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Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer Table

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Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2019-2023

North Carolina Counties versus United States

Breast

All Races, Female
  Above US Rate Similar to US Rate Below US Rate
Rising
Trend		 Priority 1: rising and above

Mitchell County
Vance County		 Priority 2: rising and similar

Priority 3: rising and below

Stable
Trend		 Priority 4: stable and above

Bladen County
Nash County
Onslow County
Pitt County
Richmond County
Robeson County
Sampson County
Wayne County		 Priority 6: stable and similar

Alamance County
Alexander County
Anson County
Avery County
Beaufort County
Brunswick County
Burke County
Cabarrus County
Caldwell County
Caswell County
Catawba County
Cherokee County
Cleveland County
Columbus County
Craven County
Davidson County
Davie County
Forsyth County
Franklin County
Guilford County
Halifax County
Harnett County
Haywood County
Henderson County
Hoke County
Iredell County
Macon County
Martin County
McDowell County
Moore County
New Hanover County
Northampton County
Pasquotank County
Pender County
Person County
Randolph County
Rowan County
Rutherford County
Scotland County
Transylvania County
Union County
Watauga County
Wilkes County
Wilson County
Yadkin County		 Priority 7: stable and below

Chatham County
Lincoln County
Falling
Trend		 Priority 5: falling and above

Cumberland County		 Priority 8: falling and similar

Buncombe County
Carteret County
Duplin County
Durham County
Edgecombe County
Gaston County
Granville County
Jackson County
Johnston County
Lenoir County
Mecklenburg County
Orange County
Rockingham County
Stanly County
Surry County		 Priority 9: falling and below

Stokes County
Wake County
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/12/2026 6:48 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

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. 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 (20 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85-89, 90+). The Healthy People 2030 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:
Bertie County, Camden County, Chowan County, Clay County, Gates County, Graham County, Greene County, Hertford County, Hyde County, Jones County, Madison County, Pamlico County, Perquimans County, Swain County, Tyrrell County, Washington County

Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Alleghany County, Ashe County, Currituck County, Dare County, Lee County, Montgomery County, Polk County, Warren 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 do not include Puerto Rico.

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