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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

Liver & Bile Duct

All Races, Both Sexes

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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 falling trend - 27,509 6.6 (6.6, 6.7) - -0.6 (-1.2, 0.0)
North Carolina - stable stable trend - 884 6.6 (6.4, 6.8) - 0.3 (-0.9, 1.5)
Mecklenburg County 2 rising rising trend similar 75 7.0 (6.3, 7.8) 1.1 2.6 (1.9, 3.3)
Wake County 3 rising rising trend lower 63 5.8 (5.1, 6.5) 0.9 3.1 (2.2, 4.0)
Guilford County 2 rising rising trend similar 39 6.1 (5.3, 7.0) 0.9 2.8 (1.9, 3.7)
Forsyth County 2 rising rising trend similar 34 7.0 (6.0, 8.2) 1.1 3.3 (2.3, 4.3)
Gaston County 1 rising rising trend higher 26 8.8 (7.4, 10.6) 1.3 3.6 (2.4, 4.7)
Buncombe County 2 rising rising trend similar 24 6.3 (5.2, 7.6) 1.0 2.6 (1.4, 3.8)
Cumberland County 2 rising rising trend similar 24 6.8 (5.6, 8.1) 1.0 2.5 (1.1, 3.9)
Durham County 2 rising rising trend similar 22 6.5 (5.3, 7.9) 1.0 1.9 (0.8, 3.1)
Alamance County 1 rising rising trend higher 19 8.5 (6.9, 10.4) 1.3 4.2 (2.5, 5.9)
New Hanover County 2 rising rising trend similar 19 5.9 (4.7, 7.3) 0.9 2.0 (0.2, 3.8)
Davidson County 2 rising rising trend similar 16 6.7 (5.3, 8.4) 1.0 3.5 (2.1, 4.9)
Union County 2 rising rising trend similar 16 6.4 (5.0, 8.0) 1.0 1.9 (0.4, 3.4)
Cabarrus County 2 rising rising trend similar 16 7.0 (5.5, 8.8) 1.1 2.6 (1.0, 4.1)
Brunswick County 7 stable stable trend lower 14 4.8 (3.7, 6.4) 0.7 0.0 (-2.0, 2.1)
Randolph County 2 rising rising trend similar 14 7.1 (5.5, 9.0) 1.1 4.0 (2.8, 5.1)
Rowan County 2 rising rising trend similar 14 7.4 (5.7, 9.4) 1.1 3.5 (1.8, 5.2)
Iredell County 2 rising rising trend similar 14 6.1 (4.7, 7.7) 0.9 2.3 (0.5, 4.0)
Robeson County 1 rising rising trend higher 14 8.8 (6.8, 11.2) 1.3 4.4 (2.6, 6.1)
Pitt County 2 rising rising trend similar 13 6.4 (4.9, 8.2) 1.0 2.8 (1.1, 4.5)
Catawba County 6 stable stable trend similar 12 5.7 (4.3, 7.3) 0.9 0.0 (-3.1, 3.2)
Johnston County 7 stable stable trend lower 11 5.0 (3.7, 6.5) 0.8 0.3 (-1.5, 2.1)
Nash County 6 stable stable trend similar 10 8.1 (6.0, 10.8) 1.2 -16.7 (-42.3, 20.4)
Rutherford County 2 rising rising trend similar 9 8.9 (6.5, 12.1) 1.3 3.9 (1.8, 6.1)
Stanly County 1 rising rising trend higher 9 9.6 (7.0, 13.1) 1.5 3.6 (1.9, 5.4)
Harnett County 2 rising rising trend similar 9 6.1 (4.4, 8.3) 0.9 2.0 (0.4, 3.7)
Lenoir County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 5.3 (3.4, 8.1) 0.8 1.5 (-0.5, 3.6)
Richmond County 2 rising rising trend similar 4 6.6 (3.9, 10.5) 1.0 2.4 (0.3, 4.6)
Alexander County
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** similar 4 6.2 (3.7, 10.1) 0.9
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Ashe County
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** similar 4 7.0 (4.1, 12.1) 1.1
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Beaufort County
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** similar 5 5.8 (3.6, 9.1) 0.9
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Bladen County
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** similar 5 9.2 (5.8, 14.2) 1.4
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Burke County
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** similar 10 7.1 (5.2, 9.6) 1.1
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Caldwell County
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** similar 8 6.4 (4.5, 9.0) 1.0
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Carteret County
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** similar 8 7.4 (5.2, 10.4) 1.1
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Chatham County
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** lower 7 4.9 (3.4, 7.1) 0.7
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Cleveland County
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** similar 12 8.6 (6.5, 11.2) 1.3
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Columbus County
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** similar 5 6.4 (4.1, 9.6) 1.0
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Craven County
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** similar 11 7.6 (5.6, 10.1) 1.1
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Dare County
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** similar 5 8.1 (5.2, 12.4) 1.2
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Duplin County
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** similar 4 4.6 (2.8, 7.4) 0.7
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Edgecombe County
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** similar 6 8.0 (5.4, 11.5) 1.2
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Franklin County
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** similar 5 5.7 (3.7, 8.5) 0.9
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Granville County
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** similar 8 8.7 (6.1, 12.1) 1.3
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Greene County
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** similar 4 12.5 (7.3, 20.4) 1.9
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Halifax County
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** similar 6 7.5 (4.9, 11.1) 1.1
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Haywood County
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** similar 7 6.4 (4.4, 9.2) 1.0
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Henderson County
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** lower 10 4.7 (3.4, 6.4) 0.7
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Jackson County
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** similar 5 8.9 (5.5, 13.6) 1.3
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Lee County
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** similar 6 8.1 (5.5, 11.5) 1.2
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Lincoln County
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** similar 8 6.7 (4.8, 9.3) 1.0
