Data Table for Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer
Counties![]() |
Priority Index1 1=highest 9=lowest ![]() |
Recent Trend2 |
County Death Rate Compared to US Rate |
Average Annual Count![]() |
Age-Adjusted Death Rate deaths per 100,000 (95% Confidence Interval) ![]() |
Rate Ratio3 County to US ![]() |
Recent 5-Year Trend2 in Death Rates (95% Confidence Interval) ![]() |
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United States | - |
stable ![]() |
- | 30,566 | 18.9 (18.8, 19.0) | - | -0.4 (-1.1, 0.2) |
North Carolina | - |
stable ![]() |
- | 957 | 19.7 (19.1, 20.3) | - | -0.9 (-2.5, 0.8) |
Transylvania County | 9 |
falling ![]() |
lower | 4 | 12.5 (7.8, 20.4) | 0.7 | -5.1 (-6.8, -3.3) |
Duplin County | 9 |
falling ![]() |
lower | 4 | 12.8 (7.7, 19.9) | 0.7 | -5.6 (-7.0, -4.1) |
Columbus County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 4 | 13.2 (7.9, 20.7) | 0.7 | -4.4 (-6.1, -2.6) |
McDowell County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 4 | 13.6 (7.9, 21.9) | 0.7 | -2.8 (-4.9, -0.6) |
Lincoln County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 6 | 14.0 (9.3, 20.2) | 0.7 | -4.2 (-5.8, -2.6) |
Surry County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 6 | 14.5 (9.8, 20.9) | 0.8 | -2.7 (-4.4, -1.0) |
Carteret County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 8 | 14.6 (10.3, 20.5) | 0.8 | -4.1 (-5.5, -2.6) |
Stanly County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 5 | 15.2 (9.8, 22.5) | 0.8 | -3.5 (-5.5, -1.5) |
Craven County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 9 | 15.4 (11.2, 20.7) | 0.8 | -4.2 (-5.7, -2.8) |
Gaston County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 17 | 15.9 (12.6, 19.9) | 0.8 | -3.2 (-4.4, -1.9) |
Buncombe County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 24 | 16.1 (13.3, 19.3) | 0.9 | -3.9 (-4.8, -3.1) |
Randolph County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 12 | 16.3 (12.4, 21.1) | 0.9 | -3.5 (-4.8, -2.2) |
Henderson County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 15 | 16.5 (13.0, 20.8) | 0.9 | -3.8 (-4.8, -2.7) |
Stokes County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 5 | 16.6 (10.7, 25.0) | 0.9 | -3.8 (-5.6, -2.0) |
Franklin County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 5 | 16.8 (10.8, 24.8) | 0.9 | -4.4 (-6.4, -2.4) |
Wilkes County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 7 | 17.1 (12.0, 23.9) | 0.9 | -2.4 (-3.6, -1.2) |
Moore County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 14 | 17.1 (13.4, 21.9) | 0.9 | -3.1 (-4.6, -1.5) |
Scotland County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 3 | 17.9 (10.0, 29.7) | 1.0 | -6.4 (-8.5, -4.4) |
Lenoir County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 6 | 18.0 (12.0, 26.1) | 1.0 | -4.8 (-6.3, -3.4) |
Cabarrus County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 14 | 18.1 (13.9, 23.0) | 1.0 | -2.8 (-4.1, -1.5) |
Brunswick County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 18 | 18.2 (14.4, 22.8) | 1.0 | -3.8 (-4.8, -2.7) |
Caldwell County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 9 | 18.2 (13.0, 24.9) | 1.0 | -3.8 (-4.8, -2.8) |
New Hanover County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 22 | 18.5 (15.1, 22.4) | 1.0 | -3.5 (-4.3, -2.6) |
Dare County | 6 |
stable ![]() |
similar | 4 | 18.6 (11.3, 29.2) | 1.0 | -2.7 (-5.3, 0.0) |
Forsyth County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 33 | 18.8 (16.0, 21.9) | 1.0 | -3.2 (-3.9, -2.4) |
Cleveland County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 9 | 18.8 (13.6, 25.2) | 1.0 | -3.9 (-5.2, -2.5) |
Pitt County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 12 | 19.2 (14.6, 24.9) | 1.0 | -4.1 (-5.5, -2.7) |
Johnston County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 14 | 19.4 (14.8, 24.8) | 1.0 | -3.6 (-4.7, -2.4) |
