2024 North Carolina Cancer Mortality 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
Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate
Oral Cavity 361 3.3 99 2.9 460 3.2
Esophagus 400 3.6 94 2.9 494 3.4
Stomach 201 1.9 136 4.6 337 2.5
Colon/Rectum 1,279 12.0 516 16.8 1,795 13.1
Liver 730 6.3 260 7.7 990 6.7
Gallbladder 46 0.4 29 0.9 75 0.5
Pancreas 1,320 11.7 496 15.7 1,816 12.6
Larynx 110 1.0 54 1.7 164 1.1
Lung/Bronchus 3,903 33.8 1,096 34.6 4,999 34.0
Bone 53 0.6 19 0.6 72 0.6
Soft Tissue 118 1.2 47 1.5 165 1.2
Melanoma (Skin) 266 2.5 10 0.3 276 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 492 4.5 100 3.6 592 4.3
Kidney 390 3.5 110 3.5 500 3.5
Endocrine 77 0.7 29 0.9 106 0.8
Multiple Myeloma 209 1.9 131 4.4 340 2.4
Leukemia 583 5.3 143 5.0 726 5.3
Brain/Other CNS 515 4.9 85 2.7 600 4.3
Hodgkins Disease 13 ** 8 ** 21 0.2
Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma 524 4.8 111 3.8 635 4.6
Other Cancers 1,842 16.6 539 17.5 2,381 17.0
All Cancers 15,947 143.8 5,295 170.8 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.