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Macon County
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** similar 4 6.4 (3.9, 10.3) 1.0
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Martin County
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** similar 3 10.0 (5.5, 17.0) 1.5
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McDowell County
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** similar 6 8.7 (5.8, 12.7) 1.3
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Montgomery County
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** similar 4 9.2 (5.4, 15.1) 1.4
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Moore County
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** similar 11 6.5 (4.8, 8.5) 1.0
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Onslow County
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** higher 14 9.7 (7.5, 12.2) 1.5
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Orange County
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** similar 9 5.4 (3.9, 7.3) 0.8
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Pender County
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** similar 6 7.2 (4.9, 10.5) 1.1
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Person County
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** similar 4 7.4 (4.5, 11.9) 1.1
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Rockingham County
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** similar 10 6.9 (5.1, 9.3) 1.0
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Sampson County
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** similar 5 5.5 (3.6, 8.3) 0.8
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Scotland County
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** higher 6 10.9 (7.2, 16.1) 1.7
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Stokes County
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** similar 4 5.4 (3.2, 8.7) 0.8
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Surry County
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** similar 6 6.2 (4.2, 8.9) 0.9
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Transylvania County
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** similar 4 5.7 (3.1, 10.2) 0.9
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Vance County
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** similar 7 9.9 (6.8, 14.2) 1.5
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Watauga County
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** similar 3 5.1 (2.9, 8.7) 0.8
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Wayne County
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** similar 13 8.1 (6.2, 10.4) 1.2
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Wilkes County
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** similar 6 5.1 (3.4, 7.6) 0.8
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Wilson County
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** similar 7 5.9 (4.0, 8.4) 0.9
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Yadkin County
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** similar 4 7.3 (4.5, 11.5) 1.1
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Yancey County
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** similar 3 10.0 (5.7, 17.4) 1.5
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Alleghany County
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3 or fewer
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Anson County
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3 or fewer
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Avery County
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3 or fewer
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Bertie County
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3 or fewer
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Camden County
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3 or fewer
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Caswell County
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3 or fewer
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Cherokee County
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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
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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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Gates County
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3 or fewer
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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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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
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Warren County
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3 or fewer
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Washington County
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3 or fewer
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/28/2024 8:03 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, Anson County, Avery County, Bertie County, Camden County, Caswell County, Cherokee County, Chowan County, Clay County, Currituck County, Davie County, Gates County, Graham County, Hertford County, Hoke County, Hyde County, Jones County, Madison County, Mitchell County, Northampton County, Pamlico County, Pasquotank County, Perquimans County, Polk County, Swain County, Tyrrell County, Warren 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, Cleveland County, Columbus County, Craven County, Dare County, Duplin County, Edgecombe County, Franklin County, Granville County, Greene County, Halifax County, Haywood County, Henderson County, Jackson County, Lee County, Lincoln County, Macon County, Martin 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, 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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