Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for North Carolina by County
Colon & Rectum, 2019-2023
All Races (includes 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 8.9? |
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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| Rowan County | Urban | No | 12.1 (10.0, 14.7) | 68 (23, 88) | 22 |
falling 
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-5.3 (-15.8, -2.1) |
| Yadkin County | Urban | No | 9.0 (5.7, 13.7) | 89 (29, 91) | 5 |
falling
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-4.2 (-8.1, -0.9) |
| Franklin County | Urban | Yes | 8.5 (6.0, 11.8) | 91 (48, 91) | 7 |
falling
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-4.1 (-6.3, -2.1) |
| Hertford County | Rural | No | 16.2 (10.0, 25.1) | 24 (1, 91) | 4 |
falling
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-4.1 (-7.0, -1.8) |
| Bertie County | Rural | No | 17.7 (11.0, 27.5) | 10 (1, 90) | 5 |
falling
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-3.9 (-6.1, -2.1) |
| Warren County | Rural | No | 12.0 (6.9, 20.1) | 69 (3, 91) | 3 |
falling
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-3.8 (-7.9, -0.4) |
| Craven County | Rural | No | 12.7 (10.1, 15.8) | 60 (16, 89) | 17 |
falling
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-3.6 (-5.6, -1.8) |
| Nash County | Urban | No | 10.0 (7.6, 12.9) | 83 (39, 91) | 13 |
falling
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-3.4 (-5.8, -1.2) |
| Martin County | Rural | No | 12.6 (7.2, 20.8) | 61 (2, 91) | 4 |
stable 
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-3.1 (-7.0, 0.0) |
| Currituck County | Urban | No | 13.2 (8.0, 20.7) | 52 (2, 91) | 4 |
stable
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-2.9 (-6.0, 0.2) |
| Chowan County | Rural | No | 13.1 (7.5, 22.6) | 55 (1, 91) | 3 |
stable
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-2.8 (-7.0, 1.0) |
| New Hanover County | Urban | No | 10.7 (9.1, 12.5) | 80 (47, 90) | 32 |
falling
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-2.8 (-4.4, -1.1) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 14.5 (11.0, 18.8) | 41 (4, 87) | 12 |
falling
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-2.7 (-5.1, -0.2) |
| Mecklenburg County | Urban | No | 11.2 (10.3, 12.2) | 77 (53, 85) | 117 |
falling
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-2.7 (-3.5, -1.9) |
| Union County | Urban | No | 10.6 (8.9, 12.7) | 81 (45, 90) | 27 |
falling
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-2.7 (-3.9, -1.3) |
| Hoke County | Urban | No | 13.5 (9.0, 19.4) | 49 (3, 91) | 6 |
stable
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-2.5 (-5.4, 0.4) |
| Cumberland County | Urban | No | 12.5 (10.8, 14.4) | 63 (29, 82) | 40 |
falling
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-2.4 (-3.3, -1.5) |
| Iredell County | Urban | No | 12.4 (10.4, 14.7) | 66 (26, 86) | 28 |
falling
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-2.4 (-4.0, -0.8) |
| Northampton County | Rural | No | 11.4 (6.4, 19.7) | 76 (4, 91) | 3 |
falling
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-2.4 (-4.8, -0.3) |
| Wilkes County | Rural | No | 12.8 (9.8, 16.6) | 58 (12, 90) | 13 |
falling
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-2.4 (-5.0, -0.1) |
| Ashe County | Rural | Yes | 8.7 (5.5, 13.9) | 90 (30, 91) | 4 |
stable
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-2.3 (-5.2, 0.6) |
| Chatham County | Urban | No | 9.3 (6.9, 12.3) | 87 (41, 91) | 11 |
stable
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-2.3 (-4.9, 0.2) |
| Catawba County | Urban | No | 14.3 (12.0, 16.9) | 45 (11, 78) | 30 |
falling
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-2.2 (-3.7, -0.7) |
| Randolph County | Urban | No | 13.5 (11.2, 16.1) | 50 (15, 84) | 25 |
falling
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-2.2 (-3.9, -0.7) |
| Cabarrus County | Urban | No | 11.9 (9.9, 14.0) | 72 (30, 88) | 28 |
falling
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-2.1 (-3.3, -0.8) |
| Henderson County | Urban | No | 12.8 (10.5, 15.6) | 59 (19, 87) | 24 |
stable
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-2.1 (-4.2, 0.0) |
| Davie County | Urban | No | 11.4 (8.0, 16.0) | 75 (14, 91) | 7 |
stable
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-2.0 (-4.5, 0.7) |
| Forsyth County | Urban | No | 13.1 (11.6, 14.7) | 56 (28, 77) | 60 |
falling
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-2.0 (-3.1, -0.9) |
| Guilford County | Urban | No | 11.9 (10.7, 13.3) | 71 (40, 83) | 74 |
falling
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-2.0 (-3.1, -0.9) |
| Lenoir County | Rural | No | 15.8 (11.8, 20.7) | 27 (2, 85) | 11 |
falling
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-2.0 (-4.1, -0.1) |
| Montgomery County | Rural | No | 15.6 (10.2, 23.1) | 30 (1, 91) | 6 |
stable
