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 Rate
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)
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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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | N/A | No | 895.4 (888.9, 902.0) | N/A | 14,845 |
falling 
|
-1.1 (-1.2, -1.0) |
| United States | N/A | No | 846.2 (845.1, 847.3) | N/A | 447,280 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.7, -1.3) |
| Jackson County | Rural | No | 709.5 (628.3, 798.4) | 100 (75, 100) | 57 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.8, -0.7) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 714.7 (593.0, 854.4) | 99 (43, 100) | 25 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-3.2, -1.0) |
| Orange County | Urban | No | 727.5 (675.4, 782.4) | 98 (83, 100) | 150 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-2.7, -1.6) |
| Hyde County | Rural | No | 728.1 (506.0, 1,014.2) | 97 (2, 100) | 7 |
falling
|
-12.9 (-36.1, -2.9) |
| Polk County | Rural | No | 732.5 (641.2, 833.1) | 96 (61, 100) | 46 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.8, -0.8) |
| Wake County | Urban | No | 756.0 (734.5, 777.9) | 95 (87, 100) | 978 |
falling
|
-3.4 (-5.3, -2.2) |
| Transylvania County | Rural | No | 765.0 (690.9, 845.0) | 94 (56, 100) | 78 |
stable 
|
-0.8 (-1.6, 0.2) |
| Chatham County | Urban | No | 774.6 (719.2, 833.1) | 93 (68, 100) | 145 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.3) |
| Buncombe County | Urban | No | 783.1 (749.5, 817.9) | 92 (78, 99) | 416 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.9, -1.1) |
| Mecklenburg County | Urban | No | 793.4 (770.7, 816.7) | 91 (79, 96) | 954 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-1.9, -1.3) |
| Avery County | Rural | No | 799.8 (675.3, 940.7) | 90 (18, 100) | 30 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.3, -0.7) |
| Watauga County | Rural | No | 803.1 (716.0, 897.9) | 89 (36, 100) | 63 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.7, 0.2) |
| Durham County | Urban | No | 805.0 (766.4, 845.1) | 88 (71, 97) | 338 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.3, -1.6) |
| Pamlico County | Rural | No | 806.2 (679.1, 950.2) | 87 (17, 100) | 29 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.8, -0.4) |
| Madison County | Urban | No | 816.9 (704.1, 942.7) | 86 (15, 100) | 38 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-3.2, -1.1) |
| Cabarrus County | Urban | No | 837.7 (789.9, 887.6) | 85 (51, 94) | 237 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.2, -1.1) |
| Macon County | Rural | No | 844.4 (763.7, 931.3) | 84 (29, 98) | 82 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.4, 0.1) |
| Henderson County | Urban | No | 855.5 (808.2, 904.9) | 83 (40, 92) | 247 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.2, -0.3) |
| Duplin County | Rural | No | 856.1 (772.8, 945.9) | 82 (26, 98) | 78 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.8, -0.6) |
| Iredell County | Urban | No | 858.0 (810.2, 907.9) | 81 (40, 92) | 248 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.7, -0.5) |
| Moore County | Urban | No | 858.3 (807.1, 912.0) | 80 (41, 93) | 210 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.5) |
| Camden County | Urban | No | 867.8 (674.3, 1,100.0) | 79 (1, 100) | 14 |
falling
|
-3.0 (-5.0, -0.9) |
| Union County | Urban | No | 868.1 (820.0, 918.2) | 78 (40, 91) | 254 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.8, -0.6) |
| Cherokee County | Rural | No | 870.2 (781.9, 965.9) | 77 (17, 98) | 73 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.4, -0.9) |
| Bertie County | Rural | No | 871.6 (747.6, 1,010.2) | 76 (5, 100) | 36 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-3.7, -1.1) |
| Pasquotank County | Rural | No | 872.0 (776.7, 975.8) | 75 (11, 98) | 62 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.6, -0.6) |
| Haywood County | Rural | No | 874.9 (808.8, 945.0) | 74 (26, 94) | 131 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.4, 0.4) |
| Currituck County | Urban | No | 878.0 (751.5, 1,020.0) | 73 (5, 100) | 38 |
rising 
|
4.0 (0.2, 11.4) |
| Lincoln County | Urban | No | 879.0 (812.6, 949.4) | 72 (26, 93) | 135 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.5, -0.7) |
| Dare County | Rural | No | 880.4 (784.6, 984.7) | 71 (13, 98) | 66 |
stable
|
6.2 (-3.1, 13.3) |
| Pitt County | Urban | No | 882.4 (828.1, 939.4) | 70 (30, 90) | 203 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.0, -1.0) |
