1995-1999 Cancer Incidence Rates by County
for Selected Sites per 100,000 Population

Age-Adjusted to the 2000 US Census

County	Colon/Rectum		Lung/Bronchus		Female Breast		Prostate		All Cancers
	Cases	Rate	Cases	Rate	Cases	Rate	Cases	Rate	Cases	Rate
Alamance	391	56.3	537	76.2	560	152.8	543	185.6	3,352	488.2
Alexander	58	37.3	89	54.7	116	134.7	99	136.9	621	391.2
Alleghany	30	42.6	39	56.1	55	151.5	57	184.7	317	458.3
Anson	63	45.5	70	50.1	105	146.3	48	83.1	478	354.5
Ashe	75	46.0	92	56.2	91	112.0	112	149.5	617	387.4
Avery	26	27.7	44	46.6	66	137.2	66	146.4	365	396.0
Beaufort	127	49.5	198	75.8	178	124.9	116	103.3	1,006	395.0
Bertie	89	78.0	82	72.0	82	132.8	69	147.0	499	445.1
Bladen	68	39.8	99	55.3	118	127.2	81	110.7	571	331.6
Brunswick	174	41.2	314	73.3	215	102.3	213	101.6	1,557	376.2
Buncombe	518	43.5	714	60.6	971	158.3	640	125.1	4,871	425.4
Burke	193	42.1	318	66.8	278	113.0	255	131.4	1,892	412.3
Cabarrus	264	43.8	435	71.2	472	141.3	362	145.1	2,628	435.6
Caldwell	188	47.6	285	69.9	263	121.1	257	150.7	1,732	433.8
Camden	17	48.0	24	64.0	23	121.8	21	120.8	150	413.3
Carteret	181	53.0	297	82.0	297	165.2	243	140.7	1,602	460.5
Caswell	48	36.0	71	53.5	70	103.6	72	126.8	431	331.1
Catawba	387	59.0	536	79.3	541	147.4	473	160.8	3,289	489.8
Chatham	104	39.7	117	43.5	197	137.4	118	101.5	901	344.5
Cherokee	63	40.5	96	59.4	95	123.7	81	107.9	534	344.5
Chowan	60	62.2	65	66.9	59	114.9	63	158.7	381	418.3
Clay	14	25.8	14	22.3	14	48.9	24	82.4	118	199.0
Cleveland	244	48.0	325	62.9	342	123.5	372	178.1	2,152	425.5
Columbus	117	40.3	201	67.7	146	93.2	144	116.4	1,089	376.1
Craven	249	59.4	395	92.0	356	158.8	422	221.1	2,243	529.7
Cumberland	466	49.5	835	84.1	834	141.8	616	146.5	4,455	438.5
Currituck	37	46.6	74	83.1	53	116.9	33	93.5	318	366.1
Dare	55	40.7	91	65.6	98	132.5	91	135.3	562	401.6
Davidson	275	38.5	487	65.9	439	111.9	384	119.4	2,725	374.2
Davie	104	56.6	120	64.4	138	146.6	98	117.5	810	449.8
Duplin	110	45.4	163	66.8	158	121.5	130	122.4	946	395.5
Durham	375	46.6	682	85.4	803	169.2	600	188.9	3,995	486.3
Edgecombe	128	46.9	199	72.3	198	124.0	175	166.9	1,161	426.1
Forsyth	808	55.9	1,163	79.9	1,514	185.4	1,077	181.1	7,533	519.1
Franklin	80	36.9	124	56.7	116	96.4	91	96.7	698	321.6
Gaston	451	50.6	791	86.4	669	134.3	582	159.4	4,154	461.1
Gates	36	66.0	30	54.4	31	105.9	40	158.4	203	372.0
Graham	17	35.1	38	74.5	27	106.6	21	90.4	176	363.6
Granville	81	38.0	160	73.3	148	127.8	134	145.6	888	409.0
Greene	29	30.8	47	49.1	57	113.6	53	136.1	329	348.8
Guilford	940	49.4	1,445	74.9	1,792	167.5	1,453	182.6	9,418	490.8
Halifax	192	63.0	262	85.2	205	122.4	200	156.4	1,392	459.8
Harnett	167	43.8	236	60.4	235	113.0	189	113.6	1,413	365.7
Haywood	107	29.0	198	51.7	214	116.6	151	87.3	1,172	326.8
Henderson	305	47.4	401	62.9	492	160.2	410	136.9	2,773	459.0
Hertford	95	76.8	84	67.9	100	150.4	102	206.3	576	479.0
Hoke	47	39.0	70	59.1	59	87.6	55	106.3	383	316.2
Hyde	22	66.5	17	50.8	16	91.3	8	52.2	119	365.5
Iredell	309	52.7	393	65.8	387	120.1	422	167.4	2,511	426.2
