Data Table for Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer
Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2019-2023
North Carolina Counties versus United States
All Cancer Sites
All Races, Male
Sorted by count
Counties
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Priority Index1 1=highest 9=lowest 
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Recent Trend2 |
County Death Rate Compared to US Rate |
Average Annual Count
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Age-Adjusted Death Rate deaths per 100,000 (95% Confidence Interval)
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Rate Ratio3 County to US
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Recent 5-Year Trend2 in Death Rates (95% Confidence Interval)
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| United States | - | falling | - | 318,737 | 171.5 (171.3, 171.8) | - | -1.8 (-1.8, -1.7) |
| North Carolina | - | falling | - | 10,699 | 185.3 (183.7, 186.9) | - | -1.7 (-1.8, -1.7) |
| Wake County | 9 | falling | lower | 680 | 144.0 (138.9, 149.2) | 0.8 | -3.0 (-4.8, -1.5) |
| Mecklenburg County | 8 | falling | similar | 666 | 154.7 (149.2, 160.4) | 0.9 | -2.4 (-2.6, -2.1) |
| Guilford County | 8 | falling | similar | 493 | 182.6 (175.3, 190.2) | 1.1 | -1.3 (-1.7, -1.0) |
| Forsyth County | 5 | falling | higher | 382 | 191.9 (183.1, 201.0) | 1.1 | -1.6 (-2.1, -1.1) |
| Cumberland County | 5 | falling | higher | 282 | 205.8 (194.7, 217.4) | 1.2 | -1.5 (-1.9, -1.1) |
| Buncombe County | 8 | falling | similar | 280 | 159.8 (151.3, 168.6) | 0.9 | -1.9 (-2.2, -1.5) |
| Gaston County | 5 | falling | higher | 253 | 204.7 (193.1, 216.9) | 1.2 | -1.8 (-2.6, -1.0) |
| Brunswick County | 8 | falling | similar | 248 | 186.7 (175.0, 199.3) | 1.1 | -1.2 (-1.8, -0.5) |
| New Hanover County | 8 | falling | similar | 237 | 179.1 (168.7, 190.0) | 1.0 | -1.7 (-2.2, -1.1) |
| Davidson County | 5 | falling | higher | 230 | 214.5 (201.7, 227.8) | 1.3 | -0.9 (-1.5, -0.3) |
| Durham County | 8 | falling | similar | 230 | 157.6 (148.3, 167.3) | 0.9 | -2.9 (-3.4, -2.5) |
| Alamance County | 5 | falling | higher | 201 | 208.3 (195.2, 222.0) | 1.2 | -1.4 (-2.0, -0.9) |
| Johnston County | 5 | falling | higher | 198 | 195.5 (182.4, 209.2) | 1.1 | -2.0 (-2.4, -1.5) |
| Catawba County | 5 | falling | higher | 186 | 194.8 (182.0, 208.4) | 1.1 | -1.7 (-2.3, -1.1) |
| Union County | 8 | falling | similar | 184 | 168.2 (156.7, 180.4) | 1.0 | -1.9 (-2.8, -1.0) |
| Iredell County | 8 | falling | similar | 182 | 175.4 (163.5, 187.9) | 1.0 | -1.8 (-2.4, -1.1) |
| Randolph County | 5 | falling | higher | 181 | 205.4 (191.6, 220.0) | 1.2 | -1.3 (-1.9, -0.8) |
| Rowan County | 5 | falling | higher | 172 | 200.1 (186.3, 214.7) | 1.2 | -6.7 (-9.1, -3.1) |
| Cabarrus County | 8 | falling | similar | 170 | 165.5 (154.0, 177.7) | 1.0 | -2.5 (-3.0, -2.0) |
| Henderson County | 8 | falling | similar | 166 | 177.7 (165.4, 190.9) | 1.0 | -0.8 (-1.4, -0.2) |
| Robeson County | 4 | stable | higher | 159 | 262.9 (243.9, 283.1) | 1.5 | -0.4 (-0.8, 0.1) |
| Wayne County | 5 | falling | higher | 153 | 238.2 (221.0, 256.5) | 1.4 | -1.1 (-1.8, -0.4) |
| Onslow County | 5 | falling | higher | 148 | 212.9 (197.0, 229.6) | 1.2 | -1.0 (-1.7, -0.2) |
| Moore County | 4 | stable | higher | 147 | 189.0 (175.2, 203.7) | 1.1 | -2.4 (-8.0, 2.5) |
| Pitt County | 8 | falling | similar | 146 | 186.7 (172.8, 201.4) | 1.1 | -2.2 (-2.7, -1.7) |
| Craven County | 5 | falling | higher | 137 | 212.8 (196.6, 230.1) | 1.2 | -1.2 (-1.8, -0.6) |
| Rockingham County | 5 | falling | higher | 136 | 218.4 (201.6, 236.3) | 1.3 | -1.6 (-2.1, -1.0) |
| Harnett County | 5 | falling | higher | 132 | 214.2 (197.4, 232.0) | 1.2 | -1.6 (-2.2, -0.9) |
