Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for North Carolina by County
All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023
White Non-Hispanic, Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by CI*Rank
County
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
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Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? |
Age-Adjusted Death Rate † deaths per 100,000 (95% Confidence Interval)
|
CI*Rank ⋔ (95% Confidence Interval) 
|
Average Annual Count
|
Recent Trend |
Recent 5-Year Trend ‡ in Death Rates (95% Confidence Interval)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swain County | Rural | No | 227.9 (192.8, 268.6) | 1 (1, 40) | 34 |
stable 
|
1.1 (-0.1, 2.3) |
| Hoke County | Urban | No | 217.8 (188.4, 250.5) | 2 (1, 39) | 42 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.2, 0.1) |
| Richmond County | Rural | No | 216.7 (195.7, 239.6) | 3 (1, 24) | 83 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.7, 0.5) |
| Robeson County | Rural | No | 214.8 (196.2, 235.1) | 4 (1, 21) | 104 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.0, 1.0) |
| Onslow County | Urban | No | 205.9 (194.1, 218.1) | 5 (1, 22) | 241 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.9, 0.6) |
| Sampson County | Rural | No | 203.1 (185.2, 222.6) | 6 (1, 37) | 99 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.7, 0.8) |
| Columbus County | Rural | No | 200.0 (182.2, 219.3) | 7 (1, 40) | 99 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.2, 0.2) |
| Bertie County | Rural | No | 197.7 (162.1, 241.4) | 8 (1, 87) | 24 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.9, 0.6) |
| Anson County | Urban | No | 197.3 (166.8, 232.7) | 9 (1, 83) | 33 |
stable
|
0.3 (-1.0, 1.6) |
| Mitchell County | Rural | No | 196.3 (170.9, 225.2) | 10 (1, 63) | 48 |
stable
|
7.4 (-0.6, 13.3) |
| Edgecombe County | Urban | No | 195.2 (173.1, 220.0) | 11 (1, 61) | 62 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.4, 0.2) |
| McDowell County | Rural | No | 191.7 (176.4, 208.1) | 12 (2, 47) | 123 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.6, 0.6) |
| Caldwell County | Urban | No | 191.4 (179.6, 203.8) | 13 (4, 39) | 213 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.1, 0.0) |
| Scotland County | Rural | No | 191.3 (166.8, 219.1) | 14 (1, 72) | 47 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.2, 0.0) |
| Wayne County | Urban | No | 190.7 (177.8, 204.3) | 15 (4, 42) | 173 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-0.9, 0.0) |
| Bladen County | Rural | No | 187.9 (165.3, 213.4) | 16 (1, 71) | 56 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.9, 1.5) |
| Surry County | Rural | No | 186.2 (174.1, 199.1) | 17 (6, 49) | 187 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.8, 0.1) |
| Hertford County | Rural | No | 186.2 (153.0, 226.4) | 18 (1, 92) | 24 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.3, 0.4) |
| Tyrrell County | Rural | No | 185.6 (126.2, 272.0) | 19 (1, 100) | 6 |
stable
|
-2.4 (-5.3, 0.2) |
| Cleveland County | Rural | No | 185.5 (173.9, 197.8) | 20 (6, 49) | 202 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-0.9, 0.0) |
| Halifax County | Rural | No | 183.9 (162.9, 207.5) | 21 (2, 75) | 62 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.1, 0.2) |
| Cumberland County | Urban | No | 183.4 (174.1, 193.1) | 22 (8, 45) | 301 |
falling 
|
-0.9 (-1.2, -0.5) |
| Vance County | Rural | No | 183.1 (161.7, 207.3) | 23 (3, 78) | 57 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-3.7, -0.1) |
| Harnett County | Rural | No | 181.3 (169.7, 193.6) | 24 (8, 56) | 187 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.3, -0.1) |
| Davidson County | Urban | No | 181.2 (172.9, 189.8) | 25 (11, 47) | 377 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.0, 0.0) |
| Lenoir County | Rural | No | 177.0 (159.5, 196.1) | 26 (6, 81) | 83 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.7, -0.2) |
| Greene County | Rural | No | 177.0 (148.4, 210.6) | 27 (1, 94) | 28 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.3, 0.4) |
| Washington County | Rural | No | 176.5 (140.6, 222.8) | 28 (1, 100) | 19 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.8, 1.9) |
| Duplin County | Rural | No | 176.3 (158.2, 196.2) | 29 (6, 82) | 77 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.6, 0.2) |
| Rockingham County | Urban | No | 175.5 (164.3, 187.4) | 30 (12, 65) | 195 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.8) |
| Rutherford County | Rural | No | 175.5 (163.0, 188.8) | 31 (10, 68) | 158 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.1, -0.1) |
| Caswell County | Rural | No | 175.3 (151.4, 202.6) | 32 (3, 89) | 41 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.0, 0.4) |
| Stanly County | Rural | No | 174.1 (160.7, 188.3) | 33 (10, 71) | 133 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.4, -0.1) |
| Randolph County | Urban | No | 173.5 (164.6, 182.9) | 34 (15, 62) | 300 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.0, -0.1) |
