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2000 Cancer Incidence Rates by Race
per 100,000 Population
Age-Adjusted to the 2000 US Census
| Primary Site | All Whites | All Minorities | Total | |||
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| Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | |
| ORAL CAVITY | 640 | 10.2 | 171 | 10.3 | 812 | 10.3 |
| ESOPHAGUS | 257 | 4.0 | 89 | 5.7 | 347 | 4.4 |
| STOMACH | 302 | 4.8 | 140 | 9.2 | 442 | 5.7 |
| COLON/RECTUM | 3,025 | 48.0 | 776 | 51.3 | 3,812 | 48.9 |
| LIVER | 200 | 3.1 | 49 | 2.9 | 250 | 3.2 |
| GALLBLADDER | 47 | 0.8 | 16 | 1.1 | 63 | 0.8 |
| PANCREAS | 508 | 8.0 | 141 | 9.5 | 649 | 8.3 |
| LARYNX | 268 | 4.2 | 86 | 5.5 | 354 | 4.4 |
| LUNG/BRONCHUS | 4,362 | 68.2 | 869 | 56.6 | 5,236 | 66.3 |
| BONE | 52 | 0.9 | 11 | 0.6 | 63 | 0.8 |
| SOFT TISSUE | 154 | 2.5 | 51 | 2.8 | 205 | 2.6 |
| MELANOMA (SKIN) | 1,155 | 18.4 | 20 | 1.3 | 1,190 | 14.9 |
| FEMALE BREAST | 5,316 | 156.3 | 1,180 | 124.2 | 6,519 | 150.3 |
| CERVIX UTERI | 267 | 8.3 | 102 | 10.4 | 372 | 8.7 |
| CORPUS UTERI | 680 | 19.8 | 149 | 16.5 | 829 | 18.9 |
| OVARY | 547 | 16.1 | 107 | 11.2 | 660 | 15.2 |
| PROSTATE | 3,877 | 136.9 | 1,185 | 199.6 | 5,096 | 148.9 |
| TESTES | 174 | 5.5 | 15 | 1.5 | 190 | 4.6 |
| BLADDER | 1,197 | 19.0 | 144 | 9.8 | 1,343 | 17.3 |
| KIDNEY | 746 | 11.7 | 218 | 13.5 | 967 | 12.2 |
| ENDOCRINE | 344 | 5.5 | 86 | 4.7 | 432 | 5.3 |
| MULTIPLE MYELOMA | 266 | 4.2 | 114 | 7.4 | 381 | 4.9 |
| LEUKEMIA | 570 | 9.3 | 112 | 6.6 | 683 | 8.7 |
| BRAIN/OTHER CNS | 412 | 6.7 | 70 | 3.7 | 482 | 6.0 |
| HODGKINS DISEASE | 148 | 2.4 | 38 | 1.9 | 186 | 2.3 |
| NON-HODGKINS LYMPHOMA | 948 | 15.1 | 145 | 8.5 | 1,096 | 14.0 |
| OTHER CANCERS | 1,382 | 22.1 | 281 | 18.3 | 1,666 | 21.4 |
| ALL CANCERS | 27,845 | 439.4 | 6,365 | 404.8 | 34,325 | 434.1 |
Produced by the NC Central Cancer Registry, 3/2003
Numbers are subject to change as files are updated
Rates based on counts of less than 10 are unstable.
Use with caution.
Page Last Updated October 28, 2003