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-2.0 (-4.9, 0.7) |
| Pender County | Urban | No | 9.9 (7.0, 13.7) | 85 (28, 91) | 8 |
stable
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-2.0 (-4.9, 0.9) |
| Perquimans County | Rural | No | 17.9 (10.6, 29.6) | 9 (1, 91) | 4 |
stable
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-2.0 (-5.1, 1.2) |
| Rockingham County | Urban | No | 15.5 (12.7, 18.9) | 31 (5, 76) | 21 |
falling
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-2.0 (-3.4, -0.6) |
| Alexander County | Urban | No | 14.3 (10.1, 19.9) | 44 (3, 91) | 7 |
stable
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-1.9 (-5.1, 1.3) |
| Brunswick County | Urban | No | 12.0 (9.9, 14.4) | 70 (25, 88) | 30 |
stable
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-1.9 (-3.7, 0.2) |
| Cleveland County | Rural | No | 15.7 (12.8, 19.2) | 28 (4, 74) | 21 |
falling
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-1.9 (-3.8, -0.1) |
| Beaufort County | Rural | No | 15.6 (11.5, 20.9) | 29 (2, 87) | 10 |
falling
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-1.8 (-3.7, -0.1) |
| Johnston County | Urban | No | 11.2 (9.3, 13.4) | 78 (33, 90) | 26 |
falling
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-1.8 (-3.2, -0.1) |
| Rutherford County | Rural | No | 16.8 (13.2, 21.2) | 18 (2, 77) | 16 |
stable
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-1.8 (-4.0, 0.1) |
| Buncombe County | Urban | No | 11.5 (10.0, 13.2) | 74 (41, 87) | 45 |
falling
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-1.7 (-2.9, -0.6) |
| Burke County | Urban | No | 12.5 (9.8, 15.8) | 64 (13, 90) | 15 |
stable
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-1.7 (-3.7, 0.1) |
| Dare County | Rural | No | 11.6 (7.9, 16.9) | 73 (9, 91) | 7 |
stable
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-1.7 (-4.0, 0.8) |
| Durham County | Urban | No | 11.2 (9.6, 13.0) | 79 (40, 89) | 38 |
stable
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-1.7 (-3.3, 4.5) |
| Gaston County | Urban | No | 13.7 (11.8, 15.8) | 48 (18, 78) | 38 |
falling
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-1.7 (-2.6, -0.8) |
| Person County | Urban | No | 13.3 (9.4, 18.7) | 51 (4, 91) | 7 |
stable
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-1.6 (-4.1, 0.9) |
| Alamance County | Urban | No | 13.1 (11.0, 15.5) | 54 (19, 85) | 29 |
falling
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-1.4 (-2.3, -0.5) |
| Davidson County | Urban | No | 14.9 (12.7, 17.3) | 37 (9, 73) | 34 |
falling
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-1.4 (-2.5, -0.2) |
| Granville County | Rural | No | 18.7 (14.5, 23.7) | 7 (1, 65) | 14 |
stable
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-1.4 (-3.7, 0.9) |
| Stokes County | Urban | No | 14.6 (10.5, 19.9) | 39 (3, 89) | 9 |
stable
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-1.4 (-3.6, 0.8) |
| Vance County | Rural | No | 18.8 (13.9, 25.0) | 6 (1, 75) | 10 |
stable
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-1.4 (-3.4, 0.7) |
| Cherokee County | Rural | No | 17.4 (12.6, 24.2) | 13 (1, 83) | 10 |
stable
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-1.3 (-3.8, 1.4) |
| Edgecombe County | Urban | No | 14.3 (10.5, 19.2) | 43 (3, 88) | 10 |
stable
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-1.3 (-2.8, 0.1) |
| Wake County | Urban | No | 10.0 (9.1, 10.8) | 84 (67, 90) | 110 |
stable
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-1.3 (-6.5, 5.5) |
| Mitchell County | Rural | No | 17.5 (11.0, 27.6) | 12 (1, 91) | 4 |
stable
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-1.2 (-4.0, 1.4) |
| Scotland County | Rural | No | 15.4 (10.5, 21.9) | 32 (2, 91) | 6 |
stable
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-1.2 (-3.6, 1.2) |
| Yancey County | Rural | No | 12.5 (7.5, 20.3) | 65 (3, 91) | 4 |
stable
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-1.2 (-5.9, 3.2) |
| Wilson County | Rural | No | 14.5 (11.3, 18.4) | 42 (4, 86) | 14 |
stable
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-1.1 (-3.4, 1.2) |
| Carteret County | Rural | No | 14.1 (11.1, 17.8) | 46 (8, 86) | 17 |
stable
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-1.0 (-2.8, 0.7) |
| Pasquotank County | Rural | No | 14.9 (10.6, 20.6) | 36 (2, 90) | 8 |
stable
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-1.0 (-3.4, 1.5) |
| Transylvania County | Rural | No | 9.1 (6.0, 13.9) | 88 (25, 91) | 6 |
stable
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-1.0 (-4.0, 2.3) |
| Halifax County | Rural | No | 15.3 (11.3, 20.4) | 34 (2, 87) | 10 |
stable
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-0.9 (-2.6, 0.8) |
| Jackson County | Rural | No | 14.8 (10.5, 20.3) | 38 (2, 90) | 8 |
stable
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-0.9 (-3.6, 1.9) |
| Caldwell County | Urban | No | 15.9 (12.7, 19.8) | 25 (3, 80) | 18 |