Lee County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 6 | 19.4 (12.9, 28.1) | 1.0 | -3.7 (-5.2, -2.0) |
Rockingham County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 11 | 19.6 (14.6, 25.8) | 1.0 | -3.5 (-4.7, -2.2) |
Davidson County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 17 | 19.6 (15.5, 24.3) | 1.0 | -2.8 (-4.0, -1.5) |
Vance County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 5 | 19.7 (12.3, 30.0) | 1.0 | -4.7 (-6.4, -2.9) |
Cumberland County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 22 | 19.8 (16.2, 23.9) | 1.0 | -3.8 (-4.8, -2.8) |
Wake County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 69 | 19.8 (17.7, 22.1) | 1.0 | -3.4 (-4.0, -2.9) |
Haywood County | 6 |
stable ![]() |
similar | 9 | 19.8 (14.3, 27.1) | 1.0 | -1.4 (-2.9, 0.1) |
Beaufort County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 6 | 20.2 (13.5, 29.4) | 1.1 | -3.9 (-5.4, -2.4) |
Rutherford County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 8 | 20.2 (14.3, 27.9) | 1.1 | -2.4 (-3.8, -1.1) |
Alamance County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 17 | 20.3 (16.2, 25.1) | 1.1 | -3.3 (-4.3, -2.3) |
Wilson County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 8 | 20.3 (14.5, 27.7) | 1.1 | -3.4 (-4.5, -2.4) |
Catawba County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 16 | 20.4 (16.0, 25.5) | 1.1 | -4.0 (-5.3, -2.8) |
Edgecombe County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 5 | 20.4 (13.3, 30.0) | 1.1 | -4.0 (-5.5, -2.4) |
Person County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 5 | 20.5 (12.9, 31.2) | 1.1 | -2.4 (-4.6, -0.1) |
Chatham County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 11 | 20.6 (15.5, 27.2) | 1.1 | -3.2 (-4.6, -1.8) |
Mecklenburg County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 71 | 20.7 (18.6, 23.1) | 1.1 | -3.4 (-3.9, -2.9) |
Union County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 16 | 21.0 (16.5, 26.3) | 1.1 | -4.2 (-5.3, -3.1) |
Iredell County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 17 | 21.3 (16.8, 26.4) | 1.1 | -2.3 (-3.4, -1.2) |
Davie County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 6 | 21.3 (14.4, 30.9) | 1.1 | -3.9 (-5.7, -2.0) |
Burke County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 12 | 21.6 (16.3, 28.1) | 1.1 | -2.3 (-3.8, -0.7) |
Orange County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 12 | 21.7 (16.3, 28.2) | 1.1 | -4.1 (-5.4, -2.7) |
Guilford County | 5 |
falling ![]() |
higher | 52 | 21.7 (19.1, 24.6) | 1.2 | -3.4 (-4.0, -2.7) |
Nash County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 11 | 22.2 (16.5, 29.4) | 1.2 | -3.8 (-5.2, -2.3) |
Ashe County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 5 | 22.3 (14.1, 34.7) | 1.2 | -2.6 (-4.7, -0.5) |
Onslow County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 12 | 22.4 (16.8, 28.9) | 1.2 | -4.0 (-5.6, -2.4) |
Durham County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 25 | 22.4 (18.6, 26.8) | 1.2 | -3.4 (-4.4, -2.5) |
Rowan County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 17 | 22.7 (18.0, 28.2) | 1.2 | -3.5 (-4.7, -2.3) |
Richmond County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 5 | 23.5 (15.3, 34.5) | 1.2 | -3.7 (-5.6, -1.8) |
Harnett County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 11 | 23.8 (17.7, 31.2) | 1.3 | -3.4 (-4.6, -2.2) |
Wayne County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 14 | 24.8 (19.2, 31.4) | 1.3 | -3.6 (-4.8, -2.4) |
Bladen County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 5 | 24.8 (15.7, 37.7) | 1.3 | -4.3 (-6.3, -2.3) |
Pender County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 8 | 25.9 (18.1, 35.8) | 1.4 | -4.1 (-6.1, -2.2) |
Martin County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 4 | 26.5 (16.3, 41.9) | 1.4 | -4.8 (-6.9, -2.6) |