| Pender County | Urban | No | 172.6 (158.4, 187.8) | 35 (9, 77) | 117 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.5, 0.2) |
| Burke County | Urban | No | 170.0 (159.4, 181.2) | 36 (15, 72) | 208 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.2, 0.0) |
| Granville County | Rural | No | 169.8 (153.9, 187.1) | 37 (9, 85) | 89 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-10.5, -0.4) |
| Person County | Urban | No | 169.6 (152.0, 189.0) | 38 (9, 86) | 71 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-1.8, 0.0) |
| Martin County | Rural | No | 169.2 (144.3, 198.2) | 39 (4, 94) | 36 |
stable
|
0.2 (-1.7, 8.4) |
| Alexander County | Urban | No | 169.0 (152.8, 186.7) | 40 (10, 84) | 84 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.4, 0.1) |
| Rowan County | Urban | No | 168.7 (159.5, 178.3) | 41 (20, 71) | 268 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-4.8, -1.6) |
| Gaston County | Urban | No | 168.0 (160.5, 175.8) | 42 (24, 68) | 394 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.7, -1.1) |
| Chowan County | Rural | No | 167.4 (138.9, 201.5) | 43 (2, 97) | 28 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.2, 0.3) |
| Stokes County | Urban | No | 167.3 (153.3, 182.5) | 44 (13, 84) | 113 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.7, -0.3) |
| Graham County | Rural | No | 167.3 (136.0, 205.5) | 45 (1, 100) | 21 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.9, 1.0) |
| Alamance County | Urban | No | 167.2 (158.3, 176.4) | 46 (21, 71) | 282 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.1, -0.3) |
| Craven County | Rural | No | 167.0 (156.0, 178.7) | 47 (18, 77) | 189 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.5) |
| Wilkes County | Rural | No | 166.9 (155.3, 179.3) | 48 (18, 79) | 166 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.4) |
| Camden County | Urban | No | 166.9 (134.1, 205.9) | 49 (2, 100) | 18 |
stable
|
0.9 (-2.8, 4.6) |
| Johnston County | Urban | No | 166.4 (157.8, 175.5) | 50 (24, 73) | 296 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.6) |
| Yadkin County | Urban | No | 165.4 (149.7, 182.7) | 51 (13, 87) | 87 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.6, -0.4) |
| Pamlico County | Rural | No | 164.6 (137.2, 197.8) | 52 (3, 98) | 33 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.6, -0.1) |
| Carteret County | Rural | No | 164.1 (153.5, 175.6) | 53 (22, 83) | 192 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.0, -0.8) |
| Wilson County | Rural | No | 164.1 (150.1, 179.4) | 54 (17, 86) | 106 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.9, -0.4) |
| Perquimans County | Rural | No | 161.8 (136.0, 192.6) | 55 (5, 98) | 31 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.9, 0.2) |
| Pasquotank County | Rural | No | 161.7 (142.7, 182.8) | 56 (11, 94) | 56 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.4, -0.4) |
| Jones County | Rural | No | 161.3 (127.3, 203.7) | 57 (2, 100) | 16 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-3.1, 1.3) |
| Nash County | Urban | No | 161.0 (148.3, 174.7) | 58 (22, 88) | 128 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.5, -0.4) |
| Alleghany County | Rural | No | 160.8 (134.6, 192.2) | 59 (7, 99) | 31 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-11.6, 9.6) |
| Montgomery County | Rural | No | 160.6 (140.2, 183.8) | 60 (10, 95) | 51 |
stable
|
8.8 (-0.8, 15.5) |
| Catawba County | Urban | No | 160.5 (152.2, 169.1) | 61 (31, 79) | 301 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.8) |
| Dare County | Rural | No | 159.6 (144.1, 176.6) | 62 (17, 91) | 88 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.4, -0.6) |
| Haywood County | Rural | No | 159.0 (147.8, 170.9) | 63 (26, 87) | 166 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.4, -0.1) |
| Beaufort County | Rural | No | 158.4 (143.7, 174.6) | 64 (19, 91) | 94 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.4, -0.4) |
| Ashe County | Rural | No | 156.7 (140.7, 174.5) | 65 (20, 93) | 77 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.5, 0.3) |
| Madison County | Urban | No | 156.1 (136.7, 177.9) | 66 (12, 95) | 51 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.6, -0.7) |
| Lincoln County | Urban | No | 156.1 (145.6, 167.3) | 67 (32, 88) | 175 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.8, -0.5) |
| Henderson County | Urban | No | 156.0 (147.7, 164.8) | 68 (40, 85) | 300 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.2, -0.3) |
| Brunswick County | Urban | No | 155.9 (148.2, 164.1) | 69 (39, 85) | 403 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.6) |
| Currituck County | Urban | No | 155.5 (136.1, 177.1) | 70 (16, 97) | 53 |
rising 
|
3.6 (0.5, 9.4) |
| Gates County | Urban | No | 155.4 (120.5, 198.4) | 71 (3, 100) | 15 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.5, 0.6) |
| Yancey County | Rural | No | 154.9 (136.4, 176.0) | 72 (16, 96) | 53 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.0, 0.1) |
| Macon County | Rural | No | 154.9 (140.7, 170.5) | 73 (25, 93) | 102 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.6, -0.2) |
