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) |