| Cleveland County | 5 | falling | higher | 130 | 215.8 (198.7, 234.0) | 1.3 | -1.1 (-1.8, -0.5) |
| Caldwell County | 4 | stable | higher | 128 | 234.3 (215.6, 254.4) | 1.4 | 4.6 (-1.6, 8.8) |
| Burke County | 5 | falling | higher | 122 | 202.4 (186.1, 219.9) | 1.2 | -0.8 (-1.6, 0.0) |
| Nash County | 5 | falling | higher | 112 | 193.6 (177.1, 211.4) | 1.1 | -2.2 (-2.9, -1.5) |
| Carteret County | 5 | falling | higher | 111 | 193.1 (176.7, 210.9) | 1.1 | -1.9 (-2.4, -1.4) |
| Surry County | 5 | falling | higher | 106 | 223.8 (204.5, 244.6) | 1.3 | -1.0 (-1.7, -0.3) |
| Lincoln County | 8 | falling | similar | 105 | 184.8 (168.3, 202.6) | 1.1 | -1.9 (-2.6, -1.3) |
| Rutherford County | 5 | falling | higher | 101 | 223.1 (203.1, 244.8) | 1.3 | -1.0 (-1.9, -0.1) |
| Wilson County | 5 | falling | higher | 100 | 215.3 (196.2, 235.9) | 1.3 | -1.4 (-2.1, -0.6) |
| Orange County | 9 | falling | lower | 99 | 136.9 (124.5, 150.2) | 0.8 | -2.9 (-3.7, -2.1) |
| Haywood County | 5 | falling | higher | 94 | 192.7 (175.0, 211.9) | 1.1 | -0.8 (-1.4, -0.1) |
| Wilkes County | 5 | falling | higher | 94 | 193.0 (175.4, 212.2) | 1.1 | -1.6 (-2.4, -0.9) |
| Chatham County | 9 | falling | lower | 93 | 147.2 (133.8, 161.9) | 0.9 | -2.2 (-2.9, -1.5) |
| Stanly County | 5 | falling | higher | 80 | 203.8 (183.4, 226.0) | 1.2 | -1.2 (-2.0, -0.3) |
| Halifax County | 5 | falling | higher | 79 | 248.4 (223.4, 275.5) | 1.4 | -1.0 (-1.8, -0.2) |
| Sampson County | 5 | falling | higher | 78 | 228.7 (205.8, 253.6) | 1.3 | -1.4 (-2.2, -0.6) |
| Franklin County | 8 | falling | similar | 78 | 188.1 (168.7, 209.0) | 1.1 | -2.2 (-3.0, -1.3) |
| Pender County | 5 | falling | higher | 77 | 201.6 (180.8, 224.2) | 1.2 | -1.2 (-2.3, -0.2) |
| Edgecombe County | 5 | falling | higher | 75 | 241.5 (216.5, 268.9) | 1.4 | -1.3 (-2.0, -0.5) |
| Columbus County | 5 | falling | higher | 74 | 228.0 (204.3, 253.9) | 1.3 | -1.7 (-2.9, -0.5) |
| Lenoir County | 5 | falling | higher | 74 | 205.6 (184.5, 228.7) | 1.2 | -2.3 (-3.0, -1.6) |
| Beaufort County | 5 | falling | higher | 72 | 211.3 (188.7, 236.2) | 1.2 | -1.8 (-2.6, -0.9) |
| Granville County | 8 | falling | similar | 72 | 190.7 (170.5, 212.8) | 1.1 | -2.8 (-3.7, -1.9) |
| McDowell County | 4 | stable | higher | 69 | 217.4 (194.3, 242.8) | 1.3 | -0.6 (-1.6, 0.4) |
| Lee County | 8 | falling | similar | 66 | 178.0 (158.6, 199.3) | 1.0 | -2.3 (-3.1, -1.4) |
| Duplin County | 5 | falling | higher | 63 | 201.7 (179.3, 226.3) | 1.2 | -1.3 (-2.3, -0.4) |
| Stokes County | 6 | stable | similar | 63 | 189.7 (168.5, 213.3) | 1.1 | -0.6 (-2.8, 6.1) |
| Richmond County | 5 | falling | higher | 62 | 241.1 (213.9, 271.0) | 1.4 | -0.9 (-1.6, -0.2) |
| Vance County | 5 | falling | higher | 58 | 229.5 (202.4, 259.4) | 1.3 | -1.7 (-2.4, -1.0) |
| Davie County | 8 | falling | similar | 56 | 180.8 (159.7, 204.3) | 1.1 | -1.2 (-2.1, -0.2) |
| Macon County | 6 | stable | similar | 56 | 172.4 (151.5, 195.9) | 1.0 | -1.3 (-2.6, 0.1) |
| Alexander County | 5 | falling | higher | 53 | 210.7 (185.2, 238.9) | 1.2 | -1.0 (-1.7, -0.2) |
| Person County | 5 | falling | higher | 53 | 202.7 (177.5, 230.6) | 1.2 | -1.9 (-3.2, -0.6) |
| Dare County | 8 | falling | similar | 52 | 189.0 (165.1, 215.8) | 1.1 | -1.5 (-2.2, -0.7) |
| Transylvania County | 6 | stable | similar | 52 | 157.9 (137.9, 180.8) | 0.9 | -1.0 (-2.0, 0.1) |
| Yadkin County | 5 | falling | higher | 51 | 206.8 (181.3, 235.2) | 1.2 | -1.4 (-2.4, -0.4) |
| Pasquotank County | 5 | falling | higher | 47 | 199.7 (174.2, 228.0) | 1.2 | -1.6 (-2.3, -0.8) |
| Cherokee County | 8 | falling | similar | 47 | 173.5 (149.6, 200.9) | 1.0 | -2.3 (-3.2, -1.4) |
| Bladen County | 5 | falling | higher | 46 | 214.3 (186.1, 246.1) | 1.2 | -1.8 (-3.1, -0.4) |
