NC Health Statistics Pocket Guide 2005 Table 8

North Carolina Health Statistics Pocket Guide - 2005

Table 8 - Selected Health Indicators

County	Age-adjusted Cancer Incidence Rates, 2001-2003^13,17	Communicable Disease Rates, 2001-2005¹⁸
North Carolina	444.4	144.4	68.9	47.3	150.6	0.8	18.3	1.2	31.5	0.4
Alamance	500.6	152.5	75.0	49.8	175.8	0.7	16.8	0.9	24.5	0.2
Alexander	385.9	127.0	78.9	39.7	118.4	0.2	2.5	0.4	8.1	0.0
Alleghany	427.8	106.5	75.0	46.9	150.8	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.6	0.9
Anson	336.7	98.5	54.9	24.0	158.5	0.3	33.4	1.7	48.0	0.4
Ashe	422.3	107.1	55.7	43.8	150.5	0.0	0.4	0.0	4.2	0.3
Avery	406.7	111.6	75.0	44.1	146.2	0.0	0.7	0.0	2.8	0.1
Beaufort	459.4	137.5	74.0	62.7	136.3	0.2	22.2	1.4	36.1	0.5
Bertie	486.2	132.5	72.8	60.5	251.5	0.7	39.9	2.5	55.7	1.6
Bladen	393.2	132.8	79.9	45.3	109.3	0.9	14.4	1.5	30.4	0.4
Brunswick	424.9	129.1	72.9	47.6	112.1	0.8	11.1	0.9	17.2	0.2
Buncombe	423.3	138.0	66.4	38.6	137.9	0.2	10.3	0.8	20.9	0.2
Burke	433.0	144.6	69.7	39.1	146.9	0.2	4.2	0.4	11.7	0.4
Cabarrus	431.6	134.3	70.6	44.1	133.2	0.3	11.4	0.4	24.1	0.3
Caldwell	467.8	148.7	75.9	51.5	130.7	0.2	4.5	0.4	14.4	0.2
Camden	411.4	114.9	80.2	49.4	191.7	0.5	6.0	1.8	9.1	0.5
Carteret	529.3	141.8	77.2	54.1	199.7	0.2	9.2	0.4	16.9	0.1
Caswell	352.6	102.5	55.6	39.4	115.3	1.1	11.7	0.0	25.1	0.1
Catawba	445.1	148.2	69.3	45.4	139.8	0.2	8.3	0.7	19.8	0.2
Chatham	423.6	159.7	59.0	43.2	144.0	0.7	8.4	0.3	13.2	0.2
Cherokee	286.9	90.1	59.5	29.9	59.3	0.1	0.9	0.2	5.0	0.2
Chowan	414.9	139.7	45.6	53.2	157.1	0.4	27.0	0.8	34.6	1.1
Clay	238.1	89.3	41.6	24.7	61.7	0.0	0.2	0.4	4.0	0.0
Cleveland	463.5	138.2	72.9	53.3	170.5	0.3	23.6	1.2	30.8	0.2
Columbus	421.2	116.3	70.4	40.9	135.3	3.5	20.2	1.9	28.7	1.1
Craven	534.2	157.6	78.6	53.3	224.7	0.2	20.5	1.4	51.1	0.1
Cumberland	457.4	136.0	73.0	52.3	173.5	1.0	33.2	1.5	74.3	0.4
Currituck	195.7	52.6	30.6	29.9	70.7	0.0	6.2	0.2	13.4	0.0
Dare	323.6	97.2	64.2	45.5	82.0	0.1	8.7	0.5	16.6	0.4
Davidson	451.6	127.6	81.7	45.9	127.3	0.2	6.4	0.5	15.6	0.2
Davie	439.2	128.2	64.4	34.3	123.3	0.1	5.2	0.2	12.1	0.2