stable
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-0.8 (-2.8, 1.1) |
| Sampson County | Rural | No | 17.3 (13.3, 22.2) | 16 (1, 77) | 13 |
stable
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-0.8 (-2.5, 1.0) |
| Wayne County | Urban | No | 18.5 (15.4, 22.1) | 8 (1, 50) | 26 |
stable
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-0.8 (-2.4, 0.8) |
| McDowell County | Rural | No | 17.6 (13.2, 23.1) | 11 (1, 80) | 11 |
stable
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-0.7 (-2.7, 1.3) |
| Bladen County | Rural | No | 17.3 (12.3, 24.1) | 14 (1, 87) | 8 |
stable
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-0.5 (-2.3, 1.4) |
| Pitt County | Urban | No | 12.5 (10.3, 15.1) | 62 (20, 87) | 22 |
stable
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-0.5 (-2.9, 7.0) |
| Caswell County | Rural | No | 15.1 (10.0, 22.5) | 35 (2, 91) | 5 |
stable
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-0.3 (-2.9, 2.5) |
| Macon County | Rural | No | 16.9 (12.6, 22.6) | 17 (1, 82) | 11 |
stable
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-0.3 (-2.5, 2.1) |
| Orange County | Urban | No | 9.8 (7.7, 12.3) | 86 (46, 91) | 16 |
stable
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-0.3 (-3.2, 11.1) |
| Surry County | Rural | No | 16.6 (13.2, 20.8) | 20 (2, 72) | 17 |
stable
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-0.3 (-2.8, 2.3) |
| Robeson County | Rural | No | 19.7 (16.4, 23.4) | 5 (1, 42) | 27 |
stable
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0.0 (-1.4, 1.6) |
| Madison County | Urban | No | 15.9 (9.9, 24.7) | 26 (1, 91) | 5 |
stable
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0.1 (-3.0, 3.2) |
| Anson County | Urban | No | 20.5 (14.0, 29.4) | 4 (1, 84) | 6 |
stable
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0.8 (-1.1, 3.0) |
| Stanly County | Rural | No | 16.4 (12.7, 20.9) | 21 (2, 80) | 14 |
stable
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0.9 (-7.1, 10.2) |
| Harnett County | Rural | No | 16.2 (13.3, 19.6) | 22 (3, 69) | 22 |
stable
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1.6 (-1.3, 10.2) |
| Swain County | Rural | No | 20.9 (11.9, 34.2) | 3 (1, 91) | 3 |
stable
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2.1 (-0.6, 5.5) |
| Moore County | Urban | No | 12.3 (9.9, 15.2) | 67 (21, 89) | 20 |
stable
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2.8 (-0.2, 9.4) |
| Duplin County | Rural | No | 16.7 (12.4, 22.0) | 19 (2, 81) | 11 |
stable
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2.9 (-0.3, 15.8) |
| Columbus County | Rural | No | 17.3 (13.2, 22.5) | 15 (1, 77) | 12 |
stable
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3.0 (-0.1, 16.6) |
| Onslow County | Urban | No | 16.2 (13.4, 19.4) | 23 (3, 69) | 24 |
stable
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3.9 (-0.4, 16.7) |
| Washington County | Rural | No | 29.1 (16.8, 47.1) | 1 (1, 80) | 4 |
stable
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5.6 (-18.4, 34.1) |
| Richmond County | Rural | No | 21.3 (16.0, 28.0) | 2 (1, 55) | 11 |
rising 
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8.2 (0.1, 30.8) |
| Lincoln County | Urban | No | 14.6 (11.5, 18.2) | 40 (5, 83) | 17 |
stable
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13.6 (-2.1, 26.7) |
| Haywood County | Rural | No | 14.1 (10.8, 18.2) | 47 (5, 87) | 14 |
stable
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21.0 (-1.8, 41.7) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 13.1 (7.3, 24.0) | 57 (2, 91) | 3 |
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| Greene County | Rural | No | 13.2 (7.5, 21.7) | 53 (2, 91) | 3 |
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| Polk County | Rural | No | 15.3 (9.3, 24.5) | 33 (1, 91) | 5 |
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| Watauga County | Rural | No | 10.3 (6.7, 15.2) | 82 (17, 91) | 5 |
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| Alleghany County | Rural | *** |
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| Avery County | Rural | *** |
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| Camden County | Urban | *** |
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| Gates County | Urban | *** |
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| Graham County | Rural | *** |
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| Hyde County | Rural | *** |
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| Jones County | Rural | *** |
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| Pamlico County | Rural | *** |
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| Tyrrell County | Rural | *** |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/21/2026 11:35 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 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.