling trend -23.4 (-37.2, -4.6)
Onslow County 6 Urban 13.9 (11.4, 16.9) 14 (1, 39) 24 falling falling trend -6.1 (-8.5, -4.2)
Stanly County 6 Rural 13.9 (10.0, 18.8) 15 (1, 57) 9 stable stable trend 3.6 (-0.7, 8.2)
Wake County 6 Urban 13.1 (12.2, 14.1) 16 (7, 28) 151 stable stable trend 0.4 (-0.9, 1.5)
Davie County 6 Urban 13.0 (8.3, 19.4) 17 (1, 65) 5 stable stable trend 2.4 (-3.0, 8.5)
Chatham County 6 Urban 13.0 (9.5, 17.3) 18 (1, 59) 11 rising rising trend 4.2 (0.9, 8.4)
Burke County 6 Urban 12.7 (9.5, 16.6) 19 (1, 57) 12 stable stable trend 2.2 (-0.8, 5.5)
Orange County 6 Urban 12.7 (10.2, 15.6) 20 (3, 50) 19 stable stable trend 1.8 (-2.0, 3.7)
Rowan County 6 Urban 12.5 (10.1, 15.4) 21 (3, 51) 20 falling falling trend -11.0 (-18.0, -7.0)
Lincoln County 6 Urban 12.2 (9.1, 16.0) 22 (2, 58) 12 stable stable trend -1.4 (-15.9, 1.4)
Robeson County 6 Rural 12.1 (9.3, 15.3) 23 (3, 57) 14 rising rising trend 7.8 (5.0, 11.6)
Granville County 6 Rural 12.0 (8.5, 16.5) 24 (1, 62) 9 stable stable trend 4.0 (-1.2, 10.6)
Haywood County 6 Rural 11.9 (8.2, 16.6) 25 (1, 64) 8 stable stable trend -3.7 (-15.4, 1.1)
Carteret County 6 Rural 11.6 (8.1, 16.0) 26 (1, 63) 9 stable stable trend -11.7 (-37.5, 1.3)
Cherokee County 6 Rural 11.5 (6.3, 19.3) 27 (1, 65) 3
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Yadkin County 6 Urban 11.5 (6.9, 17.8) 28 (1, 65) 4
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Alamance County 6 Urban 11.0 (9.0, 13.5) 29 (8, 57) 21 stable stable trend 0.9 (-2.7, 5.0)
Wayne County 6 Urban 11.0 (8.4, 14.0) 30 (6, 61) 14 stable stable trend -2.4 (-12.2, 2.3)
Cumberland County 6 Urban 10.9 (9.3, 12.7) 31 (13, 54) 34 stable stable trend -1.5 (-6.4, 0.3)
Johnston County 6 Urban 10.6 (8.7, 12.8) 32 (13, 57) 23 stable stable trend 0.3 (-1.4, 2.1)
Davidson County 6 Urban 10.4 (8.4, 12.8) 33 (11, 60) 20 stable stable trend 0.1 (-20.9, 7.1)
Gaston County 6 Urban 10.4 (8.6, 12.4) 34 (15, 58) 26 stable stable trend -2.5 (-9.9, 0.6)
Franklin County 6 Urban 10.1 (7.1, 14.1) 35 (5, 65) 8 stable stable trend 3.3 (-0.9, 8.4)
Buncombe County 6 Urban 10.1 (8.5, 11.9) 36 (18, 59) 32 stable stable trend -1.2 (-5.0, 0.9)
Guilford County 6 Urban 10.1 (8.9, 11.4) 37 (22, 54) 57 falling falling trend -3.2 (-5.3, -1.7)
Mecklenburg County 6 Urban 10.1 (9.3, 11.0) 38 (25, 51) 114 stable stable trend -1.8 (-6.0, 0.3)
Wilkes County 6 Rural 10.1 (6.8, 14.4) 39 (3, 65) 7 stable stable trend 0.1 (-5.0, 5.3)
Rockingham County 6 Urban 9.9 (7.2, 13.3) 40 (8, 64) 10 rising rising trend 3.4 (0.6, 6.5)
Hoke County 6 Urban 9.9 (6.4, 14.5) 41 (4, 65) 5
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Stokes County 6 Urban 9.7 (6.0, 14.8) 42 (3, 65) 5 stable stable trend 3.6 (-1.6, 10.2)
Harnett County 6 Rural 9.6 (7.4, 12.3) 43 (14, 63) 13 stable stable trend 1.6 (-0.8, 4.4)
Lenoir County 6 Rural 9.5 (6.1, 14.1) 44 (5, 65) 6 stable stable trend 1.7 (-3.7, 7.9)
Alexander County 6 Urban 9.4 (5.5, 15.1) 45 (2, 65) 4
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Cleveland County 6 Rural 9.4 (6.8, 12.5) 46 (13, 65) 10 falling falling trend -3.9 (-9.1, -0.9)
Rutherford County 6 Rural 9.3 (6.2, 13.4) 47 (7, 65) 7 stable stable trend 0.4 (-4.8, 6.1)
Pitt County 6 Urban 9.2 (7.2, 11.6) 48 (19, 64) 15 stable stable trend 0.0 (-3.0, 3.3)
McDowell County 6 Rural 9.0 (5.7, 13.8) 49 (6, 65) 5 falling falling trend -3.4 (-6.7, -0.3)
Randolph County 6 Urban 9.0 (6.9, 11.4) 50 (19, 65) 14 falling falling trend -5.8 (-15.6, -0.5)
Forsyth County 6 Urban 8.8 (7.5, 10.2) 51 (28, 62) 36 falling falling trend -2.7 (-14.1, -0.3)
Richmond County 6 Rural 8.8 (5.3, 13.7) 52 (6, 65) 4 stable stable trend 1.7 (-5.1, 9.3)
Beaufort County 6 Rural 8.6 (5.1, 13.8) 53 (5, 65) 4 stable stable trend 0.6 (-3.9, 5.0)
Lee County 6 Rural 8.5 (5.6, 12.3) 54 (13, 65) 6
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Watauga County 6 Rural 8.5 (5.1, 13.3) 55 (8, 65) 4 stable stable trend -2.4 (-7.2, 2.0)
Catawba County 6 Urban 8.1 (6.3, 10.4) 56 (26, 65) 15 falling falling trend -12.0 (-24.7, -5.2)
Macon County 6 Rural 8.1 (4.6, 13.3) 57 (8, 65) 4
