2024 North Carolina Cancer Mortality 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
Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
Oral Cavity 337 5.1 123 1.7 460 3.2
Esophagus 387 6.0 107 1.3 494 3.4
Stomach 206 3.4 131 1.8 337 2.5
Colon/Rectum 955 15.6 840 11.1 1,795 13.1
Liver 664 9.8 326 4.1 990 6.7
Gallbladder 26 0.4 49 0.6 75 0.5
Pancreas 921 14.2 895 11.2 1,816 12.6
Larynx 137 2.1 27 0.3 164 1.1
Lung/Bronchus 2,628 40.3 2,371 29.1 4,999 34.0
Bone 50 0.9 22 0.3 72 0.6
Soft Tissue 91 1.5 74 1.0 165 1.2
Melanoma (Skin) 173 2.8 103 1.4 276 2.0
Female Breast . . 1,500 19.9 1,500 19.9
Cervix Uteri . . 126 1.9 126 1.9
Corpus Uteri . . 448 5.5 448 5.5
Ovary . . 394 5.1 394 5.1
Prostate 1,215 21.2 . . 1,215 21.2
Testes 15 ** . . 15 **
Bladder 435 7.5 157 2.0 592 4.3
Kidney 336 5.3 164 2.1 500 3.5
Endocrine 51 0.8 55 0.7 106 0.8
Multiple Myeloma 198 3.3 142 1.8 340 2.4
Leukemia 420 7.2 306 4.0 726 5.3
Brain/Other CNS 322 5.1 278 3.8 600 4.3
Hodgkins Disease 13 0.2 8 ** 21 0.2
Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma 362 6.1 273 3.5 635 4.6
Other Cancers 1,257 20.5 1,124 14.3 2,381 17.0
All Cancers 11,199 179.5 10,043 128.8 21,242 150.1

Produced by the NC Central Cancer Registry, 3/2026.

**Cancer mortality rates based on any cancer deaths less than 16 are suppressed as they are not stable.

Cases may not sum to totals due to unknown values.

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