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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

Lung & Bronchus

All Races, Both Sexes

Sorted by priority index
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 - 142,497 35.0 (34.9, 35.0) - -4.8 (-5.1, -4.6)
North Carolina - falling falling trend - 5,234 40.0 (39.5, 40.5) - -4.8 (-5.7, -3.9)
Caswell County 4 stable stable trend higher 19 50.6 (40.7, 62.6) 1.4 -1.0 (-2.1, 0.0)
Davidson County 4 stable stable trend higher 124 52.4 (48.3, 56.8) 1.5 -0.4 (-0.9, 0.2)
Davie County 4 stable stable trend higher 33 48.2 (41.0, 56.5) 1.4 0.0 (-1.1, 1.2)
McDowell County 4 stable stable trend higher 36 52.2 (44.8, 60.8) 1.5 -0.5 (-1.1, 0.1)
Randolph County 4 stable stable trend higher 112 56.9 (52.2, 61.9) 1.6 -0.1 (-0.6, 0.3)
Sampson County 4 stable stable trend higher 49 56.5 (49.6, 64.2) 1.6 -0.5 (-1.0, 0.1)
Scotland County 4 stable stable trend higher 27 53.9 (45.0, 64.3) 1.5 -0.3 (-1.3, 0.6)
Surry County 4 stable stable trend higher 66 59.8 (53.5, 66.8) 1.7 -0.1 (-0.7, 0.6)
Swain County 4 stable stable trend higher 11 51.4 (38.2, 68.2) 1.5 -0.4 (-1.7, 0.9)
Wilkes County 4 stable stable trend higher 51 47.0 (41.3, 53.3) 1.3 -0.5 (-1.2, 0.3)
Yadkin County 4 stable stable trend higher 29 49.6 (41.8, 58.8) 1.4 -0.6 (-1.5, 0.4)
Alamance County 5 falling falling trend higher 103 47.1 (43.0, 51.4) 1.3 -1.2 (-1.7, -0.7)
Beaufort County 5 falling falling trend higher 38 44.7 (38.4, 52.0) 1.3 -2.7 (-3.6, -1.9)
Bertie County 5 falling falling trend higher 15 46.0 (35.8, 58.8) 1.3 -2.2 (-3.1, -1.2)
Bladen County 5 falling falling trend higher 25 46.4 (38.4, 55.8) 1.3 -1.2 (-2.0, -0.4)
Brunswick County 5 falling falling trend higher 110 39.6 (36.0, 43.5) 1.1 -11.1 (-19.8, -1.4)
Burke County 5 falling falling trend higher 64 44.8 (39.9, 50.1) 1.3 -5.6 (-8.3, -2.9)
Caldwell County 5 falling falling trend higher 60 48.2 (42.8, 54.2) 1.4 -5.5 (-8.7, -2.2)
Carteret County 5 falling falling trend higher 61 48.4 (43.0, 54.5) 1.4 -1.7 (-2.4, -1.0)
Catawba County 5 falling falling trend higher 88 40.4 (36.6, 44.5) 1.2 -4.0 (-5.7, -2.2)
Cherokee County 5 falling falling trend higher 26 44.0 (36.4, 53.2) 1.3 -1.9 (-3.0, -0.8)
Cleveland County 5 falling falling trend higher 59 43.6 (38.7, 49.1) 1.2 -4.3 (-6.5, -2.1)
Columbus County 5 falling falling trend higher 40 47.2 (40.8, 54.5) 1.4 -1.6 (-2.3, -0.9)
Craven County 5 falling falling trend higher 69 47.8 (42.7, 53.3) 1.4 -3.2 (-4.9, -1.4)
Cumberland County 5 falling falling trend higher 147 45.8 (42.5, 49.3) 1.3 -2.3 (-2.7, -2.0)
Edgecombe County 5 falling falling trend higher 36 44.9 (38.4, 52.3) 1.3 -1.6 (-2.2, -1.0)
Forsyth County 5 falling falling trend higher 187 40.2 (37.6, 42.9) 1.1 -3.2 (-4.1, -2.2)
Franklin County 5 falling falling trend higher 42 46.9 (40.7, 53.9) 1.3 -1.4 (-2.2, -0.7)
Gaston County 5 falling falling trend higher 144 50.9 (47.1, 54.8) 1.5 -2.6 (-3.7, -1.6)
Granville County 5 falling falling trend higher 36 44.6 (38.2, 51.9) 1.3 -3.9 (-6.0, -1.8)
Halifax County 5 falling falling trend higher 38 48.5 (41.7, 56.2) 1.4 -1.1 (-1.8, -0.4)
Harnett County 5 falling falling trend higher 68 49.7 (44.5, 55.4) 1.4 -1.2 (-1.8, -0.7)
