2024 North Carolina Cancer Mortality 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
Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
Oral Cavity 259 5.0 102 1.8 78 5.3 21 1.1 460 3.2
Esophagus 321 6.3 79 1.3 66 4.8 28 1.5 494 3.4
Stomach 125 2.6 76 1.3 81 6.7 55 3.2 337 2.5
Colon/Rectum 674 14.0 605 10.3 281 21.7 235 13.4 1,795 13.1
Liver 497 9.3 233 3.8 167 11.5 93 5.0 990 6.7
Gallbladder 19 0.4 27 0.5 7 ** 22 1.2 75 0.5
Pancreas 690 13.4 630 10.2 231 16.9 265 14.6 1,816 12.6
Larynx 89 1.7 21 0.3 48 3.6 6 0.3 164 1.1
Lung/Bronchus 1,999 38.3 1,904 30.2 629 48.4 467 25.3 4,999 34.0
Bone 38 0.9 15 ** 12 ** 7 ** 72 0.6
Soft Tissue 71 1.5 47 0.9 20 1.5 27 1.5 165 1.2
Melanoma (Skin) 166 3.4 100 1.8 7 ** 3 ** 276 2.0
Female Breast . . 1,040 18.0 . . 460 25.6 1,500 19.9
Cervix Uteri . . 79 1.6 . . 47 2.7 126 1.9
Corpus Uteri . . 254 4.2 . . 194 10.1 448 5.5
Ovary . . 318 5.3 . . 76 4.1 394 5.1
Prostate 810 17.5 . . 405 37.8 . . 1,215 21.2
Testes 14 ** . . 1 ** . . 15 **
Bladder 374 7.9 118 1.9 61 5.4 39 2.4 592 4.3
Kidney 263 5.2 127 2.1 73 5.9 37 2.0 500 3.5
Endocrine 37 0.7 40 0.7 14 ** 15 ** 106 0.8
Multiple Myeloma 133 2.8 76 1.3 65 5.3 66 3.8 340 2.4
Leukemia 339 7.1 244 4.0 81 6.9 62 3.7 726 5.3
Brain/Other CNS 280 5.7 235 4.2 42 3.0 43 2.5 600 4.3
Hodgkins Disease 6 ** 7 ** 7 ** 1 ** 21 0.2
Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma 298 6.2 226 3.7 64 5.3 47 2.8 635 4.6
Other Cancers 998 20.3 844 13.8 259 19.9 280 15.7 2,381 17.0
All Cancers 8,500 170.7 7,447 123.6 2,699 213.3 2,596 143.9 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.