| Watauga County | 8 | falling | similar | 45 | 152.6 (132.5, 175.1) | 0.9 | -1.6 (-3.1, -0.1) |
| Scotland County | 5 | falling | higher | 44 | 233.7 (202.3, 268.5) | 1.4 | -2.0 (-3.1, -1.0) |
| Jackson County | 9 | falling | lower | 43 | 149.0 (128.9, 171.7) | 0.9 | -1.6 (-2.8, -0.3) |
| Hoke County | 8 | falling | similar | 41 | 194.3 (165.9, 226.0) | 1.1 | -2.9 (-4.3, -1.3) |
| Ashe County | 8 | falling | similar | 40 | 170.7 (146.9, 198.3) | 1.0 | -1.4 (-2.8, 0.0) |
| Montgomery County | 8 | falling | similar | 36 | 194.6 (165.6, 227.7) | 1.1 | -1.4 (-2.5, -0.2) |
| Martin County | 4 | stable | higher | 35 | 221.2 (187.9, 259.5) | 1.3 | 11.2 (-0.3, 18.8) |
| Anson County | 4 | stable | higher | 35 | 255.0 (216.5, 298.6) | 1.5 | -0.2 (-1.5, 0.9) |
| Caswell County | 8 | falling | similar | 34 | 203.2 (172.7, 238.2) | 1.2 | -1.7 (-2.8, -0.6) |
| Northampton County | 4 | stable | higher | 33 | 227.7 (192.0, 269.3) | 1.3 | 10.4 (-2.5, 21.3) |
| Currituck County | 8 | falling | similar | 33 | 167.9 (141.1, 198.6) | 1.0 | -2.5 (-3.9, -0.9) |
| Warren County | 6 | stable | similar | 31 | 187.7 (158.5, 222.0) | 1.1 | -1.2 (-2.9, 0.6) |
| Yancey County | 6 | stable | similar | 31 | 198.1 (167.2, 234.2) | 1.2 | -0.6 (-2.3, 1.2) |
| Polk County | 8 | falling | similar | 29 | 153.6 (127.2, 185.1) | 0.9 | -1.8 (-3.2, -0.5) |
| Bertie County | 5 | falling | higher | 28 | 219.3 (183.0, 261.5) | 1.3 | -1.9 (-2.8, -0.9) |
| Madison County | 8 | falling | similar | 28 | 181.6 (151.3, 216.8) | 1.1 | -2.2 (-3.9, -0.5) |
| Greene County | 4 | stable | higher | 27 | 235.2 (194.7, 281.6) | 1.4 | -1.4 (-2.9, 0.2) |
| Hertford County | 8 | falling | similar | 27 | 205.3 (170.7, 245.2) | 1.2 | -3.3 (-11.1, -2.2) |
| Mitchell County | 5 | falling | higher | 27 | 228.1 (189.3, 273.8) | 1.3 | -1.4 (-2.7, -0.1) |
| Perquimans County | 8 | falling | similar | 24 | 198.9 (163.7, 241.6) | 1.2 | -1.9 (-3.2, -0.6) |
| Chowan County | 5 | falling | higher | 24 | 218.2 (178.9, 265.0) | 1.3 | -2.1 (-3.7, -0.6) |
| Swain County | 4 | stable | higher | 22 | 252.5 (206.2, 306.7) | 1.5 | 0.5 (-0.9, 2.1) |
| Pamlico County | 8 | falling | similar | 22 | 182.0 (146.5, 225.6) | 1.1 | -2.2 (-3.4, -1.0) |
| Avery County | 8 | falling | similar | 20 | 146.6 (118.7, 180.1) | 0.9 | -3.4 (-4.7, -2.2) |
| Clay County | 8 | falling | similar | 19 | 154.2 (123.1, 194.0) | 0.9 | -2.1 (-3.4, -0.7) |
| Alleghany County | 8 | falling | similar | 17 | 167.1 (132.3, 210.7) | 1.0 | -2.2 (-3.8, -0.5) |
| Washington County | 6 | stable | similar | 17 | 187.6 (146.3, 239.0) | 1.1 | -1.2 (-3.0, 0.5) |
| Jones County | 6 | stable | similar | 14 | 209.2 (159.8, 270.8) | 1.2 | -1.7 (-3.8, 0.3) |
| Camden County | 6 | stable | similar | 14 | 212.8 (163.9, 272.7) | 1.2 | -1.9 (-3.9, 0.3) |
| Gates County | 8 | falling | similar | 14 | 185.5 (143.0, 238.4) | 1.1 | -2.4 (-4.6, -0.2) |
| Graham County | 6 | stable | similar | 11 | 165.6 (124.5, 218.5) | 1.0 | -1.8 (-4.0, 0.4) |
| Tyrrell County | 6 | stable | similar | 6 | 235.4 (157.0, 344.5) | 1.4 | -2.0 (-5.8, 1.3) |
| Hyde County | 8 | falling | similar | 4 | 154.6 (85.3, 256.8) | 0.9 | -3.3 (-6.4, -0.8) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/18/2026 2:28 am.
1 Priority indices were created by ordering from rates that are rising and above the comparison rate to rates that are falling and below the comparison rate.
2 Recent trend in death rates is usually an Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) based on the APCs calculated by Joinpoint. Due to data availability issues, the time period and/or calculation method used in the calculation of the trends may differ for selected geographic areas.
3 Rate ratio is the county rate divided by the US rate. Previous versions of this table used one-year rates for states and five-year rates for counties. As of June 2018, only five-year rates are used.
