Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for North Dakota by County
All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by Rate
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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| North Dakota | N/A | No | 136.4 (133.0, 139.9) | N/A | 1,292 |
falling 
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-1.4 (-1.6, -1.2) |
| United States | N/A | No | 145.4 (145.2, 145.6) | N/A | 605,771 |
falling
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-1.3 (-1.5, -1.2) |
| Golden Valley County | Rural | Yes | 93.1 (51.8, 164.9) | 48 (6, 48) | 3 |
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| Griggs County | Rural | Yes | 94.8 (62.2, 149.3) | 47 (12, 48) | 5 |
falling
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-7.8 (-31.4, -3.3) |
| Steele County | Rural | Yes | 102.2 (59.1, 174.4) | 46 (4, 48) | 3 |
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| Kidder County | Rural | Yes | 108.0 (68.1, 169.7) | 45 (5, 48) | 5 |
stable 
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-1.6 (-5.4, 1.8) |
| Towner County | Rural | Yes | 110.6 (69.8, 176.3) | 44 (4, 48) | 4 |
stable
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-1.6 (-4.7, 1.1) |
| LaMoure County | Rural | Yes | 113.4 (77.7, 162.0) | 43 (6, 48) | 8 |
falling
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-3.2 (-5.3, -1.5) |
| McKenzie County | Rural | Yes | 114.8 (87.5, 147.5) | 42 (10, 48) | 13 |
falling
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-2.8 (-4.5, -1.2) |
| McLean County | Rural | Yes | 116.1 (93.0, 144.3) | 41 (12, 48) | 19 |
falling
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-2.8 (-4.2, -1.7) |
| Nelson County | Rural | Yes | 118.2 (80.5, 172.9) | 40 (4, 48) | 7 |
stable
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-1.4 (-4.2, 1.2) |
| Wells County | Rural | Yes | 120.0 (86.3, 166.6) | 39 (4, 48) | 9 |
stable
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-1.3 (-3.4, 0.7) |
| Emmons County | Rural | Yes | 120.4 (82.3, 174.7) | 38 (4, 48) | 8 |
stable
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-1.5 (-4.0, 0.7) |
| Grant County | Rural | Yes | 120.6 (78.3, 186.2) | 37 (2, 48) | 6 |
stable
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-2.3 (-5.5, 0.5) |
| Richland County | Rural | Yes | 121.5 (101.7, 144.3) | 36 (12, 47) | 29 |
stable
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-1.1 (-2.5, 0.3) |
| Dunn County | Rural | No | 125.2 (83.4, 181.3) | 35 (2, 48) | 6 |
stable
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-1.0 (-4.6, 2.5) |
| Traill County | Rural | No | 126.1 (99.0, 159.4) | 34 (6, 47) | 16 |
falling
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-9.2 (-22.2, -1.8) |
| Bottineau County | Rural | No | 126.5 (97.1, 163.7) | 33 (4, 48) | 14 |
stable
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-0.4 (-2.5, 1.7) |
| Burleigh County | Urban | No | 128.5 (119.8, 137.8) | 32 (18, 41) | 168 |
falling
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-1.5 (-2.1, -0.7) |
| Williams County | Rural | No | 129.5 (111.8, 149.2) | 31 (10, 45) | 41 |
falling
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-5.7 (-17.9, -1.3) |
| Stark County | Rural | No | 132.3 (115.4, 150.9) | 30 (10, 43) | 46 |
falling
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-1.7 (-3.1, -0.5) |
| Ransom County | Rural | No | 133.1 (99.9, 175.4) | 29 (3, 48) | 12 |
falling
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-2.2 (-4.3, -0.4) |
| Ward County | Urban | No | 135.4 (123.5, 148.1) | 28 (11, 40) | 99 |
falling
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-1.7 (-2.6, -0.9) |
| Mercer County | Rural | No | 135.5 (107.3, 169.8) | 27 (4, 46) | 17 |
stable
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-0.6 (-2.3, 1.1) |
| Cass County | Urban | No | 136.5 (128.8, 144.5) | 26 (14, 36) | 246 |
falling
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-1.7 (-2.3, -1.0) |
| Renville County | Urban | No | 138.3 (86.1, 214.6) | 25 (1, 48) | 4 |
stable
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0.2 (-2.1, 2.5) |
| Bowman County | Rural | No | 141.0 (95.1, 204.7) | 24 (1, 48) | 6 |
