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Death Rate Report for North Carolina by County

Oral Cavity & Pharynx, 2019-2023

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages

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County
sort alphabetically by name ascending 		2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
sort by rural urban descending 		Met Healthy People Objective of ***?
 Age-Adjusted Death Rate †
deaths per 100,000
(95% Confidence Interval)
sort by rate descending 		CI*Rank ⋔
(95% Confidence Interval)
sort by CI rank descending 		Average Annual Count
sort by count descending 		Recent Trend
 Recent 5-Year Trend ‡ in Death Rates
(95% Confidence Interval)
sort by trend descending
North Carolina N/A *** 2.9 (2.8, 3.1) N/A 397 rising rising trend 1.2 (0.2, 4.9)
United States N/A *** 2.7 (2.6, 2.7) N/A 11,277 rising rising trend 0.8 (0.5, 1.1)
Henderson County Urban *** 1.6 (1.0, 2.7) 44 (28, 44) 3
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Wake County Urban *** 1.8 (1.5, 2.2) 43 (35, 44) 21 stable stable trend -1.7 (-3.3, 0.3)
Pitt County Urban *** 2.0 (1.2, 3.2) 42 (16, 44) 4 stable stable trend -3.1 (-6.6, 0.4)
Mecklenburg County Urban *** 2.2 (1.8, 2.7) 41 (26, 44) 23 stable stable trend -1.1 (-2.6, 0.6)
Moore County Urban *** 2.3 (1.3, 3.8) 40 (8, 44) 3
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Carteret County Rural *** 2.4 (1.4, 4.3) 39 (8, 44) 3
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Orange County Urban *** 2.6 (1.6, 4.0) 38 (7, 44) 4
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Cabarrus County Urban *** 2.6 (1.8, 3.8) 37 (10, 44) 6
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Nash County Urban *** 2.6 (1.5, 4.4) 36 (5, 44) 3
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Cumberland County Urban *** 2.6 (1.9, 3.6) 35 (11, 44) 8 stable stable trend 0.5 (-2.3, 3.9)
Johnston County Urban *** 2.7 (1.8, 3.9) 34 (8, 44) 6
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Gaston County Urban *** 2.7 (1.9, 3.7) 33 (10, 44) 8 stable stable trend 0.9 (-1.9, 4.4)
Durham County Urban *** 2.7 (2.0, 3.6) 32 (11, 44) 10 stable stable trend 0.2 (-2.6, 3.8)
Onslow County Urban *** 2.8 (1.8, 4.3) 31 (5, 44) 4 stable stable trend -1.7 (-5.2, 2.2)
Rowan County Urban *** 2.9 (2.0, 4.2) 30 (7, 44) 6 stable stable trend 1.6 (-1.1, 5.0)
Craven County Rural *** 3.0 (1.9, 4.6) 29 (5, 44) 4
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Alamance County Urban *** 3.1 (2.1, 4.3) 28 (6, 43) 7 stable stable trend 0.9 (-1.8, 4.2)
Forsyth County Urban *** 3.1 (2.4, 3.9) 27 (9, 41) 14 rising rising trend 14.5 (0.7, 33.4)
Wilkes County Rural *** 3.1 (1.7, 5.2) 26 (2, 44) 3
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Randolph County Urban *** 3.1 (2.0, 4.5) 25 (5, 44) 6 stable stable trend 0.4 (-3.4, 5.1)
Iredell County Urban *** 3.1 (2.1, 4.3) 24 (5, 44) 7 stable stable trend 2.1 (-1.0, 6.6)
Robeson County Rural *** 3.1 (1.9, 4.8) 23 (3, 44) 4 stable stable trend -1.5 (-5.5, 2.6)
Buncombe County Urban *** 3.2 (2.4, 4.1) 22 (6, 40) 12 stable stable trend 1.9 (-0.1, 4.4)
Wayne County Urban *** 3.3 (2.1, 4.9) 21 (3, 44) 5
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Guilford County Urban *** 3.3 (2.7, 4.0) 20 (8, 37) 21 rising rising trend 2.9 (1.1, 5.4)
New Hanover County Urban *** 3.3 (2.4, 4.4) 19 (5, 41) 10 stable stable trend 0.1 (-2.5, 3.1)
Haywood County Rural *** 3.4 (2.1, 5.5) 18 (2, 44) 4
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Cleveland County Rural *** 3.5 (2.2, 5.3) 17 (2, 43) 4
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Davidson County Urban *** 3.5 (2.5, 4.8) 16 (4, 41) 8 stable stable trend 1.4 (-1.7, 5.5)
Union County Urban *** 3.5 (2.6, 4.8) 15 (3, 40) 9 stable stable trend 0.3 (-2.2, 3.9)
Harnett County Rural *** 3.6 (2.3, 5.3) 14 (2, 43) 5 stable stable trend 0.1 (-2.8, 3.8)
Catawba County Urban *** 3.6 (2.5, 4.9) 13 (3, 40) 8 rising rising trend 24.1 (2.9, 44.0)
Caldwell County Urban *** 3.8 (2.4, 5.9) 12 (1, 43) 4
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Columbus County Rural *** 4.0 (2.2, 6.7) 11 (1, 44) 3
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Surry County Rural *** 4.0 (2.6, 6.3) 10 (1, 41) 4 stable stable trend 0.3 (-2.4, 3.5)
Burke County Urban *** 4.4 (2.9, 6.5) 9 (1, 40) 5 stable stable trend 0.7 (-2.6, 4.5)
Brunswick County Urban *** 4.4 (3.2, 6.1) 8 (1, 31) 11 stable stable trend 1.9 (-0.7, 5.5)
Edgecombe County Urban *** 4.6 (2.7, 7.7) 7 (1, 43) 3
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Rockingham County Urban *** 4.7 (3.2, 6.9) 6 (1, 36) 6 stable stable trend 1.0 (-2.1, 4.6)
Halifax County Rural *** 4.9 (2.8, 8.3) 5 (1, 43) 3 stable stable trend 39.4 (-2.8, 86.3)
Stanly County Rural *** 5.0 (3.1, 7.7) 4 (1, 39) 4
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Rutherford County Rural *** 5.0 (3.3, 7.6) 3 (1, 36) 5
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Dare County Rural *** 5.5 (3.1, 9.4) 2 (1, 41) 3
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McDowell County Rural *** 6.0 (3.7, 9.7) 1 (1, 34) 4
