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NORTH CAROLINA CANCER LAWYER
State cancer statistics by county . . .

Insightful information on North Carolina cancer statistics, below. A Cancer Lawyer can help you fight back against environmental polluters who release carcinogens into the environment.

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Incidence Rate Report for North Carolina by County
All Races, Both Sexes, All Cancer Sites, All Ages
Sorted by Rate
County
 Annual Incidence Rate 1
over rate period
cases per 100,000
(95% Confidence Interval)
 Average
Annual Count
 Rate Period
US (SEER+NPCR)2 461.6 (460.8, 462.5)
***
2001
North Carolina5 444.9 (442.2, 447.6) 35,251
1999 - 2001
North Carolina5 438.6 (434.1, 443.2) 35,394
2001
Onslow County5 547.2 (518.0, 577.9) 481
1999 - 2001
Lenoir County5 522.2 (491.0, 555.1) 351
1999 - 2001
Craven County5 518.9 (492.5, 546.5) 491
1999 - 2001
Carteret County5 508.2 (479.1, 539.0) 392
1999 - 2001
Catawba County5 501.2 (480.2, 522.9) 720
1999 - 2001
Forsyth County5 500.9 (486.7, 515.5) 1,555
1999 - 2001
Surry County5 499.2 (471.7, 528.1) 414
1999 - 2001
Guilford County5 498.6 (486.1, 511.4) 2,022
1999 - 2001
Alamance County5 496.9 (475.8, 518.7) 700
1999 - 2001
Yadkin County5 494.1 (455.2, 535.9) 200
1999 - 2001
Pitt County5 493.4 (469.5, 518.3) 537
1999 - 2001
Vance County5 491.1 (453.6, 531.0) 212
1999 - 2001
New Hanover County5 489.5 (470.3, 509.4) 815
1999 - 2001
Lee County5 489.1 (454.6, 525.8) 248
1999 - 2001
Moore County5 486.2 (461.7, 512.0) 530
1999 - 2001
Avery County5 480.7 (426.8, 540.8) 97
1999 - 2001
Alleghany County5 476.4 (413.3, 549.0) 71
1999 - 2001
Pasquotank County5 468.2 (428.7, 510.4) 174
1999 - 2001
Brunswick County5 468.0 (442.3, 495.1) 454
1999 - 2001
Tyrrell County5 466.9 (363.1, 597.2) 23
1999 - 2001
Orange County5 466.2 (440.6, 493.0) 426
1999 - 2001
Rockingham County5 466.2 (442.6, 490.9) 489
1999 - 2001
Transylvania County5 465.1 (427.6, 505.8) 204
1999 - 2001
Wake County5 462.2 (450.6, 474.1) 2,144
1999 - 2001
Cabarrus County5 459.6 (438.1, 481.8) 576
1999 - 2001
Lincoln County5 459.3 (429.0, 491.3) 289
1999 - 2001
Camden County5 459.1 (374.7, 560.8) 35
1999 - 2001
Cleveland County5 458.8 (435.1, 483.5) 471
1999 - 2001
Richmond County5 455.6 (421.6, 491.6) 224
1999 - 2001
Stanly County5 454.6 (424.8, 486.0) 290
1999 - 2001
Nash County5 454.1 (428.8, 480.5) 404
1999 - 2001
Gaston County5 453.5 (436.3, 471.2) 881
1999 - 2001
Wayne County5 453.0 (429.9, 477.1) 491
1999 - 2001
Bertie County5 452.7 (404.2, 506.3) 107
1999 - 2001
Scotland County5 452.5 (412.2, 495.8) 155
1999 - 2001
Washington County5 451.9 (393.1, 518.1) 72
1999 - 2001
Pamlico County5 451.2 (395.8, 514.8) 82
1999 - 2001
Perquimans County5 449.3 (389.9, 517.7) 71
1999 - 2001
Hertford County5 448.9 (403.3, 499.1) 119
1999 - 2001
Person County5 448.6 (410.8, 489.2) 174
1999 - 2001
Caldwell County5 448.2 (422.2, 475.5) 373
1999 - 2001
Halifax County5 442.9 (413.6, 473.9) 285
1999 - 2001
McDowell County5 442.6 (408.5, 479.0) 209
1999 - 2001
Henderson County5 442.1 (420.8, 464.5) 576
1999 - 2001
Iredell County5 441.0 (419.9, 462.9) 549
1999 - 2001
Wilkes County5 441.0 (413.6, 469.8) 326
1999 - 2001
Randolph County5 440.5 (420.0, 461.9) 579
1999 - 2001
Stokes County5 440.0 (405.3, 477.0) 201
1999 - 2001
Columbus County5 438.1 (407.7, 470.2) 261
1999 - 2001
Davie County5 437.8 (400.4, 478.1) 169
1999 - 2001
Durham County5 437.0 (419.7, 454.8) 812
1999 - 2001
Edgecombe County5 436.2 (405.1, 469.1) 244
1999 - 2001
Haywood County5 434.7 (407.1, 464.0) 322
1999 - 2001
Pender County5 434.2 (399.8, 471.0) 202
1999 - 2001
Jones County5 431.1 (365.9, 506.7) 52
1999 - 2001
Watauga County5 425.2 (388.1, 465.7) 162
1999 - 2001
Mecklenburg County5 425.1 (415.1, 435.4) 2,341
1999 - 2001
Hyde County5 424.8 (339.6, 530.0) 29
1999 - 2001
Granville County5 419.9 (386.5, 455.7) 197
1999 - 2001
Cumberland County5 419.0 (403.1, 435.5) 921
1999 - 2001
Sampson County5 418.6 (389.4, 449.5) 255
1999 - 2001
Rutherford County5 417.6 (391.1, 445.7) 312
