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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.

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Brain & nervous system cancer deaths, per 100,000, age-adjusted.

Counties with the highest brain cancer death rates in North Carolina
RankCountyStateValueU.S. rateTimes referenceSignificant
1Duplin CountyNC8.64.41.95xSignificant
2Henderson CountyNC6.34.41.43xSignificant
3Stanly CountyNC64.41.36xNo
4Stokes CountyNC64.41.36xNo
5Person CountyNC5.94.41.34xNo
6Pender CountyNC5.74.41.3xNo
7Rutherford CountyNC5.74.41.3xNo
8Cleveland CountyNC5.34.41.2xNo
9Moore CountyNC5.24.41.18xNo
10Forsyth CountyNC5.14.41.16xNo
11Franklin CountyNC54.41.14xNo
12Randolph CountyNC4.94.41.11xNo
13Buncombe CountyNC4.84.41.09xNo
14Chatham CountyNC4.84.41.09xNo
15Rowan CountyNC4.84.41.09xNo
16Granville CountyNC4.74.41.07xNo
17Iredell CountyNC4.74.41.07xNo
18Pitt CountyNC4.74.41.07xNo
19Cabarrus CountyNC4.64.41.05xNo
20Carteret CountyNC4.64.41.05xNo
21Cumberland CountyNC4.64.41.05xNo
22Beaufort CountyNC4.54.41.02xNo
23Brunswick CountyNC4.54.41.02xNo
24Wayne CountyNC4.54.41.02xNo
25Wake CountyNC4.44.41xNo
26Alamance CountyNC4.34.40.98xNo
27Davidson CountyNC4.34.40.98xNo
28Harnett CountyNC4.34.40.98xNo
29New Hanover CountyNC4.34.40.98xNo
30Onslow CountyNC4.34.40.98xNo
31Surry CountyNC4.34.40.98xNo
32Catawba CountyNC4.24.40.95xNo
33Burke CountyNC4.14.40.93xNo
34Craven CountyNC4.14.40.93xNo
35Haywood CountyNC4.14.40.93xNo
36Johnston CountyNC4.14.40.93xNo
37Lenoir CountyNC4.14.40.93xNo
38Lincoln CountyNC4.14.40.93xNo
39Orange CountyNC4.14.40.93xNo
40Gaston CountyNC44.40.91xNo
41Guilford CountyNC44.40.91xNo
42Union CountyNC44.40.91xNo
43Wilson CountyNC3.94.40.89xNo
44Rockingham CountyNC3.64.40.82xNo
45Caldwell CountyNC3.44.40.77xNo
46Mecklenburg CountyNC3.44.40.77xNo
47Robeson CountyNC3.34.40.75xNo
48Wilkes CountyNC3.34.40.75xNo
49Durham CountyNC3.24.40.73xNo
50Nash CountyNC3.14.40.7xNo

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