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Death Rate Report for North Carolina by County

Breast, 2019-2023

Black Non-Hispanic, Female, All Ages

Sorted by CI*Rank

County
sort alphabetically by name ascending 		2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
sort by rural urban descending 		Met Healthy People Objective of 15.3?
 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 No 26.9 (25.7, 28.2) N/A 369 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.5, -0.8)
United States N/A No 26.5 (26.2, 26.8) N/A 6,417 falling falling trend -1.4 (-1.5, -1.3)
Lee County Rural No 52.1 (31.2, 82.2) 1 (1, 27) 4
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Anson County Urban No 42.9 (24.8, 71.0) 2 (1, 33) 3
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Wayne County Urban No 42.4 (31.3, 56.4) 3 (1, 23) 10 stable stable trend -0.3 (-4.4, 4.2)
Harnett County Rural No 40.3 (27.0, 57.9) 4 (1, 29) 6
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Rowan County Urban No 36.4 (23.4, 54.2) 5 (1, 33) 5 stable stable trend -1.1 (-4.4, 2.7)
Vance County Rural No 35.8 (22.3, 54.6) 6 (1, 33) 4 rising rising trend 3.6 (0.4, 8.1)
Buncombe County Urban No 35.0 (19.5, 57.9) 7 (1, 34) 3
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Onslow County Urban No 33.3 (20.7, 50.4) 8 (1, 34) 4 stable stable trend -0.1 (-3.7, 3.9)
Cleveland County Rural No 33.1 (19.7, 52.1) 9 (1, 34) 4 stable stable trend -0.5 (-4.6, 4.1)
Halifax County Rural No 33.0 (22.1, 48.1) 10 (1, 33) 6 stable stable trend 0.5 (-2.4, 3.5)
Pitt County Urban No 32.5 (24.2, 42.5) 11 (2, 31) 11 stable stable trend -0.6 (-2.8, 1.8)
Duplin County Rural No 31.6 (16.5, 55.7) 12 (1, 34) 3
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Nash County Urban No 31.2 (22.2, 42.8) 13 (2, 33) 8 stable stable trend 0.4 (-2.1, 3.5)
Durham County Urban No 31.1 (25.1, 38.1) 14 (4, 29) 19 stable stable trend 0.7 (-1.2, 8.0)
Mecklenburg County Urban No 30.3 (26.7, 34.4) 15 (6, 26) 54 stable stable trend -0.2 (-1.3, 1.1)
Craven County Rural No 29.9 (17.9, 47.1) 16 (1, 34) 4
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Edgecombe County Urban No 29.8 (19.6, 43.7) 17 (2, 34) 6 stable stable trend -1.1 (-3.3, 1.0)
Hoke County Urban No 29.7 (16.5, 49.5) 18 (1, 34) 3
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Cumberland County Urban No 29.7 (24.2, 36.1) 19 (5, 30) 21 stable stable trend -1.3 (-2.8, 0.3)
Iredell County Urban No 28.8 (17.5, 44.8) 20 (2, 34) 4
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Wilson County Rural No 28.4 (19.1, 40.8) 21 (3, 34) 6 falling falling trend -3.1 (-6.3, -0.5)
Alamance County Urban No 27.7 (18.7, 39.5) 22 (3, 34) 6 stable stable trend -0.2 (-3.8, 4.4)
Franklin County Urban No 26.7 (14.7, 45.0) 23 (2, 34) 3
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New Hanover County Urban No 26.7 (17.0, 40.0) 24 (3, 34) 5 falling falling trend -3.4 (-6.6, -0.5)
Johnston County Urban No 26.4 (17.6, 38.1) 25 (4, 34) 6 stable stable trend -1.0 (-3.2, 1.8)
Sampson County Rural No 26.0 (14.9, 43.9) 26 (2, 34) 3
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Cabarrus County Urban No 24.5 (15.8, 36.0) 27 (5, 34) 5
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Forsyth County Urban No 24.3 (18.9, 30.8) 28 (10, 34) 14 stable stable trend -1.8 (-3.6, 0.0)
Guilford County Urban No 24.1 (19.9, 28.9) 29 (13, 34) 24 falling falling trend -1.4 (-2.5, -0.2)
Union County Urban No 22.9 (12.8, 37.6) 30 (4, 34) 3
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Lenoir County Rural No 22.7 (13.4, 36.4) 31 (5, 34) 4 falling falling trend -3.1 (-6.4, -0.1)
Wake County Urban No 21.8 (18.1, 26.0) 32 (19, 34) 27 stable stable trend -1.6 (-3.1, 0.0)
Robeson County Rural No 20.7 (12.1, 33.3) 33 (8, 34) 3 stable stable trend -2.9 (-7.6, 1.0)
Gaston County Urban No 19.7 (12.3, 30.0) 34 (12, 34) 4
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Alexander County Urban ***
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Alleghany County Rural ***
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Ashe County Rural ***
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Avery County Rural ***
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Beaufort County Rural ***
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Bertie County Rural ***
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Bladen County Rural ***
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Brunswick County Urban ***
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Burke County Urban ***
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Caldwell County Urban ***
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Camden County Urban ***
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Carteret County Rural ***
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Caswell County Rural ***
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Catawba County Urban ***
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Chatham County Urban ***
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Cherokee County Rural ***
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Chowan County Rural ***
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Clay County Rural ***
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Columbus County Rural ***
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Currituck County Urban ***
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Dare County Rural ***
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Davidson County Urban ***
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Davie County Urban ***
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Gates County Urban ***
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Graham County Rural ***
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Granville County Rural ***
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Greene County Rural ***
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Haywood County Rural ***
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Henderson County Urban ***
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Hertford County Rural ***
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Hyde County Rural ***
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Jackson County Rural ***
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Jones County Rural ***
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Lincoln County Urban ***
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Macon County Rural ***
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Madison County Urban ***
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Martin County Rural ***
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McDowell County Rural ***
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Mitchell County Rural ***
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Montgomery County Rural ***
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Moore County Urban ***
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Northampton County Rural ***
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Orange County Urban ***
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Pamlico County Rural ***
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Pasquotank County Rural ***
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Pender County Urban ***
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Person County Urban ***
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Polk County Rural ***
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Randolph County Urban ***
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Richmond County Rural ***
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Rockingham County Urban ***
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Stanly County Rural ***
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Stokes County Urban ***
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Surry County Rural ***
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Swain County Rural ***
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Transylvania County Rural ***
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Tyrrell County Rural ***
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Warren County Rural ***
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Washington County Rural ***
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Watauga County Rural ***
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Wilkes County Rural ***
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Yadkin County Urban ***
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Yancey County Rural ***
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/25/2026 1:15 am.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.

Trend
Rising when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is above 0.
Stable when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change includes 0.
Falling when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is below 0.


† 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+).

The Healthy People 2030 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal.

Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI.

The US Population Data File is used with mortality data.

‡ The Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) is based on the APCs calculated by Joinpoint. Due to data availability issues, the time period used in the calculation of the joinpoint regression model may differ for selected counties.

⋔ 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.

Healthy People 2030 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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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