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 Recentaapc
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)
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CI*Rank ⋔ (95% Confidence Interval)
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Average Annual Count
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Recent Trend |
Recent 5-Year Trend ‡ in Death Rates (95% Confidence Interval) 
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery County | Rural | No | 160.6 (140.2, 183.8) | 60 (10, 95) | 51 |
stable 
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8.8 (-0.8, 15.5) |
| Mitchell County | Rural | No | 196.3 (170.9, 225.2) | 10 (1, 63) | 48 |
stable
|
7.4 (-0.6, 13.3) |
| Currituck County | Urban | No | 155.5 (136.1, 177.1) | 70 (16, 97) | 53 |
rising 
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3.6 (0.5, 9.4) |
| Forsyth County | Urban | No | 153.0 (147.0, 159.2) | 75 (51, 85) | 519 |
rising
|
2.8 (0.7, 4.5) |
| Swain County | Rural | No | 227.9 (192.8, 268.6) | 1 (1, 40) | 34 |
stable
|
1.1 (-0.1, 2.3) |
| Camden County | Urban | No | 166.9 (134.1, 205.9) | 49 (2, 100) | 18 |
stable
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0.9 (-2.8, 4.6) |
| Anson County | Urban | No | 197.3 (166.8, 232.7) | 9 (1, 83) | 33 |
stable
|
0.3 (-1.0, 1.6) |
| Martin County | Rural | No | 169.2 (144.3, 198.2) | 39 (4, 94) | 36 |
stable
|
0.2 (-1.7, 8.4) |
| McDowell County | Rural | No | 191.7 (176.4, 208.1) | 12 (2, 47) | 123 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.6, 0.6) |
| Robeson County | Rural | No | 214.8 (196.2, 235.1) | 4 (1, 21) | 104 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.0, 1.0) |
| Sampson County | Rural | No | 203.1 (185.2, 222.6) | 6 (1, 37) | 99 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.7, 0.8) |
| Washington County | Rural | No | 176.5 (140.6, 222.8) | 28 (1, 100) | 19 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.8, 1.9) |
| Alleghany County | Rural | No | 160.8 (134.6, 192.2) | 59 (7, 99) | 31 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-11.6, 9.6) |
| Richmond County | Rural | No | 216.7 (195.7, 239.6) | 3 (1, 24) | 83 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.7, 0.5) |
| Bladen County | Rural | No | 187.9 (165.3, 213.4) | 16 (1, 71) | 56 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.9, 1.5) |
| Onslow County | Urban | No | 205.9 (194.1, 218.1) | 5 (1, 22) | 241 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.9, 0.6) |
| Halifax County | Rural | No | 183.9 (162.9, 207.5) | 21 (2, 75) | 62 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.1, 0.2) |
| Surry County | Rural | No | 186.2 (174.1, 199.1) | 17 (6, 49) | 187 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.8, 0.1) |
| Caldwell County | Urban | No | 191.4 (179.6, 203.8) | 13 (4, 39) | 213 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.1, 0.0) |
| Cleveland County | Rural | No | 185.5 (173.9, 197.8) | 20 (6, 49) | 202 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-0.9, 0.0) |
| Columbus County | Rural | No | 200.0 (182.2, 219.3) | 7 (1, 40) | 99 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.2, 0.2) |
| Davidson County | Urban | No | 181.2 (172.9, 189.8) | 25 (11, 47) | 377 |
stable
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-0.5 (-1.0, 0.0) |
| Graham County | Rural | No | 167.3 (136.0, 205.5) | 45 (1, 100) | 21 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.9, 1.0) |
| Wayne County | Urban | No | 190.7 (177.8, 204.3) | 15 (4, 42) | 173 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-0.9, 0.0) |
| Ashe County | Rural | No | 156.7 (140.7, 174.5) | 65 (20, 93) | 77 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.5, 0.3) |
| Burke County | Urban | No | 170.0 (159.4, 181.2) | 36 (15, 72) | 208 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.2, 0.0) |
| Davie County | Urban | No | 152.0 (138.1, 167.1) | 77 (31, 94) | 93 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.4, 0.3) |
| Edgecombe County | Urban | No | 195.2 (173.1, 220.0) | 11 (1, 61) | 62 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.4, 0.2) |
| Randolph County | Urban | No | 173.5 (164.6, 182.9) | 34 (15, 62) | 300 |
falling 
|
-0.6 (-1.0, -0.1) |
| Rutherford County | Rural | No | 175.5 (163.0, 188.8) | 31 (10, 68) | 158 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.1, -0.1) |
| Alamance County | Urban | No | 167.2 (158.3, 176.4) | 46 (21, 71) | 282 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.1, -0.3) |
