Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for North Carolina by County
All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages 65+
Sorted by CI*Rank
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)
|
CI*Rank ⋔ (95% Confidence Interval) 
|
Average Annual Count
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Recent Trend |
Recent 5-Year Trend ‡ in Death Rates (95% Confidence Interval)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond County | Rural | No | 1,162.5 (1,052.5, 1,281.0) | 1 (1, 27) | 84 |
rising 
|
2.1 (0.1, 7.1) |
| Swain County | Rural | No | 1,154.9 (977.9, 1,354.9) | 2 (1, 72) | 30 |
stable 
|
1.2 (-0.3, 2.9) |
| Robeson County | Rural | No | 1,103.0 (1,032.3, 1,177.2) | 3 (1, 30) | 190 |
stable
|
0.8 (0.0, 3.8) |
| Sampson County | Rural | No | 1,101.8 (1,010.1, 1,199.6) | 4 (1, 42) | 109 |
stable
|
1.2 (0.0, 5.3) |
| Onslow County | Urban | No | 1,081.9 (1,014.9, 1,152.2) | 5 (1, 37) | 203 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.9, 0.5) |
| McDowell County | Rural | No | 1,073.1 (978.0, 1,175.0) | 6 (1, 52) | 96 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.8, 0.8) |
| Surry County | Rural | No | 1,070.5 (995.2, 1,150.1) | 7 (1, 45) | 151 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.9, 0.3) |
| Stanly County | Rural | No | 1,057.6 (972.5, 1,148.2) | 8 (1, 52) | 118 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.0, 0.6) |
| Tyrrell County | Rural | No | 1,052.2 (763.4, 1,414.9) | 9 (1, 100) | 8 |
stable
|
-2.3 (-5.4, 0.5) |
| Mitchell County | Rural | No | 1,049.6 (903.4, 1,212.7) | 10 (1, 86) | 37 |
stable
|
10.6 (-0.9, 18.5) |
| Wayne County | Urban | No | 1,042.1 (976.7, 1,110.8) | 11 (2, 49) | 193 |
falling 
|
-0.7 (-1.4, -0.1) |
| Edgecombe County | Urban | No | 1,036.0 (944.8, 1,133.8) | 12 (1, 68) | 98 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.3, 0.8) |
| Harnett County | Rural | No | 1,031.8 (963.7, 1,103.5) | 13 (1, 49) | 176 |
stable
|
2.3 (-0.9, 6.0) |
| Scotland County | Rural | No | 1,031.6 (917.1, 1,156.6) | 14 (1, 80) | 60 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.1, -0.3) |
| Anson County | Urban | No | 1,030.7 (897.4, 1,178.2) | 15 (1, 85) | 43 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.9, 1.7) |
| Pender County | Urban | No | 1,028.8 (940.3, 1,123.4) | 16 (1, 61) | 105 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.8, 1.0) |
| Halifax County | Rural | No | 1,027.6 (938.6, 1,122.7) | 17 (1, 67) | 100 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.4, 0.3) |
| Davidson County | Urban | No | 1,022.0 (971.1, 1,074.9) | 18 (4, 46) | 308 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.0, 0.4) |
| Caldwell County | Urban | No | 1,018.1 (947.2, 1,092.9) | 19 (2, 60) | 158 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.4, 0.0) |
| Hoke County | Urban | No | 1,008.2 (884.9, 1,144.2) | 20 (1, 86) | 53 |
stable
|
-1.5 (-2.8, 0.0) |
| Martin County | Rural | No | 1,008.1 (886.9, 1,141.3) | 21 (1, 86) | 51 |
stable
|
1.1 (-0.9, 8.6) |
| Jones County | Rural | No | 999.8 (813.3, 1,216.4) | 22 (1, 99) | 20 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-2.5, 1.8) |
| Washington County | Rural | No | 994.8 (833.7, 1,177.9) | 23 (1, 96) | 27 |
stable
|
2.3 (-0.5, 12.9) |
| Alamance County | Urban | No | 993.1 (941.4, 1,047.0) | 24 (7, 56) | 279 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.1, -0.2) |
| Columbus County | Rural | No | 992.2 (905.0, 1,085.5) | 25 (2, 81) | 97 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.0, 0.1) |
| Johnston County | Urban | No | 990.0 (935.6, 1,046.8) | 26 (6, 59) | 267 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.1, -0.1) |
| Cleveland County | Rural | No | 990.0 (924.0, 1,059.5) | 27 (5, 66) | 174 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.2, -0.2) |
| Vance County | Rural | No | 986.9 (888.7, 1,093.0) | 28 (2, 85) | 76 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.7, 0.3) |
| Rockingham County | Urban | No | 983.4 (919.2, 1,050.9) | 29 (6, 71) | 178 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.8, -0.7) |
| Cumberland County | Urban | No | 967.8 (924.6, 1,012.6) | 30 (12, 63) | 387 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.2, -0.4) |
| Craven County | Rural | No | 965.0 (903.7, 1,029.4) | 31 (9, 73) | 188 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.8) |
| Carteret County | Rural | No | 963.7 (896.4, 1,034.7) | 32 (6, 77) | 158 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.6) |
| Stokes County | Urban | No | 960.6 (874.8, 1,052.6) | 33 (4, 85) | 93 |
stable
|
