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Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer Table

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Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2019-2023

North Carolina Counties versus United States

Liver & Bile Duct

All Races, Both Sexes
  Above US Rate Similar to US Rate Below US Rate
Rising
Trend		 Priority 1: rising and above

Alamance County
Davidson County
Gaston County
Richmond County
Robeson County
Rutherford County
Stanly County
Vance County		 Priority 2: rising and similar

Beaufort County
Burke County
Cabarrus County
Cleveland County
Craven County
Forsyth County
Guilford County
Halifax County
Haywood County
Nash County
Randolph County
Rowan County
Union County
Watauga County
Wayne County
Wilkes County
Yadkin County		 Priority 3: rising and below

Stable
Trend		 Priority 4: stable and above

Priority 6: stable and similar

Brunswick County
Buncombe County
Caldwell County
Carteret County
Catawba County
Cumberland County
Edgecombe County
Franklin County
Harnett County
Henderson County
Johnston County
Lenoir County
Mecklenburg County
Moore County
New Hanover County
Onslow County
Pender County
Pitt County
Surry County
Wilson County		 Priority 7: stable and below

Iredell County
Falling
Trend		 Priority 5: falling and above

Priority 8: falling and similar

Lee County		 Priority 9: falling and below

Durham County
Wake County
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/12/2026 10:57 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

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).

Data for the following has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate and trend estimates:
Alleghany County, Avery County, Bertie County, Camden County, Caswell County, Chowan County, Clay County, Currituck County, Gates County, Graham County, Hertford County, Hyde County, Jones County, Macon County, Madison County, Northampton County, Pamlico County, Pasquotank County, Perquimans County, Polk County, Swain County, Tyrrell County, Warren County, Washington County, Yancey County

Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Alexander County, Anson County, Ashe County, Bladen County, Chatham County, Cherokee County, Columbus County, Dare County, Davie County, Duplin County, Granville County, Greene County, Hoke County, Jackson County, Lincoln County, Martin County, McDowell County, Mitchell County, Montgomery County, Orange County, Person County, Rockingham County, Sampson County, Scotland County, Stokes County, Transylvania 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 do not include Puerto Rico.

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