stable
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-1.7 (-4.0, 0.6) |
| Grand Forks County | Urban | No | 141.2 (129.1, 154.0) | 23 (9, 36) | 106 |
falling
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-1.5 (-2.2, -0.9) |
| Ramsey County | Rural | No | 141.5 (117.5, 169.6) | 22 (4, 44) | 26 |
falling
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-1.7 (-3.3, -0.3) |
| Stutsman County | Rural | No | 141.7 (123.1, 162.6) | 21 (6, 40) | 45 |
falling
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-1.3 (-2.3, -0.4) |
| Adams County | Rural | No | 143.0 (88.6, 223.4) | 20 (1, 48) | 5 |
stable
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-1.4 (-4.5, 1.3) |
| Pierce County | Rural | No | 143.3 (106.0, 192.9) | 19 (2, 47) | 10 |
stable
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-1.9 (-4.0, 0.1) |
| Cavalier County | Rural | No | 143.7 (102.0, 199.5) | 18 (1, 48) | 10 |
stable
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-1.4 (-3.3, 0.5) |
| Sioux County | Rural | No | 144.2 (91.2, 217.1) | 17 (1, 48) | 5 |
stable
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-2.3 (-6.0, 1.4) |
| Mountrail County | Rural | No | 145.1 (111.4, 185.8) | 16 (2, 46) | 13 |
stable
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-1.1 (-3.5, 1.1) |
| Divide County | Rural | No | 146.3 (91.5, 226.6) | 15 (1, 48) | 5 |
rising 
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4.5 (1.2, 11.8) |
| Hettinger County | Rural | No | 149.8 (98.8, 221.8) | 14 (1, 48) | 6 |
stable
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-1.7 (-4.6, 0.8) |
| Barnes County | Rural | No | 152.5 (127.3, 182.0) | 13 (2, 39) | 28 |
stable
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-1.1 (-2.3, 0.2) |
| Morton County | Urban | No | 155.7 (138.8, 174.2) | 12 (3, 30) | 65 |
stable
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-1.1 (-2.2, 0.0) |
| Dickey County | Rural | No | 156.0 (117.7, 204.4) | 11 (1, 45) | 11 |
stable
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0.4 (-1.5, 2.4) |
| McHenry County | Urban | No | 156.2 (119.6, 202.3) | 10 (1, 45) | 12 |
stable
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0.6 (-1.7, 2.9) |
| Walsh County | Rural | No | 156.7 (129.7, 188.3) | 9 (2, 39) | 26 |
stable
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-0.6 (-2.1, 0.9) |
| Pembina County | Rural | No | 157.4 (126.4, 195.4) | 8 (2, 41) | 20 |
stable
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-0.5 (-1.9, 0.9) |
| McIntosh County | Rural | No | 165.1 (109.2, 243.8) | 7 (1, 47) | 8 |
stable
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-1.0 (-4.1, 1.4) |
| Benson County | Rural | No | 165.9 (122.9, 219.3) | 6 (1, 44) | 11 |
stable
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-1.9 (-19.4, 0.3) |
| Foster County | Rural | No | 170.1 (123.6, 231.4) | 5 (1, 45) | 9 |
stable
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-1.6 (-4.2, 0.8) |
| Sargent County | Rural | No | 175.1 (131.4, 231.5) | 4 (1, 41) | 11 |
stable
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-1.0 (-2.9, 0.9) |
| Eddy County | Rural | No | 184.4 (124.1, 267.6) | 3 (1, 45) | 7 |
stable
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-0.2 (-2.3, 1.8) |
| Burke County | Rural | No | 191.1 (123.8, 284.5) | 2 (1, 47) | 5 |
stable
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0.9 (-2.1, 3.7) |
| Rolette County | Rural | No | 220.0 (182.8, 262.5) | 1 (1, 11) | 26 |
stable
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-1.0 (-2.0, 0.1) |
| Billings County | Rural | *** |
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| Logan County | Rural | *** |
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| Oliver County | Urban | *** |
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| Sheridan County | Rural | *** |
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| Slope County | Rural | *** |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/27/2026 12:50 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.
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 has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category.
If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.