0.4 (-1.2, 6.1) |
| Wilson County | Rural | No | 960.3 (888.0, 1,037.0) | 34 (5, 79) | 133 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.6, -0.3) |
| Caswell County | Rural | No | 960.1 (839.4, 1,093.5) | 35 (1, 95) | 46 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.1, 0.1) |
| Rowan County | Urban | No | 956.6 (901.7, 1,014.0) | 36 (13, 75) | 233 |
falling
|
-3.1 (-6.6, -1.3) |
| Randolph County | Urban | No | 954.9 (900.1, 1,012.0) | 37 (12, 73) | 234 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.1, -0.1) |
| Yadkin County | Urban | No | 954.4 (857.3, 1,059.6) | 38 (3, 90) | 71 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-1.7, 0.0) |
| Granville County | Rural | No | 952.7 (867.9, 1,043.6) | 39 (5, 86) | 96 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.5) |
| Person County | Urban | No | 951.2 (853.1, 1,057.5) | 40 (3, 89) | 71 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.3, -0.4) |
| Rutherford County | Rural | No | 950.7 (877.6, 1,028.3) | 41 (8, 84) | 128 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.4, 0.1) |
| Forsyth County | Urban | No | 946.5 (911.4, 982.6) | 42 (20, 65) | 562 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.2, -0.6) |
| Graham County | Rural | No | 943.0 (758.8, 1,158.5) | 43 (1, 100) | 18 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.2, 0.7) |
| Alexander County | Urban | No | 936.6 (836.5, 1,045.5) | 44 (4, 93) | 65 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.6, -0.2) |
| Perquimans County | Rural | No | 935.2 (794.9, 1,093.2) | 45 (1, 98) | 32 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.8, 0.3) |
| Northampton County | Rural | No | 935.2 (816.5, 1,066.2) | 46 (2, 96) | 45 |
stable
|
9.9 (-1.5, 18.1) |
| Beaufort County | Rural | No | 934.8 (851.7, 1,023.8) | 47 (7, 88) | 96 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.9, -0.2) |
| Bladen County | Rural | No | 934.2 (830.6, 1,047.3) | 48 (4, 94) | 61 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.3, 0.6) |
| Alleghany County | Rural | No | 923.4 (773.2, 1,094.3) | 49 (1, 100) | 27 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.6, -0.1) |
| Chowan County | Rural | No | 920.0 (779.6, 1,078.3) | 50 (2, 100) | 31 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-7.8, -1.1) |
| Gaston County | Urban | No | 918.1 (873.6, 964.4) | 51 (24, 81) | 327 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.7, -0.8) |
| Warren County | Rural | No | 915.9 (797.3, 1,047.3) | 52 (3, 98) | 43 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.7, 0.3) |
| Yancey County | Rural | No | 913.4 (794.6, 1,045.1) | 53 (4, 98) | 43 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.8, 0.5) |
| Montgomery County | Rural | No | 912.6 (800.2, 1,036.6) | 54 (3, 96) | 49 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.6, 0.7) |
| Hertford County | Rural | No | 906.4 (780.9, 1,046.3) | 55 (4, 99) | 38 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-3.0, -0.9) |
| Greene County | Rural | No | 904.5 (760.9, 1,067.3) | 56 (2, 100) | 29 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.3, -0.2) |
| Lenoir County | Rural | No | 904.4 (826.7, 987.5) | 57 (14, 92) | 101 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.0, -0.7) |
| Burke County | Urban | No | 904.1 (842.5, 969.0) | 58 (21, 87) | 162 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.3, -0.2) |
| Brunswick County | Urban | No | 898.9 (854.7, 944.7) | 59 (30, 85) | 357 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.5, -0.4) |
| New Hanover County | Urban | No | 898.3 (856.4, 941.7) | 60 (32, 84) | 356 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.7) |
| Wilkes County | Rural | No | 896.8 (828.3, 969.5) | 61 (20, 90) | 128 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.4) |
| Franklin County | Urban | No | 892.3 (813.5, 976.7) | 62 (16, 94) | 99 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.3, -0.8) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 891.1 (810.6, 977.4) | 63 (15, 94) | 92 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-2.0, -0.1) |
| Catawba County | Urban | No | 888.7 (839.2, 940.4) | 64 (33, 87) | 246 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.9, -0.7) |
| Gates County | Urban | No | 887.2 (716.1, 1,086.7) | 65 (1, 100) | 19 |
stable
|
-1.5 (-4.1, 1.0) |
| Davie County | Urban | No | 885.9 (801.1, 977.3) | 66 (15, 96) | 80 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.5, 0.1) |
| Guilford County | Urban | No | 885.4 (856.1, 915.6) | 67 (43, 83) | 700 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.1, 0.9) |
