2023 North Carolina Cancer Incidence by Race

Site	All Males		All Females		Total
Site	Cases	Rate	Cases	Rate	Cases	Rate
Oral Cavity	1,311	20.0	454	6.3	1,765	12.7
Esophagus	460	7.2	139	1.8	599	4.2
Stomach	518	8.2	387	5.2	905	6.6
Colon/Rectum	2,470	40.5	2,306	33.1	4,776	36.5
Liver	861	12.8	412	5.3	1,273	8.7
Gallbladder	33	0.5	94	1.3	127	0.9
Pancreas	1,039	16.2	1,023	13.3	2,062	14.6
Larynx	345	5.4	114	1.5	459	3.3
Lung/Bronchus	4,223	64.1	4,385	55.0	8,609	58.8
Bone	60	1.1	47	0.9	107	1.0
Soft Tissue	220	3.7	175	2.7	395	3.2
Melanoma (Skin)	2,515	41.0	1,798	26.1	4,314	32.4
Female Breast	.	.	12,647	181.0	12,647	181.0
Cervix Uteri	.	.	434	7.5	434	7.5
Corpus Uteri	.	.	2,132	28.8	2,132	28.8
Ovary	.	.	634	9.3	634	9.3
Prostate	9,611	138.8	.	.	9,612	138.8
Testes	266	5.4	.	.	266	5.4
Bladder	1,946	31.7	611	7.9	2,557	18.2
Kidney	1,676	26.2	998	13.8	2,674	19.5
Endocrine	505	8.5	1,085	18.5	1,592	13.6
Multiple Myeloma	614	9.7	508	6.8	1,122	8.1
Leukemia	1,050	17.8	744	10.6	1,794	13.8
Brain & Other CNS (Includes benign brain)	945	16.0	1,637	24.0	2,582	20.2
Brain & Other CNS (Excludes benign brain)	382	6.5	367	5.6	749	6.0
Hodgkins Disease	158	2.9	126	2.3	284	2.6
Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma	1,295	21.2	1,025	14.1	2,321	17.3
Other Cancers	2,181	36.0	2,312	31.2	4,497	33.2
All Cancers	33,739	525.2	34,957	489.8	68,706	501.6

Produced by the NC Central Cancer Registry, 02/2026.

Numbers are subject to change as files are updated.

*Cell sizes with fewer than five cases of cancer incidence are suppressed for confidentiality.

** Cancer incidence rates for cell sizes with fewer than 16 cases of cancer are suppressed as they are not stable.

Cases may not sum to totals due to unknown or other values.

Cancers of the urinary bladder and female breast include in situ cases.

Rates are calculated using vintage 2024 non-bridged population estimates based on the 2020 Census.

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