2023 North Carolina Cancer Incidence by Race and Gender

Per 100,000 Population

Age-Adjusted to the 2000 U.S. Standard Population

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Site White Males White Females Minority Males Minority Females Total
Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate
Oral Cavity 1,085 21.3 372 6.8 215 14.5 80 4.6 1,765 12.7
Esophagus 395 7.8 115 1.9 63 5.0 24 1.1 599 4.2
Stomach 366 7.4 246 4.4 150 11.3 140 8.0 905 6.6
Colon/Rectum 1,878 39.8 1,708 32.4 582 43.4 583 34.2 4,776 36.5
Liver 647 12.3 307 5.2 212 14.6 102 5.6 1,273 8.7
Gallbladder 16 0.3 49 0.9 17 1.5 45 2.5 127 0.9
Pancreas 766 15.1 723 12.3 271 19.5 297 16.9 2,062 14.6
Larynx 253 5.1 91 1.6 90 6.3 23 1.2 459 3.3
Lung/Bronchus 3,276 62.3 3,513 57.3 936 69.6 860 46.9 8,609 58.8
Bone 47 1.1 36 0.9 13 ** 11 ** 107 1.0
Soft Tissue 160 3.5 120 2.5 58 4.3 55 3.3 395 3.2
Melanoma (Skin) 2,468 51.0 1,764 34.7 21 1.8 18 1.1 4,314 32.4
Female Breast . . 9,203 176.4 . . 3,353 189.6 12,647 181.0
Cervix Uteri . . 290 7.2 . . 136 8.2 434 7.5
Corpus Uteri . . 1,511 27.4 . . 603 32.0 2,132 28.8
Ovary . . 491 9.4 . . 136 8.1 634 9.3
Prostate 6,597 120.7 . . 2,878 194.1 . . 9,612 138.8
Testes 237 6.7 . . 23 1.6 . . 266 5.4
Bladder 1,695 34.1 506 8.4 237 19.9 101 5.9 2,557 18.2
Kidney 1,269 25.7 734 13.5 394 27.1 256 14.2 2,674 19.5
Endocrine 414 9.2 813 19.4 86 6.0 248 14.9 1,592 13.6
Multiple Myeloma 399 8.0 281 4.8 213 16.4 226 13.0 1,122 8.1
Leukemia 847 18.4 586 10.8 198 14.9 157 9.4 1,794 13.8
Brain & Other CNS (Includes benign brain) 763 16.8 1,266 24.9 177 13.2 365 21.3 2,582 20.2
Brain & Other CNS (Excludes benign brain) 322 7.1 292 5.9 59 4.3 75 4.5 749 6.0
Hodgkins Disease 112 2.9 90 2.3 44 2.9 34 2.2 284 2.6
Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma 1,091 22.5 825 14.8 198 14.9 191 11.0 2,321 17.3
Other Cancers 1,751 36.4 1,823 32.1 419 32.1 480 27.6 4,497 33.2
All Cancers 26,091 518.7 26,489 493.3 7,377 526.9 8,234 466.7 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.