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 | - | falling | - | 14,079 | 3.5 (3.5, 3.5) | - | -2.1 (-2.9, -1.2) |
North Carolina | - | falling | - | 466 | 3.7 (3.5, 3.8) | - | -1.1 (-1.5, -0.8) |
Granville County | 6 | stable | similar | 3 | 4.4 (2.5, 7.3) | 1.2 | -0.3 (-2.5, 2.0) |
Nash County | 6 | stable | similar | 5 | 3.8 (2.4, 5.8) | 1.1 | -1.4 (-3.1, 0.4) |
Orange County | 6 | stable | similar | 5 | 3.2 (2.1, 4.9) | 0.9 | -1.2 (-2.7, 0.4) |
Wilson County | 6 | stable | similar | 5 | 4.2 (2.6, 6.3) | 1.2 | -1.6 (-3.6, 0.5) |
Carteret County | 6 | stable | similar | 5 | 4.1 (2.6, 6.4) | 1.2 | -1.3 (-3.3, 0.8) |
Harnett County | 8 | falling | similar | 5 | 3.6 (2.3, 5.3) | 1.0 | -2.3 (-4.1, -0.5) |
Caldwell County | 6 | stable | similar | 5 | 4.2 (2.7, 6.3) | 1.2 | -0.3 (-2.3, 1.8) |
Henderson County | 6 | stable | similar | 5 | 2.8 (1.7, 4.3) | 0.8 | -0.3 (-2.0, 1.5) |
Rockingham County | 6 | stable | similar | 5 | 4.1 (2.6, 6.1) | 1.2 | -0.5 (-2.5, 1.4) |
Rutherford County | 4 | stable | higher | 6 | 6.0 (4.0, 8.7) | 1.7 | 0.3 (-1.8, 2.4) |
Catawba County | 6 | stable | similar | 7 | 3.0 (2.0, 4.3) | 0.9 | -1.2 (-3.0, 0.7) |
Craven County | 6 | stable | similar | 7 | 4.9 (3.3, 7.0) | 1.4 | -0.5 (-2.1, 1.2) |
Moore County | 6 | stable | similar | 7 | 3.7 (2.5, 5.3) | 1.0 | 0.2 (-1.1, 1.6) |
Burke County | 6 | stable | similar | 7 | 5.0 (3.5, 7.2) | 1.4 | -0.8 (-2.5, 0.8) |
Rowan County | 6 | stable | similar | 7 | 4.0 (2.8, 5.5) | 1.1 | -0.5 (-2.1, 1.2) |
Wayne County | 6 | stable | similar | 7 | 4.7 (3.3, 6.6) | 1.3 | -0.1 (-1.4, 1.1) |
Robeson County | 6 | stable | similar | 8 | 4.8 (3.4, 6.7) | 1.4 | 0.3 (-0.8, 1.4) |
Cabarrus County | 6 | stable | similar | 8 | 3.7 (2.6, 5.1) | 1.1 | -1.3 (-2.8, 0.2) |
Cleveland County | 1 | rising | higher | 8 | 5.8 (4.1, 8.1) | 1.7 | 2.1 (0.5, 3.8) |
Iredell County | 6 | stable | similar | 8 | 3.6 (2.6, 5.0) | 1.0 | -0.8 (-2.8, 1.3) |
Johnston County | 6 | stable | similar | 8 | 3.8 (2.7, 5.3) | 1.1 | -0.3 (-1.9, 1.3) |
New Hanover County | 8 | falling | similar | 10 | 3.2 (2.3, 4.3) | 0.9 | -2.2 (-3.9, -0.5) |
Cumberland County | 8 | falling | similar | 10 | 3.0 (2.2, 4.0) | 0.9 | -1.3 (-2.5, -0.2) |
Durham County | 8 | falling | similar | 10 | 3.0 (2.2, 4.0) | 0.9 | -1.7 (-3.3, 0.0) |
Alamance County | 6 | stable | similar | 10 | 4.7 (3.5, 6.2) | 1.3 | 0.8 (-0.9, 2.5) |
Gaston County | 8 | falling | similar | 11 | 4.1 (3.1, 5.3) | 1.2 | -1.7 (-2.8, -0.6) |
Davidson County | 4 | stable | higher | 12 | 5.2 (3.9, 6.8) | 1.5 | 0.4 (-0.9, 1.7) |
Buncombe County | 6 | stable | similar | 14 | 3.8 (2.9, 4.8) | 1.1 | -0.7 (-2.2, 0.7) |
Forsyth County | 6 | stable | similar | 15 | 3.3 (2.6, 4.1) | 0.9 | -0.5 (-1.8, 0.9) |
Guilford County | 8 | falling | similar | 20 | 3.3 (2.7, 4.0) | 0.9 | -0.8 (-1.6, 0.0) |
Mecklenburg County | 9 | falling | lower | 27 | 2.7 (2.2, 3.2) | 0.8 | -1.9 (-2.8, -0.9) |
Wake County | 9 | falling | lower | 27 | 2.6 (2.2, 3.1) | 0.7 | -1.3 (-2.4, -0.1) |
Brunswick County |
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** | similar | 8 | 3.3 (2.3, 4.8) | 1.0 |
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Chatham County |
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** | similar | 4 | 3.1 (1.8, 5.1) | 0.9 |
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Columbus County |
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** | similar | 4 | 4.7 (2.7, 7.6) | 1.3 |
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Duplin County |
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** | similar | 3 | 3.9 (2.3, 6.5) | 1.1 |
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Edgecombe County |
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** | similar | 5 | 5.7 (3.7, 8.8) | 1.6 |
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Franklin County |
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** | similar | 4 | 4.5 (2.7, 7.1) | 1.3 |
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Haywood County |
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** | similar | 5 | 4.7 (3.0, 7.3) | 1.3 |
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Lee County |
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** | similar | 3 | 4.4 (2.6, 7.3) | 1.3 |
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Lenoir County |
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** | similar | 4 | 5.2 (3.0, 8.5) | 1.5 |
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Lincoln County |
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** | similar | 4 | 3.9 (2.4, 6.0) | 1.1 |
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Onslow County |
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** | similar | 6 | 4.1 (2.7, 5.9) | 1.2 |
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Pasquotank County |
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** | similar | 3 | 6.6 (3.7, 10.9) | 1.9 |
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Person County |
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** | similar | 3 | 5.6 (3.2, 9.5) | 1.6 |
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Pitt County |
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** | similar | 6 | 3.5 (2.4, 5.0) | 1.0 |
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Randolph County |
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** | higher | 11 | 5.6 (4.2, 7.4) | 1.6 |
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Stokes County |
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** | similar | 4 | 5.1 (3.1, 8.3) | 1.5 |
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Surry County |
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** | similar | 4 | 3.6 (2.2, 5.7) | 1.0 |
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Union County |
