1997-2001 Cancer Incidence Rates by County for Selected Sites
Per 100,000 Population
Age-Adjusted to the 2000 US Census
	Colon/Rectum		Lung/Bronchus		Female Breast		Prostate		All Cancers
County	CASES	RATE	CASES	RATE	CASES	RATE	CASES	RATE	CASES	RATE
NORTH CAROLINA	18,545	48.4	27,038	69.7	31,546	148.2	25,348	152.5	172,445	445.3
Alamance	421	59.9	521	73.6	603	159.0	596	201.1	3,545	507.4
Alexander	58	36.0	95	55.9	127	142.0	95	127.4	674	406.7
Alleghany	36	48.5	57	77.4	52	141.8	73	221.0	368	509.9
Anson	58	41.9	76	55.1	96	131.5	60	103.2	494	361.7
Ashe	70	42.3	99	59.6	89	107.1	113	150.6	621	383.5
Avery	35	36.1	64	62.6	71	144.1	74	157.5	421	431.7
Beaufort	143	53.6	203	74.2	205	139.8	147	122.4	1,115	418.9
Bertie	85	73.3	84	71.3	79	124.5	85	173.1	527	457.7
Bladen	79	44.8	101	55.3	110	114.4	88	116.0	600	338.9
Brunswick	216	46.8	389	81.4	306	128.6	316	134.1	2,008	435.7
Buncombe	527	43.5	722	60.2	925	143.4	742	142.4	4,957	419.6
Burke	194	41.4	306	63.6	299	118.4	274	136.9	1,938	411.8
Cabarrus	283	46.0	511	82.6	515	149.9	414	162.5	2,934	472.9
Caldwell	199	49.0	301	72.1	323	144.9	258	144.7	1,872	456.2
Camden	18	49.0	22	56.7	24	123.0	20	122.7	141	381.0
Carteret	179	48.4	314	81.4	342	173.8	313	174.2	1,865	500.3
Caswell	44	33.4	75	57.4	65	95.5	70	117.0	417	319.5
Catawba	402	58.3	566	80.6	633	164.5	490	159.6	3,534	503.2
Chatham	112	40.1	125	44.2	221	147.1	135	111.3	978	352.7
Cherokee	80	46.8	139	78.1	100	118.9	83	102.2	635	377.9
Chowan	49	51.5	58	59.8	56	114.3	56	133.3	367	397.1
Clay	19	30.8	29	42.0	38	115.7	27	81.0	193	295.0
Cleveland	263	51.4	350	67.4	390	138.9	388	183.1	2,292	449.4
Columbus	136	45.7	240	80.2	172	106.6	150	117.8	1,225	414.4
Craven	253	57.0	410	89.1	411	169.3	488	234.4	2,448	539.9
Cumberland	489	48.8	791	77.0	869	141.7	615	136.8	4,597	432.3
Currituck	47	54.1	58	61.1	42	85.0	41	103.9	322	353.0
Dare	65	43.9	91	58.3	97	115.9	101	130.3	582	369.1
Davidson	307	40.9	493	64.5	462	113.0	377	111.5	2,882	380.5
Davie	98	51.3	120	62.0	146	142.6	107	121.3	838	442.3
Duplin	124	50.6	154	62.2	169	125.4	158	147.6	1,020	415.5
Durham	401	46.5	626	73.1	868	169.2	651	186.7	4,169	470.1
Edgecombe	126	45.3	184	65.9	226	140.9	165	148.4	1,169	421.9
Forsyth	799	53.1	1,221	80.7	1,525	179.7	1,205	190.6	7,980	527.2
Franklin	77	35.4	132	59.5	159	129.0	109	112.8	817	366.6
Gaston	493	52.7	839	87.8	744	141.9	602	153.4	4,427	468.8
Gates	33	57.2	32	55.2	32	108.0	43	166.4	211	370.3
Graham	18	35.2	40	74.5	25	90.8	26	100.2	190	374.5
Granville	104	46.5	164	72.0	158	128.6	150	149.5	954	415.9
Greene	34	35.9	43	45.7	55	111.3	53	131.2	335	353.3
Guilford	982	49.9	1,470	74.5	2,024	182.0	1,608	193.4	10,228	515.5
Halifax	172	54.7	226	70.9	228	134.3	221	166.6	1,403	446.9
Harnett	169	43.5	263	66.4	233	108.2	199	121.3	1,483	375.5
Haywood	137	36.3	248	64.4	250	132.9	231	131.6	1,474	401.2
Henderson	322	48.1	404	60.6	494	153.0	366	119.9	2,874	452.8
Hertford	94	72.0	90	68.8	111	157.3	135	252.1	626	487.5
Hoke	45	37.4	71	61.7	69	100.4	55	108.5	432	354.8
Hyde	17	45.6	20	56.2	29	169.6	17	109.7	129	375.7
Iredell	333	54.8	403	65.6	434	129.6	456	173.4	2,652	433.1