| Alexander County | Urban | No | 169.0 (152.8, 186.7) | 40 (10, 84) | 84 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.4, 0.1) |
| Bertie County | Rural | No | 197.7 (162.1, 241.4) | 8 (1, 87) | 24 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.9, 0.6) |
| Duplin County | Rural | No | 176.3 (158.2, 196.2) | 29 (6, 82) | 77 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.6, 0.2) |
| Pender County | Urban | No | 172.6 (158.4, 187.8) | 35 (9, 77) | 117 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.5, 0.2) |
| Stanly County | Rural | No | 174.1 (160.7, 188.3) | 33 (10, 71) | 133 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.4, -0.1) |
| Caswell County | Rural | No | 175.3 (151.4, 202.6) | 32 (3, 89) | 41 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.0, 0.4) |
| Harnett County | Rural | No | 181.3 (169.7, 193.6) | 24 (8, 56) | 187 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.3, -0.1) |
| Haywood County | Rural | No | 159.0 (147.8, 170.9) | 63 (26, 87) | 166 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.4, -0.1) |
| Henderson County | Urban | No | 156.0 (147.7, 164.8) | 68 (40, 85) | 300 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.2, -0.3) |
| Perquimans County | Rural | No | 161.8 (136.0, 192.6) | 55 (5, 98) | 31 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.9, 0.2) |
| Chowan County | Rural | No | 167.4 (138.9, 201.5) | 43 (2, 97) | 28 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.2, 0.3) |
| Cumberland County | Urban | No | 183.4 (174.1, 193.1) | 22 (8, 45) | 301 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.2, -0.5) |
| Gates County | Urban | No | 155.4 (120.5, 198.4) | 71 (3, 100) | 15 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.5, 0.6) |
| Hertford County | Rural | No | 186.2 (153.0, 226.4) | 18 (1, 92) | 24 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.3, 0.4) |
| Jones County | Rural | No | 161.3 (127.3, 203.7) | 57 (2, 100) | 16 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-3.1, 1.3) |
| Lenoir County | Rural | No | 177.0 (159.5, 196.1) | 26 (6, 81) | 83 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.7, -0.2) |
| Macon County | Rural | No | 154.9 (140.7, 170.5) | 73 (25, 93) | 102 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.6, -0.2) |
| Person County | Urban | No | 169.6 (152.0, 189.0) | 38 (9, 86) | 71 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-1.8, 0.0) |
| Wilkes County | Rural | No | 166.9 (155.3, 179.3) | 48 (18, 79) | 166 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.4) |
| Craven County | Rural | No | 167.0 (156.0, 178.7) | 47 (18, 77) | 189 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.5) |
| Greene County | Rural | No | 177.0 (148.4, 210.6) | 27 (1, 94) | 28 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.3, 0.4) |
| Guilford County | Urban | No | 146.9 (141.6, 152.3) | 82 (64, 90) | 619 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.3, -0.7) |
| Johnston County | Urban | No | 166.4 (157.8, 175.5) | 50 (24, 73) | 296 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.6) |
| Nash County | Urban | No | 161.0 (148.3, 174.7) | 58 (22, 88) | 128 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.5, -0.4) |
| Northampton County | Rural | No | 150.8 (123.7, 185.1) | 78 (9, 100) | 25 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.5, 0.5) |
| Stokes County | Urban | No | 167.3 (153.3, 182.5) | 44 (13, 84) | 113 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.7, -0.3) |
| Watauga County | Rural | No | 136.8 (123.2, 151.7) | 89 (56, 100) | 80 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.9, -0.1) |
| Yadkin County | Urban | No | 165.4 (149.7, 182.7) | 51 (13, 87) | 87 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.6, -0.4) |
| Yancey County | Rural | No | 154.9 (136.4, 176.0) | 72 (16, 96) | 53 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.0, 0.1) |
| Brunswick County | Urban | No | 155.9 (148.2, 164.1) | 69 (39, 85) | 403 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.6) |
| Hoke County | Urban | No | 217.8 (188.4, 250.5) | 2 (1, 39) | 42 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.2, 0.1) |
| Lincoln County | Urban | No | 156.1 (145.6, 167.3) | 67 (32, 88) | 175 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.8, -0.5) |
| Pitt County | Urban | No | 149.1 (139.1, 159.7) | 81 (46, 93) | 171 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.7, -0.5) |
| Polk County | Rural | No | 139.6 (120.6, 161.7) | 87 (37, 100) | 54 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-2.3, -0.1) |
