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Data Table for Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer

Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2018-2022

North Carolina Counties versus United States

Liver & Bile Duct

All Races, Both Sexes

Sorted by priority index

Counties
sort alphabetically by name ascending 		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 - fallingfalling - 28,305 6.6 (6.6, 6.6) - -0.5 (-0.8, -0.2)
North Carolina - stablestable - 932 6.8 (6.6, 7.0) - 0.0 (-1.3, 0.8)
Alamance County 1 risingrising higher 21 8.9 (7.3, 10.9) 1.4 3.8 (2.7, 5.9)
Gaston County 1 risingrising higher 29 9.5 (8.0, 11.3) 1.4 3.6 (2.6, 5.3)
Mecklenburg County 1 risingrising higher 81 7.5 (6.7, 8.3) 1.1 2.6 (2.1, 3.4)
Robeson County 1 risingrising higher 14 9.6 (7.5, 12.2) 1.5 4.6 (3.4, 6.9)
Rutherford County 1 risingrising higher 11 10.1 (7.5, 13.5) 1.5 4.2 (2.7, 6.7)
Stanly County 1 risingrising higher 9 9.6 (6.9, 13.1) 1.4 3.5 (2.0, 6.0)
Buncombe County 2 risingrising similar 27 6.6 (5.5, 7.8) 1.0 2.4 (1.5, 3.6)
Cabarrus County 2 risingrising similar 17 7.1 (5.7, 8.8) 1.1 2.8 (1.6, 4.9)
Catawba County 2 risingrising similar 15 6.4 (5.0, 8.1) 1.0 2.7 (1.2, 5.0)
Cumberland County 2 risingrising similar 23 6.6 (5.4, 7.9) 1.0 2.3 (1.3, 4.1)
Davidson County 2 risingrising similar 19 7.6 (6.2, 9.4) 1.2 3.5 (2.4, 5.2)
Forsyth County 2 risingrising similar 35 7.1 (6.1, 8.3) 1.1 3.1 (2.2, 4.4)
Guilford County 2 risingrising similar 41 6.2 (5.4, 7.1) 0.9 2.8 (2.0, 3.8)
Harnett County 2 risingrising similar 12 8.3 (6.3, 10.7) 1.3 2.0 (0.8, 3.7)
Nash County 2 risingrising similar 11 7.7 (5.7, 10.2) 1.2 3.5 (2.0, 6.0)
New Hanover County 2 risingrising similar 19 5.7 (4.6, 7.1) 0.9 1.7 (0.3, 4.0)
Pitt County 2 risingrising similar 12 5.9 (4.5, 7.7) 0.9 2.5 (1.2, 4.8)
Randolph County 2 risingrising similar 17 8.4 (6.7, 10.5) 1.3 4.2 (3.4, 5.4)
Richmond County 2 risingrising similar 5 9.1 (5.9, 13.6) 1.4 3.0 (1.4, 5.5)
Rowan County 2 risingrising similar 13 6.7 (5.2, 8.6) 1.0 2.9 (1.4, 5.3)
Union County 2 risingrising similar 17 6.5 (5.1, 8.1) 1.0 2.1 (1.0, 4.1)
Iredell County 3 risingrising lower 12 4.8 (3.7, 6.3) 0.7 1.6 (0.1, 4.2)
Brunswick County 6 stablestable similar 19 6.3 (5.0, 8.0) 1.0 0.5 (-0.9, 3.1)
Lenoir County 6 stablestable similar 5 5.9 (3.7, 9.0) 0.9 1.3 (-0.4, 3.8)
Johnston County 7 stablestable lower 12 5.0 (3.8, 6.5) 0.8 0.0 (-1.5, 2.2)
Wake County 7 stablestable lower 64 5.5 (4.9, 6.2) 0.8 -8.9 (-15.6, 1.7)
Durham County 8 fallingfalling similar 19 5.6 (4.5, 6.9) 0.8 -3.4 (-11.0, 0.0)
Alexander County
**
 		** similar 4 6.8 (4.1, 10.9) 1.0
**
Ashe County
**
 		** similar 4 8.0 (4.9, 13.3) 1.2
**
Beaufort County
**
 		** similar 8 9.7 (6.8, 13.6) 1.5
**
Bladen County
**
 		** similar 5 9.9 (6.4, 15.2) 1.5
**
Burke County
**
 		** similar 7 4.9 (3.4, 7.1) 0.7
**
Caldwell County
**
 		** similar 9 7.3 (5.3, 9.9) 1.1
**
Carteret County
**
 		** similar 10 8.0 (5.8, 11.0) 1.2
**
Chatham County
**
 		** lower 7 4.7 (3.3, 6.8) 0.7
**
Cherokee County
**
 		** similar 3 6.6 (3.2, 12.5) 1.0
**
Cleveland County
**
 		** similar 11 7.8 (5.8, 10.2) 1.2
**
Columbus County
**
 		** similar 6 8.0 (5.3, 11.7) 1.2
**
Craven County
**
 		** higher 13 9.1 (6.9, 11.9) 1.4
**
Dare County
**
 		** similar 6 8.2 (5.3, 12.6) 1.2
**
Edgecombe County
**
 		** similar 7 9.2 (6.3, 13.1) 1.4
**
Franklin County
**
 		** similar 5 5.5 (3.5, 8.2) 0.8
**
Granville County
**
 		** similar 8 8.9 (6.4, 12.3) 1.4
**
Greene County
**
 		** higher 4 15.0 (8.9, 24.0) 2.3
**
Halifax County
**
 		** similar 6 7.5 (4.9, 11.2) 1.1
**
Haywood County
**
 		** similar 8 7.1 (5.0, 10.0) 1.1
**
Henderson County
**
 		** similar 12 5.5 (4.1, 7.3) 0.8
**
Jackson County
**
 		** similar 4 7.2 (4.4, 11.5) 1.1
**
Lee County
**
 		** similar 6 6.7 (4.4, 9.7) 1.0
**
Lincoln County
**
 		** similar 10 7.1 (5.2, 9.6) 1.1
**
Macon County
**
 		** similar 4 5.1 (3.0, 8.6) 0.8
**
McDowell County
**
 		** higher 8 11.3 (7.9, 15.9) 1.7
**
Montgomery County
**
 		** similar 3 8.4 (4.7, 14.2) 1.3
**
Moore County
**
 		** similar 11 6.1 (4.5, 8.1) 0.9
**
Onslow County
**
 		** similar 13 8.1 (6.2, 10.4) 1.2
**
Orange County
**
 		** lower 8 4.9 (3.5, 6.7) 0.7
**
Pender County
**
 		** similar 4 5.3 (3.3, 8.3) 0.8
**
Person County
**
 		** similar 4 7.4 (4.4, 11.7) 1.1
**
Rockingham County
**
 		** similar 8 5.2 (3.6, 7.4) 0.8
**
Sampson County
**
 		** similar 5 6.0 (3.9, 9.1) 0.9
**
Scotland County
**
 		** similar 5 9.8 (6.3, 14.8) 1.5
**
Stokes County
**
 		** similar 5 6.3 (4.0, 9.9) 1.0
**
Surry County
**
 		** similar 7 6.9 (4.8, 9.8) 1.1
**
Transylvania County
**
 		** similar 5 8.8 (5.3, 14.1) 1.3
**
Vance County
