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Counties with the highest leukemia death rates in North Carolina
Among 65 North Carolina counties with published values, the counties with the highest leukemia death rates are Wilkes County, NC (9.7, 1.7 times the U.S. rate of 5.7), Franklin County, NC (9.2, 1.61 times the U.S. rate of 5.7) and Cherokee County, NC (8.7, 1.53 times the U.S. rate of 5.7). Values are per 100,000, age-adjusted. 3 of the 65 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
Leukemia cancer deaths, per 100,000, age-adjusted.
| Rank | County | State | Value | U.S. rate | Times reference | Significant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilkes County | NC | 9.7 | 5.7 | 1.7x | Significant |
| 2 | Franklin County | NC | 9.2 | 5.7 | 1.61x | Significant |
| 3 | Cherokee County | NC | 8.7 | 5.7 | 1.53x | No |
| 4 | Hoke County | NC | 8.5 | 5.7 | 1.49x | No |
| 5 | Richmond County | NC | 8.3 | 5.7 | 1.46x | No |
| 6 | Yadkin County | NC | 8 | 5.7 | 1.4x | No |
| 7 | Burke County | NC | 7.8 | 5.7 | 1.37x | No |
| 8 | Surry County | NC | 7.7 | 5.7 | 1.35x | No |
| 9 | Alamance County | NC | 7.6 | 5.7 | 1.33x | Significant |
| 10 | Halifax County | NC | 7.6 | 5.7 | 1.33x | No |
| 11 | Person County | NC | 7.5 | 5.7 | 1.32x | No |
| 12 | Gaston County | NC | 6.9 | 5.7 | 1.21x | No |
| 13 | Henderson County | NC | 6.9 | 5.7 | 1.21x | No |
| 14 | Onslow County | NC | 6.9 | 5.7 | 1.21x | No |
| 15 | Stanly County | NC | 6.8 | 5.7 | 1.19x | No |
| 16 | Ashe County | NC | 6.7 | 5.7 | 1.18x | No |
| 17 | Haywood County | NC | 6.6 | 5.7 | 1.16x | No |
| 18 | Davidson County | NC | 6.5 | 5.7 | 1.14x | No |
| 19 | Harnett County | NC | 6.4 | 5.7 | 1.12x | No |
| 20 | Pender County | NC | 6.4 | 5.7 | 1.12x | No |
| 21 | Caldwell County | NC | 6.3 | 5.7 | 1.11x | No |
| 22 | New Hanover County | NC | 6.3 | 5.7 | 1.11x | No |
| 23 | Rockingham County | NC | 6.3 | 5.7 | 1.11x | No |
| 24 | Rutherford County | NC | 6.3 | 5.7 | 1.11x | No |
| 25 | Lee County | NC | 6.2 | 5.7 | 1.09x | No |
| 26 | Lincoln County | NC | 6.2 | 5.7 | 1.09x | No |
| 27 | Wayne County | NC | 6.2 | 5.7 | 1.09x | No |
| 28 | Forsyth County | NC | 6.1 | 5.7 | 1.07x | No |
| 29 | Carteret County | NC | 6 | 5.7 | 1.05x | No |
| 30 | Chatham County | NC | 6 | 5.7 | 1.05x | No |
| 31 | Sampson County | NC | 6 | 5.7 | 1.05x | No |
| 32 | Columbus County | NC | 5.9 | 5.7 | 1.04x | No |
| 33 | Jackson County | NC | 5.8 | 5.7 | 1.02x | No |
| 34 | Brunswick County | NC | 5.7 | 5.7 | 1x | No |
| 35 | Catawba County | NC | 5.7 | 5.7 | 1x | No |
| 36 | Rowan County | NC | 5.6 | 5.7 | 0.98x | No |
| 37 | Craven County | NC | 5.5 | 5.7 | 0.96x | No |
| 38 | Iredell County | NC | 5.5 | 5.7 | 0.96x | No |
| 39 | Moore County | NC | 5.5 | 5.7 | 0.96x | No |
| 40 | Pitt County | NC | 5.5 | 5.7 | 0.96x | No |
| 41 | Granville County | NC | 5.4 | 5.7 | 0.95x | No |
| 42 | Lenoir County | NC | 5.4 | 5.7 | 0.95x | No |
| 43 | Robeson County | NC | 5.4 | 5.7 | 0.95x | No |
| 44 | Johnston County | NC | 5.3 | 5.7 | 0.93x | No |
| 45 | Buncombe County | NC | 5.2 | 5.7 | 0.91x | No |
| 46 | Cumberland County | NC | 5.2 | 5.7 | 0.91x | No |
| 47 | Davie County | NC | 5.2 | 5.7 | 0.91x | No |
| 48 | McDowell County | NC | 5.2 | 5.7 | 0.91x | No |
| 49 | Transylvania County | NC | 5.2 | 5.7 | 0.91x | No |
| 50 | Durham County | NC | 5.1 | 5.7 | 0.89x | No |
| 51 | Mecklenburg County | NC | 5.1 | 5.7 | 0.89x | No |
| 52 | Union County | NC | 5.1 | 5.7 | 0.89x | No |
| 53 | Wilson County | NC | 5.1 | 5.7 | 0.89x | No |
| 54 | Guilford County | NC | 5 | 5.7 | 0.88x | No |
| 55 | Nash County | NC | 5 | 5.7 | 0.88x | No |
| 56 | Randolph County | NC | 5 | 5.7 | 0.88x | No |
| 57 | Wake County | NC | 5 | 5.7 | 0.88x | No |
| 58 | Duplin County | NC | 4.9 | 5.7 | 0.86x | No |
| 59 | Orange County | NC | 4.9 | 5.7 | 0.86x | No |
| 60 | Stokes County | NC | 4.8 | 5.7 | 0.84x | No |
| 61 | Cabarrus County | NC | 4.6 | 5.7 | 0.81x | No |
| 62 | Cleveland County | NC | 4.6 | 5.7 | 0.81x | No |
| 63 | Macon County | NC | 4.6 | 5.7 | 0.81x | No |
| 64 | Beaufort County | NC | 4.3 | 5.7 | 0.75x | No |
| 65 | Edgecombe County | NC | 4.3 | 5.7 | 0.75x | No |