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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

Pancreas

All Races, Both Sexes

Sorted by name
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 - rising rising trend - 44,868 11.1 (11.0, 11.1) - 0.1 (0.0, 0.2)
North Carolina - stable stable trend - 1,414 10.9 (10.6, 11.2) - 0.0 (-0.1, 0.2)
Yancey County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Yadkin County 6 stable stable trend similar 6 11.8 (7.9, 17.1) 1.1 1.2 (-0.6, 3.0)
Wilson County 6 stable stable trend similar 10 9.0 (6.6, 12.0) 0.8 -0.9 (-2.2, 0.4)
Wilkes County 6 stable stable trend similar 10 9.5 (7.0, 12.7) 0.9 -0.4 (-1.7, 1.0)
Wayne County 6 stable stable trend similar 17 11.3 (9.0, 14.0) 1.0 -0.6 (-1.6, 0.4)
Watauga County
**
 		** lower 5 7.5 (4.8, 11.4) 0.7
**
Washington County
**
 		** similar 4 18.6 (10.4, 31.7) 1.7
**
Warren County
**
 		** similar 4 11.8 (7.4, 18.9) 1.1
**
Wake County 6 stable stable trend similar 108 10.6 (9.7, 11.6) 1.0 -0.1 (-0.5, 0.2)
Vance County 6 stable stable trend similar 9 14.9 (10.7, 20.4) 1.4 -0.1 (-1.7, 1.6)
Union County 6 stable stable trend similar 26 10.7 (8.9, 12.7) 1.0 0.0 (-1.0, 1.0)
Tyrrell County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Transylvania County 7 stable stable trend lower 6 7.8 (5.3, 11.8) 0.7 0.2 (-1.7, 2.1)
Swain County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Surry County 6 stable stable trend similar 14 12.6 (9.8, 16.0) 1.1 1.3 (0.0, 2.7)
Stokes County 6 stable stable trend similar 10 14.2 (10.4, 19.2) 1.3 0.1 (-1.7, 1.8)
Stanly County 6 stable stable trend similar 10 11.8 (8.8, 15.8) 1.1 0.9 (-0.5, 2.4)
Scotland County
**
 		** similar 6 12.9 (8.7, 18.7) 1.2
**
Sampson County 6 stable stable trend similar 10 10.8 (8.0, 14.5) 1.0 0.9 (-0.7, 2.4)
Rutherford County 6 stable stable trend similar 11 10.5 (7.9, 13.9) 1.0 0.1 (-1.3, 1.5)
Rowan County 1 rising rising trend higher 27 13.8 (11.5, 16.4) 1.2 1.2 (0.4, 2.1)
Rockingham County 6 stable stable trend similar 17 11.8 (9.4, 14.8) 1.1 0.1 (-0.9, 1.1)
Robeson County 6 stable stable trend similar 22 13.6 (11.1, 16.6) 1.2 0.8 (-0.4, 2.1)
Richmond County 4 stable stable trend higher 10 16.0 (11.7, 21.5) 1.4 1.5 (-0.1, 3.0)
Randolph County 6 stable stable trend similar 20 10.2 (8.3, 12.5) 0.9 -0.6 (-1.7, 0.5)
Polk County 6 stable stable trend similar 4 8.3 (4.8, 14.6) 0.7 -0.2 (-2.3, 1.9)
Pitt County 6 stable stable trend similar 23 12.7 (10.5, 15.4) 1.2 -0.7 (-1.9, 0.4)
Person County 6 stable stable trend similar 7 12.3 (8.6, 17.4) 1.1 0.1 (-2.2, 2.4)
Perquimans County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Pender County 6 stable stable trend similar 9 11.2 (8.1, 15.2) 1.0 0.7 (-1.0, 2.4)
Pasquotank County 6 stable stable trend similar 6 12.0 (8.0, 17.4) 1.1 -1.5 (-3.2, 0.1)
Pamlico County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Orange County 9 falling falling trend lower 13 8.1 (6.2, 10.5) 0.7 -2.3 (-3.6, -1.0)
Onslow County 6 stable stable trend similar 16 10.5 (8.3, 13.2) 1.0 0.3 (-0.9, 1.6)
Northampton County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
New Hanover County 6 stable stable trend similar 35 11.0 (9.4, 12.8) 1.0 -0.4 (-1.5, 0.7)
Nash County 6 stable stable trend similar 13 10.2 (7.9, 13.1) 0.9 -0.6 (-1.7, 0.4)
Moore County 6 stable stable trend similar 19 11.4 (9.1, 14.2) 1.0 0.1 (-0.8, 0.9)
Montgomery County
**
 		** similar 5 12.1 (7.6, 18.7) 1.1
**
Mitchell County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Mecklenburg County 6 stable stable trend similar 105 10.4 (9.5, 11.4) 0.9 -0.4 (-1.0, 0.1)
McDowell County
**
 		** similar 8 12.1 (8.6, 16.7) 1.1
**
Martin County
**
 		** similar 5 12.6 (7.9, 19.5) 1.1
**
Madison County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Macon County 6 stable stable trend similar 7 10.3 (7.0, 15.1) 0.9 -1.0 (-2.4, 0.4)
Lincoln County 6 stable stable trend similar 12 11.4 (8.7, 14.8) 1.0 0.1 (-1.4, 1.7)
Lenoir County 6 stable stable trend similar 12 14.1 (10.7, 18.4) 1.3 0.4 (-0.9, 1.6)
Lee County 6 stable stable trend similar 9 11.7 (8.4, 15.8) 1.1 -0.7 (-2.3, 0.9)
Jones County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Johnston County 6 stable stable trend similar 23 10.7 (8.8, 13.0) 1.0 0.6 (-0.4, 1.7)
Jackson County 7 stable stable trend lower 3 5.9 (3.4, 9.8) 0.5 -0.7 (-2.7, 1.4)
Iredell County 6 stable stable trend similar 23 10.6 (8.7, 12.8) 1.0 -0.3 (-1.5, 0.8)