Duplin	414.3	143.8	61.6	47.5	142.9	0.3	13.4	2.1	21.9	0.8
Durham	479.4	166.5	73.7	46.6	203.1	1.7	30.8	2.2	52.6	0.7
Edgecombe	595.3	196.2	86.8	61.7	225.9	1.1	76.6	3.4	74.8	0.4
Forsyth	496.0	160.8	74.1	49.3	167.5	0.8	23.8	1.4	43.3	0.4
Franklin	293.8	98.3	47.4	37.4	101.5	0.4	11.5	1.0	19.9	0.3
Gaston	456.9	137.0	80.7	51.2	152.6	0.4	17.8	1.1	23.8	0.2
Gates	243.6	77.4	30.6	51.7	125.7	0.2	16.8	0.6	33.9	0.2
Graham	230.3	37.4	46.3	38.1	62.1	0.0	0.2	0.2	8.2	0.2
Granville	488.2	148.7	91.0	56.4	157.3	0.5	15.2	1.4	25.7	0.3
Greene	411.4	139.9	56.5	43.8	148.4	0.4	22.0	1.6	38.5	0.9
Guilford	494.2	156.8	73.3	49.6	179.9	2.2	25.3	1.2	44.2	0.7
Halifax	428.5	152.0	60.6	51.1	154.3	0.5	43.4	1.5	62.5	1.0
Harnett	458.9	141.6	77.3	53.3	163.9	0.3	9.6	1.0	15.2	0.4
Haywood	396.6	141.0	66.5	40.0	99.6	0.1	1.1	0.6	9.4	0.1
Henderson	428.6	133.6	65.6	38.3	121.7	0.0	5.0	0.4	13.5	0.3
Hertford	482.4	176.0	58.7	70.1	258.2	0.1	24.7	2.5	39.4	1.4
Hoke	467.3	120.8	82.5	63.6	117.8	1.2	20.3	1.7	33.7	0.4
Hyde	250.3	104.3	16.0	30.3	96.5	0.0	10.5	1.4	14.0	0.4
Iredell	419.6	127.1	69.7	49.8	150.9	0.2	15.0	0.4	18.4	0.1
Jackson	342.9	106.0	51.2	46.0	91.1	0.1	2.0	0.2	12.2	0.2
Johnston	453.5	149.6	76.5	48.4	167.9	0.8	9.0	1.1	11.5	0.5
Jones	435.2	117.4	90.8	37.0	202.1	0.8	24.0	0.6	28.9	0.2
Lee	499.5	146.7	85.1	66.2	149.4	0.6	15.9	0.8	28.0	0.5
Lenoir	538.7	169.5	78.2	53.8	240.9	0.9	28.5	2.3	52.6	0.9
Lincoln	460.5	142.8	69.0	53.4	156.0	0.1	4.9	0.4	9.0	0.1
McDowell	406.1	115.4	74.4	43.1	121.2	0.2	1.7	0.4	11.8	0.3
Macon	383.9	113.8	51.6	52.9	117.3	0.1	1.0	0.6	8.3	0.2
Madison	428.4	141.9	76.9	38.2	142.1	0.0	1.6	0.1	8.1	0.2
Martin	367.3	139.2	53.5	61.9	84.1	0.6	23.6	2.6	44.6	1.0
Mecklenburg	407.5	158.9	55.5	46.0	134.7	1.2	28.6	2.2	39.2	0.5
Mitchell	387.5	117.0	71.5	47.2	99.2	0.0	0.6	0.5	5.5	0.3
Montgomery	381.1	110.0	69.4	31.6	116.7	1.8	8.3	0.9	15.6	2.1
Moore	522.4	176.3	76.9	58.0	175.2	1.9	11.6	0.8	24.5	0.3
Nash	480.3	166.5	68.7	55.5	143.7	0.9	26.3	1.4	36.0	0.6
New Hanover	463.2	166.4	68.7	41.3	159.8	0.7	16.3	2.1	34.9	0.4
