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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

Prostate

All Races, Male

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 - stable stable trend - 31,337 18.8 (18.7, 18.9) - -0.5 (-0.9, 0.0)
North Carolina - stable stable trend - 993 19.7 (19.1, 20.2) - -0.6 (-1.9, 0.6)
Yancey County
**
 		** similar 4 28.4 (16.9, 46.1) 1.5
**
Yadkin County
**
 		** similar 4 19.6 (12.1, 30.4) 1.0
**
Wilson County 6 stable stable trend similar 8 17.9 (12.6, 24.8) 1.0 -1.7 (-32.0, 42.2)
Wilkes County 8 falling falling trend similar 8 18.9 (13.6, 25.9) 1.0 -2.0 (-3.1, -0.8)
Wayne County 5 falling falling trend higher 15 25.1 (19.6, 31.6) 1.3 -3.5 (-4.6, -2.4)
Watauga County
**
 		** similar 4 12.9 (7.6, 20.7) 0.7
**
Washington County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Warren County
**
 		** similar 4 22.8 (13.4, 37.9) 1.2
**
Wake County 8 falling falling trend similar 72 19.8 (17.8, 22.0) 1.1 -3.4 (-3.9, -2.9)
Vance County 8 falling falling trend similar 5 22.6 (14.4, 33.7) 1.2 -4.5 (-6.1, -2.9)
Union County 6 stable stable trend similar 18 21.4 (17.0, 26.5) 1.1 -0.9 (-3.6, 1.8)
Tyrrell County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Transylvania County 8 falling falling trend similar 5 14.4 (9.4, 22.5) 0.8 -5.0 (-6.5, -3.3)
Swain County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Surry County 8 falling falling trend similar 8 17.7 (12.5, 24.6) 0.9 -2.5 (-4.1, -0.9)
Stokes County 8 falling falling trend similar 5 16.5 (10.6, 24.8) 0.9 -3.9 (-5.6, -2.2)
Stanly County 8 falling falling trend similar 5 14.3 (9.1, 21.4) 0.8 -3.7 (-5.6, -1.7)
Scotland County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Sampson County 8 falling falling trend similar 8 24.1 (17.0, 33.2) 1.3 -2.9 (-4.2, -1.5)
Rutherford County 8 falling falling trend similar 8 20.7 (14.8, 28.5) 1.1 -2.4 (-3.7, -1.2)
Rowan County 8 falling falling trend similar 16 21.6 (17.1, 27.0) 1.1 -3.6 (-4.7, -2.4)
Rockingham County 8 falling falling trend similar 10 17.3 (12.7, 23.1) 0.9 -3.2 (-4.4, -2.1)
Robeson County 5 falling falling trend higher 15 25.9 (20.1, 32.9) 1.4 -3.0 (-4.0, -2.0)
Richmond County 8 falling falling trend similar 5 18.9 (11.9, 28.8) 1.0 -4.0 (-5.8, -2.2)
Randolph County 8 falling falling trend similar 12 15.7 (11.9, 20.3) 0.8 -3.4 (-4.6, -2.1)
Polk County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Pitt County 8 falling falling trend similar 12 17.0 (12.8, 22.0) 0.9 -4.1 (-5.4, -2.8)
Person County 8 falling falling trend similar 4 18.3 (11.1, 28.6) 1.0 -2.6 (-4.8, -0.3)
Perquimans County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Pender County 8 falling falling trend similar 7 21.8 (14.9, 30.7) 1.2 -4.2 (-6.0, -2.3)
Pasquotank County 8 falling falling trend similar 6 28.7 (19.2, 41.4) 1.5 -2.0 (-3.6, -0.4)
Pamlico County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Orange County 8 falling falling trend similar 13 21.9 (16.7, 28.2) 1.2 -4.1 (-5.3, -2.8)
Onslow County 8 falling falling trend similar 12 22.2 (16.8, 28.6) 1.2 -4.2 (-5.7, -2.6)
Northampton County
**
 		** similar 3 20.5 (11.6, 35.3) 1.1
**
New Hanover County 8 falling falling trend similar 25 20.3 (16.8, 24.3) 1.1 -3.1 (-4.0, -2.2)
Nash County 8 falling falling trend similar 11 22.4 (16.7, 29.4) 1.2 -3.7 (-5.0, -2.4)
Moore County 8 falling falling trend similar 14 17.0 (13.3, 21.7) 0.9 -3.1 (-4.5, -1.6)
Montgomery County
**
 		** similar 5 24.7 (15.4, 38.3) 1.3
**
Mitchell County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Mecklenburg County 5 falling falling trend higher 76 21.4 (19.2, 23.7) 1.1 -3.3 (-3.8, -2.8)
McDowell County 9 falling falling trend lower 3 11.6 (6.7, 19.1) 0.6 -3.1 (-5.1, -1.0)
Martin County 8 falling falling trend similar 5 28.2 (17.6, 44.0) 1.5 -4.8 (-6.9, -2.7)
Madison County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Macon County
**
 		** similar 7 24.9 (17.3, 35.5) 1.3
**
Lincoln County 8 falling falling trend similar 8 16.1 (11.2, 22.4) 0.9 -3.9 (-5.3, -2.4)
Lenoir County 8 falling falling trend similar 5 16.7 (10.9, 24.5) 0.9 -4.6 (-5.9, -3.2)
Lee County 8 falling falling trend similar 4 14.4 (8.9, 22.0) 0.8 -3.7 (-5.2, -2.2)
Jones County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Johnston County 8 falling falling trend similar 17 21.5 (16.8, 26.9) 1.1 -3.2 (-4.3, -2.1)
Jackson County
**
 		** similar 4 15.5 (9.3, 24.5) 0.8
**
Iredell County 8 falling falling trend similar 18 21.6 (17.2, 26.7) 1.1 -2.3 (-3.3, -1.3)
Hyde County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Hoke County 8 falling falling trend similar 4 27.2 (16.0, 42.4) 1.4 -5.8 (-7.9, -3.6)
