Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for North Carolina by County
All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages 50+
Sorted by Recentaapc
County
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? |
Age-Adjusted Death Rate † deaths per 100,000 (95% Confidence Interval)
|
CI*Rank ⋔ (95% Confidence Interval)
|
Average Annual Count
|
Recent Trend |
Recent 5-Year Trend ‡ in Death Rates (95% Confidence Interval) 
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | N/A | No | 520.0 (516.7, 523.4) | N/A | 19,371 |
falling 
|
-1.3 (-1.3, -1.2) |
| United States | N/A | No | 488.7 (488.1, 489.2) | N/A | 576,743 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.7, -1.3) |
| Hyde County | Rural | No | 407.4 (295.1, 549.5) | 100 (16, 100) | 9 |
falling
|
-12.4 (-44.2, -2.2) |
| Wake County | Urban | No | 416.4 (406.0, 427.1) | 98 (92, 100) | 1,267 |
falling
|
-3.1 (-4.0, -2.5) |
| Rowan County | Urban | No | 555.4 (527.5, 584.4) | 45 (20, 75) | 307 |
falling
|
-3.0 (-6.3, -1.5) |
| Orange County | Urban | No | 408.5 (382.4, 435.8) | 99 (90, 100) | 190 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-2.8, -1.8) |
| Avery County | Rural | No | 449.7 (386.0, 521.1) | 91 (42, 100) | 36 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-3.4, -1.0) |
| Durham County | Urban | No | 460.3 (440.8, 480.4) | 88 (80, 97) | 439 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-2.4, -1.9) |
| Tyrrell County | Rural | No | 627.6 (471.9, 820.0) | 14 (1, 100) | 11 |
stable 
|
-2.0 (-4.4, 0.2) |
| Madison County | Urban | No | 502.1 (440.6, 569.8) | 81 (19, 98) | 50 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.9, -0.9) |
| Mecklenburg County | Urban | No | 444.8 (433.6, 456.2) | 93 (86, 97) | 1,268 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.1, -1.6) |
| Cabarrus County | Urban | No | 476.7 (453.0, 501.3) | 87 (64, 95) | 316 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.3, -1.3) |
| Franklin County | Urban | No | 515.9 (476.3, 558.0) | 72 (28, 91) | 133 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.4, -1.0) |
| Gates County | Urban | No | 521.1 (431.3, 623.9) | 69 (3, 100) | 24 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-3.1, -0.5) |
| Bertie County | Rural | No | 569.8 (498.7, 648.2) | 36 (2, 90) | 48 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.8, -0.7) |
| Hoke County | Urban | No | 588.3 (527.1, 654.7) | 24 (2, 81) | 75 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.8, -0.5) |
| Pasquotank County | Rural | No | 527.3 (477.2, 581.4) | 64 (19, 92) | 83 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.7, -0.8) |
| Buncombe County | Urban | No | 460.1 (442.5, 478.4) | 89 (80, 96) | 526 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-1.9, -1.3) |
| Cherokee County | Rural | No | 491.6 (444.6, 542.3) | 85 (33, 97) | 86 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.2, -0.9) |
| Dare County | Rural | No | 523.4 (473.7, 577.0) | 66 (19, 93) | 88 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.6, -0.5) |
| Polk County | Rural | No | 416.8 (367.6, 471.1) | 97 (74, 100) | 54 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.4, -0.8) |
| Chatham County | Urban | No | 429.6 (401.2, 459.6) | 95 (84, 100) | 172 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.1, -0.9) |
| Currituck County | Urban | No | 524.0 (460.5, 594.0) | 65 (11, 98) | 56 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.3, -0.7) |
| Jackson County | Rural | No | 429.1 (385.4, 476.5) | 96 (74, 100) | 74 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.4, -0.7) |
| Pitt County | Urban | No | 528.7 (500.6, 558.0) | 63 (31, 85) | 275 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.9, -1.1) |
| Union County | Urban | No | 482.5 (459.0, 506.9) | 86 (62, 94) | 334 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.0, -0.8) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 452.2 (381.7, 532.4) | 90 (29, 100) | 32 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.3, -0.6) |
| Iredell County | Urban | No | 493.6 (469.6, 518.4) | 84 (57, 91) | 330 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.9, -0.9) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 514.1 (473.2, 557.7) | 74 (29, 93) | 120 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.3, -0.6) |
| Lenoir County | Rural | No | 562.7 (520.4, 607.6) | 43 (11, 79) | 135 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.0, -0.8) |
| Nash County | Urban | No | 538.1 (504.9, 573.0) | 59 (23, 85) | 203 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.8, -0.9) |
| New Hanover County | Urban | No | 502.9 (481.7, 524.7) | 80 (54, 88) | 438 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.8, -0.9) |
