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Data Table for Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer

Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2016-2020

North Carolina Counties versus United States

Colon & Rectum

All Races, Both Sexes

Sorted by name
Counties
sort alphabetically by name descending 		Priority Index1
1=highest
9=lowest
sort by priority index descending 		Recent Trend2
 County Death
Rate
Compared
to
US Rate
 Average Annual Count
sort by count descending 		Age-Adjusted Death Rate

deaths per 100,000
(95% Confidence Interval)
sort by rate descending 		Rate
Ratio3
County
to
US
sort by rate descending 		Recent 5-Year Trend2 in Death Rates
(95% Confidence Interval)
sort by trend descending
United States - falling falling trend - 52,152 13.1 (13.1, 13.2) - -1.9 (-2.1, -1.8)
North Carolina - falling falling trend - 1,578 12.6 (12.3, 12.9) - -2.4 (-2.6, -2.3)
Alamance County 8 falling falling trend similar 24 11.2 (9.3, 13.5) 0.9 -2.2 (-2.9, -1.6)
Alexander County 6 stable stable trend similar 8 14.3 (10.1, 19.9) 1.1 -1.3 (-2.9, 0.2)
Alleghany County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Anson County 4 stable stable trend higher 8 22.3 (15.6, 31.2) 1.7 3.7 (-0.6, 8.2)
Ashe County 6 stable stable trend similar 6 12.2 (7.9, 18.5) 0.9 -1.5 (-3.2, 0.3)
Avery County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Beaufort County 8 falling falling trend similar 11 15.9 (11.6, 21.4) 1.2 -1.5 (-2.8, -0.2)
Bertie County 8 falling falling trend similar 5 15.9 (10.0, 24.7) 1.2 -5.3 (-7.0, -3.5)
Bladen County 8 falling falling trend similar 8 16.4 (11.7, 22.8) 1.3 -2.4 (-3.6, -1.1)
Brunswick County 8 falling falling trend similar 29 12.4 (10.3, 14.9) 0.9 -2.9 (-4.0, -1.9)
Buncombe County 8 falling falling trend similar 44 11.8 (10.3, 13.6) 0.9 -2.8 (-3.4, -2.2)
Burke County 8 falling falling trend similar 15 12.0 (9.4, 15.3) 0.9 -1.6 (-2.7, -0.5)
Cabarrus County 8 falling falling trend similar 27 12.3 (10.3, 14.6) 0.9 -2.0 (-2.8, -1.1)
Caldwell County 8 falling falling trend similar 17 14.7 (11.7, 18.4) 1.1 -1.5 (-2.4, -0.7)
Camden County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Carteret County 8 falling falling trend similar 19 16.2 (13.0, 20.2) 1.2 -1.4 (-2.5, -0.4)
Caswell County 4 stable stable trend higher 8 21.5 (15.0, 30.4) 1.6 -0.7 (-2.3, 0.9)
Catawba County 8 falling falling trend similar 27 13.5 (11.3, 16.1) 1.0 -2.2 (-3.0, -1.3)
Chatham County 9 falling falling trend lower 12 9.8 (7.4, 12.8) 0.7 -3.1 (-4.5, -1.7)
Cherokee County 6 stable stable trend similar 9 17.6 (12.7, 24.4) 1.3 -1.3 (-2.7, 0.2)
Chowan County 8 falling falling trend similar 4 14.5 (8.5, 24.2) 1.1 -3.1 (-4.8, -1.3)
Clay County
**
 		** similar 3 15.3 (8.4, 27.5) 1.2
**
Cleveland County 6 stable stable trend similar 18 13.5 (10.9, 16.7) 1.0 -1.0 (-2.1, 0.1)
Columbus County 8 falling falling trend similar 12 15.4 (11.7, 20.1) 1.2 -1.5 (-2.7, -0.3)
Craven County 8 falling falling trend similar 17 12.6 (9.9, 15.8) 1.0 -2.8 (-4.0, -1.6)
Cumberland County 8 falling falling trend similar 38 12.2 (10.5, 14.0) 0.9 -2.2 (-2.8, -1.5)
Currituck County
**
 		** similar 3 10.6 (6.0, 17.4) 0.8
**
Dare County 8 falling falling trend similar 7 11.7 (7.9, 17.0) 0.9 -1.7 (-3.3, -0.2)
Davidson County 8 falling falling trend similar 31 13.7 (11.6, 16.1) 1.0 -1.5 (-2.2, -0.8)
Davie County 8 falling falling trend similar 8 12.4 (8.7, 17.2) 0.9 -3.4 (-4.8, -1.8)