Hertford County 8 falling falling trend similar 4 31.6 (19.5, 48.9) 1.7 -3.3 (-5.0, -1.5)
Henderson County 6 stable stable trend similar 17 17.7 (14.1, 22.2) 0.9 15.4 (-8.0, 44.7)
Haywood County 8 falling falling trend similar 9 19.5 (14.1, 26.7) 1.0 -1.6 (-3.0, -0.2)
Harnett County 8 falling falling trend similar 12 23.8 (17.9, 30.8) 1.3 -3.3 (-4.4, -2.1)
Halifax County 5 falling falling trend higher 9 28.9 (21.0, 39.1) 1.5 -2.5 (-3.7, -1.3)
Guilford County 8 falling falling trend similar 50 20.3 (17.9, 23.1) 1.1 -3.3 (-3.9, -2.7)
Greene County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Granville County 5 falling falling trend higher 8 27.8 (19.7, 38.2) 1.5 -3.4 (-5.1, -1.7)
Graham County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Gates County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Gaston County 8 falling falling trend similar 17 15.7 (12.5, 19.5) 0.8 -3.2 (-4.3, -2.0)
Franklin County 8 falling falling trend similar 6 17.1 (11.2, 24.9) 0.9 -4.4 (-6.3, -2.5)
Forsyth County 8 falling falling trend similar 40 21.7 (18.7, 25.0) 1.2 -2.7 (-3.5, -1.9)
Edgecombe County 5 falling falling trend higher 8 29.0 (20.5, 39.9) 1.5 -2.8 (-4.4, -1.2)
Durham County 8 falling falling trend similar 27 22.7 (18.9, 26.9) 1.2 -3.3 (-4.2, -2.5)
Duplin County 8 falling falling trend similar 5 14.1 (9.0, 21.3) 0.8 -5.6 (-6.9, -4.3)
Davie County 8 falling falling trend similar 5 18.1 (11.8, 26.9) 1.0 -4.0 (-5.7, -2.2)
Davidson County 8 falling falling trend similar 20 22.6 (18.3, 27.6) 1.2 -2.5 (-3.6, -1.3)
Dare County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 22.0 (14.1, 33.1) 1.2 -2.1 (-4.5, 0.4)
Currituck County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Cumberland County 8 falling falling trend similar 23 19.5 (16.0, 23.5) 1.0 -3.8 (-4.7, -2.9)
Craven County 8 falling falling trend similar 10 16.9 (12.6, 22.4) 0.9 -4.0 (-5.3, -2.6)
Columbus County 8 falling falling trend similar 5 15.3 (9.6, 23.3) 0.8 -3.9 (-5.6, -2.3)
Cleveland County 8 falling falling trend similar 8 16.8 (11.9, 23.0) 0.9 -3.9 (-5.2, -2.7)
Clay County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Chowan County
**
 		** similar 3 28.5 (16.2, 49.0) 1.5
**
Cherokee County
**
 		** similar 4 16.6 (10.3, 26.9) 0.9
**
Chatham County 8 falling falling trend similar 13 22.0 (16.9, 28.5) 1.2 -3.0 (-4.3, -1.7)
Catawba County 6 stable stable trend similar 18 21.6 (17.2, 26.7) 1.1 2.1 (-3.0, 7.5)
Caswell County 8 falling falling trend similar 4 26.8 (16.1, 42.8) 1.4 -3.3 (-5.9, -0.7)
Carteret County 8 falling falling trend similar 8 14.8 (10.5, 20.6) 0.8 -3.9 (-5.2, -2.5)
Camden County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Caldwell County 8 falling falling trend similar 8 17.1 (12.2, 23.4) 0.9 -3.9 (-4.8, -2.9)
Cabarrus County 8 falling falling trend similar 14 17.5 (13.5, 22.2) 0.9 -2.8 (-4.0, -1.6)
Burke County 8 falling falling trend similar 10 18.2 (13.5, 24.2) 1.0 -2.4 (-3.9, -0.9)
Buncombe County 9 falling falling trend lower 23 14.7 (12.1, 17.7) 0.8 -3.9 (-4.7, -3.1)
Brunswick County 8 falling falling trend similar 21 18.8 (15.2, 23.3) 1.0 -3.5 (-4.5, -2.5)
Bladen County 8 falling falling trend similar 5 25.8 (16.6, 38.6) 1.4 -4.4 (-6.2, -2.5)
Bertie County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Beaufort County 8 falling falling trend similar 6 17.3 (11.5, 25.4) 0.9 -4.0 (-5.4, -2.5)
Avery County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Ashe County 8 falling falling trend similar 3 13.5 (7.5, 23.7) 0.7 -2.9 (-5.0, -0.7)
Anson County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Alleghany County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Alexander County
**
 		** similar 3 13.8 (7.7, 23.0) 0.7
**
Alamance County 8 falling falling trend similar 16 18.6 (14.8, 23.2) 1.0 -3.4 (-4.3, -2.4)
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 04/20/2024 4:59 am.

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, Anson County, Avery County, Bertie County, Camden County, Clay County, Currituck County, Gates County, Graham County, Greene County, Hyde County, Jones County, Madison County, Mitchell County, Pamlico County, Perquimans County, Polk County, Scotland County, Swain County, Tyrrell County, Washington County

Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Alexander County, Cherokee County, Chowan County, Jackson County, Macon County, Montgomery County, Northampton County, Warren County, Watauga County, Yadkin 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 does not include Puerto Rico.

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