Jackson	52	29.7	87	47.7	107	115.2	105	131.4	584	331.5
Johnston	206	40.1	378	70.6	355	119.0	267	116.7	2,071	386.0
Jones	30	52.4	50	85.3	45	145.6	45	179.5	264	461.0
Lee	140	55.4	202	76.9	201	147.1	168	144.4	1,165	452.2
Lenoir	214	64.6	255	74.5	346	183.5	306	232.2	1,761	530.4
Lincoln	167	55.8	212	69.4	228	135.7	170	136.8	1,349	440.9
McDowell	128	54.5	182	75.3	146	114.9	124	114.7	977	414.5
Macon	97	41.2	136	58.0	132	117.6	143	128.6	854	376.0
Madison	48	38.9	80	67.5	80	133.9	73	128.4	464	395.3
Martin	84	56.6	89	58.9	127	160.2	60	97.3	576	392.6
Mecklenburg	1,157	45.9	1,550	61.1	2,548	165.1	1,706	156.6	11,809	443.3
Mitchell	44	41.8	51	45.9	61	115.1	41	85.4	354	342.9
Montgomery	67	48.4	85	60.5	114	157.8	89	148.8	576	416.5
Moore	290	51.2	404	72.7	419	156.1	445	167.8	2,557	480.9
Nash	250	56.9	339	76.6	399	162.0	259	145.0	2,099	476.5
New Hanover	382	47.8	619	76.2	689	154.9	560	160.9	3,940	488.1
Northampton	74	53.5	85	60.4	92	123.9	112	190.7	544	396.3
Onslow	196	52.5	359	89.6	386	164.3	350	204.8	2,176	515.6
Orange	205	47.9	279	66.8	501	199.1	292	164.0	2,151	485.9
Pamlico	37	42.4	73	82.6	55	117.8	100	232.1	404	454.8
Pasquotank	90	48.4	114	61.4	112	112.3	111	144.2	703	385.5
Pender	96	42.4	167	73.0	159	134.0	135	131.3	964	426.5
Perquimans	32	40.1	43	53.9	37	92.7	66	185.7	294	383.4
Person	75	39.7	128	66.9	148	143.5	124	153.7	811	428.6
Pitt	336	64.7	405	78.8	490	162.3	331	154.5	2,614	494.3
Polk	73	48.1	73	48.7	109	143.8	55	81.9	525	365.9
Randolph	312	48.9	397	61.3	473	135.5	403	145.0	2,731	423.9
Richmond	132	54.1	206	82.6	186	137.9	149	140.2	1,088	444.4
Robeson	184	36.1	351	67.3	335	112.9	311	139.9	1,958	372.1
Rockingham	295	56.3	472	89.8	451	160.7	290	130.5	2,491	481.5
Rowan	311	44.4	450	63.8	443	121.1	316	101.6	2,582	372.4
Rutherford	203	54.8	280	75.8	264	135.4	201	128.9	1,608	441.8
Sampson	169	56.3	187	62.1	224	137.6	178	134.1	1,229	408.7
Scotland	104	61.8	115	68.1	111	113.4	143	218.3	775	459.7
Stanly	165	52.6	200	62.8	267	159.5	202	144.4	1,423	455.0
Stokes	100	45.3	190	84.8	143	115.4	150	155.1	992	442.4
Surry	210	51.0	349	83.9	369	166.4	267	150.3	2,053	504.3
Swain	24	31.8	50	66.1	48	126.6	49	150.5	286	388.1
Transylvania	101	47.0	132	62.1	163	149.5	174	163.7	961	453.1
Tyrrell	11	43.9	22	89.3	17	139.9	19	175.6	102	424.7
Union	177	36.7	222	46.7	318	112.1	201	85.6	1,652	327.8
Vance	107	50.7	182	85.5	155	129.3	144	166.2	971	458.6
Wake	942	44.9	1,342	64.9	2,301	174.7	1,522	169.1	10,564	470.5
Warren	64	51.1	63	50.5	73	118.4	74	127.3	455	372.5
Washington	47	59.7	48	60.1	52	120.9	37	113.0	305	393.0
Watauga	78	41.0	91	48.4	129	128.9	131	154.0	762	405.6
Wayne	293	56.0	439	81.2	415	139.7	323	144.3	2,428	454.1
Wilkes	204	56.1	282	74.5	258	132.0	182	111.6	1,582	432.9
Wilson	158	42.4	242	64.0	328	156.0	196	121.5	1,497	400.2
Yadkin	97	47.6	171	81.7	166	153.6	155	170.7	1,003	492.7
Yancey	42	35.6	70	59.9	70	119.0	48	91.5	398	353.4
Produced by the NC Central Cancer Registry, 4/2004.
Numbers are subject to change as files are updated.
Rates based on counts of less than 16 are unstable.  Use with caution.
Column totals may not sum to overall totals due to 'unknown' or 'other' values.