Duplin County 6 stable stable trend similar 11 14.1 (10.6, 18.6) 1.1 4.2 (-2.6, 11.3)
Durham County 9 falling falling trend lower 37 11.4 (9.8, 13.2) 0.9 -3.9 (-6.1, -1.6)
Edgecombe County 8 falling falling trend similar 11 15.8 (11.9, 20.8) 1.2 -1.9 (-2.9, -1.0)
Forsyth County 8 falling falling trend similar 56 12.4 (11.0, 14.0) 0.9 -2.3 (-2.9, -1.7)
Franklin County 8 falling falling trend similar 9 11.3 (8.2, 15.2) 0.9 -2.7 (-4.0, -1.5)
Gaston County 8 falling falling trend similar 38 14.0 (12.1, 16.2) 1.1 -1.7 (-2.3, -1.1)
Gates County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Graham County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Granville County 8 falling falling trend similar 13 16.7 (12.8, 21.5) 1.3 -1.4 (-2.6, -0.2)
Greene County
**
 		** similar 3 13.1 (7.5, 21.5) 1.0
**
Guilford County 8 falling falling trend similar 77 12.4 (11.1, 13.7) 0.9 -2.6 (-3.2, -1.9)
Halifax County 5 falling falling trend higher 15 19.8 (15.4, 25.1) 1.5 -0.9 (-1.8, 0.0)
Harnett County 8 falling falling trend similar 19 14.9 (12.0, 18.3) 1.1 -2.6 (-3.3, -1.9)
Haywood County 9 falling falling trend lower 10 10.2 (7.5, 13.7) 0.8 -2.3 (-3.6, -1.0)
Henderson County 8 falling falling trend similar 21 11.1 (8.9, 13.8) 0.8 -2.5 (-3.6, -1.5)
Hertford County 8 falling falling trend similar 5 15.5 (9.8, 23.5) 1.2 -2.0 (-3.5, -0.5)
Hoke County 8 falling falling trend similar 5 11.8 (7.6, 17.4) 0.9 -3.7 (-5.2, -2.2)
Hyde County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Iredell County 8 falling falling trend similar 29 13.8 (11.6, 16.4) 1.1 -2.1 (-2.8, -1.4)
Jackson County 6 stable stable trend similar 9 16.0 (11.5, 21.9) 1.2 -0.7 (-2.0, 0.8)
Johnston County 8 falling falling trend similar 30 13.8 (11.6, 16.2) 1.0 -1.7 (-2.6, -0.8)
Jones County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Lee County 8 falling falling trend similar 10 12.7 (9.4, 16.9) 1.0 -1.6 (-3.1, -0.1)
Lenoir County 8 falling falling trend similar 11 13.8 (10.3, 18.4) 1.1 -1.9 (-3.0, -0.8)
Lincoln County 8 falling falling trend similar 15 12.5 (9.7, 15.8) 1.0 -2.9 (-4.0, -1.8)
Macon County 6 stable stable trend similar 10 15.6 (11.1, 21.7) 1.2 -0.5 (-2.1, 1.1)
Madison County 6 stable stable trend similar 4 13.9 (8.3, 22.1) 1.1 -0.8 (-2.6, 1.0)
Martin County 8 falling falling trend similar 4 9.8 (5.6, 16.3) 0.7 -3.0 (-5.0, -1.0)
McDowell County 6 stable stable trend similar 10 13.8 (10.1, 18.7) 1.1 -0.7 (-2.0, 0.5)
Mecklenburg County 9 falling falling trend lower 111 10.9 (10.0, 11.9) 0.8 -2.4 (-2.9, -1.9)
Mitchell County 6 stable stable trend similar 4 17.8 (10.5, 29.0) 1.4 -1.2 (-2.7, 0.4)
Montgomery County 8 falling falling trend similar 6 14.7 (9.7, 21.6) 1.1 -2.4 (-4.0, -0.8)
Moore County 8 falling falling trend similar 18 11.7 (9.2, 14.7) 0.9 -3.6 (-4.6, -2.6)
Nash County 8 falling falling trend similar 15 11.3 (8.8, 14.4) 0.9 -16.1 (-28.9, -1.0)
New Hanover County 9 falling falling trend lower 25 8.4 (7.0, 10.1) 0.6 -3.6 (-4.5, -2.8)
Northampton County 8 falling falling trend similar 5 14.1 (8.7, 22.3) 1.1 -2.7 (-4.0, -1.3)
Onslow County 5 falling falling trend higher 25 16.8 (13.9, 20.1) 1.3 -2.3 (-3.5, -1.1)
Orange County 9 falling falling trend lower 16 10.6 (8.4, 13.3) 0.8 -3.2 (-4.2, -2.2)
Pamlico County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Pasquotank County 5 falling falling trend higher 10 19.4 (14.2, 26.0) 1.5 -1.5 (-2.7, -0.4)