Pasquotank County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 5 | 26.6 (17.4, 39.1) | 1.4 | -2.3 (-3.9, -0.6) |
Sampson County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 9 | 26.9 (19.4, 36.3) | 1.4 | -2.8 (-4.3, -1.4) |
Robeson County | 5 |
falling ![]() |
higher | 15 | 26.9 (20.8, 34.1) | 1.4 | -3.0 (-4.1, -1.9) |
Hertford County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 4 | 27.1 (16.0, 43.3) | 1.4 | -3.3 (-5.2, -1.4) |
Granville County | 5 |
falling ![]() |
higher | 8 | 28.7 (20.3, 39.3) | 1.5 | -3.5 (-5.3, -1.7) |
Hoke County | 8 |
falling ![]() |
similar | 5 | 29.2 (17.9, 44.2) | 1.5 | -6.0 (-8.3, -3.7) |
Halifax County | 5 |
falling ![]() |
higher | 11 | 34.9 (26.0, 46.1) | 1.8 | -2.4 (-3.6, -1.1) |
Anson County |
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** | similar | 3 | 26.7 (15.1, 43.7) | 1.4 |
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Cherokee County |
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** | similar | 5 | 19.4 (12.3, 30.5) | 1.0 |
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Chowan County |
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** | similar | 3 | 31.7 (18.3, 53.1) | 1.7 |
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Jackson County |
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** | similar | 5 | 18.5 (11.6, 28.1) | 1.0 |
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Macon County |
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** | similar | 6 | 21.8 (14.8, 31.8) | 1.2 |
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Montgomery County |
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** | similar | 5 | 28.5 (17.9, 43.4) | 1.5 |
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Warren County |
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** | similar | 4 | 23.8 (14.0, 39.3) | 1.3 |
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Watauga County |
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** | similar | 4 | 15.0 (9.2, 23.4) | 0.8 |
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Yadkin County |
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** | similar | 4 | 20.9 (13.0, 31.9) | 1.1 |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 08/12/2022 5:07 pm.
* 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 1969-2018 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, Avery County, Bertie County, Camden County, Caswell County, Clay County, Currituck County, Gates County, Graham County, Greene County, Hyde County, Jones County, Madison County, Mitchell County, Northampton County, Pamlico County, Perquimans County, Polk County, Swain County, Tyrrell County, Washington County, Yancey County
Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Anson County, Cherokee County, Chowan County, Jackson County, Macon County, Montgomery County, Warren County, Watauga County, Yadkin 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.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 08/12/2022 5:07 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
Rising

Stable

Falling

Rate Comparison
Above

Similar

Below

* 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 1969-2018 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, Avery County, Bertie County, Camden County, Caswell County, Clay County, Currituck County, Gates County, Graham County, Greene County, Hyde County, Jones County, Madison County, Mitchell County, Northampton County, Pamlico County, Perquimans County, Polk County, Swain County, Tyrrell County, Washington County, Yancey County
Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Anson County, Cherokee County, Chowan County, Jackson County, Macon County, Montgomery County, Warren County, Watauga County, Yadkin 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.