Source: Death data provided by the National Vital Statistics System public use data file. Death rates calculated by the National Cancer Institute using SEER*Stat. Death rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (20 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85-89, 90+). The Healthy People 2030 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI. The US Population Data File is used with mortality data.
Note: When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic effect on the calculated rate. Suppression is used to avoid misinterpretation when rates are unstable.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data. Data presented on the State Cancer Profiles Web Site may differ from statistics reported by the State Cancer Registries (for more information).
Interpret Rankings provides insight into interpreting cancer statistics. When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic effect on the calculated rate.
Data for United States do not include Puerto Rico.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/18/2026 2:28 am.
Trend2
Rising
when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is above 0.
Stable
when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change includes 0.
Falling
when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is below 0.
Rate Comparison
Above when 95% confident the rate is above and Rate Ratio3 > 1.10
Similar
when unable to conclude above or below with confidence.
Below when 95% confident the rate is below and Rate Ratio3 < 0.90
Rising
when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is above 0.Stable
when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change includes 0.Falling
when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is below 0.Rate Comparison
Above
when 95% confident the rate is above and Rate Ratio3 > 1.10Similar
when unable to conclude above or below with confidence.Below
when 95% confident the rate is below and Rate Ratio3 < 0.901 Priority indices were created by ordering from rates that are rising and above the comparison rate to rates that are falling and below the comparison rate.
2 Recent trend in death rates is usually an Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) based on the APCs calculated by Joinpoint. Due to data availability issues, the time period and/or calculation method used in the calculation of the trends may differ for selected geographic areas.
3 Rate ratio is the county rate divided by the US rate. Previous versions of this table used one-year rates for states and five-year rates for counties. As of June 2018, only five-year rates are used.
Source: Death data provided by the National Vital Statistics System public use data file. Death rates calculated by the National Cancer Institute using SEER*Stat. Death rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (20 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85-89, 90+). The Healthy People 2030 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI. The US Population Data File is used with mortality data.
Note: When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic effect on the calculated rate. Suppression is used to avoid misinterpretation when rates are unstable.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data. Data presented on the State Cancer Profiles Web Site may differ from statistics reported by the State Cancer Registries (for more information).
Interpret Rankings provides insight into interpreting cancer statistics. When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic effect on the calculated rate.
Data for United States do not include Puerto Rico.