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Counties with the highest lung cancer incidence rates in North Carolina
Among 100 North Carolina counties with published values, the counties with the highest lung cancer incidence rates are Caswell County, NC (89.6, 1.73 times the U.S. rate of 51.8), Scotland County, NC (87.1, 1.68 times the U.S. rate of 51.8) and Yadkin County, NC (87.1, 1.68 times the U.S. rate of 51.8). Values are per 100,000, age-adjusted. 72 of the 100 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
Lung & bronchus cancer new cases, per 100,000, age-adjusted.
| Rank | County | State | Value | U.S. rate | Times reference | Significant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caswell County | NC | 89.6 | 51.8 | 1.73x | Significant |
| 2 | Scotland County | NC | 87.1 | 51.8 | 1.68x | Significant |
| 3 | Yadkin County | NC | 87.1 | 51.8 | 1.68x | Significant |
| 4 | Jones County | NC | 86.4 | 51.8 | 1.67x | Significant |
| 5 | Richmond County | NC | 86 | 51.8 | 1.66x | Significant |
| 6 | McDowell County | NC | 85.7 | 51.8 | 1.65x | Significant |
| 7 | Onslow County | NC | 85.1 | 51.8 | 1.64x | Significant |
| 8 | Robeson County | NC | 83.2 | 51.8 | 1.61x | Significant |
| 9 | Stokes County | NC | 83.1 | 51.8 | 1.6x | Significant |
| 10 | Swain County | NC | 82.8 | 51.8 | 1.6x | Significant |
| 11 | Tyrrell County | NC | 81.5 | 51.8 | 1.57x | Significant |
| 12 | Rockingham County | NC | 81.4 | 51.8 | 1.57x | Significant |
| 13 | Sampson County | NC | 81 | 51.8 | 1.56x | Significant |
| 14 | Hoke County | NC | 79.2 | 51.8 | 1.53x | Significant |
| 15 | Graham County | NC | 78.1 | 51.8 | 1.51x | Significant |
| 16 | Randolph County | NC | 75.4 | 51.8 | 1.46x | Significant |
| 17 | Davidson County | NC | 75.3 | 51.8 | 1.45x | Significant |
| 18 | Johnston County | NC | 74.6 | 51.8 | 1.44x | Significant |
| 19 | Yancey County | NC | 74.6 | 51.8 | 1.44x | Significant |
| 20 | Madison County | NC | 74.3 | 51.8 | 1.43x | Significant |
| 21 | Craven County | NC | 74.1 | 51.8 | 1.43x | Significant |
| 22 | Surry County | NC | 74 | 51.8 | 1.43x | Significant |
| 23 | Wayne County | NC | 73.7 | 51.8 | 1.42x | Significant |
| 24 | Caldwell County | NC | 73.5 | 51.8 | 1.42x | Significant |
| 25 | Lenoir County | NC | 73.3 | 51.8 | 1.42x | Significant |
| 26 | Cleveland County | NC | 73.2 | 51.8 | 1.41x | Significant |
| 27 | Martin County | NC | 73.1 | 51.8 | 1.41x | Significant |
| 28 | Burke County | NC | 73 | 51.8 | 1.41x | Significant |
| 29 | Mitchell County | NC | 72.9 | 51.8 | 1.41x | Significant |
| 30 | Northampton County | NC | 72.7 | 51.8 | 1.4x | Significant |
| 31 | Harnett County | NC | 72.2 | 51.8 | 1.39x | Significant |
| 32 | Stanly County | NC | 71.7 | 51.8 | 1.38x | Significant |
| 33 | Granville County | NC | 71 | 51.8 | 1.37x | Significant |
| 34 | Columbus County | NC | 70.2 | 51.8 | 1.36x | Significant |
| 35 | Washington County | NC | 70.1 | 51.8 | 1.35x | Significant |
| 36 | Gaston County | NC | 70 | 51.8 | 1.35x | Significant |
| 37 | Anson County | NC | 69.6 | 51.8 | 1.34x | Significant |
| 38 | Haywood County | NC | 69.6 | 51.8 | 1.34x | Significant |
| 39 | Alexander County | NC | 69 | 51.8 | 1.33x | Significant |
| 40 | Greene County | NC | 68.9 | 51.8 | 1.33x | Significant |
| 41 | Vance County | NC | 68.9 | 51.8 | 1.33x | Significant |
| 42 | Person County | NC | 68.6 | 51.8 | 1.32x | Significant |
| 43 | Alamance County | NC | 68.1 | 51.8 | 1.31x | Significant |