Northampton	423.2	103.6	41.2	51.0	255.5	0.5	37.5	2.0	58.6	0.5
Onslow	491.2	141.9	91.2	41.7	199.6	0.1	25.8	0.8	67.4	0.1
Orange	471.6	186.8	59.6	43.7	184.7	0.7	7.9	0.4	17.3	0.2
Pamlico	437.8	168.5	56.0	46.7	186.1	0.0	5.7	1.1	12.8	0.0
Pasquotank	393.9	124.5	49.0	66.5	190.5	0.7	35.2	1.2	43.0	0.6
Pender	448.6	160.3	77.0	41.5	149.5	0.4	9.7	0.9	24.0	0.8
Perquimans	416.6	147.8	41.5	77.5	134.6	0.0	21.1	1.2	31.1	0.5
Person	478.2	136.8	59.8	45.4	213.0	0.5	10.3	0.8	25.0	0.2
Pitt	516.7	167.7	71.8	53.5	203.9	0.3	35.2	1.7	58.5	0.5
Polk	266.5	121.2	25.9	43.6	66.3	0.0	3.3	0.3	8.3	0.2
Randolph	429.0	130.5	65.3	41.5	135.1	0.5	6.3	0.5	14.4	0.1
Richmond	428.2	106.4	90.6	53.8	149.9	1.0	17.8	0.8	38.4	0.8
Robeson	454.0	130.2	80.6	48.8	179.1	5.1	32.6	2.0	54.5	0.7
Rockingham	481.0	142.5	92.8	61.1	126.5	0.9	15.4	0.4	17.9	0.3
Rowan	383.8	128.4	69.0	43.3	88.9	0.3	14.5	0.8	31.2	0.1
Rutherford	427.6	121.9	61.0	51.1	109.7	0.2	14.0	0.4	25.4	0.1
Sampson	422.3	139.4	71.3	50.5	149.7	0.5	19.0	1.1	23.9	0.8
Scotland	443.3	150.2	68.0	58.7	184.1	0.5	29.0	1.2	47.2	0.4
Stanly	366.4	119.2	53.4	29.7	109.9	0.2	9.6	0.3	15.4	0.3
Stokes	478.9	151.8	78.2	42.9	139.3	0.3	2.5	0.1	7.2	0.0
Surry	466.2	138.4	76.0	43.3	147.0	0.2	4.9	0.4	11.4	0.2
Swain	299.4	89.2	46.6	37.3	73.3	0.0	3.7	0.9	22.3	0.3
Transylvania	391.1	122.6	54.1	34.7	143.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tyrrell	352.7	119.8	76.6	52.7	159.7	0.5	13.4	0.0	32.5	0.0
Union	388.4	131.8	57.1	37.6	131.1	0.2	10.2	0.4	14.2	0.2
Vance	533.0	137.0	102.1	73.9	193.9	1.7	33.0	2.3	50.3	0.3
Wake	448.4	166.7	60.5	43.9	152.7	0.8	15.5	1.8	25.5	0.6
Warren	394.7	97.7	64.5	58.1	101.9	1.1	22.1	1.6	31.4	0.3
Washington	417.2	127.6	61.9	63.2	91.0	1.3	19.5	1.8	31.5	1.0
Watauga	476.1	156.8	62.5	43.0	146.2	0.1	1.3	0.3	8.4	0.1
Wayne	403.6	131.5	69.7	50.7	112.5	0.8	18.1	1.4	39.6	0.7
Wilkes	441.2	130.1	69.0	42.8	139.4	0.1	2.9	0.2	8.0	0.2
Wilson	459.9	139.8	75.7	46.8	140.2	2.1	50.7	3.0	54.2	0.8
Yadkin	450.0	136.2	69.3	50.6	136.4	0.4	3.8	0.3	9.2	0.2
Yancey	368.2	145.3	48.8	46.4	99.4	0.0	1.2	0.4	5.8	0.3