| Franklin County | Urban | No | 154.4 (140.6, 169.3) | 74 (26, 92) | 99 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.5, -1.0) |
| Forsyth County | Urban | No | 153.0 (147.0, 159.2) | 75 (51, 85) | 519 |
rising
|
2.8 (0.7, 4.5) |
| Cherokee County | Rural | No | 152.3 (136.7, 169.6) | 76 (27, 95) | 85 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.0, -0.9) |
| Davie County | Urban | No | 152.0 (138.1, 167.1) | 77 (31, 94) | 93 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.4, 0.3) |
| Northampton County | Rural | No | 150.8 (123.7, 185.1) | 78 (9, 100) | 25 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.5, 0.5) |
| Iredell County | Urban | No | 150.4 (142.7, 158.4) | 79 (50, 90) | 301 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.7, -0.9) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 149.2 (135.4, 164.3) | 80 (33, 95) | 90 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.2, -0.8) |
| Pitt County | Urban | No | 149.1 (139.1, 159.7) | 81 (46, 93) | 171 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.7, -0.5) |
| Guilford County | Urban | No | 146.9 (141.6, 152.3) | 82 (64, 90) | 619 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.3, -0.7) |
| Moore County | Urban | No | 145.9 (136.9, 155.4) | 83 (55, 94) | 222 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.9, -0.8) |
| New Hanover County | Urban | No | 145.7 (139.0, 152.6) | 84 (62, 91) | 381 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.8, -1.0) |
| Union County | Urban | No | 142.5 (135.1, 150.3) | 85 (64, 94) | 289 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.9, -0.8) |
| Cabarrus County | Urban | No | 140.5 (132.7, 148.5) | 86 (69, 95) | 257 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.2, -1.4) |
| Polk County | Rural | No | 139.6 (120.6, 161.7) | 87 (37, 100) | 54 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-2.3, -0.1) |
| Warren County | Rural | No | 138.4 (113.3, 170.3) | 88 (19, 100) | 23 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-3.2, 1.0) |
| Watauga County | Rural | No | 136.8 (123.2, 151.7) | 89 (56, 100) | 80 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.9, -0.1) |
| Buncombe County | Urban | No | 135.9 (130.5, 141.5) | 90 (80, 96) | 499 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-1.9, -1.3) |
| Hyde County | Rural | No | 134.0 (91.8, 195.4) | 91 (2, 100) | 7 |
falling
|
-2.8 (-5.0, -0.9) |
| Transylvania County | Rural | No | 132.9 (119.7, 147.7) | 92 (63, 100) | 89 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.0, -0.3) |
| Avery County | Rural | No | 132.0 (113.1, 154.0) | 93 (48, 100) | 36 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-3.5, -1.1) |
| Chatham County | Urban | No | 130.2 (120.5, 140.7) | 94 (79, 100) | 150 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.0, -0.9) |
| Jackson County | Rural | No | 129.3 (115.4, 144.6) | 95 (68, 100) | 69 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.7, -0.8) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 126.6 (106.1, 151.6) | 96 (48, 100) | 30 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.5, -0.6) |
| Durham County | Urban | No | 125.3 (118.2, 132.7) | 97 (87, 100) | 245 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-2.7, -2.0) |
| Orange County | Urban | Yes | 122.1 (113.6, 131.2) | 98 (88, 100) | 160 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-2.8, -1.6) |
| Mecklenburg County | Urban | Yes | 121.2 (117.3, 125.2) | 99 (91, 100) | 761 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.2, -1.7) |
| Wake County | Urban | Yes | 120.5 (117.1, 124.1) | 100 (92, 100) | 957 |
falling
|
-3.7 (-5.6, -2.4) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/23/2026 9:50 am.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
† Death data provided by the National Vital Statistics System public use data file. Death rates calculated by the National Cancer Institute using SEER*Stat. Death rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (20 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85-89, 90+).
Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI.
The US Population Data File is used with mortality data.
⋔ Results presented with the CI*Rank statistics help show the usefulness of ranks. For example, ranks for relatively rare diseases or less populated areas may be essentially meaningless because of their large variability, but ranks for more common diseases in densely populated regions can be very useful. More information about methodology can be found on the CI*Rank website.
When displaying county information, the CI*Rank for the state is not shown because it's not comparable. To see the state CI*Rank please view the statistics at the US By State level.
Φ Rural–urban county classifications are based on the 2023 USDA Rural–Urban Continuum Codes (except for Connecticut Counties which use 2013 codes). State-level cancer rates for rural areas are calculated using cancer cases registered exclusively in rural counties, while state-level cancer rates for urban areas are calculated using cases registered exclusively in urban counties.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.