| Pamlico County | Rural | No | 495.0 (424.6, 574.1) | 83 (13, 100) | 37 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.4, -0.3) |
| Rockingham County | Urban | No | 577.5 (544.2, 612.2) | 30 (10, 67) | 231 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.8, -0.9) |
| Beaufort County | Rural | No | 538.1 (494.9, 584.1) | 60 (19, 89) | 119 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.1, -0.4) |
| Catawba County | Urban | No | 523.3 (497.9, 549.8) | 67 (40, 85) | 325 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.7, -1.0) |
| Gaston County | Urban | No | 552.8 (529.9, 576.5) | 47 (25, 71) | 452 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.7, -1.0) |
| Lincoln County | Urban | No | 508.5 (474.9, 543.7) | 76 (37, 92) | 179 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.7, -0.8) |
| Carteret County | Rural | No | 566.8 (531.4, 603.9) | 38 (12, 71) | 201 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.7) |
| Caswell County | Rural | No | 564.0 (501.0, 632.8) | 40 (4, 91) | 60 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.0, -0.3) |
| Chowan County | Rural | No | 547.6 (471.5, 632.7) | 50 (3, 95) | 38 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.3, -0.2) |
| Craven County | Rural | No | 576.1 (543.4, 610.3) | 31 (11, 66) | 240 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.5, -1.0) |
| Greene County | Rural | No | 554.0 (478.8, 637.7) | 46 (2, 95) | 40 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-2.6, 0.1) |
| Moore County | Urban | No | 506.1 (478.2, 535.2) | 77 (45, 90) | 255 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.7) |
| Person County | Urban | No | 573.6 (522.6, 628.4) | 32 (6, 82) | 96 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.0, -0.4) |
| Brunswick County | Urban | No | 514.4 (491.1, 538.4) | 73 (46, 87) | 431 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.5) |
| Duplin County | Rural | No | 544.2 (498.8, 592.7) | 53 (15, 88) | 108 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.7, -0.4) |
| Forsyth County | Urban | No | 538.2 (520.5, 556.3) | 58 (35, 74) | 720 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.3, -0.9) |
| Guilford County | Urban | No | 504.8 (490.0, 520.0) | 78 (59, 86) | 902 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.4, -0.7) |
| Watauga County | Rural | No | 447.4 (403.6, 494.7) | 92 (64, 100) | 79 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.9, -0.2) |
| Wilson County | Rural | No | 572.0 (534.3, 611.7) | 34 (10, 73) | 176 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.7, -0.5) |
| Yadkin County | Urban | No | 540.1 (490.6, 593.3) | 56 (15, 89) | 88 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.8, -0.5) |
| Granville County | Rural | No | 563.8 (520.6, 609.8) | 41 (10, 82) | 131 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-1.8, 1.6) |
| Perquimans County | Rural | No | 551.0 (476.5, 634.4) | 49 (3, 94) | 40 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-1.9, 0.0) |
| Scotland County | Rural | No | 643.8 (582.2, 710.2) | 8 (1, 54) | 82 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.8, -0.2) |
| Wilkes County | Rural | No | 538.7 (502.5, 577.0) | 57 (23, 86) | 166 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.5, -0.5) |
| Bladen County | Rural | No | 569.6 (513.6, 630.2) | 37 (4, 87) | 79 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-1.9, 0.0) |
| Cumberland County | Urban | No | 581.2 (558.9, 604.2) | 28 (15, 54) | 531 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.3, -0.6) |
| Harnett County | Rural | No | 608.3 (573.6, 644.5) | 19 (4, 49) | 239 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.3, -0.4) |
| Henderson County | Urban | No | 500.3 (475.0, 526.6) | 82 (50, 91) | 302 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.3) |
| Johnston County | Urban | No | 556.6 (529.9, 584.3) | 44 (21, 71) | 356 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.3, -0.5) |
| Transylvania County | Rural | No | 438.9 (397.7, 483.2) | 94 (70, 100) | 90 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.7, -0.1) |
| Warren County | Rural | No | 533.6 (470.7, 602.8) | 62 (9, 96) | 54 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.1, 0.3) |
| Alamance County | Urban | No | 579.8 (553.3, 607.2) | 29 (14, 59) | 366 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.2, -0.4) |
| Burke County | Urban | No | 546.9 (514.3, 581.0) | 51 (21, 82) | 214 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.3, -0.2) |
| Macon County | Rural | No | 504.3 (460.2, 551.4) | 79 (32, 95) | 102 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.6, 0.0) |
