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Counties with the highest esophagus cancer incidence rates in North Carolina
Among 57 North Carolina counties with published values, the counties with the highest esophagus cancer incidence rates are Davie County, NC (8.8, 1.91 times the U.S. rate of 4.6), McDowell County, NC (7.8, 1.7 times the U.S. rate of 4.6) and Dare County, NC (7.4, 1.61 times the U.S. rate of 4.6). Values are per 100,000, age-adjusted. 3 of the 57 are significantly above the U.S. rate.
Source: NCI and CDC State Cancer Profiles, both sexes, all ages. These are county-level figures, age-adjusted as published by the source, compared with the U.S. rate. A high rate does not prove an environmental cause: age, smoking, income, access to care, screening and chance all move county rates, and small counties swing widely. Significant means the lower bound of the county’s 95 percent confidence interval is above the U.S. rate.
All North Carolina counties, highest first
Esophagus cancer new cases, per 100,000, age-adjusted.
| Rank | County | State | Value | U.S. rate | Times reference | Significant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davie County | NC | 8.8 | 4.6 | 1.91x | Significant |
| 2 | McDowell County | NC | 7.8 | 4.6 | 1.7x | Significant |
| 3 | Dare County | NC | 7.4 | 4.6 | 1.61x | Significant |
| 4 | Halifax County | NC | 7.3 | 4.6 | 1.59x | No |
| 5 | Alexander County | NC | 6.4 | 4.6 | 1.39x | No |
| 6 | Person County | NC | 6.2 | 4.6 | 1.35x | No |
| 7 | Randolph County | NC | 5.8 | 4.6 | 1.26x | No |
| 8 | Granville County | NC | 5.7 | 4.6 | 1.24x | No |
| 9 | Gaston County | NC | 5.6 | 4.6 | 1.22x | No |
| 10 | Lee County | NC | 5.6 | 4.6 | 1.22x | No |
| 11 | New Hanover County | NC | 5.6 | 4.6 | 1.22x | No |
| 12 | Rutherford County | NC | 5.6 | 4.6 | 1.22x | No |
| 13 | Davidson County | NC | 5.4 | 4.6 | 1.17x | No |
| 14 | Haywood County | NC | 5.4 | 4.6 | 1.17x | No |
| 15 | Rowan County | NC | 5.4 | 4.6 | 1.17x | No |
| 16 | Stokes County | NC | 5.3 | 4.6 | 1.15x | No |
| 17 | Craven County | NC | 5.2 | 4.6 | 1.13x | No |
| 18 | Alamance County | NC | 5.1 | 4.6 | 1.11x | No |
| 19 | Burke County | NC | 5.1 | 4.6 | 1.11x | No |
| 20 | Caldwell County | NC | 5.1 | 4.6 | 1.11x | No |
| 21 | Wayne County | NC | 5.1 | 4.6 | 1.11x | No |
| 22 | Cleveland County | NC | 5 | 4.6 | 1.09x | No |
| 23 | Onslow County | NC | 5 | 4.6 | 1.09x | No |
| 24 | Wilson County | NC | 5 | 4.6 | 1.09x | No |
| 25 | Beaufort County | NC | 4.9 | 4.6 | 1.07x | No |
| 26 | Franklin County | NC | 4.9 | 4.6 | 1.07x | No |
| 27 | Harnett County | NC | 4.9 | 4.6 | 1.07x | No |
| 28 | Lincoln County | NC | 4.9 | 4.6 | 1.07x | No |
| 29 | Rockingham County | NC | 4.9 | 4.6 | 1.07x | No |
| 30 | Union County | NC | 4.9 | 4.6 | 1.07x | No |
| 31 | Watauga County | NC | 4.9 | 4.6 | 1.07x | No |
| 32 | Wilkes County | NC | 4.9 | 4.6 | 1.07x | No |
| 33 | Buncombe County | NC | 4.8 | 4.6 | 1.04x | No |
| 34 | Pender County | NC | 4.8 | 4.6 | 1.04x | No |
| 35 | Brunswick County | NC | 4.4 | 4.6 | 0.96x | No |
| 36 | Macon County | NC | 4.4 | 4.6 | 0.96x | No |
| 37 | Surry County | NC | 4.4 | 4.6 | 0.96x | No |
| 38 | Henderson County | NC | 4.3 | 4.6 | 0.93x | No |
| 39 | Cabarrus County | NC | 4.2 | 4.6 | 0.91x | No |
| 40 | Forsyth County | NC | 4.2 | 4.6 | 0.91x | No |
| 41 | Nash County | NC | 4.2 | 4.6 | 0.91x | No |
| 42 | Chatham County | NC | 4.1 | 4.6 | 0.89x | No |
| 43 | Stanly County | NC | 4.1 | 4.6 | 0.89x | No |
| 44 | Carteret County | NC | 4 | 4.6 | 0.87x | No |
| 45 | Cumberland County | NC | 4 | 4.6 | 0.87x | No |
| 46 | Iredell County | NC | 4 | 4.6 | 0.87x | No |
| 47 | Pitt County | NC | 4 | 4.6 | 0.87x | No |
| 48 | Columbus County | NC | 3.9 | 4.6 | 0.85x | No |
| 49 | Moore County | NC | 3.8 | 4.6 | 0.83x | No |
| 50 | Guilford County | NC | 3.7 | 4.6 | 0.8x | No |
| 51 | Durham County | NC | 3.5 | 4.6 | 0.76x | No |
| 52 | Johnston County | NC | 3.5 | 4.6 | 0.76x | No |
| 53 | Mecklenburg County | NC | 3.5 | 4.6 | 0.76x | No |
| 54 | Catawba County | NC | 3.4 | 4.6 | 0.74x | No |
| 55 | Orange County | NC | 3.4 | 4.6 | 0.74x | No |
| 56 | Wake County | NC | 3.4 | 4.6 | 0.74x | No |
| 57 | Robeson County | NC | 3.1 | 4.6 | 0.67x | No |