**
 		** similar 6 8.5 (5.6, 12.6) 1.3
**
Warren County
**
 		** similar 3 9.0 (5.0, 16.0) 1.4
**
Watauga County
**
 		** similar 4 6.3 (3.9, 10.0) 1.0
**
Wayne County
**
 		** similar 12 8.0 (6.1, 10.5) 1.2
**
Wilkes County
**
 		** similar 9 8.1 (5.8, 11.2) 1.2
**
Wilson County
**
 		** similar 8 7.6 (5.4, 10.4) 1.1
**
Yadkin County
**
 		** similar 5 8.6 (5.5, 13.0) 1.3
**
Yancey County
**
 		** similar 4 11.2 (6.6, 18.6) 1.7
**
Alleghany County
**
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3 or fewer
*
*
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Anson County
**
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Avery County
**
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Bertie County
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 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
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Camden County
**
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Caswell County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
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Chowan County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
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Clay County
**
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Currituck County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
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Davie County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
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Duplin County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
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Gates County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Graham County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
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Hertford County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
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Hoke County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
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Hyde County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
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Jones County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
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Madison County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
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Martin County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
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Mitchell County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
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Northampton County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
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Pamlico County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
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Pasquotank County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
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Perquimans County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
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Polk County
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 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
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Swain County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
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Tyrrell County
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 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Washington County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/11/2025 11:23 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 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).

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

Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Alexander County, Ashe County, Beaufort County, Bladen County, Burke County, Caldwell County, Carteret County, Chatham County, Cherokee County, Cleveland County, Columbus County, Craven County, Dare County, Edgecombe County, Franklin County, Granville County, Greene County, Halifax County, Haywood County, Henderson County, Jackson County, Lee County, Lincoln County, Macon County, McDowell County, Montgomery County, Moore County, Onslow County, Orange County, Pender County, Person County, Rockingham County, Sampson County, Scotland County, Stokes County, Surry County, Transylvania County, Vance County, Warren County, Watauga County, Wayne County, Wilkes County, Wilson County, Yadkin County, Yancey 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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