| Nash County | Urban | No | 883.4 (820.0, 950.3) | 69 (22, 92) | 150 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.0, -0.7) |
| Ashe County | Rural | No | 883.5 (786.1, 989.7) | 68 (11, 97) | 60 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.7, 0.3) |
| Guilford County | Urban | No | 885.4 (856.1, 915.6) | 67 (43, 83) | 700 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.1, 0.9) |
| Davie County | Urban | No | 885.9 (801.1, 977.3) | 66 (15, 96) | 80 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.5, 0.1) |
| Gates County | Urban | No | 887.2 (716.1, 1,086.7) | 65 (1, 100) | 19 |
stable
|
-1.5 (-4.1, 1.0) |
| Catawba County | Urban | No | 888.7 (839.2, 940.4) | 64 (33, 87) | 246 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.9, -0.7) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 891.1 (810.6, 977.4) | 63 (15, 94) | 92 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-2.0, -0.1) |
| Franklin County | Urban | No | 892.3 (813.5, 976.7) | 62 (16, 94) | 99 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.3, -0.8) |
| Wilkes County | Rural | No | 896.8 (828.3, 969.5) | 61 (20, 90) | 128 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.4) |
| New Hanover County | Urban | No | 898.3 (856.4, 941.7) | 60 (32, 84) | 356 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.7) |
| Brunswick County | Urban | No | 898.9 (854.7, 944.7) | 59 (30, 85) | 357 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.5, -0.4) |
| Burke County | Urban | No | 904.1 (842.5, 969.0) | 58 (21, 87) | 162 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.3, -0.2) |
| Lenoir County | Rural | No | 904.4 (826.7, 987.5) | 57 (14, 92) | 101 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.0, -0.7) |
| Greene County | Rural | No | 904.5 (760.9, 1,067.3) | 56 (2, 100) | 29 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.3, -0.2) |
| Hertford County | Rural | No | 906.4 (780.9, 1,046.3) | 55 (4, 99) | 38 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-3.0, -0.9) |
| Montgomery County | Rural | No | 912.6 (800.2, 1,036.6) | 54 (3, 96) | 49 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.6, 0.7) |
| Yancey County | Rural | No | 913.4 (794.6, 1,045.1) | 53 (4, 98) | 43 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.8, 0.5) |
| Warren County | Rural | No | 915.9 (797.3, 1,047.3) | 52 (3, 98) | 43 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.7, 0.3) |
| Gaston County | Urban | No | 918.1 (873.6, 964.4) | 51 (24, 81) | 327 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.7, -0.8) |
| Chowan County | Rural | No | 920.0 (779.6, 1,078.3) | 50 (2, 100) | 31 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-7.8, -1.1) |
| Alleghany County | Rural | No | 923.4 (773.2, 1,094.3) | 49 (1, 100) | 27 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.6, -0.1) |
| Bladen County | Rural | No | 934.2 (830.6, 1,047.3) | 48 (4, 94) | 61 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.3, 0.6) |
| Beaufort County | Rural | No | 934.8 (851.7, 1,023.8) | 47 (7, 88) | 96 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.9, -0.2) |
| Northampton County | Rural | No | 935.2 (816.5, 1,066.2) | 46 (2, 96) | 45 |
stable
|
9.9 (-1.5, 18.1) |
| Perquimans County | Rural | No | 935.2 (794.9, 1,093.2) | 45 (1, 98) | 32 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.8, 0.3) |
| Alexander County | Urban | No | 936.6 (836.5, 1,045.5) | 44 (4, 93) | 65 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.6, -0.2) |
| Graham County | Rural | No | 943.0 (758.8, 1,158.5) | 43 (1, 100) | 18 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.2, 0.7) |
| Forsyth County | Urban | No | 946.5 (911.4, 982.6) | 42 (20, 65) | 562 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.2, -0.6) |
| Rutherford County | Rural | No | 950.7 (877.6, 1,028.3) | 41 (8, 84) | 128 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.4, 0.1) |
| Person County | Urban | No | 951.2 (853.1, 1,057.5) | 40 (3, 89) | 71 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.3, -0.4) |
| Granville County | Rural | No | 952.7 (867.9, 1,043.6) | 39 (5, 86) | 96 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.5) |
| Yadkin County | Urban | No | 954.4 (857.3, 1,059.6) | 38 (3, 90) | 71 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-1.7, 0.0) |
| Randolph County | Urban | No | 954.9 (900.1, 1,012.0) | 37 (12, 73) | 234 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.1, -0.1) |
| Rowan County | Urban | No | 956.6 (901.7, 1,014.0) | 36 (13, 75) | 233 |
falling
|
-3.1 (-6.6, -1.3) |