| Ashe County | Rural | No | 883.5 (786.1, 989.7) | 68 (11, 97) | 60 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.7, 0.3) |
| Nash County | Urban | No | 883.4 (820.0, 950.3) | 69 (22, 92) | 150 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.0, -0.7) |
| Pitt County | Urban | No | 882.4 (828.1, 939.4) | 70 (30, 90) | 203 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.0, -1.0) |
| Dare County | Rural | No | 880.4 (784.6, 984.7) | 71 (13, 98) | 66 |
stable
|
6.2 (-3.1, 13.3) |
| Lincoln County | Urban | No | 879.0 (812.6, 949.4) | 72 (26, 93) | 135 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.5, -0.7) |
| Currituck County | Urban | No | 878.0 (751.5, 1,020.0) | 73 (5, 100) | 38 |
rising
|
4.0 (0.2, 11.4) |
| Haywood County | Rural | No | 874.9 (808.8, 945.0) | 74 (26, 94) | 131 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.4, 0.4) |
| Pasquotank County | Rural | No | 872.0 (776.7, 975.8) | 75 (11, 98) | 62 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.6, -0.6) |
| Bertie County | Rural | No | 871.6 (747.6, 1,010.2) | 76 (5, 100) | 36 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-3.7, -1.1) |
| Cherokee County | Rural | No | 870.2 (781.9, 965.9) | 77 (17, 98) | 73 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.4, -0.9) |
| Union County | Urban | No | 868.1 (820.0, 918.2) | 78 (40, 91) | 254 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.8, -0.6) |
| Camden County | Urban | No | 867.8 (674.3, 1,100.0) | 79 (1, 100) | 14 |
falling
|
-3.0 (-5.0, -0.9) |
| Moore County | Urban | No | 858.3 (807.1, 912.0) | 80 (41, 93) | 210 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.5) |
| Iredell County | Urban | No | 858.0 (810.2, 907.9) | 81 (40, 92) | 248 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.7, -0.5) |
| Duplin County | Rural | No | 856.1 (772.8, 945.9) | 82 (26, 98) | 78 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.8, -0.6) |
| Henderson County | Urban | No | 855.5 (808.2, 904.9) | 83 (40, 92) | 247 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.2, -0.3) |
| Macon County | Rural | No | 844.4 (763.7, 931.3) | 84 (29, 98) | 82 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.4, 0.1) |
| Cabarrus County | Urban | No | 837.7 (789.9, 887.6) | 85 (51, 94) | 237 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.2, -1.1) |
| Madison County | Urban | No | 816.9 (704.1, 942.7) | 86 (15, 100) | 38 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-3.2, -1.1) |
| Pamlico County | Rural | No | 806.2 (679.1, 950.2) | 87 (17, 100) | 29 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.8, -0.4) |
| Durham County | Urban | No | 805.0 (766.4, 845.1) | 88 (71, 97) | 338 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.3, -1.6) |
| Watauga County | Rural | No | 803.1 (716.0, 897.9) | 89 (36, 100) | 63 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.7, 0.2) |
| Avery County | Rural | No | 799.8 (675.3, 940.7) | 90 (18, 100) | 30 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.3, -0.7) |
| Mecklenburg County | Urban | No | 793.4 (770.7, 816.7) | 91 (79, 96) | 954 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-1.9, -1.3) |
| Buncombe County | Urban | No | 783.1 (749.5, 817.9) | 92 (78, 99) | 416 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.9, -1.1) |
| Chatham County | Urban | No | 774.6 (719.2, 833.1) | 93 (68, 100) | 145 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.3) |
| Transylvania County | Rural | No | 765.0 (690.9, 845.0) | 94 (56, 100) | 78 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.6, 0.2) |
| Wake County | Urban | No | 756.0 (734.5, 777.9) | 95 (87, 100) | 978 |
falling
|
-3.4 (-5.3, -2.2) |
| Polk County | Rural | No | 732.5 (641.2, 833.1) | 96 (61, 100) | 46 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.8, -0.8) |
| Hyde County | Rural | No | 728.1 (506.0, 1,014.2) | 97 (2, 100) | 7 |
falling
|
-12.9 (-36.1, -2.9) |
| Orange County | Urban | No | 727.5 (675.4, 782.4) | 98 (83, 100) | 150 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-2.7, -1.6) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 714.7 (593.0, 854.4) | 99 (43, 100) | 25 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-3.2, -1.0) |
| Jackson County | Rural | No | 709.5 (628.3, 798.4) | 100 (75, 100) | 57 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.8, -0.7) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/22/2026 8:26 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.
⋔ 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 for United States does not include Puerto Rico.