Incidence Rates Table
Incidence Rate Report for North Carolina by County
Leukemia (All Stages^), 2017-2021
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by CI*Rank
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 | 14.5 (14.2, 14.8) | N/A | 1,768 |
falling 
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-2.3 (-5.4, -0.6) |
| US (SEER+NPCR) 1 | N/A | 14.1 (14.0, 14.1) | N/A | 53,074 |
falling
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-1.6 (-2.3, -1.2) |
| Dare County 6 | Rural | 8.4 (5.4, 12.9) | 83 (47, 83) | 5 |
stable 
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-1.9 (-6.6, 3.2) |
| Pasquotank County 6 | Rural | 9.6 (5.9, 14.9) | 82 (17, 83) | 4 |
stable
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-3.5 (-9.1, 1.2) |
| Carteret County 6 | Rural | 10.0 (7.3, 13.4) | 81 (37, 83) | 11 |
stable
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-1.4 (-3.9, 1.2) |
| Bladen County 6 | Rural | 10.1 (6.3, 15.8) | 80 (13, 83) | 5 |
stable
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-2.1 (-6.3, 2.4) |
| Granville County 6 | Rural | 10.7 (7.5, 14.8) | 79 (22, 83) | 8 |
falling
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-3.8 (-15.3, -0.5) |
| Beaufort County 6 | Rural | 10.7 (7.6, 15.0) | 78 (22, 83) | 8 |
falling
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-12.2 (-28.4, -4.1) |
| Wilson County 6 | Rural | 10.7 (8.0, 14.2) | 77 (27, 83) | 11 |
stable
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-1.6 (-3.7, 0.6) |
| Lenoir County 6 | Rural | 10.8 (7.5, 15.0) | 76 (20, 83) | 8 |
stable
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1.0 (-2.8, 5.3) |
| Madison County 6 | Urban | 11.2 (6.4, 18.7) | 75 (3, 83) | 3 |
stable
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0.6 (-4.5, 6.2) |
| Catawba County 6 | Urban | 11.3 (9.2, 13.7) | 74 (39, 83) | 22 |
falling
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-11.9 (-34.7, -1.0) |
| Columbus County 6 | Rural | 11.6 (8.3, 15.9) | 73 (14, 83) | 9 |
stable
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-1.6 (-4.2, 1.1) |
| Pitt County 6 | Urban | 11.6 (9.5, 14.2) | 72 (33, 82) | 21 |
stable
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0.3 (-1.7, 2.7) |
| Edgecombe County 6 | Urban | 11.9 (8.4, 16.4) | 71 (10, 83) | 8 |
stable
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0.2 (-4.9, 6.0) |
| Nash County 6 | Urban | 12.0 (9.3, 15.2) | 70 (18, 83) | 15 |
stable
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0.0 (-4.1, 4.8) |
| Iredell County 6 | Urban | 12.2 (10.2, 14.6) | 69 (30, 82) | 26 |
falling
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-2.9 (-6.0, -1.1) |
| Cumberland County 6 | Urban | 12.4 (10.7, 14.3) | 68 (32, 80) | 39 |
stable
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-1.6 (-10.4, 1.4) |
| Ashe County 6 | Rural | 12.5 (8.2, 18.8) | 67 (4, 83) | 6 |
stable
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-4.1 (-24.3, 1.7) |
| Macon County 6 | Rural | 12.6 (8.6, 18.2) | 66 (5, 83) | 8 |
stable
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-0.6 (-4.5, 3.6) |
| Hoke County 6 | Urban | 12.6 (8.6, 18.0) | 65 (4, 83) | 7 |
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| Avery County 6 | Rural | 12.7 (7.3, 21.3) | 64 (2, 83) | 4 |
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| Craven County 6 | Rural | 12.7 (10.0, 16.0) | 63 (14, 82) | 17 |
stable
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-0.2 (-2.2, 2.0) |
| Hertford County 6 | Rural | 12.9 (7.4, 21.1) | 62 (1, 83) | 4 |
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| Burke County 6 | Urban | 13.3 (10.4, 16.8) | 61 (11, 82) | 16 |
falling
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-6.8 (-25.0, -2.0) |
| Caldwell County 6 | Urban | 13.4 (10.4, 17.1) | 60 (9, 81) | 15 |
stable
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2.4 (-0.3, 5.6) |
| Robeson County 6 | Rural | 13.4 (10.7, 16.6) | 59 (13, 80) | 18 |
stable
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1.6 (-1.9, 5.4) |
| Anson County 6 | Urban | 13.6 (8.1, 21.6) | 58 (1, 83) | 4 |
stable
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2.2 (-3.7, 9.6) |
| Buncombe County 6 | Urban | 13.6 (11.9, 15.5) | 57 (22, 75) | 49 |
falling
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-11.8 (-19.0, -3.9) |
| Northampton County 6 | Rural | 13.6 (7.1, 23.9) | 56 (1, 83) | 3 |
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| Mecklenburg County 6 | Urban | 13.9 (12.9, 15.0) | 55 (30, 67) | 142 |
stable
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0.7 (-0.5, 2.2) |