1999 - 2001
Montgomery County5 415.5 (373.8, 460.9) 121
1999 - 2001
Chowan County5 413.3 (360.8, 473.1) 76
1999 - 2001
Rowan County5 413.2 (393.9, 433.2) 576
1999 - 2001
Duplin County5 411.8 (379.7, 445.9) 205
1999 - 2001
Gates County5 410.7 (346.1, 486.5) 48
1999 - 2001
Buncombe County5 410.3 (395.6, 425.4) 990
1999 - 2001
Ashe County5 410.0 (370.4, 453.6) 134
1999 - 2001
Beaufort County5 407.7 (377.2, 440.4) 224
1999 - 2001
Johnston County5 404.1 (382.2, 427.0) 434
1999 - 2001
Burke County5 401.6 (378.6, 425.6) 384
1999 - 2001
Northampton County5 398.8 (356.9, 445.3) 112
1999 - 2001
Wilson County5 398.0 (372.5, 424.9) 303
1999 - 2001
Hoke County5 393.4 (347.5, 444.7) 93
1999 - 2001
Martin County5 393.0 (352.5, 437.4) 116
1999 - 2001
Dare County5 390.5 (351.8, 432.9) 131
1999 - 2001
Clay County5 388.3 (327.3, 462.1) 52
1999 - 2001
Harnett County5 387.0 (362.3, 413.1) 307
1999 - 2001
Graham County5 385.6 (318.3, 465.2) 40
1999 - 2001
Cherokee County5 385.4 (347.6, 427.3) 134
1999 - 2001
Madison County5 384.4 (339.8, 433.9) 91
1999 - 2001
Franklin County5 384.0 (351.5, 418.9) 172
1999 - 2001
Macon County5 382.4 (349.1, 419.0) 175
1999 - 2001
Davidson County5 378.6 (361.0, 396.8) 588
1999 - 2001
Alexander County5 374.0 (337.1, 414.0) 128
1999 - 2001
Warren County5 370.0 (327.1, 418.1) 92
1999 - 2001
Robeson County5 366.6 (345.9, 388.4) 395
1999 - 2001
Swain County5 366.4 (312.7, 427.7) 56
1999 - 2001
Chatham County5 357.3 (329.5, 387.1) 204
1999 - 2001
Anson County5 353.0 (313.3, 396.5) 96
1999 - 2001
Greene County5 352.5 (304.9, 405.7) 66
1999 - 2001
Currituck County5 348.9 (301.2, 402.9) 66
1999 - 2001
Mitchell County5 346.5 (300.9, 398.6) 72
1999 - 2001
Yancey County5 345.6 (303.1, 393.6) 81
1999 - 2001
Bladen County5 343.6 (309.3, 380.9) 123
1999 - 2001
Polk County5 342.9 (304.1, 387.1) 103
1999 - 2001
Union County5 322.0 (302.1, 343.0) 337
1999 - 2001
Caswell County5 312.7 (274.4, 355.4) 81
1999 - 2001
Jackson County5 296.2 (264.3, 331.4) 107
1999 - 2001
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 10/31/2005 1:32 pm.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.

* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts for both sexes are suppressed if fewer than 16 cases were reported in a specific area-sex-race category.
** Data not available because of state legislation and regulations which prohibit the release of county level data to outside entities.
*** Data not provided because it did not meet USCS data quality standards for one or more years during the rate period of data collection. While 92% of the US population resided in geographic areas with population-based cancer registries meeting the registry eligibility criteria for 2000, 8% of the US population was not yet represented in the United States Cancer Statistics. American Cancer Society's Facts & Figures provides estimates of numbers of new cancer cases and deaths.
**** Data does not include cases diagnosed in other states because data exchange agreements prohibit the release of data to third parties.

1 Incidence rates (cases per 100,000 population per year) are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population by 5-year age groups. Rates are for invasive cancer only, unless otherwise specified.
2 Source: State Cancer Registry and the National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS), CDC, January 2004 data submission, as published in United States Cancer Statistics, November 2004.
5 Source: State Cancer Registry and the National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS), CDC, January 2004 data submission.
6 Source: SEER November 2004 submission. Rates calculated using SEER*Stat. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI.


Interpret Rankings provides insight into interpreting cancer incidence 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. Suppression is used to avoid misinterpretation when rates are unstable.

Source: statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov

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