Haywood County 5 falling falling trend higher 46 41.2 (35.9, 47.2) 1.2 -3.1 (-4.4, -1.7)
Iredell County 5 falling falling trend higher 91 41.1 (37.3, 45.1) 1.2 -1.8 (-2.3, -1.4)
Johnston County 5 falling falling trend higher 105 48.6 (44.4, 53.1) 1.4 -1.9 (-2.5, -1.3)
Lee County 5 falling falling trend higher 34 42.9 (36.6, 50.0) 1.2 -1.7 (-2.4, -1.0)
Lenoir County 5 falling falling trend higher 41 47.8 (41.3, 55.0) 1.4 -1.2 (-1.8, -0.5)
Lincoln County 5 falling falling trend higher 51 44.4 (39.0, 50.3) 1.3 -1.2 (-1.9, -0.4)
Nash County 5 falling falling trend higher 63 47.6 (42.4, 53.4) 1.4 -1.0 (-1.5, -0.5)
Onslow County 5 falling falling trend higher 88 61.0 (55.4, 67.1) 1.7 -1.1 (-1.5, -0.7)
Pasquotank County 5 falling falling trend higher 25 45.6 (37.8, 54.8) 1.3 -1.2 (-2.0, -0.4)
Pender County 5 falling falling trend higher 38 44.1 (37.9, 51.1) 1.3 -1.2 (-2.0, -0.5)
Richmond County 5 falling falling trend higher 33 52.7 (44.9, 61.7) 1.5 -2.2 (-3.7, -0.7)
Robeson County 5 falling falling trend higher 87 54.5 (49.4, 60.0) 1.6 -0.8 (-1.4, -0.2)
Rockingham County 5 falling falling trend higher 71 49.5 (44.4, 55.2) 1.4 -2.0 (-2.7, -1.2)
Rowan County 5 falling falling trend higher 90 46.8 (42.5, 51.5) 1.3 -5.9 (-9.4, -2.2)
Rutherford County 5 falling falling trend higher 48 45.2 (39.5, 51.6) 1.3 -1.1 (-1.9, -0.2)
Stanly County 5 falling falling trend higher 38 42.2 (36.3, 48.9) 1.2 -1.0 (-1.8, -0.3)
Stokes County 5 falling falling trend higher 35 47.6 (40.8, 55.5) 1.4 -1.7 (-2.6, -0.8)
Vance County 5 falling falling trend higher 31 49.0 (41.5, 57.7) 1.4 -1.5 (-2.3, -0.8)
Wayne County 5 falling falling trend higher 77 48.8 (43.9, 54.1) 1.4 -1.3 (-1.9, -0.8)
Wilson County 5 falling falling trend higher 46 40.8 (35.7, 46.6) 1.2 -1.6 (-2.2, -1.1)
Camden County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 33.5 (21.1, 51.3) 1.0 -21.3 (-43.4, 9.5)
Gates County 6 stable stable trend similar 8 42.5 (29.9, 59.7) 1.2 -1.2 (-2.9, 0.4)
Graham County 6 stable stable trend similar 8 49.4 (35.1, 69.5) 1.4 -1.3 (-2.8, 0.2)
Greene County 6 stable stable trend similar 10 36.1 (26.5, 48.4) 1.0 -1.3 (-2.6, 0.0)
Jones County 6 stable stable trend similar 8 49.0 (34.2, 69.5) 1.4 -0.4 (-1.7, 0.9)
Macon County 6 stable stable trend similar 28 39.3 (33.0, 46.9) 1.1 -0.8 (-1.8, 0.1)
Mitchell County 6 stable stable trend similar 12 42.0 (31.9, 55.3) 1.2 -0.9 (-1.9, 0.1)
Yancey County 6 stable stable trend similar 13 38.5 (29.5, 50.1) 1.1 0.4 (-1.3, 2.0)
Alexander County 8 falling falling trend similar 23 41.0 (33.7, 49.5) 1.2 -4.7 (-7.0, -2.4)
Alleghany County 8 falling falling trend similar 8 37.0 (26.2, 52.4) 1.1 -1.4 (-2.7, 0.0)
Anson County 8 falling falling trend similar 12 33.0 (25.0, 43.2) 0.9 -1.2 (-2.2, -0.1)
Ashe County 8 falling falling trend similar 22 42.3 (34.6, 51.7) 1.2 -1.1 (-2.0, -0.2)
Avery County 8 falling falling trend similar 8 29.8 (21.3, 41.2) 0.9 -2.5 (-3.7, -1.3)
Buncombe County 8 falling falling trend similar 142 37.0 (34.3, 39.9) 1.1 -10.5 (-18.2, -2.1)
Cabarrus County 8 falling falling trend similar 80 35.6 (32.1, 39.3) 1.0 -5.9 (-7.9, -3.9)
Chowan County 8 falling falling trend similar 11 43.6 (32.4, 58.3) 1.2 -1.3 (-2.4, -0.1)
