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