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Counties with the highest thyroid cancer incidence rates in North Carolina

Among 71 North Carolina counties with published values, the counties with the highest thyroid cancer incidence rates are Pender County, NC (17.3, 1.33 times the U.S. rate of 13), Brunswick County, NC (16.8, 1.29 times the U.S. rate of 13) and Stanly County, NC (16.6, 1.28 times the U.S. rate of 13). Values are per 100,000, age-adjusted. 2 of the 71 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.