Prostate Cancer Across North Carolina
Prostate Cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death for men in North Carolina (behind lung cancer). Early detection of prostate cancer saves lives: Almost all men who are diagnosed early, before the cancer has spread, survive for 5 years and beyond, but that drops to only 34% of men who are found to have prostate cancer after it has spread. In North Carolina, new prostate cancer cases and deaths vary from county to county and by race/ethnicity. In this interactive page you can explore the prostate cancer numbers for each county and how they compare to the overall state figures.New cases and deaths are the latest 5-year averages (2016-2020) available from National Cancer Institute’s State Cancer Profiles and are reported per 100,000 men.
In North Carolina:
- The rate of new prostate cancer cases is
124 casesper 100,000 men. - The overall prostate cancer death rate is
20 deathsper 100,000 men.
(hover over a county to view, or use the table below)
| County | New Cases (PER 100,000 MEN) |
Deaths (PER 100,000 MEN) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Hertford | 113 | 32 | |
| Edgecombe | 152 | 29 | |
| Halifax | 152 | 29 | |
| Pasquotank | 134 | 29 | |
| Martin | 132 | 28 | |
| Granville | 126 | 28 | |
| Chowan | 110 | 28 | |
| Yancey | 89 | 28 | |
| Caswell | 137 | 27 | |
| Hoke | 132 | 27 | |
| Robeson | 123 | 26 | |
| Bladen | 104 | 26 | |
| Wayne | 130 | 25 | |
| Macon | 103 | 25 | |
| Montgomery | 87 | 25 | |
| Sampson | 127 | 24 | |
| Harnett | 123 | 24 | |
| Durham | 131 | 23 | |
| Warren | 116 | 23 | |
| Vance | 110 | 23 | |
| Davidson | 100 | 23 | |
| Iredell | 141 | 22 | |
| Catawba | 129 | 22 | |
| Onslow | 128 | 22 | |
| Pender | 126 | 22 | |
| Johnston | 124 | 22 | |
| Chatham | 117 | 22 | |
| Forsyth | 117 | 22 | |
| Orange | 117 | 22 | |
| Rowan | 117 | 22 | |
| Nash | 109 | 22 | |
| Dare | 106 | 22 | |
| Mecklenburg | 151 | 21 | |
| Union | 133 | 21 | |
| Rutherford | 117 | 21 | |
| Wake | 139 | 20 | |
| Guilford | 137 | 20 | |
| Cumberland | 134 | 20 | |
| Northampton | 134 | 20 | |
| New Hanover | 121 | 20 | |
| Haywood | 116 | 20 | |
| Yadkin | 86 | 20 | |
| Richmond | 129 | 19 | |
| Alamance | 116 | 19 | |
| Brunswick | 106 | 19 | |
| Wilkes | 78 | 19 | |
| Cabarrus | 133 | 18 | |
| Wilson | 120 | 18 | |
| Henderson | 111 | 18 | |
| Burke | 108 | 18 | |
| Person | 105 | 18 | |
| Surry | 103 | 18 | |
| Davie | 91 | 18 | |
| Moore | 143 | 17 | |
| Craven | 142 | 17 | |
| Lenoir | 141 | 17 | |
| Franklin | 128 | 17 | |
| Cleveland | 121 | 17 | |
| Pitt | 116 | 17 | |
| Rockingham | 116 | 17 | |
| Beaufort | 108 | 17 | |
| Caldwell | 102 | 17 | |
| Cherokee | 92 | 17 | |
| Lincoln | 123 | 16 | |
| Gaston | 117 | 16 | |
| Randolph | 110 | 16 | |
| Jackson | 98 | 16 | |
| Stokes | 94 | 16 | |
| Columbus | 125 | 15 | |
| Buncombe | 111 | 15 | |
| Carteret | 85 | 15 | |
| Lee | 137 | 14 | |
| Stanly | 118 | 14 | |
| Duplin | 117 | 14 | |
| Alexander | 112 | 14 | |
| Ashe | 110 | 14 | |
| Transylvania | 105 | 14 | |
| Watauga | 105 | 13 | |
| McDowell | 98 | 12 | |
| Alleghany | 104 | (too few cases to report) | |
| Anson | 171 | (too few cases to report) | |
| Avery | 107 | (too few cases to report) | |
| Bertie | 120 | (too few cases to report) | |
| Camden | 89 | (too few cases to report) | |
| Clay | 95 | (too few cases to report) | |
| Currituck | 92 | (too few cases to report) | |
| Gates | 75 | (too few cases to report) | |
| Graham | 56 | (too few cases to report) | |
| Greene | 111 | (too few cases to report) | |
| Hyde | 132 | (too few cases to report) | |
| Jones | 149 | (too few cases to report) | |
| Madison | 101 | (too few cases to report) | |
| Mitchell | 103 | (too few cases to report) | |
| Pamlico | 116 | (too few cases to report) | |
| Perquimans | 117 | (too few cases to report) | |
| Polk | 110 | (too few cases to report) | |
| Scotland | 87 | (too few cases to report) | |
| Swain | 122 | (too few cases to report) | |
| Tyrrell | 150 | (too few cases to report) | |
| Washington | 119 | (too few cases to report) |