2023 North Carolina Cancer Incidence by Race

Per 100,000 Population

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

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Site All Whites All Minorities Total
Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate
Oral Cavity 1,457 13.7 295 8.9 1,765 12.7
Esophagus 510 4.6 87 2.7 599 4.2
Stomach 612 5.8 290 9.4 905 6.6
Colon/Rectum 3,586 35.9 1,165 38.0 4,776 36.5
Liver 954 8.4 314 9.5 1,273 8.7
Gallbladder 65 0.6 62 2.0 127 0.9
Pancreas 1,489 13.5 568 18.2 2,062 14.6
Larynx 344 3.2 113 3.4 459 3.3
Lung/Bronchus 6,790 59.4 1,796 56.2 8,609 58.8
Bone 83 1.0 24 0.8 107 1.0
Soft Tissue 280 3.0 113 3.7 395 3.2
Melanoma (Skin) 4,233 41.7 39 1.3 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 6,598 120.7 2,878 194.1 9,612 138.8
Testes 237 6.7 23 1.6 266 5.4
Bladder 2,201 19.8 338 11.5 2,557 18.2
Kidney 2,003 19.2 650 19.8 2,674 19.5
Endocrine 1,229 14.3 334 10.7 1,592 13.6
Multiple Myeloma 680 6.3 439 14.4 1,122 8.1
Leukemia 1,433 14.3 355 11.7 1,794 13.8
Brain & Other CNS (Includes benign brain) 2,029 20.9 542 17.7 2,582 20.2
Brain & Other CNS (Excludes benign brain) 614 6.4 134 4.4 749 6.0
Hodgkins Disease 202 2.6 78 2.5 284 2.6
Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma 1,917 18.3 389 12.7 2,321 17.3
Other Cancers 3,578 33.8 899 29.4 4,497 33.2
All Cancers 52,590 500.5 15,611 488.5 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.