| Wayne County 6 | Urban | 14.0 (11.2, 17.2) | 54 (9, 80) | 19 |
stable
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1.2 (-1.9, 4.6) |
| Alexander County 6 | Urban | 14.0 (9.3, 20.4) | 53 (2, 83) | 6 |
stable
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0.2 (-3.6, 4.2) |
| Greene County 6 | Rural | 14.1 (8.1, 23.1) | 52 (1, 83) | 3 |
stable
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3.1 (-1.8, 9.4) |
| Randolph County 6 | Urban | 14.2 (11.8, 17.0) | 51 (10, 76) | 26 |
stable
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-1.2 (-3.7, 1.4) |
| Sampson County 6 | Rural | 14.3 (10.5, 19.0) | 50 (3, 82) | 10 |
stable
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2.7 (-0.6, 6.7) |
| Union County 6 | Urban | 14.3 (12.2, 16.7) | 49 (13, 73) | 35 |
stable
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-1.9 (-8.1, 0.7) |
| Rockingham County 6 | Urban | 14.6 (11.6, 18.2) | 48 (4, 79) | 18 |
stable
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0.4 (-2.2, 3.2) |
| Brunswick County 6 | Urban | 14.7 (12.4, 17.4) | 47 (9, 72) | 40 |
stable
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1.8 (-0.2, 4.3) |
| Rowan County 6 | Urban | 14.8 (12.3, 17.7) | 46 (7, 73) | 27 |
stable
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1.1 (-1.3, 3.7) |
| Chatham County 6 | Urban | 14.8 (11.6, 18.8) | 45 (3, 79) | 17 |
stable
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0.1 (-1.7, 2.1) |
| Wake County 6 | Urban | 14.9 (13.8, 16.0) | 44 (20, 60) | 159 |
stable
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-0.8 (-2.6, 0.2) |
| Guilford County 6 | Urban | 15.0 (13.6, 16.5) | 43 (16, 63) | 89 |
stable
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0.1 (-1.0, 1.3) |
| Forsyth County 6 | Urban | 15.1 (13.5, 16.8) | 42 (13, 65) | 67 |
stable
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0.7 (-0.6, 2.1) |
| Henderson County 6 | Urban | 15.1 (12.6, 18.0) | 41 (7, 73) | 30 |
stable
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0.5 (-1.5, 2.8) |
| Transylvania County 6 | Rural | 15.2 (11.0, 21.1) | 40 (1, 82) | 10 |
stable
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1.8 (-3.0, 7.6) |
| Johnston County 6 | Urban | 15.2 (13.0, 17.8) | 39 (7, 71) | 34 |
stable
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0.9 (-0.7, 2.9) |
| Cabarrus County 6 | Urban | 15.3 (13.1, 17.7) | 38 (8, 71) | 35 |
stable
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-0.3 (-2.4, 1.9) |
| Gaston County 6 | Urban | 15.3 (13.2, 17.6) | 37 (8, 68) | 41 |
stable
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1.6 (-0.5, 3.9) |
| Durham County 6 | Urban | 15.3 (13.4, 17.4) | 36 (9, 66) | 50 |
stable
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0.9 (-0.3, 2.3) |
| Jackson County 6 | Rural | 15.4 (10.7, 21.5) | 35 (1, 82) | 8 |
stable
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-2.3 (-25.2, 0.9) |
| Davidson County 6 | Urban | 15.4 (13.1, 18.1) | 34 (6, 69) | 34 |
stable
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1.0 (-0.3, 2.5) |
| Lee County 6 | Rural | 15.5 (11.6, 20.3) | 33 (2, 80) | 11 |
stable
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1.0 (-2.3, 4.7) |
| Harnett County 6 | Rural | 15.6 (12.7, 19.0) | 32 (3, 73) | 21 |
falling
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-3.4 (-8.2, -0.4) |
| Onslow County 6 | Urban | 15.8 (13.0, 18.9) | 31 (3, 72) | 24 |
stable
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2.2 (-0.4, 5.3) |
| Richmond County 6 | Rural | 15.8 (11.3, 21.6) | 30 (1, 81) | 9 |
stable
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3.0 (-1.8, 8.6) |
| Cherokee County 6 | Rural | 15.9 (10.8, 23.2) | 29 (1, 82) | 8 |
stable
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1.2 (-3.1, 6.2) |
| Davie County 6 | Urban | 16.0 (11.5, 21.7) | 28 (1, 81) | 9 |
stable
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0.3 (-4.0, 5.3) |
| Orange County 6 | Urban | 16.2 (13.4, 19.4) | 27 (3, 68) | 25 |
stable
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0.0 (-2.7, 3.1) |
| Halifax County 6 | Rural | 16.5 (12.1, 22.0) | 26 (1, 78) | 11 |
stable
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2.6 (-0.5, 6.0) |
| Yancey County 6 | Rural | 16.5 (10.2, 25.8) | 25 (1, 83) | 5 |
stable
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2.3 (-2.9, 8.5) |
| McDowell County 6 | Rural | 16.6 (11.9, 22.5) | 24 (1, 79) | 10 |
stable
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3.5 (-0.4, 8.5) |
| Vance County 6 | Rural | 16.7 (11.7, 23.0) | 23 (1, 81) | 8 |