County

Age-adjusted Cancer Incidence Rates, 2001-2003^13,17

Communicable Disease Rates, 2001-2005¹⁸

Total

Female Breast

Lung

Colorectal

Prostate

Syphilis

Gonorrhea

AIDS

Chlamydia

Tuberculosis

North Carolina

444.4

144.4

68.9

47.3

150.6

0.8

18.3

1.2

31.5

0.4

Alamance

500.6

152.5

75.0

49.8

175.8

0.7

16.8

0.9

24.5

0.2

Alexander

385.9

127.0

78.9

39.7

118.4

0.2

2.5

0.4

8.1

0.0

Alleghany

427.8

106.5

75.0

46.9

150.8

0.0

0.4

0.0

0.6

0.9

Anson

336.7

98.5

54.9

24.0

158.5

0.3

33.4

1.7

48.0

0.4

Ashe

422.3

107.1

55.7

43.8

150.5

0.0

0.4

0.0

4.2

0.3

Avery

406.7

111.6

75.0

44.1

146.2

0.0

0.7

0.0

2.8

0.1

Beaufort

459.4

137.5

74.0

62.7

136.3

0.2

22.2

1.4

36.1

0.5

Bertie

486.2

132.5

72.8

60.5

251.5

0.7

39.9

2.5

55.7

1.6

Bladen

393.2

132.8

79.9

45.3

109.3

0.9

14.4

1.5

30.4

0.4

Brunswick

424.9

129.1

72.9

47.6

112.1

0.8

11.1

0.9

17.2

0.2

Buncombe

423.3

138.0

66.4

38.6

137.9

0.2

10.3

0.8

20.9

0.2

Burke

433.0

144.6

69.7

39.1

146.9

0.2

4.2

0.4

11.7

0.4

Cabarrus

431.6

134.3

70.6

44.1

133.2

0.3

11.4

0.4

24.1

0.3

Caldwell

467.8

148.7

75.9

51.5

130.7

0.2

4.5

0.4

14.4

0.2

Camden

411.4

114.9

80.2

49.4

191.7

0.5

6.0

1.8

9.1

0.5

Carteret

529.3

141.8

77.2

54.1

199.7

0.2

9.2

0.4

16.9

0.1

Caswell

352.6

102.5

55.6

39.4

115.3

1.1

11.7

0.0

25.1

0.1

Catawba

445.1

148.2

69.3

45.4

139.8

0.2

8.3

0.7

19.8

0.2

Chatham

423.6

159.7

59.0

43.2

144.0

0.7

8.4

0.3

13.2

0.2

Cherokee

286.9

90.1

59.5

29.9

59.3

0.1

0.9

0.2

5.0

0.2

Chowan

414.9

139.7

45.6

53.2

157.1

0.4

27.0

0.8

34.6

1.1

Clay

238.1

89.3

41.6

24.7

61.7

0.0

0.2

0.4

4.0

0.0

Cleveland

463.5

138.2

72.9

53.3

170.5

0.3

23.6

1.2

30.8

0.2

Columbus

421.2

116.3

70.4

40.9

135.3

3.5

20.2

1.9

28.7

1.1

Craven

534.2

157.6

78.6

53.3

224.7

0.2

20.5

1.4

51.1

0.1

Cumberland

457.4

136.0

73.0

52.3

173.5

1.0

33.2

1.5

74.3

0.4

Currituck

195.7

52.6

30.6

29.9

70.7

0.0

6.2

0.2

13.4

0.0

Dare

323.6

97.2

64.2

45.5

82.0

0.1

8.7

0.5

16.6

0.4

Davidson

451.6

127.6

81.7

45.9

127.3

0.2

6.4

0.5

15.6

0.2

Davie

439.2

128.2

64.4

34.3

123.3

0.1

5.2

0.2

12.1

0.2

Duplin

414.3

143.8

61.6

47.5

142.9

0.3

13.4

2.1

21.9

0.8

Durham

479.4

166.5

73.7

46.6

203.1

1.7

30.8

2.2

52.6