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Alexander County Urban ***
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3 or fewer
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Alleghany County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Anson County Urban ***
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3 or fewer
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Ashe County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Avery County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Beaufort County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Bertie County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Bladen County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Camden County Urban ***
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3 or fewer
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Caswell County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Chatham County Urban ***
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3 or fewer
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Cherokee County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Chowan County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Clay County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Currituck County Urban ***
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3 or fewer
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Davie County Urban ***
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3 or fewer
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Duplin County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Franklin County Urban ***
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3 or fewer
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Gates County Urban ***
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3 or fewer
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Graham County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Granville County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Greene County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Hertford County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Hoke County Urban ***
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3 or fewer
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Hyde County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Jackson County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Jones County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Lee County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Lenoir County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Lincoln County Urban ***
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3 or fewer
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Macon County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Madison County Urban ***
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3 or fewer
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Martin County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Mitchell County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Montgomery County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Northampton County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Pamlico County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Pasquotank County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Pender County Urban ***
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3 or fewer
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Perquimans County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Person County Urban ***
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3 or fewer
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Polk County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Richmond County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Sampson County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Scotland County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Stokes County Urban ***
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3 or fewer
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Swain County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Transylvania County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Tyrrell County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Vance County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Warren County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Washington County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Watauga County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Wilson County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Yadkin County Urban ***
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3 or fewer
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Yancey County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/26/2026 7:42 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.

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.

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