Clay County 8 falling falling trend similar 8 31.5 (22.3, 45.3) 0.9 -1.7 (-3.1, -0.3)
Currituck County 8 falling falling trend similar 17 44.4 (35.1, 55.7) 1.3 -2.2 (-3.3, -1.0)
Dare County 8 falling falling trend similar 25 42.5 (35.1, 51.3) 1.2 -2.7 (-3.8, -1.6)
Duplin County 8 falling falling trend similar 34 40.2 (34.3, 47.0) 1.2 -1.9 (-2.6, -1.2)
Guilford County 8 falling falling trend similar 230 36.6 (34.5, 38.8) 1.0 -6.9 (-11.5, -2.0)
Henderson County 8 falling falling trend similar 72 33.0 (29.6, 36.8) 0.9 -7.9 (-12.5, -3.0)
Hertford County 8 falling falling trend similar 14 38.2 (29.5, 49.0) 1.1 -2.8 (-3.9, -1.8)
Hoke County 8 falling falling trend similar 19 41.6 (33.2, 51.3) 1.2 -8.6 (-14.0, -2.8)
Jackson County 8 falling falling trend similar 25 40.8 (33.7, 49.1) 1.2 -1.2 (-2.1, -0.2)
Madison County 8 falling falling trend similar 15 44.9 (35.2, 56.9) 1.3 -13.1 (-23.5, -1.3)
Martin County 8 falling falling trend similar 16 40.7 (31.8, 51.7) 1.2 -2.6 (-3.5, -1.6)
Montgomery County 8 falling falling trend similar 17 38.6 (30.6, 48.5) 1.1 -1.9 (-2.7, -1.1)
Moore County 8 falling falling trend similar 57 32.4 (28.7, 36.6) 0.9 -4.6 (-6.6, -2.5)
New Hanover County 8 falling falling trend similar 112 36.5 (33.5, 39.7) 1.0 -11.9 (-20.6, -2.4)
Northampton County 8 falling falling trend similar 14 38.8 (29.7, 50.4) 1.1 -1.6 (-2.6, -0.6)
Pamlico County 8 falling falling trend similar 11 42.1 (30.9, 57.4) 1.2 -2.2 (-3.4, -1.1)
Perquimans County 8 falling falling trend similar 10 35.3 (26.1, 48.1) 1.0 -2.3 (-3.6, -1.0)
Person County 8 falling falling trend similar 24 39.1 (32.3, 47.1) 1.1 -1.5 (-2.5, -0.4)
Pitt County 8 falling falling trend similar 61 32.7 (29.0, 36.6) 0.9 -2.5 (-3.1, -1.9)
Polk County 8 falling falling trend similar 13 28.3 (21.2, 38.0) 0.8 -2.0 (-3.0, -1.0)
Transylvania County 8 falling falling trend similar 23 30.8 (25.3, 37.7) 0.9 -2.1 (-2.9, -1.2)
Union County 8 falling falling trend similar 84 34.7 (31.4, 38.3) 1.0 -3.7 (-5.1, -2.3)
Warren County 8 falling falling trend similar 14 38.3 (29.7, 49.4) 1.1 -9.3 (-13.6, -4.7)
Washington County 8 falling falling trend similar 8 36.4 (25.5, 51.5) 1.0 -1.9 (-3.5, -0.3)
Chatham County 9 falling falling trend lower 33 25.6 (21.8, 30.1) 0.7 -7.5 (-11.6, -3.1)
Durham County 9 falling falling trend lower 98 30.6 (27.9, 33.6) 0.9 -5.0 (-5.9, -4.0)
Mecklenburg County 9 falling falling trend lower 285 28.9 (27.4, 30.5) 0.8 -5.5 (-6.5, -4.6)
Orange County 9 falling falling trend lower 45 29.6 (25.7, 33.9) 0.8 -3.7 (-4.8, -2.6)
Wake County 9 falling falling trend lower 281 28.0 (26.5, 29.5) 0.8 -4.6 (-5.5, -3.8)
Watauga County 9 falling falling trend lower 18 27.1 (21.6, 33.8) 0.8 -2.0 (-3.1, -0.9)
Hyde County
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** similar 4 51.5 (31.3, 82.7) 1.5
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Tyrrell County
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3 or fewer
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/28/2024 4:28 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:
Tyrrell County

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.

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