Hyde County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Hoke County 6 stable stable trend similar 4 10.6 (6.3, 16.4) 1.0 -0.7 (-2.7, 1.3)
Hertford County 8 falling falling trend similar 3 8.3 (4.7, 14.1) 0.7 -2.1 (-3.7, -0.4)
Henderson County 1 rising rising trend higher 30 14.0 (11.8, 16.6) 1.3 1.2 (0.3, 2.1)
Haywood County 6 stable stable trend similar 13 11.1 (8.5, 14.6) 1.0 0.4 (-1.0, 1.8)
Harnett County 8 falling falling trend similar 18 13.7 (11.0, 16.8) 1.2 -10.0 (-18.9, -0.2)
Halifax County 1 rising rising trend higher 14 17.6 (13.5, 22.6) 1.6 1.3 (0.0, 2.6)
Guilford County 6 stable stable trend similar 68 11.0 (9.8, 12.2) 1.0 0.0 (-0.7, 0.6)
Greene County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Granville County 9 falling falling trend lower 6 8.1 (5.5, 11.7) 0.7 -2.1 (-3.6, -0.6)
Graham County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Gates County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Gaston County 6 stable stable trend similar 27 10.0 (8.4, 11.9) 0.9 0.6 (-0.3, 1.5)
Franklin County 6 stable stable trend similar 10 11.1 (8.2, 14.8) 1.0 0.5 (-1.0, 2.1)
Forsyth County 6 stable stable trend similar 49 10.5 (9.2, 11.9) 0.9 -0.1 (-0.9, 0.7)
Edgecombe County 6 stable stable trend similar 9 11.5 (8.2, 15.9) 1.0 -0.2 (-1.7, 1.3)
Durham County 6 stable stable trend similar 32 10.0 (8.5, 11.7) 0.9 -0.3 (-1.2, 0.6)
Duplin County 6 stable stable trend similar 8 9.5 (6.7, 13.2) 0.9 -0.7 (-2.7, 1.4)
Davie County
**
 		** similar 9 14.3 (10.4, 19.4) 1.3
**
Davidson County 2 rising rising trend similar 27 11.4 (9.6, 13.6) 1.0 1.0 (0.2, 1.9)
Dare County
**
 		** similar 6 11.0 (7.3, 16.2) 1.0
**
Currituck County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Cumberland County 6 stable stable trend similar 38 12.0 (10.3, 13.9) 1.1 -0.1 (-0.9, 0.7)
Craven County 6 stable stable trend similar 16 11.1 (8.7, 14.0) 1.0 0.5 (-0.8, 1.8)
Columbus County 4 stable stable trend higher 13 15.6 (11.9, 20.1) 1.4 0.6 (-0.8, 2.0)
Cleveland County 2 rising rising trend similar 16 11.3 (8.9, 14.2) 1.0 1.3 (0.3, 2.3)
Clay County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Chowan County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Cherokee County
**
 		** similar 5 10.5 (6.7, 16.3) 0.9
**
Chatham County 6 stable stable trend similar 14 10.4 (8.1, 13.5) 0.9 0.2 (-1.1, 1.5)
Catawba County 6 stable stable trend similar 21 9.5 (7.7, 11.6) 0.9 -0.2 (-1.1, 0.7)
Caswell County
**
 		** higher 6 17.7 (11.8, 26.0) 1.6
**
Carteret County 2 rising rising trend similar 16 12.3 (9.7, 15.7) 1.1 1.5 (0.1, 2.9)
Camden County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Caldwell County 6 stable stable trend similar 14 11.2 (8.6, 14.3) 1.0 -0.2 (-1.4, 1.0)
Cabarrus County 6 stable stable trend similar 22 9.9 (8.1, 12.0) 0.9 -0.7 (-1.7, 0.4)
Burke County 6 stable stable trend similar 14 10.2 (7.9, 13.1) 0.9 0.0 (-1.2, 1.3)
Buncombe County 6 stable stable trend similar 45 11.7 (10.2, 13.4) 1.1 0.0 (-0.9, 0.9)
Brunswick County 7 stable stable trend lower 25 9.3 (7.6, 11.3) 0.8 0.0 (-1.4, 1.3)
Bladen County 7 stable stable trend lower 3 5.8 (3.3, 9.8) 0.5 -1.5 (-3.9, 0.9)
Bertie County 6 stable stable trend similar 4 14.1 (8.7, 22.5) 1.3 -1.0 (-3.0, 1.1)
Beaufort County 6 stable stable trend similar 8 9.6 (6.7, 13.5) 0.9 0.2 (-1.1, 1.6)
Avery County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Ashe County
**
 		** similar 5 10.0 (6.5, 15.5) 0.9
**
Anson County
**
 		** similar 5 15.6 (10.2, 23.2) 1.4
**
Alleghany County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Alexander County
**
 		** similar 7 12.2 (8.3, 17.6) 1.1
**
Alamance County 6 stable stable trend similar 24 11.1 (9.2, 13.3) 1.0 0.9 (-0.1, 1.8)
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/15/2024 5:21 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, Chowan County, Clay County, Currituck County, Gates County, Graham County, Greene County, Hyde County, Jones County, Madison County, Mitchell County, Northampton County, Pamlico County, Perquimans County, Swain County, Tyrrell 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, Caswell County, Cherokee County, Dare County, Davie County, Martin County, McDowell County, Montgomery County, Scotland County, Warren County, Washington 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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