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** | similar | 8 | 3.2 (2.2, 4.4) | 0.9 |
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Vance County |
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** | similar | 3 | 5.7 (3.3, 9.4) | 1.6 |
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Wilkes County |
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** | similar | 5 | 4.3 (2.7, 6.7) | 1.2 |
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Alleghany County |
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Anson County |
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Ashe County |
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Avery County |
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Beaufort County |
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Bertie County |
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Bladen County |
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Camden County |
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Caswell County |
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Cherokee County |
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Chowan County |
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Clay County |
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Currituck County |
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Dare County |
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Davie County |
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Gates County |
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Graham County |
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Greene County |
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Halifax County |
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Hertford County |
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Hoke County |
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Hyde County |
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Jackson County |
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Jones County |
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Macon County |
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Madison County |
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Martin County |
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McDowell County |
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Mitchell County |
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Montgomery County |
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Northampton County |
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Pamlico County |
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Pender County |
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Perquimans County |
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Polk County |
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Richmond County |
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Sampson County |
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Scotland County |
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Stanly County |
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Swain County |
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Transylvania County |
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Tyrrell County |
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Warren County |
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Watauga County |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/01/2024 12:22 am.
* 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, Camden County, Caswell County, Cherokee County, Chowan County, Clay County, Currituck County, Dare County, Davie County, Gates County, Graham County, Greene County, Halifax County, Hertford County, Hoke County, Hyde County, Jackson County, Jones County, Macon County, Madison County, Martin County, McDowell County, Mitchell County, Montgomery County, Northampton County, Pamlico County, Pender County, Perquimans County, Polk County, Richmond County, Sampson County, Scotland County, Stanly County, Swain County, Transylvania County, Tyrrell County, Warren County, Washington County, Watauga County, Yadkin County, Yancey County
Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Brunswick County, Chatham County, Columbus County, Duplin County, Edgecombe County, Franklin County, Haywood County, Lee County, Lenoir County, Lincoln County, Onslow County, Pasquotank County, Person County, Pitt County, Randolph County, Stokes County, Surry County, Union County, Vance County, Wilkes 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 06/01/2024 12:22 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
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, Camden County, Caswell County, Cherokee County, Chowan County, Clay County, Currituck County, Dare County, Davie County, Gates County, Graham County, Greene County, Halifax County, Hertford County, Hoke County, Hyde County, Jackson County, Jones County, Macon County, Madison County, Martin County, McDowell County, Mitchell County, Montgomery County, Northampton County, Pamlico County, Pender County, Perquimans County, Polk County, Richmond County, Sampson County, Scotland County, Stanly County, Swain County, Transylvania County, Tyrrell County, Warren County, Washington County, Watauga County, Yadkin County, Yancey County
Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Brunswick County, Chatham County, Columbus County, Duplin County, Edgecombe County, Franklin County, Haywood County, Lee County, Lenoir County, Lincoln County, Onslow County, Pasquotank County, Person County, Pitt County, Randolph County, Stokes County, Surry County, Union County, Vance County, Wilkes 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.