1996-2000 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	409	58.1	510	71.8	581	155.4	570	191.3	3,420	491.5
Alexander	59	36.5	91	54.8	130	147.7	93	126.7	641	394.0
Alleghany	31	43.1	45	63.9	53	147.1	52	161.6	308	441.6
Anson	64	46.0	72	51.9	105	143.5	48	81.4	484	356.0
Ashe	74	45.0	98	59.8	84	102.3	109	143.3	600	373.5
Avery	36	38.0	54	54.7	65	132.3	69	149.1	408	431.1
Beaufort	132	50.7	211	79.5	192	132.0	133	114.4	1,041	401.3
Bertie	99	85.9	78	66.6	80	127.6	68	145.3	503	444.0
Bladen	74	42.5	92	50.9	120	127.7	79	105.3	583	333.9
Brunswick	192	44.1	346	75.6	258	115.4	260	116.8	1,785	408.4
Buncombe	538	44.9	707	59.4	980	157.3	696	134.0	4,950	426.2
Burke	201	43.2	330	68.8	308	122.8	276	138.6	1,959	419.6
Cabarrus	279	45.5	469	75.6	492	144.0	384	152.1	2,765	448.8
Caldwell	195	48.5	298	72.2	296	134.7	256	144.6	1,798	443.2
Camden	21	56.5	23	60.2	30	155.9	27	163.8	171	465.0
Carteret	181	50.9	320	86.3	334	178.0	279	159.2	1,777	495.0
Caswell	52	38.7	70	52.5	57	83.8	71	121.6	419	317.8
Catawba	410	61.0	538	77.8	604	161.2	480	158.8	3,446	501.5
Chatham	113	42.0	115	41.8	211	143.3	133	111.6	944	350.0
Cherokee	69	42.2	97	56.6	87	111.7	71	91.1	506	312.0
Chowan	57	59.3	65	68.8	56	113.5	64	153.7	386	426.0
Clay	13	23.1	13	19.5	11	36.2	23	72.0	112	177.2
Cleveland	263	51.3	336	64.7	355	126.6	383	179.8	2,225	436.3
Columbus	135	45.9	219	73.4	162	100.5	147	116.4	1,161	395.8
Craven	261	60.4	407	91.4	380	163.5	461	233.8	2,378	543.6
Cumberland	494	50.5	801	78.9	878	146.8	613	140.8	4,585	441.2
Currituck	52	60.4	70	75.7	52	110.5	40	104.9	338	377.7
Dare	72	52.1	97	66.7	114	145.7	106	149.1	627	429.5
Davidson	269	36.6	486	64.5	429	107.0	382	116.1	2,724	366.4
Davie	100	53.2	122	63.7	141	143.6	101	117.4	809	436.3
Duplin	117	47.9	153	62.1	160	121.4	145	134.5	988	407.6
Durham	373	45.4	644	78.7	847	172.7	604	183.0	4,025	476.2
Edgecombe	130	47.5	178	64.3	205	128.1	168	155.7	1,122	409.9
Forsyth	819	55.6	1,212	81.7	1,511	181.7	1,152	189.0	7,782	525.5
Franklin	79	36.3	135	61.1	133	108.7	85	87.1	724	327.8
Gaston	493	54.4	818	87.8	720	141.8	594	158.7	4,290	467.3
Gates	36	64.4	37	66.4	38	129.5	44	178.6	231	418.9
Graham	12	24.6	37	70.6	24	92.9	20	81.2	167	341.9
Granville	86	39.4	159	71.3	152	127.0	135	138.7	904	404.5
Greene	33	34.6	43	44.8	51	103.6	51	124.8	327	342.1
Guilford	965	49.7	1,459	74.5	1,931	176.7	1,539	189.2	9,834	502.6
Halifax	181	59.1	260	83.6	221	131.6	220	169.2	1,430	467.2
Harnett	168	43.1	255	64.0	238	112.0	186	111.4	1,460	370.2
Haywood	125	32.7	217	56.2	228	121.6	195	111.4	1,332	362.7
Henderson	325	49.6	411	63.1	506	161.1	402	132.2	2,879	465.8
Hertford	98	78.6	89	71.2	104	155.4	123	242.2	610	498.3
Hoke	42	34.5	73	61.2	65	94.7	48	88.8	398	321.9
Hyde	16	45.1	20	57.2	24	141.3	13	82.7	123	365.2
Iredell	307	51.3	404	66.2	436	131.9	429	165.7	2,594	429.8
Jackson	51	30.5	84	47.0	91	101.7	105	134.8	526	307.7
Johnston	198	38.1	376	70.0	351	119.4	235	100.2	1,964	367.1
