NCDHHS: DPH: NC SCHS: Statistics and Reports: Cancer Incidence and Mortality in North Carolina 2022

Central Cancer Registry, June 2025

In order to determine the effect cancer has on the state's population, the North Carolina Central Cancer Registry (CCR) collects, compiles, and tabulates data regarding the occurrence of cancer and reports the deaths due to cancer within the state. This report is a summary of the incidence and mortality due to cancer with the most complete and recent data the CCR has available.

Contact the Central Cancer Registry with questions about these or other cancer data in North Carolina.

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Title	Size
Cover Page	174 KB
Table of Contents	255 KB
Introduction, Data Sources and Methods, Summary, and Technical Notes	404 KB
Available Cancer Information	86 KB
Maps	Size
Map 1: 2022 North Carolina Cancer Incidence Rates by County	247 KB
Map 2: 2022 North Carolina Cancer Mortality Rates by County	299 KB
Tables	Size
Table 1: 2022 North Carolina Cancer Incidence and Mortality	185 KB
Table 2: 2022 North Carolina Top Ten Cancer Incidence and Mortality Sites	220 KB
Table 3: 2022 Cancer Incidence and Mortality by County	186 KB
Table 4: 2022 Ten Highest and Lowest Cancer Incidence and Mortality Rates by County	165 KB
Table 5: 2022 Cancer Incidence and Mortality by Age Group	181 KB
Table 6: 2022 Top Ten Cancer Incidence and Mortality by Age Group	223 KB
Table 7: 2022 Cancer Incidence and Mortality by Gender	182 KB
Table 8: 2022 Top Ten Cancer Incidence and Mortality Sites by Gender	165 KB
Table 9: 2022 Cancer Incidence and Mortality by Race	232 KB
Table 10: 2022 Top Ten Cancer Incidence and Mortality Sites by Race	166 KB
Table 11: 2022 Top Ten Cancer Incidence and Mortality by Race and Gender	173 KB
Table 12: 2018-2022 Top Five Cancer Incidence and Mortality Sites by Age Group, Race and Gender	248 KB
Table 13: 2022 Cancer Incidence and Mortality by Race and Ethnicity	183 KB
Table 14: 2022 Top Ten Cancer Incidence and Mortality Sites by Race and Ethnicity	175 KB
Table 15: 2022 Cancer Incidence and Mortality Median Age	228 KB
Figures	Size
Figure 1a: 2011-2022 Colorectal Cancer Incidence Trends by Gender and Race Figure 1b: 2011-2022 Colorectal Cancer Mortality Trends by Gender and Race	191 KB
Figure 2a: 2011-2022 Lung and Bronchus Cancer Incidence Trends by Gender and Race Figure 2b: 2011-2022 Lung and Bronchus Cancer Mortality Trends by Gender and Race	236 KB
Figure 3a: 2011-2022 Female Breast Cancer Incidence Trends by Race Figure 3b: 2011-2022 Female Breast Cancer Mortality Trends by Race	190 KB
Figure 4a: 2011-2022 Prostate Cancer Incidence Trends by Race Figure 4b: 2011-2022 Prostate Cancer Mortality Trends by Race	189 KB
Figure 5a: 2011-2022 Cervical Cancer Incidence Trends by Race Figure 5b: 2011-2022 Cervical Cancer Mortality Trends by Race	190 KB
Figure 6: 2011-2022 Oral Cavity Cancer Incidence Trends by Gender and Race Figure 7: 2011-2022 Laryngeal Cancer Incidence Trends by Gender and Race	236 KB
Figure 8: 2011-2022 Melanoma Incidence Trends by Gender and Race Figure 9: 2011-2022 Kidney Cancer Incidence Trends by Gender and Race	191 KB
Figure 10: 2011-2022 Endocrine Cancer Incidence Trends by Gender and Race Figure 11: 2011-2022 Stomach Cancer Mortality Trends by Gender and Race	191 KB
Figure 12: 2011-2022 Liver Cancer Mortality Trends by Gender and Race Figure 13: 2011-2022 Pancreatic Cancer Mortality Trends by Gender and Race	191 KB
Figure 14: 2022 Percent of Top Four Cancer Cases by Stage	252 KB
Appendices and Bibliography	Size
Appendix A - 2022 Population Estimates by Race and County	141 KB
Appendix B - 2022 Population Estimates by Age Group and County	141 KB
Appendix C - 2022 Population Estimates by Race, Sex and County	192 KB
Bibliography	169 KB

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Central Cancer Registry, June 2025