Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer Table
Above US Rate | Similar to US Rate | Below US Rate | |
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Rising Trend |
Priority 1: rising ![]() ![]() |
Priority 2: rising ![]() ![]() |
Priority 3: rising ![]() ![]() |
Stable Trend |
Priority 4: stable ![]() ![]() McDowell County Robeson County Swain County Tyrrell County |
Priority 6: stable ![]() ![]() Guilford County Hyde County Jones County Moore County Yancey County |
Priority 7: stable ![]() ![]() |
Falling Trend |
Priority 5: falling ![]() ![]() Alamance County Alexander County Anson County Beaufort County Bertie County Bladen County Burke County Caldwell County Carteret County Caswell County Catawba County Cleveland County Columbus County Craven County Cumberland County Davidson County Davie County Duplin County Edgecombe County Franklin County Gaston County Greene County Halifax County Harnett County Haywood County Hertford County Johnston County Lenoir County Nash County Onslow County Pasquotank County Pender County Person County Randolph County Richmond County Rockingham County Rowan County Rutherford County Sampson County Scotland County Stanly County Stokes County Surry County Vance County Wayne County Wilkes County Wilson County Yadkin County |
Priority 8: falling ![]() ![]() Alleghany County Ashe County Avery County Brunswick County Buncombe County Cabarrus County Camden County Cherokee County Chowan County Currituck County Dare County Durham County Forsyth County Gates County Graham County Granville County Henderson County Hoke County Iredell County Jackson County Lee County Lincoln County Macon County Madison County Martin County Mecklenburg County Mitchell County Montgomery County New Hanover County Northampton County Pamlico County Perquimans County Pitt County Polk County Transylvania County Union County Warren County Washington County |
Priority 9: falling ![]() ![]() Chatham County Clay County Orange County Wake County Watauga County |
Notes: Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/01/2025 12:56 am. Trend2 Rising ![]() Stable ![]() Falling ![]() Rate Comparison Above ![]() Similar ![]() Below ![]() 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 Version 5.3.0. 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 (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85+). The Healthy People 2020 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 does not include Puerto Rico. |