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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

Brain & ONS

All Races, Both Sexes

Sorted by priority index
Counties
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Priority Index1
1=highest
9=lowest

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Recent Trend2
County Death
Rate
Compared
to
US Rate
Average Annual Count
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Age-Adjusted Death Rate

deaths per 100,000
(95% Confidence Interval)
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Rate
Ratio3
County
to
US
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Recent 5-Year Trend2 in Death Rates
(95% Confidence Interval)
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United States - rising rising trend - 17,206 4.4 (4.4, 4.4) - 0.3 (0.1, 0.5)
North Carolina - falling falling trend - 506 4.1 (3.9, 4.2) - -1.8 (-3.0, -0.6)
Rowan County 4 stable stable trend higher 11 6.2 (4.6, 8.2) 1.4 0.3 (-0.8, 1.4)
Alamance County 6 stable stable trend similar 8 4.1 (2.9, 5.6) 0.9 0.1 (-1.4, 1.6)
Buncombe County 6 stable stable trend similar 17 4.7 (3.8, 5.9) 1.1 -1.0 (-2.3, 0.2)
Burke County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 3.7 (2.4, 5.7) 0.8 -1.5 (-3.3, 0.4)
Carteret County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 5.0 (3.1, 7.9) 1.1 0.5 (-1.3, 2.3)
Cleveland County 6 stable stable trend similar 6 4.7 (3.0, 6.9) 1.1 -0.7 (-2.6, 1.3)
Craven County 6 stable stable trend similar 8 5.9 (4.2, 8.1) 1.3 0.4 (-1.9, 2.7)
Davidson County 6 stable stable trend similar 12 5.5 (4.1, 7.2) 1.2 -26.6 (-58.9, 31.3)
Durham County 6 stable stable trend similar 14 4.4 (3.4, 5.6) 1.0 -0.4 (-1.9, 1.1)
Gaston County 6 stable stable trend similar 12 4.6 (3.5, 5.9) 1.0 -0.7 (-1.7, 0.3)
Henderson County 6 stable stable trend similar 9 5.6 (4.0, 7.8) 1.3 -0.1 (-1.4, 1.3)
Johnston County 6 stable stable trend similar 8 3.6 (2.6, 5.0) 0.8 -1.6 (-3.3, 0.1)
Moore County 6 stable stable trend similar 6 4.4 (2.9, 6.6) 1.0 -0.2 (-1.7, 1.3)
Nash County 6 stable stable trend similar 6 4.6 (3.0, 6.8) 1.0 -1.1 (-2.6, 0.4)
Onslow County 6 stable stable trend similar 7 4.9 (3.4, 6.8) 1.1 -0.6 (-2.2, 1.1)
Pitt County 6 stable stable trend similar 10 5.5 (4.0, 7.3) 1.2 0.1 (-1.8, 2.1)
Robeson County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 3.5 (2.3, 5.2) 0.8 -1.3 (-2.8, 0.1)
Stanly County 6 stable stable trend similar 4 5.2 (3.2, 8.1) 1.2 -1.0 (-2.9, 0.9)
Surry County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 4.7 (2.9, 7.2) 1.1 -1.5 (-3.4, 0.4)
Union County 6 stable stable trend similar 11 4.6 (3.5, 6.0) 1.0 -1.5 (-3.1, 0.1)
Wake County 6 stable stable trend similar 50 4.5 (4.0, 5.1) 1.0 -0.2 (-0.9, 0.6)
Wayne County 6 stable stable trend similar 6 3.9 (2.6, 5.7) 0.9 -0.4 (-1.8, 1.1)
Wilkes County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 5.2 (3.3, 7.8) 1.2 -0.4 (-2.1, 1.4)
New Hanover County 7 stable stable trend lower 9 3.3 (2.3, 4.4) 0.7 -1.4 (-2.9, 0.2)
Cabarrus County 8 falling falling trend similar 8 3.4 (2.4, 4.7) 0.8 -2.0 (-3.6, -0.4)
Caldwell County 8 falling falling trend similar 5 4.4 (2.7, 6.8) 1.0 -1.9 (-3.5, -0.2)
Catawba County 8 falling falling trend similar 7 3.5 (2.5, 5.0) 0.8 -2.1 (-3.5, -0.6)
Iredell County 8 falling falling trend similar 9 4.0 (2.9, 5.5) 0.9 -2.3 (-4.0, -0.5)
Randolph County 8 falling falling trend similar 9 4.9 (3.5, 6.7) 1.1 -1.6 (-3.0, -0.2)
Cumberland County 9 falling falling trend lower 10 3.2 (2.3, 4.2) 0.7 -2.1 (-3.4, -0.8)
Forsyth County 9 falling falling trend lower 14 3.2 (2.5, 4.1) 0.7 -1.9 (-3.0, -0.7)
Guilford County 9 falling falling trend lower 19 3.3 (2.6, 4.0) 0.7 -2.3 (-3.2, -1.5)
Mecklenburg County 9 falling falling trend lower 38 3.7 (3.1, 4.2) 0.8 -1.5 (-2.3, -0.6)
Brunswick County
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** lower 9 3.3 (2.3, 4.7) 0.7
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Chatham County
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** similar 5 3.9 (2.6, 6.0) 0.9
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Halifax County
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** similar 3 4.0 (2.3, 6.8) 0.9
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Harnett County
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** similar 5 3.9 (2.5, 5.8) 0.9
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Haywood County
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** similar 3 3.0 (1.7, 5.1) 0.7
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Lee County
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** similar 4 4.9 (2.9, 7.8) 1.1
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Lincoln County
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** similar 5 3.9 (2.5, 6.1) 0.9
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Orange County
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** similar 7 4.2 (2.8, 5.9) 0.9
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Rutherford County
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** similar 6 5.7 (3.7, 8.6) 1.3
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Sampson County
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** similar 3 3.9 (2.3, 6.4) 0.9
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Stokes County
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** similar 4 5.8 (3.3, 9.5) 1.3
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Transylvania County
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** similar 4 6.6 (3.6, 11.4) 1.5
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Wilson County
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** similar 4 3.7 (2.1, 6.0) 0.8
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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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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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Columbus County
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Currituck County
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Dare County
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Davie County
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Duplin County
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Edgecombe County
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Franklin County
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Gates County
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Graham County
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Granville County
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Greene 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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Lenoir 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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Pasquotank County
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Pender County
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Perquimans County
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Person County
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Polk County
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Richmond County
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Rockingham County
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Scotland County
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Swain County
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Tyrrell County
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Vance County
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Warren County
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Washington County
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Watauga County
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Yadkin County
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Yancey County
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/29/2024 3:10 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:
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, Columbus County, Currituck County, Dare County, Davie County, Duplin County, Edgecombe County, Franklin County, Gates County, Graham County, Granville County, Greene County, Hertford County, Hoke County, Hyde County, Jackson County, Jones County, Lenoir 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, Rockingham County, Scotland County, Swain County, Tyrrell County, Vance 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, Halifax County, Harnett County, Haywood County, Lee County, Lincoln County, Orange County, Rutherford County, Sampson County, Stokes County, Transylvania County, Wilson 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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