Incidence Rates Table
Incidence Rate Report for North Carolina by County
Thyroid (All Stages^), 2017-2021
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by Recentaapc
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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 | 11.0 (10.7, 11.3) | N/A | 1,221 |
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-3.0 (-5.1, -1.9) |
| US (SEER+NPCR) 1 | N/A | 12.9 (12.9, 13.0) | N/A | 44,379 |
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-2.4 (-3.2, -1.9) |
| Robeson County 6 | Rural | 12.1 (9.3, 15.3) | 23 (3, 57) | 14 |
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7.8 (5.0, 11.6) |
| Bladen County 6 | Rural | 15.8 (9.8, 24.1) | 3 (1, 62) | 5 |
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5.5 (-0.3, 12.7) |
| Chatham County 6 | Urban | 13.0 (9.5, 17.3) | 18 (1, 59) | 11 |
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4.2 (0.9, 8.4) |
| Granville County 6 | Rural | 12.0 (8.5, 16.5) | 24 (1, 62) | 9 |
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4.0 (-1.2, 10.6) |
| Stanly County 6 | Rural | 13.9 (10.0, 18.8) | 15 (1, 57) | 9 |
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3.6 (-0.7, 8.2) |
| Stokes County 6 | Urban | 9.7 (6.0, 14.8) | 42 (3, 65) | 5 |
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3.6 (-1.6, 10.2) |
| Columbus County 6 | Rural | 14.5 (10.2, 20.0) | 8 (1, 54) | 8 |
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3.5 (-1.2, 9.2) |
| Rockingham County 6 | Urban | 9.9 (7.2, 13.3) | 40 (8, 64) | 10 |
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3.4 (0.6, 6.5) |
| Union County 6 | Urban | 14.2 (12.1, 16.6) | 10 (1, 32) | 34 |
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3.4 (1.3, 6.0) |
| Franklin County 6 | Urban | 10.1 (7.1, 14.1) | 35 (5, 65) | 8 |
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3.3 (-0.9, 8.4) |
| Cabarrus County 6 | Urban | 14.0 (11.9, 16.4) | 12 (2, 34) | 32 |
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2.6 (-5.6, 16.2) |
| Sampson County 6 | Rural | 15.2 (11.2, 20.2) | 6 (1, 49) | 10 |
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2.5 (-1.6, 7.5) |
| Davie County 6 | Urban | 13.0 (8.3, 19.4) | 17 (1, 65) | 5 |
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2.4 (-3.0, 8.5) |
| Burke County 6 | Urban | 12.7 (9.5, 16.6) | 19 (1, 57) | 12 |
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2.2 (-0.8, 5.5) |
| Orange County 6 | Urban | 12.7 (10.2, 15.6) | 20 (3, 50) | 19 |
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1.8 (-2.0, 3.7) |
| Lenoir County 6 | Rural | 9.5 (6.1, 14.1) | 44 (5, 65) | 6 |
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1.7 (-3.7, 7.9) |
| Richmond County 6 | Rural | 8.8 (5.3, 13.7) | 52 (6, 65) | 4 |
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1.7 (-5.1, 9.3) |
| Harnett County 6 | Rural | 9.6 (7.4, 12.3) | 43 (14, 63) | 13 |
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1.6 (-0.8, 4.4) |
| Wilson County 6 | Rural | 7.2 (4.8, 10.3) | 63 (26, 65) | 6 |
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1.6 (-1.8, 5.5) |
| Nash County 6 | Urban | 6.9 (4.8, 9.7) | 64 (29, 65) | 7 |
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1.5 (-2.9, 6.2) |
| Alamance County 6 | Urban | 11.0 (9.0, 13.5) | 29 (8, 57) | 21 |
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0.9 (-2.7, 5.0) |
| Beaufort County 6 | Rural | 8.6 (5.1, 13.8) | 53 (5, 65) | 4 |
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0.6 (-3.9, 5.0) |
| Rutherford County 6 | Rural | 9.3 (6.2, 13.4) | 47 (7, 65) | 7 |
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0.4 (-4.8, 6.1) |
| Wake County 6 | Urban | 13.1 (12.2, 14.1) | 16 (7, 28) | 151 |
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0.4 (-0.9, 1.5) |
| Johnston County 6 | Urban | 10.6 (8.7, 12.8) | 32 (13, 57) | 23 |
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0.3 (-1.4, 2.1) |
| Davidson County 6 | Urban | 10.4 (8.4, 12.8) | 33 (11, 60) | 20 |
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0.1 (-20.9, 7.1) |
| Wilkes County 6 | Rural | 10.1 (6.8, 14.4) | 39 (3, 65) | 7 |