0.7

Edgecombe

595.3

196.2

86.8

61.7

225.9

1.1

76.6

3.4

74.8

0.4

Forsyth

496.0

160.8

74.1

49.3

167.5

0.8

23.8

1.4

43.3

0.4

Franklin

293.8

98.3

47.4

37.4

101.5

0.4

11.5

1.0

19.9

0.3

Gaston

456.9

137.0

80.7

51.2

152.6

0.4

17.8

1.1

23.8

0.2

Gates

243.6

77.4

30.6

51.7

125.7

0.2

16.8

0.6

33.9

0.2

Graham

230.3

37.4

46.3

38.1

62.1

0.0

0.2

8.2

0.2

Granville

488.2

148.7

91.0

56.4

157.3

0.5

15.2

1.4

25.7

0.3

Greene

411.4

139.9

56.5

43.8

148.4

0.4

22.0

1.6

38.5

0.9

Guilford

494.2

156.8

73.3

49.6

179.9

2.2

25.3

1.2

44.2

0.7

Halifax

428.5

152.0

60.6

51.1

154.3

0.5

43.4

1.5

62.5

1.0

Harnett

458.9

141.6

77.3

53.3

163.9

0.3

9.6

1.0

15.2

0.4

Haywood

396.6

141.0

66.5

40.0

99.6

0.1

1.1

0.6

9.4

0.1

Henderson

428.6

133.6

65.6

38.3

121.7

0.0

5.0

0.4

13.5

0.3

Hertford

482.4

176.0

58.7

70.1

258.2

0.1

24.7

2.5

39.4

1.4

Hoke

467.3

120.8

82.5

63.6

117.8

1.2

20.3

1.7

33.7

0.4

Hyde

250.3

104.3

16.0

30.3

96.5

0.0

10.5

1.4

14.0

0.4

Iredell

419.6

127.1

69.7

49.8

150.9

0.2

15.0

0.4

18.4

0.1

Jackson

342.9

106.0

51.2

46.0

91.1

0.1

2.0

0.2

12.2

0.2

Johnston

453.5

149.6

76.5

48.4

167.9

0.8

9.0

1.1

11.5

0.5

Jones

435.2

117.4

90.8

37.0

202.1

0.8

24.0

0.6

28.9

0.2

Lee

499.5

146.7

85.1

66.2

149.4

0.6

15.9

0.8

28.0

0.5

Lenoir

538.7

169.5

78.2

53.8

240.9

0.9

28.5

2.3

52.6

0.9

Lincoln

460.5

142.8

69.0

53.4

156.0

0.1

4.9

0.4

9.0

0.1

McDowell

406.1

115.4

74.4

43.1

121.2

0.2

1.7

0.4

11.8

0.3

Macon

383.9

113.8

51.6

52.9

117.3

0.1

1.0

0.6

8.3

0.2

Madison

428.4

141.9

76.9

38.2

142.1

0.0

1.6

0.1

8.1

0.2

Martin

367.3

139.2

53.5

61.9

84.1

0.6

23.6

2.6

44.6

1.0

Mecklenburg

407.5

158.9

55.5

46.0

134.7

1.2

28.6

2.2

39.2

0.5

Mitchell

387.5

117.0

71.5

47.2

99.2

0.0

0.6

0.5

5.5

0.3

Montgomery

381.1

110.0

69.4

31.6

116.7

1.8

8.3

0.9

15.6

2.1

Moore

522.4

176.3

76.9

58.0

175.2

1.9

11.6

0.8

24.5

0.3

Nash

480.3

166.5

68.7

55.5

143.7

0.9

26.3

1.4

36.0

0.6

New Hanover

463.2

166.4

68.7

41.3

159.8

0.7

16.3

2.1

34.9

0.4

Northampton

423.2

103.6

41.2

51.0

255.5

0.5

37.5

2.0

58.6

0.5

Onslow

491.2

141.9

91.2

41.7

199.6

0.1

25.8

0.8

67.4

0.1

Orange

471.6

186.8

59.6

43.7

184.7

0.7

7.9

0.4

17.3

