2024 North Carolina Preliminary Cancer Incidence by Gender

Per 100,000 Population

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

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Site All Males All Females Total
Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate
Oral Cavity 1,267 19.1 452 6.1 1,720 12.1
Esophagus 441 6.5 139 1.7 580 3.9
Stomach 464 7.2 343 4.6 807 5.8
Colon/Rectum 2,367 38.2 1,998 28.1 4,366 32.8
Liver 756 10.9 330 4.2 1,086 7.2
Gallbladder 41 0.7 82 1.1 123 0.9
Pancreas 950 14.5 897 11.5 1,847 12.8
Larynx 359 5.3 117 1.5 476 3.2
Lung/Bronchus 4,027 59.4 3,964 48.2 7,991 53.1
Bone 45 0.8 41 0.8 86 0.8
Soft Tissue 177 3.1 133 1.9 310 2.5
Melanoma (Skin) 2,424 38.6 1,677 24.1 4,102 30.3
Female Breast . . 11,267 159.2 11,267 159.2
Cervix Uteri . . 375 6.4 375 6.4
Corpus Uteri . . 1,791 23.9 1,791 23.9
Ovary . . 587 8.5 588 8.5
Prostate 9,106 128.6 . . 9,108 128.6
Testes 233 4.6 . . 235 4.7
Bladder 1,943 30.3 556 7.0 2,499 17.2
Kidney 1,573 24.4 889 12.3 2,462 17.9
Endocrine 406 6.7 927 15.6 1,333 11.2
Multiple Myeloma 532 8.2 396 5.0 929 6.5
Leukemia 886 14.5 629 9.2 1,516 11.6
Brain & Other CNS (Includes benign brain) 846 13.8 1,333 19.1 2,182 16.6
Brain & Other CNS (Excludes benign brain) 346 5.5 286 4.0 632 4.7
Hodgkins Disease 116 2.1 121 2.2 237 2.1
Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma 1,129 18.0 880 11.8 2,009 14.5
Other Cancers 1,764 28.1 1,856 24.5 3,621 26.0
All Cancers 31,352 475.3 30,733 423.4 62,096 443.3

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

Updated 2024 Incidence rates will be available in January 2027.

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.