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Projected New Cancer Cases for Selected Sites by County, 2000*

County

Projected New Cases

Total  

Lung  

Female Breast

Prostate

Colon/ Rectum

Alamance

710

100

105

120

85

Alexander

165

25

25

30

20

Alleghany

70

10

10

10

10

Anson

140

20

20

20

20

Ashe

165

25

25

30

20

Avery

100

15

15

15

10

Beaufort

255

35

40

40

30

Bertie

110

15

15

15

10

Bladen

175

25

25

30

20

Brunswick

470

70

65

90

55

Buncombe

1,180

165

170

200

140

Burke

475

70

70

80

55

Cabarrus

620

85

95

100

70

Caldwell

410

60

60

70

50

Camden

35

5

5

5

0

Carteret

370

55

50

70

45

Caswell

135

20

20

25

20

Catawba

680

95

105

115

80

Chatham

280

40

40

45

30

Cherokee

170

25

25

30

20

Chowan

95

15

15

15

10

Clay

65

10

10

10

10

Cleveland

510

70

75

85

60

Columbus

290

45

45

45

35

Craven

440

60

65

75

50

Cumberland

1,040

140

165

160

110

Currituck

90

15

15

15

10

Dare

150

25

20

25

15

Davidson

750

105

110

125

85

Davie

195

25

25

35

20

Duplin

245

35

35

40

30

Durham

810

110

130

115

90

Edgecombe

265

35

45

40

30

Forsyth

1,470

200

230

230

170

Franklin

225

30

35

35

25

Gaston

890

125

135

140

100

Gates

55

10

10

10

10

Graham

50

10

5

10

10

Granville

220

30

30

35

20

Greene

100

15

15

15

10

Guilford

1,960

270

305

310

225

Halifax

290

45

45

45

35

Harnett

405

55

60

65

45

Haywood

385

60

55

70

50

Henderson

650

95

85

120

80

Hertford

115

15

20

20

15

Hoke

125

15

20

20

10

Hyde

30

5

5

5

0

Iredell

615

85

90

105

70

Jackson

170

25

25

30

20

Johnston

555

80

85

90

60

Projected New Cancer Cases for Selected Sites by County, 2000

County

Projected New Cases

Total  

Lung  

Female Breast

Prostate

Colon/ Rectum

Jones

50

10

5

10

10

Lee

280

40

40

50

30

Lenoir

325

45

50

50

35

Lincoln

305

40

45

50

30

Macon

240

35

30

45

30

Madison

120

15

15

20

15

Martin

140

20

20

25

20

McDowell

245

35

35

40

30

Mecklenburg

2,615

345

420

390

285

Mitchell

105

15

15

20

10

Montgomery

125

15

20

20

10

Moore

560

85

75

105

70

Nash

445

60

70

70

50

New Hanover

815

115

125

135

90

Northampton

135

20

20

25

20

Onslow

395

50

60

60

40

Orange

440

60

70

70

60

Pamlico

85

10

10

15

10

Pasquotank

185

25

25

30

20

Pender

235

35

35

40

30

Perquimans

75

10

10

15

10

Person

185

25

30

30

20

Pitt

500

70

80

75

55

Polk

140

20

20

25

20

Randolph

645

95

95

110

70

Richmond

245

35

35

40

30

Robeson

500

70

80

75

55

Rockingham

510

70

75

85

60

Rowan

705

95

100

120

80

Rutherford

345

50

50

60

40

Sampson

300

45

45

50

35

Scotland

160

20

25

25

20

Stanly

305

45

45

50

35

Stokes

230

35

35

40

30

Surry

400

55

60

65

50

Swain

75

10

10

15

10

Transylvania

215

35

30

40

30

Tyrrell

20

0

5

5

0

Union

500

70

75

80

55

Vance

200

25

30

30

20

Wake

2,275

295

365

335

240

Warren

125

15

20

20

15

Washington

75

10

10

10

10

Watauga

195

25

30

35

20

Wayne

530

70

80

85

60

Wilkes

365

50

55

65

40

Wilson

355

45

55

55

40

Yadkin

215

30

30

35

25

Yancey

110

15

15

20

10

TOTAL

38,315

5,330

5,775

6,245

4,380

Includes all carcinomas of the urinary bladder, but excludes carcinoma in situ of all other sites and common skin cancer

Projected: An estimate of the cases, deaths, or disease rates that are expected to occur in the future based on past experience.

Produced by the NC Central Cancer Registry,
State Center for Health Statistics, DHHS