Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer Table
Above US Rate | Similar to US Rate | Below US Rate | |
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Rising Trend |
Priority 1: rising ![]() ![]() |
Priority 2: rising ![]() ![]() |
Priority 3: rising ![]() ![]() |
Stable Trend |
Priority 4: stable ![]() ![]() Caldwell County Caswell County Davie County Graham County McDowell County Richmond County Sampson County Scotland County Swain County Yadkin County Yancey County |
Priority 6: stable ![]() ![]() Anson County Gates County Jones County Mitchell County Tyrrell County Washington County |
Priority 7: stable ![]() ![]() |
Falling Trend |
Priority 5: falling ![]() ![]() Alamance County Alexander County Beaufort County Bladen County Brunswick County Burke County Carteret County Catawba County Cleveland County Columbus County Craven County Cumberland County Davidson County Duplin County Edgecombe County Forsyth County Franklin County Gaston County Granville County Guilford County Halifax County Harnett County Haywood County Hertford County Hoke County Iredell County Johnston County Lenoir County Lincoln County Madison County Martin County Nash County Northampton County Onslow County Pasquotank County Pender County Person County Randolph County Robeson County Rockingham County Rowan County Rutherford County Stanly County Stokes County Surry County Vance County Wayne County Wilkes County Wilson County |
Priority 8: falling ![]() ![]() Alleghany County Ashe County Avery County Bertie County Buncombe County Cabarrus County Camden County Cherokee County Chowan County Clay County Currituck County Dare County Greene County Henderson County Jackson County Lee County Macon County Montgomery County Moore County New Hanover County Pamlico County Perquimans County Pitt County Polk County Transylvania County Union County Warren County Watauga County |
Priority 9: falling ![]() ![]() Chatham County Durham County Mecklenburg County Orange County Wake County |
Notes: Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/15/2025 7:14 pm. Trend2 Rising ![]() Stable ![]() Falling ![]() Rate Comparison Above ![]() Similar ![]() Below ![]() 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). Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year: Hyde 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. |