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0.1 (-5.0, 5.3) |
| Pitt County 6 | Urban | 9.2 (7.2, 11.6) | 48 (19, 64) | 15 |
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0.0 (-3.0, 3.3) |
| Henderson County 6 | Urban | 7.8 (5.8, 10.3) | 58 (26, 65) | 12 |
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-0.2 (-3.4, 3.4) |
| Surry County 6 | Rural | 7.6 (5.0, 11.0) | 61 (22, 65) | 6 |
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-0.3 (-5.7, 5.2) |
| Buncombe County 6 | Urban | 10.1 (8.5, 11.9) | 36 (18, 59) | 32 |
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-1.2 (-5.0, 0.9) |
| Lincoln County 6 | Urban | 12.2 (9.1, 16.0) | 22 (2, 58) | 12 |
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-1.4 (-15.9, 1.4) |
| Cumberland County 6 | Urban | 10.9 (9.3, 12.7) | 31 (13, 54) | 34 |
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-1.5 (-6.4, 0.3) |
| Mecklenburg County 6 | Urban | 10.1 (9.3, 11.0) | 38 (25, 51) | 114 |
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-1.8 (-6.0, 0.3) |
| Watauga County 6 | Rural | 8.5 (5.1, 13.3) | 55 (8, 65) | 4 |
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-2.4 (-7.2, 2.0) |
| Wayne County 6 | Urban | 11.0 (8.4, 14.0) | 30 (6, 61) | 14 |
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-2.4 (-12.2, 2.3) |
| Gaston County 6 | Urban | 10.4 (8.6, 12.4) | 34 (15, 58) | 26 |
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-2.5 (-9.9, 0.6) |
| Forsyth County 6 | Urban | 8.8 (7.5, 10.2) | 51 (28, 62) | 36 |
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-2.7 (-14.1, -0.3) |
| Craven County 6 | Rural | 7.8 (5.5, 10.8) | 59 (23, 65) | 8 |
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-2.9 (-19.0, 1.2) |
| Guilford County 6 | Urban | 10.1 (8.9, 11.4) | 37 (22, 54) | 57 |
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-3.2 (-5.3, -1.7) |
| McDowell County 6 | Rural | 9.0 (5.7, 13.8) | 49 (6, 65) | 5 |
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-3.4 (-6.7, -0.3) |
| Brunswick County 6 | Urban | 16.5 (13.2, 20.4) | 2 (1, 27) | 25 |
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-3.7 (-10.3, -0.2) |
| Haywood County 6 | Rural | 11.9 (8.2, 16.6) | 25 (1, 64) | 8 |
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-3.7 (-15.4, 1.1) |
| Cleveland County 6 | Rural | 9.4 (6.8, 12.5) | 46 (13, 65) | 10 |
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-3.9 (-9.1, -0.9) |
| Duplin County 6 | Rural | 15.3 (10.7, 21.2) | 4 (1, 54) | 8 |
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-4.7 (-14.6, 0.7) |
| Iredell County 6 | Urban | 15.2 (12.8, 18.0) | 5 (1, 28) | 30 |
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-5.0 (-9.3, -2.1) |
| Transylvania County 6 | Rural | 7.7 (4.3, 13.0) | 60 (10, 65) | 4 |
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-5.1 (-9.6, -0.7) |
| Randolph County 6 | Urban | 9.0 (6.9, 11.4) | 50 (19, 65) | 14 |
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-5.8 (-15.6, -0.5) |
| Onslow County 6 | Urban | 13.9 (11.4, 16.9) | 14 (1, 39) | 24 |
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-6.1 (-8.5, -4.2) |
| New Hanover County 6 | Urban | 16.8 (14.4, 19.3) | 1 (1, 18) | 40 |
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-6.9 (-12.4, -2.5) |
| Durham County 6 | Urban | 14.3 (12.5, 16.2) | 9 (1, 28) | 49 |
falling
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-7.2 (-14.8, -2.6) |
| Pender County 6 | Urban | 14.2 (10.1, 19.3) | 11 (1, 56) | 9 |
falling
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-10.3 (-17.1, -5.9) |
| Rowan County 6 | Urban | 12.5 (10.1, 15.4) | 21 (3, 51) | 20 |
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-11.0 (-18.0, -7.0) |
| Carteret County 6 | Rural | 11.6 (8.1, 16.0) | 26 (1, 63) | 9 |
stable
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-11.7 (-37.5, 1.3) |
| Catawba County 6 | Urban | 8.1 (6.3, 10.4) | 56 (26, 65) | 15 |
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-12.0 (-24.7, -5.2) |
| Moore County 6 | Urban | 14.0 (10.8, 17.8) | 13 (1, 48) | 15 |
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-23.4 (-37.2, -4.6) |