0.2

Pamlico

437.8

168.5

56.0

46.7

186.1

0.0

5.7

1.1

12.8

0.0

Pasquotank

393.9

124.5

49.0

66.5

190.5

0.7

35.2

1.2

43.0

0.6

Pender

448.6

160.3

77.0

41.5

149.5

0.4

9.7

0.9

24.0

0.8

Perquimans

416.6

147.8

41.5

77.5

134.6

0.0

21.1

1.2

31.1

0.5

Person

478.2

136.8

59.8

45.4

213.0

0.5

10.3

0.8

25.0

0.2

Pitt

516.7

167.7

71.8

53.5

203.9

0.3

35.2

1.7

58.5

0.5

Polk

266.5

121.2

25.9

43.6

66.3

0.0

3.3

0.3

8.3

0.2

Randolph

429.0

130.5

65.3

41.5

135.1

0.5

6.3

0.5

14.4

0.1

Richmond

428.2

106.4

90.6

53.8

149.9

1.0

17.8

0.8

38.4

0.8

Robeson

454.0

130.2

80.6

48.8

179.1

5.1

32.6

2.0

54.5

0.7

Rockingham

481.0

142.5

92.8

61.1

126.5

0.9

15.4

0.4

17.9

0.3

Rowan

383.8

128.4

69.0

43.3

88.9

0.3

14.5

0.8

31.2

0.1

Rutherford

427.6

121.9

61.0

51.1

109.7

0.2

14.0

0.4

25.4

0.1

Sampson

422.3

139.4

71.3

50.5

149.7

0.5

19.0

1.1

23.9

0.8

Scotland

443.3

150.2

68.0

58.7

184.1

0.5

29.0

1.2

47.2

0.4

Stanly

366.4

119.2

53.4

29.7

109.9

0.2

9.6

0.3

15.4

0.3

Stokes

478.9

151.8

78.2

42.9

139.3

0.3

2.5

0.1

7.2

0.0

Surry

466.2

138.4

76.0

43.3

147.0

0.2

4.9

0.4

11.4

0.2

Swain

299.4

89.2

46.6

37.3

73.3

0.0

3.7

0.9

22.3

0.3

Transylvania

391.1

122.6

54.1

34.7

143.7

0.0

Tyrrell

352.7

119.8

76.6

52.7

159.7

0.5

13.4

0.0

32.5

0.0

Union

388.4

131.8

57.1

37.6

131.1

0.2

10.2

0.4

14.2

0.2

Vance

533.0

137.0

102.1

73.9

193.9

1.7

33.0

2.3

50.3

0.3

Wake

448.4

166.7

60.5

43.9

152.7

0.8

15.5

1.8

25.5

0.6

Warren

394.7

97.7

64.5

58.1

101.9

1.1

22.1

1.6

31.4

0.3

Washington

417.2

127.6

61.9

63.2

91.0

1.3

19.5

1.8

31.5

1.0

Watauga

476.1

156.8

62.5

43.0

146.2

0.1

1.3

0.3

8.4

0.1

Wayne

403.6

131.5

69.7

50.7

112.5

0.8

18.1

1.4

39.6

0.7

Wilkes

441.2

130.1

69.0

42.8

139.4

0.1

2.9

0.2

8.0

0.2

Wilson

459.9

139.8

75.7

46.8

140.2

2.1

50.7

3.0

54.2

0.8

Yadkin

450.0

136.2

69.3

50.6

136.4

0.4

3.8

0.3

9.2

0.2

Yancey

368.2

145.3

48.8

46.4

99.4

0.0

1.2

0.4

5.8

0.3

13. Rate age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. Census.
17. 2001-2003 reported cases per 100,000 population. The female breast cancer rate uses the female population and the prostate cancer rate uses the male population in the denominator.
18. Cases per 10,000 population.