Pender County 8 falling falling trend similar 8 10.4 (7.4, 14.4) 0.8 -2.2 (-3.8, -0.6)
Perquimans County 6 stable stable trend similar 4 15.6 (9.6, 25.6) 1.2 -1.1 (-3.0, 0.8)
Person County 5 falling falling trend higher 10 18.6 (13.7, 24.9) 1.4 -1.7 (-3.2, -0.1)
Pitt County 8 falling falling trend similar 22 11.9 (9.7, 14.4) 0.9 -3.1 (-3.6, -2.5)
Polk County
**
 		** similar 6 12.7 (8.5, 19.5) 1.0
**
Randolph County 8 falling falling trend similar 22 11.4 (9.3, 13.8) 0.9 -2.3 (-3.2, -1.4)
Richmond County 8 falling falling trend similar 10 16.7 (12.3, 22.2) 1.3 -2.4 (-3.6, -1.2)
Robeson County 5 falling falling trend higher 26 17.6 (14.6, 21.0) 1.3 -1.1 (-1.9, -0.3)
Rockingham County 8 falling falling trend similar 20 14.7 (11.9, 18.0) 1.1 -1.6 (-2.4, -0.8)
Rowan County 8 falling falling trend similar 24 13.4 (11.1, 16.1) 1.0 -1.1 (-1.8, -0.4)
Rutherford County 6 stable stable trend similar 15 14.8 (11.5, 18.9) 1.1 -1.2 (-2.4, 0.0)
Sampson County 8 falling falling trend similar 12 14.6 (11.1, 18.9) 1.1 -2.0 (-2.9, -1.1)
Scotland County 5 falling falling trend higher 9 20.0 (14.5, 27.1) 1.5 -1.6 (-3.2, 0.0)
Stanly County 6 stable stable trend similar 12 14.1 (10.7, 18.3) 1.1 0.0 (-2.2, 2.4)
Stokes County 6 stable stable trend similar 8 12.7 (9.0, 17.6) 1.0 -1.0 (-2.4, 0.4)
Surry County 6 stable stable trend similar 14 13.3 (10.2, 17.1) 1.0 -0.6 (-2.0, 0.8)
Swain County 4 stable stable trend higher 5 24.9 (15.6, 38.1) 1.9 0.5 (-1.5, 2.5)
Transylvania County 8 falling falling trend similar 7 9.6 (6.4, 14.5) 0.7 -3.7 (-5.2, -2.2)
Tyrrell County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Union County 8 falling falling trend similar 27 11.3 (9.4, 13.5) 0.9 -2.5 (-3.2, -1.8)
Vance County 8 falling falling trend similar 9 14.8 (10.7, 20.0) 1.1 -1.8 (-3.1, -0.4)
Wake County 9 falling falling trend lower 98 9.8 (8.9, 10.7) 0.7 -3.0 (-3.5, -2.5)
Warren County 8 falling falling trend similar 4 12.4 (7.0, 20.8) 0.9 -1.9 (-3.7, 0.0)
Washington County 4 stable stable trend higher 5 28.3 (16.8, 45.1) 2.2 -1.3 (-3.2, 0.6)
Watauga County
**
 		** lower 5 8.1 (5.1, 12.4) 0.6
**
Wayne County 5 falling falling trend higher 25 16.4 (13.6, 19.6) 1.2 -2.0 (-2.8, -1.3)
Wilkes County 8 falling falling trend similar 15 14.3 (11.1, 18.2) 1.1 -1.3 (-2.5, -0.1)
Wilson County 8 falling falling trend similar 13 11.8 (9.0, 15.2) 0.9 -1.7 (-2.8, -0.5)
Yadkin County 8 falling falling trend similar 6 11.2 (7.4, 16.5) 0.9 -3.4 (-5.2, -1.6)
Yancey County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 16.8 (10.8, 25.6) 1.3 -0.7 (-2.4, 1.0)
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/01/2024 8:54 pm.

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

* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate and trend estimates.
** Data are too sparse to provide stable estimates of annual rates needed to calculate trend.
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 4.8.0.0. 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).

Data for the following has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate and trend estimates:
Alleghany County, Avery County, Camden County, Gates County, Graham County, Hyde County, Jones County, Pamlico County, Tyrrell County

Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Clay County, Currituck County, Greene County, Polk County, Watauga County


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.

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