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Henderson County 6 Urban 7.8 (5.8, 10.3) 58 (26, 65) 12 stable stable trend -0.2 (-3.4, 3.4)
Craven County 6 Rural 7.8 (5.5, 10.8) 59 (23, 65) 8 stable stable trend -2.9 (-19.0, 1.2)
Transylvania County 6 Rural 7.7 (4.3, 13.0) 60 (10, 65) 4 falling falling trend -5.1 (-9.6, -0.7)
Surry County 6 Rural 7.6 (5.0, 11.0) 61 (22, 65) 6 stable stable trend -0.3 (-5.7, 5.2)
Caldwell County 6 Urban 7.3 (4.9, 10.4) 62 (26, 65) 7
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Wilson County 6 Rural 7.2 (4.8, 10.3) 63 (26, 65) 6 stable stable trend 1.6 (-1.8, 5.5)
Nash County 6 Urban 6.9 (4.8, 9.7) 64 (29, 65) 7 stable stable trend 1.5 (-2.9, 6.2)
Halifax County 6 Rural 6.6 (3.8, 10.8) 65 (19, 65) 4
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Alleghany County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Anson County 6 Urban
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3 or fewer
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Ashe County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Avery County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Bertie County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Camden County 6 Urban
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3 or fewer
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Caswell County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Chowan County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Clay County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Currituck County 6 Urban
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3 or fewer
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Dare County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Edgecombe County 6 Urban
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3 or fewer
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Gates County 6 Urban
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3 or fewer
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Graham County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Greene County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Hertford County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Hyde County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Jackson County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Jones County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Madison County 6 Urban
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3 or fewer
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Martin County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Mitchell County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Montgomery County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Northampton County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Pamlico County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Pasquotank County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Perquimans County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Polk County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Scotland County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Swain County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Tyrrell County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Vance County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Warren County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Washington County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Yancey County 6 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/11/2025 11:00 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, Anson, Ashe, Avery, Bertie, Camden, Caswell, Chowan, Clay, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Graham, Greene, Hertford, Hyde, Jackson, Jones, Madison, Martin, Mitchell, Montgomery, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Polk, Scotland, Swain, Tyrrell, Vance, Warren, Washington, Yancey

† 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.

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