| Ashe County | Rural | No | 517.7 (466.1, 573.6) | 70 (19, 95) | 75 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.7, 0.4) |
| Cleveland County | Rural | No | 607.8 (573.1, 644.1) | 20 (5, 48) | 238 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.2, -0.2) |
| Graham County | Rural | No | 572.0 (470.1, 689.6) | 35 (1, 97) | 22 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.3, 0.9) |
| Randolph County | Urban | No | 565.3 (537.2, 594.4) | 39 (18, 67) | 314 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.1, -0.3) |
| Rutherford County | Rural | No | 588.0 (548.7, 629.4) | 25 (6, 64) | 171 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.3, -0.1) |
| Vance County | Rural | No | 630.6 (577.2, 687.7) | 13 (1, 54) | 106 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.3, -0.1) |
| Wayne County | Urban | No | 637.0 (602.6, 672.8) | 11 (1, 34) | 265 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.2, -0.2) |
| Caldwell County | Urban | No | 623.0 (585.8, 662.0) | 15 (3, 40) | 216 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.1, -0.1) |
| Columbus County | Rural | No | 639.6 (591.5, 690.6) | 10 (1, 46) | 135 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.3, 0.2) |
| Davidson County | Urban | No | 595.4 (569.4, 622.3) | 22 (10, 49) | 404 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.2, 0.1) |
| Davie County | Urban | No | 517.5 (473.2, 564.9) | 71 (23, 93) | 101 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.4, 0.2) |
| Haywood County | Rural | No | 522.2 (486.5, 559.8) | 68 (30, 89) | 164 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.5, 0.3) |
| Pender County | Urban | No | 582.5 (538.3, 629.5) | 27 (6, 74) | 135 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.2, 0.1) |
| Stanly County | Rural | No | 596.2 (553.0, 641.8) | 21 (3, 65) | 146 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.2, 0.0) |
| Alexander County | Urban | No | 573.3 (520.3, 630.3) | 33 (3, 83) | 88 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.3, 0.3) |
| Jones County | Rural | No | 587.2 (489.3, 699.1) | 26 (1, 95) | 26 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-2.3, 1.3) |
| Montgomery County | Rural | No | 538.0 (478.9, 602.6) | 61 (11, 94) | 62 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.5, 0.6) |
| Yancey County | Rural | No | 545.8 (481.4, 616.6) | 52 (5, 93) | 53 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.5, 0.5) |
| Alleghany County | Rural | No | 514.1 (436.6, 601.7) | 75 (7, 100) | 32 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-6.2, 7.2) |
| Halifax County | Rural | No | 647.4 (599.0, 698.6) | 7 (1, 39) | 138 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.9, 0.0) |
| Surry County | Rural | No | 622.0 (583.0, 663.0) | 17 (2, 45) | 192 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.9, 0.1) |
| Onslow County | Urban | No | 648.6 (614.2, 684.5) | 6 (1, 27) | 280 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.0, 0.5) |
| Sampson County | Rural | No | 649.7 (602.4, 699.9) | 5 (1, 39) | 143 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.9, 0.2) |
| Washington County | Rural | No | 590.1 (503.8, 687.4) | 23 (1, 94) | 34 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.9, 1.3) |
| Stokes County | Urban | No | 541.3 (497.5, 587.9) | 55 (17, 88) | 114 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-2.1, 5.0) |
| McDowell County | Rural | No | 631.9 (582.4, 684.5) | 12 (1, 49) | 124 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.8, 0.5) |
| Edgecombe County | Urban | No | 655.7 (606.1, 708.4) | 4 (1, 39) | 135 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.4, 1.1) |
| Hertford County | Rural | No | 563.7 (495.2, 639.0) | 42 (3, 91) | 51 |
stable
|
0.2 (-2.8, 8.1) |
| Anson County | Urban | No | 641.9 (569.5, 721.0) | 9 (1, 64) | 58 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.4, 1.2) |
| Robeson County | Rural | No | 669.9 (633.2, 708.2) | 3 (1, 21) | 261 |
stable
|
0.5 (-0.3, 3.8) |
| Camden County | Urban | No | 542.8 (441.6, 660.4) | 54 (1, 100) | 21 |
stable
|
0.9 (-1.9, 12.3) |
| Swain County | Rural | No | 717.0 (621.6, 823.1) | 1 (1, 39) | 41 |
stable
|
0.9 (-0.4, 2.4) |
| Martin County | Rural | No | 608.8 (543.5, 679.8) | 18 (1, 79) | 65 |
stable
|
1.0 (-0.7, 7.1) |
| Richmond County | Rural | No | 700.6 (643.1, 761.9) | 2 (1, 23) | 113 |
stable
|
3.6 (-0.5, 8.3) |
| Northampton County | Rural | No | 551.0 (486.9, 621.5) | 48 (5, 93) | 55 |
stable
|
7.7 (-1.2, 14.9) |
| Mitchell County | Rural | No | 622.8 (544.1, 709.7) | 16 (1, 81) | 46 |
stable
|
8.3 (-0.6, 14.2) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/21/2026 8:17 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 for United States does not include Puerto Rico.