| Alexander County 6 | Urban | 9.4 (5.5, 15.1) | 45 (2, 65) | 4 |
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| Caldwell County 6 | Urban | 7.3 (4.9, 10.4) | 62 (26, 65) | 7 |
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| Cherokee County 6 | Rural | 11.5 (6.3, 19.3) | 27 (1, 65) | 3 |
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| Halifax County 6 | Rural | 6.6 (3.8, 10.8) | 65 (19, 65) | 4 |
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| Hoke County 6 | Urban | 9.9 (6.4, 14.5) | 41 (4, 65) | 5 |
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| Lee County 6 | Rural | 8.5 (5.6, 12.3) | 54 (13, 65) | 6 |
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| Macon County 6 | Rural | 8.1 (4.6, 13.3) | 57 (8, 65) | 4 |
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| Person County 6 | Urban | 15.0 (10.2, 21.3) | 7 (1, 58) | 7 |
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| Yadkin County 6 | Urban | 11.5 (6.9, 17.8) | 28 (1, 65) | 4 |
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| Alleghany County 6 | Rural |
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| Anson County 6 | Urban |
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| Ashe County 6 | Rural |
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| Avery County 6 | Rural |
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| Bertie County 6 | Rural |
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| Camden County 6 | Urban |
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| Caswell County 6 | Rural |
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| Chowan County 6 | Rural |
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| Clay County 6 | Rural |
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| Currituck County 6 | Urban |
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| Dare County 6 | Rural |
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| Edgecombe County 6 | Urban |
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| Gates County 6 | Urban |
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| Graham County 6 | Rural |
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| Greene County 6 | Rural |
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| Hertford County 6 | Rural |
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| Hyde County 6 | Rural |
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| Jackson County 6 | Rural |
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| Jones County 6 | Rural |
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| Madison County 6 | Urban |
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| Martin County 6 | Rural |
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| Mitchell County 6 | Rural |
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| Montgomery County 6 | Rural |
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| Northampton County 6 | Rural |
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| Pamlico County 6 | Rural |
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| Pasquotank County 6 | Rural |
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| Perquimans County 6 | Rural |
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| Polk County 6 | Rural |
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| Scotland County 6 | Rural |
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| Swain County 6 | Rural |
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| Tyrrell County 6 | Rural |
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| Vance County 6 | Rural |
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| Warren County 6 | Rural |
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| Washington County 6 | Rural |
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| Yancey County 6 | Rural |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 11/16/2025 5:47 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.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 11/16/2025 5:47 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.