| 44 | Rowan County | NC | 68.1 | 51.8 | 1.31x | Significant |
| 45 | Rutherford County | NC | 68.1 | 51.8 | 1.31x | Significant |
| 46 | Cherokee County | NC | 67.2 | 51.8 | 1.3x | Significant |
| 47 | Lincoln County | NC | 67.1 | 51.8 | 1.3x | Significant |
| 48 | Carteret County | NC | 66.9 | 51.8 | 1.29x | Significant |
| 49 | Davie County | NC | 66.4 | 51.8 | 1.28x | Significant |
| 50 | Cumberland County | NC | 66 | 51.8 | 1.27x | Significant |
| 51 | Wilkes County | NC | 66 | 51.8 | 1.27x | Significant |
| 52 | Edgecombe County | NC | 65.9 | 51.8 | 1.27x | Significant |
| 53 | Lee County | NC | 65.5 | 51.8 | 1.26x | Significant |
| 54 | Pamlico County | NC | 65.2 | 51.8 | 1.26x | Significant |
| 55 | Clay County | NC | 65.1 | 51.8 | 1.26x | No |
| 56 | Duplin County | NC | 65 | 51.8 | 1.25x | Significant |
| 57 | Halifax County | NC | 64.8 | 51.8 | 1.25x | Significant |
| 58 | Bladen County | NC | 64.7 | 51.8 | 1.25x | Significant |
| 59 | Alleghany County | NC | 64.3 | 51.8 | 1.24x | No |
| 60 | Pender County | NC | 63.6 | 51.8 | 1.23x | Significant |
| 61 | Hyde County | NC | 62.7 | 51.8 | 1.21x | No |
| 62 | Montgomery County | NC | 62.7 | 51.8 | 1.21x | Significant |
| 63 | Wilson County | NC | 62.6 | 51.8 | 1.21x | Significant |
| 64 | Franklin County | NC | 61.9 | 51.8 | 1.19x | Significant |
| 65 | Bertie County | NC | 61.4 | 51.8 | 1.19x | No |
| 66 | Forsyth County | NC | 60.7 | 51.8 | 1.17x | Significant |
| 67 | Hertford County | NC | 60.6 | 51.8 | 1.17x | No |
| 68 | Perquimans County | NC | 59.9 | 51.8 | 1.16x | No |
| 69 | Warren County | NC | 59.8 | 51.8 | 1.15x | No |
| 70 | Guilford County | NC | 59.6 | 51.8 | 1.15x | Significant |
| 71 | Iredell County | NC | 59.4 | 51.8 | 1.15x | Significant |
| 72 | Moore County | NC | 59.1 | 51.8 | 1.14x | Significant |
| 73 | Beaufort County | NC | 58 | 51.8 | 1.12x | No |
| 74 | Nash County | NC | 58 | 51.8 | 1.12x | Significant |
| 75 | Union County | NC | 58 | 51.8 | 1.12x | Significant |
| 76 | Pitt County | NC | 57.8 | 51.8 | 1.12x | Significant |
| 77 | Brunswick County | NC | 57.3 | 51.8 | 1.11x | Significant |
| 78 | Cabarrus County | NC | 56.9 | 51.8 | 1.1x | Significant |
| 79 | Catawba County | NC | 56.9 | 51.8 | 1.1x | Significant |
| 80 | Buncombe County | NC | 56.3 | 51.8 | 1.09x | Significant |
| 81 | Pasquotank County | NC | 55.3 | 51.8 | 1.07x | No |
| 82 | Transylvania County | NC | 54.9 | 51.8 | 1.06x | No |
| 83 | Macon County | NC | 54.4 | 51.8 | 1.05x | No |
| 84 | Ashe County | NC | 54.2 | 51.8 | 1.05x | No |
| 85 | Dare County | NC | 53.7 | 51.8 | 1.04x | No |
| 86 | Chowan County | NC | 53.5 | 51.8 | 1.03x | No |
| 87 | Henderson County | NC | 53.1 | 51.8 | 1.03x | No |
| 88 | Currituck County | NC | 52.9 | 51.8 | 1.02x | No |
| 89 | New Hanover County | NC | 52.2 | 51.8 | 1.01x | No |
| 90 | Avery County | NC | 52 | 51.8 | 1x | No |
| 91 | Jackson County | NC | 50.3 | 51.8 | 0.97x | No |
| 92 | Gates County | NC | 49.3 | 51.8 | 0.95x | No |
| 93 | Camden County | NC | 49.1 | 51.8 | 0.95x | No |
| 94 | Mecklenburg County | NC | 47.3 | 51.8 | 0.91x | No |
| 95 | Wake County | NC | 47.2 | 51.8 | 0.91x | No |
| 96 | Orange County | NC | 47 | 51.8 | 0.91x | No |
| 97 | Durham County | NC | 46.9 | 51.8 | 0.91x | No |
| 98 | Polk County | NC | 46 | 51.8 | 0.89x | No |
| 99 | Chatham County | NC | 45.9 | 51.8 | 0.89x | No |
| 100 | Watauga County | NC | 45.1 | 51.8 | 0.87x | No |