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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

Melanoma of the Skin

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 - falling falling trend - 8,150 2.1 (2.1, 2.1) - -2.5 (-4.5, -0.5)
North Carolina - falling falling trend - 264 2.1 (2.0, 2.2) - -3.9 (-5.3, -2.5)
Davidson County 4 stable stable trend higher 7 3.2 (2.2, 4.5) 1.6 0.0 (-1.7, 1.8)
Alamance County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 2.5 (1.6, 3.7) 1.2 -0.5 (-2.4, 1.5)
Buncombe County 6 stable stable trend similar 9 2.7 (2.0, 3.7) 1.3 -1.0 (-2.4, 0.3)
Burke County 6 stable stable trend similar 4 3.6 (2.2, 5.6) 1.7 1.2 (-0.9, 3.4)
Catawba County 6 stable stable trend similar 4 2.3 (1.4, 3.5) 1.1 -1.6 (-3.4, 0.3)
Cleveland County 6 stable stable trend similar 4 3.2 (1.9, 5.2) 1.6 0.9 (-1.1, 2.9)
Craven County 6 stable stable trend similar 4 2.6 (1.5, 4.2) 1.2 -1.7 (-3.6, 0.3)
Gaston County 6 stable stable trend similar 6 2.2 (1.5, 3.1) 1.0 -1.4 (-3.1, 0.5)
Henderson County 6 stable stable trend similar 6 2.8 (1.9, 4.2) 1.4 1.4 (-0.8, 3.6)
Iredell County 6 stable stable trend similar 4 2.2 (1.3, 3.3) 1.0 -1.1 (-3.0, 0.9)
Rowan County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 2.7 (1.7, 4.0) 1.3 -0.4 (-2.2, 1.4)
Durham County 7 stable stable trend lower 4 1.3 (0.8, 2.0) 0.6 -0.8 (-2.8, 1.4)
Cabarrus County 8 falling falling trend similar 4 1.7 (1.0, 2.7) 0.8 -2.6 (-4.4, -0.8)
Forsyth County 8 falling falling trend similar 9 1.9 (1.4, 2.5) 0.9 -1.5 (-2.8, -0.2)
Guilford County 8 falling falling trend similar 10 1.7 (1.2, 2.2) 0.8 -1.8 (-3.0, -0.6)
Cumberland County 9 falling falling trend lower 4 1.2 (0.7, 1.9) 0.6 -11.9 (-20.2, -2.7)
Mecklenburg County 9 falling falling trend lower 15 1.6 (1.2, 2.0) 0.8 -2.7 (-3.7, -1.6)
Wake County 9 falling falling trend lower 18 1.7 (1.3, 2.1) 0.8 -1.6 (-2.8, -0.4)
Brunswick County
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 		** similar 5 2.1 (1.3, 3.4) 1.0
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Haywood County
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 		** similar 3 3.4 (1.8, 5.9) 1.6
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Johnston County
**
 		** similar 4 1.8 (1.1, 2.7) 0.8
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Moore County
**
 		** similar 4 2.5 (1.5, 4.0) 1.2
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Nash County
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 		** similar 3 2.4 (1.4, 4.1) 1.2
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New Hanover County
**
 		** similar 6 2.0 (1.3, 2.9) 1.0
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Onslow County
**
 		** higher 6 3.9 (2.6, 5.7) 1.9
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Orange County
**
 		** similar 3 2.3 (1.3, 3.8) 1.1
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Pitt County
**
 		** similar 5 2.6 (1.6, 3.9) 1.2
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Randolph County
**
 		** similar 4 2.2 (1.4, 3.5) 1.1
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Surry County
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 		** similar 4 3.4 (2.0, 5.6) 1.6
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Union County
**
 		** similar 6 2.4 (1.6, 3.5) 1.2
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Wayne County
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 		** similar 4 2.9 (1.8, 4.5) 1.4
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Alexander County
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3 or fewer
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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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Ashe 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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*
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Beaufort 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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Bladen County
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3 or fewer
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Caldwell 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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Carteret 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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Chatham 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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Columbus 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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Dare 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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Edgecombe County
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3 or fewer
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Franklin 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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Granville County
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3 or fewer
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Greene County
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3 or fewer
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Halifax County
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3 or fewer
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Harnett 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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Jackson 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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Lee County
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3 or fewer
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Lenoir County
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3 or fewer
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Lincoln County
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3 or fewer
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Macon 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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McDowell 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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Montgomery 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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Pender 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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Person 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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Richmond County
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3 or fewer
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Robeson County
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3 or fewer
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Rockingham County
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3 or fewer
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Rutherford County
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3 or fewer
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Sampson County
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3 or fewer
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Scotland County
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3 or fewer
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Stanly County
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3 or fewer
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Stokes 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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Transylvania 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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Vance 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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Watauga County
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3 or fewer
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Wilkes County
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3 or fewer
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Wilson County
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3 or fewer
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Yadkin County
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3 or fewer
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Yancey County
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3 or fewer
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 04/19/2024 4:33 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:
Alexander County, Alleghany County, Anson County, Ashe County, Avery County, Beaufort County, Bertie County, Bladen County, Caldwell County, Camden County, Carteret County, Caswell County, Chatham County, Cherokee County, Chowan County, Clay County, Columbus County, Currituck County, Dare County, Davie County, Duplin County, Edgecombe County, Franklin County, Gates County, Graham County, Granville County, Greene County, Halifax County, Harnett County, Hertford County, Hoke County, Hyde County, Jackson County, Jones County, Lee County, Lenoir County, Lincoln County, Macon County, Madison County, Martin County, McDowell County, Mitchell County, Montgomery County, Northampton County, Pamlico County, Pasquotank County, Pender County, Perquimans County, Person County, Polk County, Richmond County, Robeson County, Rockingham County, Rutherford County, Sampson County, Scotland County, Stanly County, Stokes County, Swain County, Transylvania County, Tyrrell County, Vance County, Warren County, Washington County, Watauga County, Wilkes County, Wilson County, Yadkin County, Yancey County

Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Brunswick County, Haywood County, Johnston County, Moore County, Nash County, New Hanover County, Onslow County, Orange County, Pitt County, Randolph County, Surry County, Union County, Wayne 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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