Jones	33	60.8	48	86.5	45	153.2	44	178.4	268	495.4
Lee	141	54.7	209	76.9	196	141.9	162	132.3	1,169	443.5
Lenoir	208	63.0	249	73.3	319	170.5	308	233.4	1,711	518.2
Lincoln	166	56.8	204	68.9	217	133.5	154	122.6	1,266	424.2
McDowell	121	52.1	174	72.3	150	120.9	116	110.1	929	398.1
Macon	96	40.9	127	53.5	134	120.6	139	124.7	802	356.8
Madison	49	39.7	74	61.9	78	132.8	62	107.1	433	372.5
Martin	63	41.3	91	60.3	114	144.4	54	88.8	545	371.1
Mecklenburg	1,078	43.8	1,529	61.4	2,374	158.2	1,589	150.6	11,244	432.8
Mitchell	43	41.2	51	47.1	54	110.8	46	98.8	351	349.2
Montgomery	64	48.9	92	68.8	115	167.7	87	154.9	574	436.6
Moore	294	53.0	364	64.3	398	147.5	412	158.8	2,440	463.0
Nash	251	57.2	348	78.3	395	160.1	251	141.4	2,091	474.3
New Hanover	377	48.3	602	75.9	631	145.8	427	125.4	3,593	457.8
Northampton	81	60.0	89	63.2	98	133.2	90	154.9	535	397.6
Onslow	189	53.2	330	86.8	347	157.2	297	176.2	2,001	494.7
Orange	197	47.5	270	65.9	494	203.6	258	147.8	2,044	477.3
Pamlico	30	34.2	74	83.7	49	108.1	93	224.5	380	437.4
Pasquotank	109	59.5	119	65.4	143	144.7	140	184.7	830	461.2
Pender	90	40.1	155	69.6	141	122.5	117	116.9	892	404.8
Perquimans	38	49.0	53	68.0	41	107.4	72	202.1	323	435.4
Person	75	40.3	121	64.4	142	143.2	109	138.4	742	400.7
Pitt	297	58.9	402	79.9	464	158.1	291	138.2	2,411	467.6
Polk	73	48.6	73	49.8	114	157.3	63	94.4	546	397.0
Randolph	296	47.0	389	60.6	436	127.2	391	145.4	2,558	402.4
Richmond	119	48.4	191	76.6	174	129.5	123	113.7	1,014	415.8
Robeson	214	42.5	371	72.7	377	129.0	321	148.2	2,072	402.3
Rockingham	278	53.7	426	81.5	415	148.2	260	119.0	2,327	453.7
Rowan	308	43.9	424	60.0	398	109.0	295	95.0	2,467	356.7
Rutherford	203	56.2	281	77.9	259	136.0	224	146.7	1,602	451.5
Sampson	153	51.7	194	64.4	219	136.6	174	132.2	1,187	399.4
Scotland	90	54.7	105	63.3	113	117.0	139	218.6	726	440.5
Stanly	187	60.3	212	67.3	276	167.5	186	136.7	1,442	467.8
Stokes	103	47.9	183	82.5	124	101.7	142	149.0	937	423.8
Surry	219	53.6	352	85.5	359	164.0	239	140.0	2,006	499.1
Swain	31	40.7	51	69.3	45	123.7	49	152.1	276	381.9
Transylvania	93	44.4	133	65.3	172	160.5	159	152.9	926	452.5
Tyrrell	10	40.5	14	58.6	21	176.8	22	201.9	100	422.2
Union	174	37.4	202	42.9	306	111.8	178	77.0	1,533	313.4
Vance	91	44.1	169	80.3	136	115.7	137	161.6	890	427.6
Wake	927	45.4	1,321	65.4	2,155	167.7	1,462	165.4	10,072	460.9
Warren	53	42.7	63	51.3	66	109.4	76	133.8	421	344.7
Washington	45	58.0	47	60.4	48	114.7	43	131.9	300	393.4
Watauga	90	48.2	102	54.4	141	142.2	149	178.6	811	435.5
Wayne	278	54.4	444	83.2	421	143.2	317	145.5	2,419	458.4
Wilkes	189	52.5	265	70.7	233	120.7	175	111.5	1,495	414.7
Wilson	159	43.8	246	66.5	340	164.8	182	117.6	1,491	407.0
Yadkin	96	46.4	160	74.8	160	146.1	152	165.5	955	463.5
Yancey	46	40.1	77	68.8	65	111.1	46	90.2	396	361.5
NORTH CAROLINA	18,214	48.4	26,514	69.3	30,393	145.9	23,989	147.3	166106	437.2

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