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Counties with the highest brain cancer death rates in North Carolina
Among 50 North Carolina counties with published values, the counties with the highest brain cancer death rates are Duplin County, NC (8.6, 1.95 times the U.S. rate of 4.4), Henderson County, NC (6.3, 1.43 times the U.S. rate of 4.4) and Stanly County, NC (6, 1.36 times the U.S. rate of 4.4). Values are per 100,000, age-adjusted. 2 of the 50 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
Brain & nervous system cancer deaths, per 100,000, age-adjusted.
| Rank | County | State | Value | U.S. rate | Times reference | Significant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duplin County | NC | 8.6 | 4.4 | 1.95x | Significant |
| 2 | Henderson County | NC | 6.3 | 4.4 | 1.43x | Significant |
| 3 | Stanly County | NC | 6 | 4.4 | 1.36x | No |
| 4 | Stokes County | NC | 6 | 4.4 | 1.36x | No |
| 5 | Person County | NC | 5.9 | 4.4 | 1.34x | No |
| 6 | Pender County | NC | 5.7 | 4.4 | 1.3x | No |
| 7 | Rutherford County | NC | 5.7 | 4.4 | 1.3x | No |
| 8 | Cleveland County | NC | 5.3 | 4.4 | 1.2x | No |
| 9 | Moore County | NC | 5.2 | 4.4 | 1.18x | No |
| 10 | Forsyth County | NC | 5.1 | 4.4 | 1.16x | No |
| 11 | Franklin County | NC | 5 | 4.4 | 1.14x | No |
| 12 | Randolph County | NC | 4.9 | 4.4 | 1.11x | No |
| 13 | Buncombe County | NC | 4.8 | 4.4 | 1.09x | No |
| 14 | Chatham County | NC | 4.8 | 4.4 | 1.09x | No |
| 15 | Rowan County | NC | 4.8 | 4.4 | 1.09x | No |
| 16 | Granville County | NC | 4.7 | 4.4 | 1.07x | No |
| 17 | Iredell County | NC | 4.7 | 4.4 | 1.07x | No |
| 18 | Pitt County | NC | 4.7 | 4.4 | 1.07x | No |
| 19 | Cabarrus County | NC | 4.6 | 4.4 | 1.05x | No |
| 20 | Carteret County | NC | 4.6 | 4.4 | 1.05x | No |
| 21 | Cumberland County | NC | 4.6 | 4.4 | 1.05x | No |
| 22 | Beaufort County | NC | 4.5 | 4.4 | 1.02x | No |
| 23 | Brunswick County | NC | 4.5 | 4.4 | 1.02x | No |
| 24 | Wayne County | NC | 4.5 | 4.4 | 1.02x | No |
| 25 | Wake County | NC | 4.4 | 4.4 | 1x | No |
| 26 | Alamance County | NC | 4.3 | 4.4 | 0.98x | No |
| 27 | Davidson County | NC | 4.3 | 4.4 | 0.98x | No |
| 28 | Harnett County | NC | 4.3 | 4.4 | 0.98x | No |
| 29 | New Hanover County | NC | 4.3 | 4.4 | 0.98x | No |
| 30 | Onslow County | NC | 4.3 | 4.4 | 0.98x | No |
| 31 | Surry County | NC | 4.3 | 4.4 | 0.98x | No |
| 32 | Catawba County | NC | 4.2 | 4.4 | 0.95x | No |
| 33 | Burke County | NC | 4.1 | 4.4 | 0.93x | No |
| 34 | Craven County | NC | 4.1 | 4.4 | 0.93x | No |
| 35 | Haywood County | NC | 4.1 | 4.4 | 0.93x | No |
| 36 | Johnston County | NC | 4.1 | 4.4 | 0.93x | No |
| 37 | Lenoir County | NC | 4.1 | 4.4 | 0.93x | No |
| 38 | Lincoln County | NC | 4.1 | 4.4 | 0.93x | No |
| 39 | Orange County | NC | 4.1 | 4.4 | 0.93x | No |
| 40 | Gaston County | NC | 4 | 4.4 | 0.91x | No |
| 41 | Guilford County | NC | 4 | 4.4 | 0.91x | No |
| 42 | Union County | NC | 4 | 4.4 | 0.91x | No |
| 43 | Wilson County | NC | 3.9 | 4.4 | 0.89x | No |
| 44 | Rockingham County | NC | 3.6 | 4.4 | 0.82x | No |
| 45 | Caldwell County | NC | 3.4 | 4.4 | 0.77x | No |
| 46 | Mecklenburg County | NC | 3.4 | 4.4 | 0.77x | No |
| 47 | Robeson County | NC | 3.3 | 4.4 | 0.75x | No |
| 48 | Wilkes County | NC | 3.3 | 4.4 | 0.75x | No |
| 49 | Durham County | NC | 3.2 | 4.4 | 0.73x | No |
| 50 | Nash County | NC | 3.1 | 4.4 | 0.7x | No |