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Counties with the highest non-Hodgkin lymphoma death rates in North Carolina
Among 56 North Carolina counties with published values, the counties with the highest non-Hodgkin lymphoma death rates are Pender County, NC (7.8, 1.63 times the U.S. rate of 4.8), Ashe County, NC (7.6, 1.58 times the U.S. rate of 4.8) and Caldwell County, NC (7.2, 1.5 times the U.S. rate of 4.8). Values are per 100,000, age-adjusted. 3 of the 56 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
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma cancer deaths, per 100,000, age-adjusted.
| Rank | County | State | Value | U.S. rate | Times reference | Significant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pender County | NC | 7.8 | 4.8 | 1.63x | Significant |
| 2 | Ashe County | NC | 7.6 | 4.8 | 1.58x | No |
| 3 | Caldwell County | NC | 7.2 | 4.8 | 1.5x | Significant |
| 4 | McDowell County | NC | 7.1 | 4.8 | 1.48x | No |
| 5 | Alamance County | NC | 6.7 | 4.8 | 1.4x | Significant |
| 6 | Person County | NC | 6.4 | 4.8 | 1.33x | No |
| 7 | Stanly County | NC | 6.3 | 4.8 | 1.31x | No |
| 8 | Wayne County | NC | 6.3 | 4.8 | 1.31x | No |
| 9 | Rutherford County | NC | 6.2 | 4.8 | 1.29x | No |
| 10 | Columbus County | NC | 6 | 4.8 | 1.25x | No |
| 11 | Lenoir County | NC | 6 | 4.8 | 1.25x | No |
| 12 | Johnston County | NC | 5.8 | 4.8 | 1.21x | No |
| 13 | Haywood County | NC | 5.7 | 4.8 | 1.19x | No |
| 14 | Brunswick County | NC | 5.5 | 4.8 | 1.15x | No |
| 15 | Halifax County | NC | 5.5 | 4.8 | 1.15x | No |
| 16 | Cumberland County | NC | 5.4 | 4.8 | 1.13x | No |
| 17 | Cabarrus County | NC | 5.3 | 4.8 | 1.1x | No |
| 18 | Catawba County | NC | 5.2 | 4.8 | 1.08x | No |
| 19 | Franklin County | NC | 5.2 | 4.8 | 1.08x | No |
| 20 | Gaston County | NC | 5.2 | 4.8 | 1.08x | No |
| 21 | Lincoln County | NC | 5.2 | 4.8 | 1.08x | No |
| 22 | Lee County | NC | 5.1 | 4.8 | 1.06x | No |
| 23 | Union County | NC | 5.1 | 4.8 | 1.06x | No |
| 24 | Henderson County | NC | 5 | 4.8 | 1.04x | No |
| 25 | Sampson County | NC | 5 | 4.8 | 1.04x | No |
| 26 | Transylvania County | NC | 5 | 4.8 | 1.04x | No |
| 27 | Burke County | NC | 4.9 | 4.8 | 1.02x | No |
| 28 | Davidson County | NC | 4.9 | 4.8 | 1.02x | No |
| 29 | Moore County | NC | 4.9 | 4.8 | 1.02x | No |
| 30 | New Hanover County | NC | 4.8 | 4.8 | 1x | No |
| 31 | Harnett County | NC | 4.7 | 4.8 | 0.98x | No |
| 32 | Nash County | NC | 4.7 | 4.8 | 0.98x | No |
| 33 | Wilkes County | NC | 4.7 | 4.8 | 0.98x | No |
| 34 | Forsyth County | NC | 4.6 | 4.8 | 0.96x | No |
| 35 | Cleveland County | NC | 4.5 | 4.8 | 0.94x | No |
| 36 | Mecklenburg County | NC | 4.5 | 4.8 | 0.94x | No |
| 37 | Onslow County | NC | 4.5 | 4.8 | 0.94x | No |
| 38 | Surry County | NC | 4.5 | 4.8 | 0.94x | No |
| 39 | Davie County | NC | 4.4 | 4.8 | 0.92x | No |
| 40 | Duplin County | NC | 4.4 | 4.8 | 0.92x | No |
| 41 | Pitt County | NC | 4.4 | 4.8 | 0.92x | No |
| 42 | Rockingham County | NC | 4.4 | 4.8 | 0.92x | No |
| 43 | Craven County | NC | 4.3 | 4.8 | 0.9x | No |
| 44 | Guilford County | NC | 4.3 | 4.8 | 0.9x | No |
| 45 | Randolph County | NC | 4.3 | 4.8 | 0.9x | No |
| 46 | Rowan County | NC | 4.3 | 4.8 | 0.9x | No |
| 47 | Macon County | NC | 4.2 | 4.8 | 0.88x | No |
| 48 | Wake County | NC | 4.1 | 4.8 | 0.85x | No |
| 49 | Wilson County | NC | 4.1 | 4.8 | 0.85x | No |
| 50 | Buncombe County | NC | 4 | 4.8 | 0.83x | No |
| 51 | Chatham County | NC | 4 | 4.8 | 0.83x | No |
| 52 | Durham County | NC | 4 | 4.8 | 0.83x | No |
| 53 | Iredell County | NC | 4 | 4.8 | 0.83x | No |
| 54 | Orange County | NC | 4 | 4.8 | 0.83x | No |
| 55 | Robeson County | NC | 3.8 | 4.8 | 0.79x | No |
| 56 | Carteret County | NC | 3.7 | 4.8 | 0.77x | No |