| Scotland County | Rural | No | 191.3 (166.8, 219.1) | 14 (1, 72) | 47 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.2, 0.0) |
| Warren County | Rural | No | 138.4 (113.3, 170.3) | 88 (19, 100) | 23 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-3.2, 1.0) |
| Catawba County | Urban | No | 160.5 (152.2, 169.1) | 61 (31, 79) | 301 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.8) |
| Rockingham County | Urban | No | 175.5 (164.3, 187.4) | 30 (12, 65) | 195 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.8) |
| Transylvania County | Rural | No | 132.9 (119.7, 147.7) | 92 (63, 100) | 89 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.0, -0.3) |
| Wilson County | Rural | No | 164.1 (150.1, 179.4) | 54 (17, 86) | 106 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.9, -0.4) |
| Iredell County | Urban | No | 150.4 (142.7, 158.4) | 79 (50, 90) | 301 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.7, -0.9) |
| Beaufort County | Rural | No | 158.4 (143.7, 174.6) | 64 (19, 91) | 94 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.4, -0.4) |
| Carteret County | Rural | No | 164.1 (153.5, 175.6) | 53 (22, 83) | 192 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.0, -0.8) |
| Chatham County | Urban | No | 130.2 (120.5, 140.7) | 94 (79, 100) | 150 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.0, -0.9) |
| Gaston County | Urban | No | 168.0 (160.5, 175.8) | 42 (24, 68) | 394 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.7, -1.1) |
| 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) |
| Pamlico County | Rural | No | 164.6 (137.2, 197.8) | 52 (3, 98) | 33 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.6, -0.1) |
| Pasquotank County | Rural | No | 161.7 (142.7, 182.8) | 56 (11, 94) | 56 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.4, -0.4) |
| Union County | Urban | No | 142.5 (135.1, 150.3) | 85 (64, 94) | 289 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.9, -0.8) |
| Vance County | Rural | No | 183.1 (161.7, 207.3) | 23 (3, 78) | 57 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-3.7, -0.1) |
| Cherokee County | Rural | No | 152.3 (136.7, 169.6) | 76 (27, 95) | 85 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.0, -0.9) |
| Dare County | Rural | No | 159.6 (144.1, 176.6) | 62 (17, 91) | 88 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.4, -0.6) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 149.2 (135.4, 164.3) | 80 (33, 95) | 90 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.2, -0.8) |
| Buncombe County | Urban | No | 135.9 (130.5, 141.5) | 90 (80, 96) | 499 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-1.9, -1.3) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 126.6 (106.1, 151.6) | 96 (48, 100) | 30 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.5, -0.6) |
| Jackson County | Rural | No | 129.3 (115.4, 144.6) | 95 (68, 100) | 69 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.7, -0.8) |
| Madison County | Urban | No | 156.1 (136.7, 177.9) | 66 (12, 95) | 51 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.6, -0.7) |
| Cabarrus County | Urban | No | 140.5 (132.7, 148.5) | 86 (69, 95) | 257 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.2, -1.4) |
| Franklin County | Urban | No | 154.4 (140.6, 169.3) | 74 (26, 92) | 99 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.5, -1.0) |
| Mecklenburg County | Urban | Yes | 121.2 (117.3, 125.2) | 99 (91, 100) | 761 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.2, -1.7) |
| Granville County | Rural | No | 169.8 (153.9, 187.1) | 37 (9, 85) | 89 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-10.5, -0.4) |
| Avery County | Rural | No | 132.0 (113.1, 154.0) | 93 (48, 100) | 36 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-3.5, -1.1) |
| Orange County | Urban | Yes | 122.1 (113.6, 131.2) | 98 (88, 100) | 160 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-2.8, -1.6) |
| Durham County | Urban | No | 125.3 (118.2, 132.7) | 97 (87, 100) | 245 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-2.7, -2.0) |
| Tyrrell County | Rural | No | 185.6 (126.2, 272.0) | 19 (1, 100) | 6 |
stable
|
-2.4 (-5.3, 0.2) |
| Rowan County | Urban | No | 168.7 (159.5, 178.3) | 41 (20, 71) | 268 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-4.8, -1.6) |
| Hyde County | Rural | No | 134.0 (91.8, 195.4) | 91 (2, 100) | 7 |
falling
|
-2.8 (-5.0, -0.9) |
| 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 03/30/2026 7:43 pm.
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.