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2000 Cancer Incidence Rates by Sex
per 100,000 Population
Age-Adjusted to the 2000 US Census
| Primary Site | All Males | All Females | Total | |||
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| Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | |
| ORAL CAVITY | 556 | 15.7 | 256 | 5.8 | 812 | 10.3 |
| ESOPHAGUS | 251 | 7.3 | 96 | 2.2 | 347 | 4.4 |
| STOMACH | 256 | 7.9 | 186 | 4.1 | 442 | 5.7 |
| COLON/RECTUM | 1,927 | 57.9 | 1,881 | 42.0 | 3,812 | 48.9 |
| LIVER | 168 | 4.9 | 82 | 1.9 | 250 | 3.2 |
| GALLBLADDER | 16 | 0.5 | 47 | 1.0 | 63 | 0.8 |
| PANCREAS | 342 | 10.3 | 307 | 6.8 | 649 | 8.3 |
| LARYNX | 289 | 8.1 | 65 | 1.5 | 354 | 4.4 |
| LUNG/BRONCHUS | 3,138 | 93.5 | 2,097 | 47.4 | 5,236 | 66.3 |
| BONE | 38 | 1.0 | 25 | 0.6 | 63 | 0.8 |
| SOFT TISSUE | 108 | 3.1 | 97 | 2.3 | 205 | 2.6 |
| MELANOMA (SKIN) | 653 | 18.6 | 537 | 12.5 | 1,190 | 14.9 |
| FEMALE BREAST | . | . | 6,519 | 150.3 | 6,519 | 150.3 |
| CERVIX UTERI | . | . | 372 | 8.7 | 372 | 8.7 |
| CORPUS UTERI | . | . | 829 | 18.9 | 829 | 18.9 |
| OVARY | . | . | 660 | 15.2 | 660 | 15.2 |
| PROSTATE | 5,095 | 148.9 | . | . | 5,096 | 148.9 |
| TESTES | 190 | 4.6 | . | . | 190 | 4.6 |
| BLADDER | 983 | 30.9 | 360 | 8.0 | 1,343 | 17.3 |
| KIDNEY | 620 | 17.6 | 347 | 7.9 | 967 | 12.2 |
| ENDOCRINE | 122 | 3.3 | 309 | 7.3 | 432 | 5.3 |
| MULTIPLE MYELOMA | 199 | 6.0 | 182 | 4.1 | 381 | 4.9 |
| LEUKEMIA | 406 | 11.9 | 277 | 6.4 | 683 | 8.7 |
| BRAIN/OTHER CNS | 254 | 6.9 | 228 | 5.3 | 482 | 6.0 |
| HODGKINS DISEASE | 92 | 2.3 | 94 | 2.2 | 186 | 2.3 |
| NON-HODGKINS LYMPHOMA | 583 | 17.1 | 513 | 11.5 | 1,096 | 14.0 |
| OTHER CANCERS | 817 | 24.8 | 848 | 19.0 | 1,666 | 21.4 |
| ALL CANCERS | 17,103 | 503.0 | 17,214 | 392.8 | 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