| Caswell County | Rural | No | 960.1 (839.4, 1,093.5) | 35 (1, 95) | 46 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.1, 0.1) |
| Wilson County | Rural | No | 960.3 (888.0, 1,037.0) | 34 (5, 79) | 133 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.6, -0.3) |
| Stokes County | Urban | No | 960.6 (874.8, 1,052.6) | 33 (4, 85) | 93 |
stable
|
0.4 (-1.2, 6.1) |
| Carteret County | Rural | No | 963.7 (896.4, 1,034.7) | 32 (6, 77) | 158 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.6) |
| Craven County | Rural | No | 965.0 (903.7, 1,029.4) | 31 (9, 73) | 188 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.8) |
| Cumberland County | Urban | No | 967.8 (924.6, 1,012.6) | 30 (12, 63) | 387 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.2, -0.4) |
| Rockingham County | Urban | No | 983.4 (919.2, 1,050.9) | 29 (6, 71) | 178 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.8, -0.7) |
| Vance County | Rural | No | 986.9 (888.7, 1,093.0) | 28 (2, 85) | 76 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.7, 0.3) |
| Cleveland County | Rural | No | 990.0 (924.0, 1,059.5) | 27 (5, 66) | 174 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.2, -0.2) |
| Johnston County | Urban | No | 990.0 (935.6, 1,046.8) | 26 (6, 59) | 267 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.1, -0.1) |
| Columbus County | Rural | No | 992.2 (905.0, 1,085.5) | 25 (2, 81) | 97 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.0, 0.1) |
| Alamance County | Urban | No | 993.1 (941.4, 1,047.0) | 24 (7, 56) | 279 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.1, -0.2) |
| Washington County | Rural | No | 994.8 (833.7, 1,177.9) | 23 (1, 96) | 27 |
stable
|
2.3 (-0.5, 12.9) |
| Jones County | Rural | No | 999.8 (813.3, 1,216.4) | 22 (1, 99) | 20 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-2.5, 1.8) |
| Martin County | Rural | No | 1,008.1 (886.9, 1,141.3) | 21 (1, 86) | 51 |
stable
|
1.1 (-0.9, 8.6) |
| Hoke County | Urban | No | 1,008.2 (884.9, 1,144.2) | 20 (1, 86) | 53 |
stable
|
-1.5 (-2.8, 0.0) |
| Caldwell County | Urban | No | 1,018.1 (947.2, 1,092.9) | 19 (2, 60) | 158 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.4, 0.0) |
| Davidson County | Urban | No | 1,022.0 (971.1, 1,074.9) | 18 (4, 46) | 308 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.0, 0.4) |
| Halifax County | Rural | No | 1,027.6 (938.6, 1,122.7) | 17 (1, 67) | 100 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.4, 0.3) |
| Pender County | Urban | No | 1,028.8 (940.3, 1,123.4) | 16 (1, 61) | 105 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.8, 1.0) |
| Anson County | Urban | No | 1,030.7 (897.4, 1,178.2) | 15 (1, 85) | 43 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.9, 1.7) |
| Scotland County | Rural | No | 1,031.6 (917.1, 1,156.6) | 14 (1, 80) | 60 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.1, -0.3) |
| Harnett County | Rural | No | 1,031.8 (963.7, 1,103.5) | 13 (1, 49) | 176 |
stable
|
2.3 (-0.9, 6.0) |
| Edgecombe County | Urban | No | 1,036.0 (944.8, 1,133.8) | 12 (1, 68) | 98 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.3, 0.8) |
| Wayne County | Urban | No | 1,042.1 (976.7, 1,110.8) | 11 (2, 49) | 193 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.4, -0.1) |
| Mitchell County | Rural | No | 1,049.6 (903.4, 1,212.7) | 10 (1, 86) | 37 |
stable
|
10.6 (-0.9, 18.5) |
| Tyrrell County | Rural | No | 1,052.2 (763.4, 1,414.9) | 9 (1, 100) | 8 |
stable
|
-2.3 (-5.4, 0.5) |
| Stanly County | Rural | No | 1,057.6 (972.5, 1,148.2) | 8 (1, 52) | 118 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.0, 0.6) |
| Surry County | Rural | No | 1,070.5 (995.2, 1,150.1) | 7 (1, 45) | 151 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.9, 0.3) |
| McDowell County | Rural | No | 1,073.1 (978.0, 1,175.0) | 6 (1, 52) | 96 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.8, 0.8) |
| Onslow County | Urban | No | 1,081.9 (1,014.9, 1,152.2) | 5 (1, 37) | 203 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.9, 0.5) |
| Sampson County | Rural | No | 1,101.8 (1,010.1, 1,199.6) | 4 (1, 42) | 109 |
stable
|
1.2 (0.0, 5.3) |
| Robeson County | Rural | No | 1,103.0 (1,032.3, 1,177.2) | 3 (1, 30) | 190 |
stable
|
0.8 (0.0, 3.8) |
| Swain County | Rural | No | 1,154.9 (977.9, 1,354.9) | 2 (1, 72) | 30 |
stable
|
1.2 (-0.3, 2.9) |
| Richmond County | Rural | No | 1,162.5 (1,052.5, 1,281.0) | 1 (1, 27) | 84 |
rising
|
2.1 (0.1, 7.1) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/22/2026 11:23 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.