1999 Cancer Incidence Rates
by Race per 100,000 Population
Age-Adjusted to the 2000 US Census
| Primary Site | All Whites | All Minorities | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | |
| Oral Cavity | 597 | 9.4 | 189 | 12.6 | 788 | 10.1 |
| Esophagus | 220 | 3.4 | 77 | 5.4 | 298 | 3.8 |
| Stomach | 285 | 4.5 | 156 | 11.4 | 441 | 5.7 |
| Colon/Rectum | 2,842 | 44.6 | 685 | 49.6 | 3,536 | 45.7 |
| Liver | 159 | 2.5 | 47 | 3.2 | 206 | 2.6 |
| Gallbladder | 52 | 0.8 | 15 | 1.2 | 67 | 0.9 |
| Pancreas | 539 | 8.4 | 146 | 11.0 | 685 | 8.9 |
| Larynx | 289 | 4.5 | 86 | 6.1 | 375 | 4.7 |
| Lung/Bronchus | 4,276 | 65.9 | 826 | 60.0 | 5,110 | 65.1 |
| Bone | 48 | 0.8 | 15 | 0.8 | 63 | 0.8 |
| Soft Tissue | 149 | 2.4 | 33 | 2.0 | 182 | 2.4 |
| Melanoma (Skin) | 1,011 | 16.2 | 16 | 1.0 | 1,034 | 13.3 |
| Female Breast | 5,078 | 148.4 | 1,099 | 127.7 | 6,210 | 145.5 |
| Cervix Uteri | 273 | 8.6 | 117 | 13.3 | 390 | 9.4 |
| Corpus Uteri | 684 | 19.6 | 163 | 19.6 | 851 | 19.6 |
| Ovary | 554 | 16.3 | 76 | 8.8 | 631 | 14.8 |
| Prostate | 3,563 | 125.8 | 1,030 | 193.0 | 4,629 | 137.7 |
| Testes | 149 | 5.0 | 13 | 1.6 | 162 | 4.2 |
| Bladder | 1,217 | 19.0 | 124 | 9.5 | 1,343 | 17.4 |
| Kidney | 660 | 10.3 | 164 | 11.0 | 827 | 10.6 |
| Endocrine | 337 | 5.5 | 56 | 3.4 | 395 | 5.1 |
| Multiple Myeloma | 240 | 3.7 | 89 | 6.5 | 329 | 4.2 |
| Leukemia | 566 | 9.2 | 102 | 6.8 | 670 | 8.7 |
| Brain/Other CNS | 438 | 7.2 | 49 | 3.0 | 487 | 6.3 |
| Hodgkins Disease | 148 | 2.5 | 46 | 2.6 | 198 | 2.5 |
| Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma | 940 | 14.9 | 148 | 9.8 | 1,092 | 14.1 |
| Other Cancers | 1,244 | 19.7 | 301 | 21.2 | 1,546 | 20.1 |
| All Cancers | 26,558 | 416.6 | 5,868 | 412.9 | 32,545 | 417.4 |
Produced by the NC Central Cancer Registry, 3/2002
Numbers are subject to change as files are updated
Rates based on counts of less than 10 are unstable.
Use with caution.
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