Jackson	62	37.7	82	47.6	86	97.3	121	165.0	555	333.0
Johnston	192	37.6	390	73.8	344	120.3	249	108.3	1,990	380.9
Jones	33	61.6	51	94.0	45	157.9	46	197.8	274	521.8
Lee	138	54.6	188	69.2	179	129.5	156	128.7	1,115	426.4
Lenoir	205	62.0	255	75.6	305	162.9	273	210.1	1,662	506.4
Lincoln	151	53.8	198	68.0	204	129.8	144	117.0	1,169	402.6
McDowell	122	53.3	157	67.3	143	116.0	101	100.3	882	387.1
Macon	85	36.8	121	52.1	133	125.4	133	122.6	770	349.4
Madison	44	36.6	63	52.9	84	148.3	60	105.7	422	369.9
Martin	67	44.1	99	66.1	101	126.6	54	87.9	545	370.8
Mecklenburg	1,084	45.4	1,509	62.3	2,292	157.9	1,541	151.2	10,921	433.5
Mitchell	40	38.1	49	46.5	60	129.4	41	91.9	349	354.4
Montgomery	55	44.4	96	74.9	113	170.7	85	161.6	565	447.8
Moore	288	53.3	365	66.6	405	153.4	381	150.1	2,369	459.6
Nash	253	58.5	326	74.3	371	152.8	265	151.3	2,034	466.5
New Hanover	333	43.9	549	71.4	558	132.8	365	110.9	3,233	425.0
Northampton	85	63.8	80	56.7	94	130.1	97	163.4	530	398.2
Onslow	195	56.9	347	94.4	304	143.7	270	173.5	1,880	484.3
Orange	189	47.0	266	66.7	470	198.9	264	153.8	1,982	476.4
Pamlico	29	33.7	70	81.8	47	109.4	84	217.6	356	424.5
Pasquotank	80	44.4	88	48.5	122	126.7	109	144.6	677	383.8
Pender	77	35.8	145	68.1	127	114.2	99	102.7	798	376.2
Perquimans	37	50.4	52	68.9	35	89.6	51	144.0	284	392.7
Person	81	44.6	121	65.7	131	136.6	105	135.7	727	400.6
Pitt	270	55.5	389	78.9	413	144.5	276	137.8	2,260	451.1
Polk	60	40.8	74	53.1	109	155.6	62	95.3	506	384.5
Randolph	267	43.2	390	62.0	393	117.1	371	142.3	2,375	381.9
Richmond	125	51.2	197	78.6	164	120.6	114	105.4	999	409.8
Robeson	218	44.3	385	76.8	350	122.0	319	150.7	2,094	415.0
Rockingham	259	50.5	421	81.3	391	141.0	270	124.6	2,241	441.7
Rowan	276	39.6	373	52.9	379	104.4	245	79.9	2,236	326.5
Rutherford	181	51.1	264	74.2	239	126.6	213	140.9	1,498	430.5
Sampson	147	50.3	189	63.5	197	124.5	182	139.8	1,126	384.9
Scotland	89	55.2	100	61.1	120	126.1	135	216.3	696	428.7
Stanly	184	59.9	189	60.6	238	147.8	176	132.1	1,342	441.7
Stokes	97	46.3	183	83.4	135	113.7	133	138.7	920	424.2
Surry	212	53.0	359	88.4	348	159.9	209	127.9	1,952	493.4
Swain	31	41.6	42	57.7	48	132.6	49	150.1	284	397.0
Transylvania	92	45.9	134	67.2	174	166.9	134	133.3	887	444.8
Tyrrell	6	24.9	12	47.9	18	151.1	17	154.4	88	375.6
Union	153	34.4	193	42.5	313	119.4	152	70.4	1,443	307.1
Vance	93	45.6	159	76.9	120	103.9	126	154.5	871	425.2
Wake	888	45.0	1,307	67.0	2,030	163.5	1,438	169.7	9,752	463.5
Warren	48	39.4	71	58.8	65	110.2	77	136.0	406	336.5
Washington	38	48.9	47	60.9	38	92.2	36	105.5	277	367.1
Watauga	91	50.2	111	59.7	132	136.0	142	173.6	784	427.1
Wayne	252	50.3	422	80.5	434	150.6	282	130.4	2,305	445.8
Wilkes	167	47.0	222	60.1	202	105.8	179	117.4	1,375	387.9
Wilson	142	39.9	240	66.1	329	162.5	181	121.2	1,453	403.9
Yadkin	89	43.2	158	74.2	148	136.2	139	157.6	887	433.4
Yancey	44	38.6	66	59.0	60	106.3	40	80.4	368	344.1
NORTH CAROLINA	17,428	47.4	25,931	69.1	28,833	141.6	22,857	143.9	159,620	429.4

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