stable
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0.0 (-4.9, 5.6) |
| Polk County 6 | Rural | 16.8 (10.1, 26.9) | 22 (1, 83) | 6 |
stable
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1.1 (-5.0, 7.7) |
| Stokes County 6 | Urban | 16.9 (12.4, 22.7) | 21 (1, 78) | 11 |
stable
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0.9 (-1.8, 3.9) |
| Scotland County 6 | Rural | 16.9 (11.7, 23.7) | 20 (1, 81) | 7 |
stable
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0.8 (-3.2, 4.9) |
| New Hanover County 6 | Urban | 17.1 (14.9, 19.5) | 19 (3, 54) | 48 |
stable
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1.0 (-0.8, 3.0) |
| Watauga County 6 | Rural | 17.2 (12.5, 23.3) | 18 (1, 79) | 10 |
stable
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2.4 (-3.0, 8.8) |
| Moore County 6 | Urban | 17.3 (14.1, 21.0) | 17 (1, 66) | 24 |
stable
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3.4 (-0.8, 8.6) |
| Yadkin County 6 | Urban | 17.3 (12.3, 23.7) | 16 (1, 80) | 9 |
stable
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1.0 (-1.8, 4.0) |
| Pender County 6 | Urban | 17.3 (13.3, 22.2) | 15 (1, 73) | 14 |
stable
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1.7 (-1.1, 5.0) |
| Alamance County 6 | Urban | 17.3 (14.8, 20.2) | 14 (2, 60) | 34 |
stable
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0.5 (-1.8, 3.0) |
| Rutherford County 6 | Rural | 17.3 (13.5, 22.0) | 13 (1, 69) | 16 |
stable
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0.5 (-2.7, 3.8) |
| Duplin County 6 | Rural | 17.4 (13.0, 22.9) | 12 (1, 75) | 11 |
rising 
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3.8 (0.6, 7.6) |
| Montgomery County 6 | Rural | 17.6 (11.5, 25.9) | 11 (1, 82) | 6 |
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| Mitchell County 6 | Rural | 17.7 (10.3, 28.9) | 10 (1, 83) | 4 |
stable
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3.9 (-1.5, 10.7) |
| Lincoln County 6 | Urban | 17.7 (14.0, 22.0) | 9 (1, 68) | 18 |
stable
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1.7 (-0.2, 4.0) |
| Person County 6 | Urban | 17.9 (12.9, 24.4) | 8 (1, 78) | 9 |
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| Stanly County 6 | Rural | 17.9 (14.0, 22.8) | 7 (1, 69) | 15 |
stable
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2.5 (-1.3, 6.7) |
| Cleveland County 6 | Rural | 18.1 (14.9, 21.9) | 6 (1, 61) | 23 |
rising
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2.7 (0.9, 4.8) |
| Haywood County 6 | Rural | 18.2 (14.4, 23.0) | 5 (1, 69) | 18 |
falling
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-14.4 (-27.3, -0.5) |
| Wilkes County 6 | Rural | 19.1 (15.2, 23.9) | 4 (1, 61) | 18 |
rising
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8.2 (3.0, 20.5) |
| Franklin County 6 | Urban | 20.4 (16.0, 25.6) | 3 (1, 55) | 16 |
rising
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4.6 (1.3, 9.1) |
| Bertie County 6 | Rural | 20.5 (12.3, 32.2) | 2 (1, 83) | 5 |
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| Surry County 6 | Rural | 20.7 (16.7, 25.5) | 1 (1, 48) | 20 |
stable
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2.7 (-0.2, 6.0) |
| Alleghany 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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| Gates County 6 | Urban |
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| Graham County 6 | Rural |
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| Hyde County 6 | Rural |
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| Jones County 6 | Rural |
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| Martin County 6 | Rural |
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| Pamlico County 6 | Rural |
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| Perquimans County 6 | Rural |
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| Swain County 6 | Rural |
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| Tyrrell County 6 | Rural |
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| Warren 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 4:35 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.
Alleghany, Camden, Caswell, Chowan, Clay, Currituck, Gates, Graham, Hyde, Jones, Martin, Pamlico, Perquimans, Swain, Tyrrell, Warren, 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 4:35 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.
Alleghany, Camden, Caswell, Chowan, Clay, Currituck, Gates, Graham, Hyde, Jones, Martin, Pamlico, Perquimans, Swain, Tyrrell, Warren, 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.