Death Rates Table
County
|
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)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | No | 154.5 (153.5, 155.5) | N/A | 19,723 |
falling 
|
-2.1 (-2.8, -1.5) |
| United States | No | 149.4 (149.3, 149.6) | N/A | 599,666 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.2, -1.8) |
| Watauga County | Yes | 119.9 (107.9, 133.0) | 100 (86, 100) | 77 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.1, -0.9) |
| Polk County | No | 124.6 (108.9, 142.7) | 99 (66, 100) | 55 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.0, -1.0) |
| Transylvania County | No | 127.4 (115.0, 141.0) | 98 (71, 100) | 91 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.4, -1.3) |
| Orange County | No | 129.2 (121.0, 137.7) | 97 (82, 100) | 196 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-3.3, -2.1) |
| Wake County | No | 130.6 (127.4, 133.9) | 96 (88, 99) | 1,318 |
falling
|
-3.1 (-4.1, -2.2) |
| Chatham County | No | 131.8 (122.7, 141.4) | 95 (74, 100) | 168 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.0, -1.2) |
| Mecklenburg County | No | 134.3 (131.0, 137.6) | 94 (84, 98) | 1,333 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-3.0, -2.0) |
| Camden County | No | 135.0 (108.2, 166.8) | 93 (12, 100) | 18 |
falling
|
-3.8 (-4.9, -2.6) |
| Clay County | No | 135.5 (112.3, 163.3) | 92 (16, 100) | 30 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.1, -1.0) |
| Currituck County | No | 140.0 (122.5, 159.5) | 91 (31, 100) | 50 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-2.8, -1.6) |
| Henderson County | No | 141.5 (134.0, 149.3) | 90 (62, 97) | 296 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.6, -0.9) |
| Avery County | No | 142.1 (122.4, 164.6) | 89 (19, 100) | 39 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.9, -0.6) |
| Duplin County | No | 142.2 (130.4, 154.9) | 88 (45, 99) | 114 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-2.5, -1.7) |
| Alleghany County | No | 142.6 (120.4, 168.9) | 87 (13, 100) | 31 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-3.2, -1.5) |
| Moore County | No | 143.8 (135.4, 152.5) | 86 (57, 96) | 245 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.7, -1.1) |
| New Hanover County | No | 144.0 (137.8, 150.3) | 85 (61, 94) | 434 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.0, -1.5) |
| Durham County | No | 144.2 (138.2, 150.3) | 84 (61, 93) | 462 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-2.5, -2.0) |
| Hertford County | No | 144.3 (126.5, 164.2) | 83 (18, 100) | 51 |
falling
|
-3.8 (-5.4, -2.2) |
| Jackson County | No | 144.8 (130.9, 160.0) | 82 (35, 99) | 85 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.7, -0.6) |
| Brunswick County | No | 145.4 (138.3, 152.8) | 81 (57, 93) | 383 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-1.9, -1.4) |
| Cabarrus County | No | 145.7 (138.5, 153.1) | 80 (58, 93) | 319 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-2.8, -1.7) |
| Union County | No | 145.8 (138.8, 153.0) | 79 (57, 93) | 345 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.8, -1.2) |
| Pitt County | No | 146.2 (138.3, 154.4) | 78 (53, 93) | 270 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.1, -1.5) |
| Northampton County | No | 146.2 (127.1, 167.8) | 77 (11, 100) | 50 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.1, -0.9) |
| Buncombe County | No | 146.3 (140.8, 152.0) | 76 (58, 92) | 551 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.7, -1.3) |
| Madison County | No | 147.9 (129.5, 168.6) | 75 (15, 100) | 50 |
stable 
|
1.0 (-2.0, 4.1) |
| Guilford County | No | 148.2 (143.9, 152.7) | 74 (59, 88) | 924 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.9) |
| Pamlico County | No | 148.2 (125.6, 175.0) | 73 (6, 100) | 37 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.5, -1.2) |
| Haywood County | No | 148.4 (137.9, 159.7) | 72 (40, 95) | 159 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.3, -0.7) |
| Macon County | No | 149.7 (136.2, 164.4) | 71 (25, 97) | 102 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.3, -0.4) |
| Gates County | No | 151.0 (124.8, 181.7) | 70 (4, 100) | 25 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.4, -0.8) |
| Warren County | No | 152.6 (133.7, 173.9) | 69 (11, 99) | 53 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.3, -0.9) |
| Perquimans County | No | 152.8 (130.9, 178.3) | 68 (4, 100) | 39 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.1, -1.0) |
| Ashe County | No | 153.0 (137.4, 170.4) | 67 (16, 97) | 76 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.3, -0.3) |
| Wilson County | No | 153.3 (142.9, 164.2) | 66 (31, 91) | 170 |
falling
|
-3.1 (-4.8, -1.5) |
| Montgomery County | No | 154.0 (136.9, 172.9) | 65 (11, 97) | 63 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.0, -0.9) |
| Cherokee County | No | 154.6 (139.2, 171.8) | 64 (12, 96) | 86 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.6) |
| Iredell County | No | 154.7 (147.1, 162.5) | 63 (37, 84) | 331 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.6, -1.0) |
| Forsyth County | No | 155.8 (150.7, 161.1) | 62 (42, 77) | 718 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.3, -1.5) |
| Catawba County | No | 156.0 (148.3, 163.9) | 61 (31, 82) | 326 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.7, -1.4) |
| Dare County | No | 158.4 (143.4, 174.8) | 60 (10, 92) | 90 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.0, -0.8) |
| Alexander County | No | 159.2 (144.2, 175.6) | 59 (10, 91) | 86 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.3, -0.4) |
| Pender County | No | 159.4 (147.2, 172.5) | 58 (15, 89) | 132 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.7) |
| Beaufort County | No | 160.4 (147.3, 174.5) | 57 (11, 86) | 124 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.8) |
| Stanly County | No | 160.5 (148.6, 173.2) | 56 (12, 87) | 139 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.5, -0.7) |
| Johnston County | No | 161.0 (153.2, 169.1) | 55 (23, 76) | 341 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.8, -1.2) |
| Lincoln County | No | 161.8 (151.2, 173.0) | 54 (14, 81) | 182 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.3, -0.7) |
| Jones County | No | 162.1 (133.7, 195.8) | 53 (2, 100) | 25 |
stable
|
11.1 (-17.2, 49.1) |
| Burke County | No | 162.3 (152.6, 172.5) | 52 (16, 79) | 220 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.0, -0.4) |
| Greene County | No | 162.3 (141.0, 186.1) | 51 (4, 97) | 44 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.5, -0.1) |
| Chowan County | No | 163.5 (140.1, 190.5) | 50 (2, 98) | 39 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.6, -0.3) |
| Wilkes County | No | 163.9 (152.9, 175.6) | 49 (11, 77) | 175 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.0, -0.3) |
| Lee County | No | 164.1 (151.4, 177.7) | 48 (9, 83) | 128 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.7, -0.9) |
| Davie County | No | 164.3 (150.4, 179.4) | 47 (7, 88) | 108 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.0, 0.0) |
| Gaston County | No | 166.0 (159.1, 173.0) | 46 (17, 64) | 458 |
falling
|
-3.6 (-6.0, -1.2) |
| Yancey County | No | 166.0 (146.2, 188.3) | 45 (3, 93) | 54 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.5, 0.6) |
| Graham County | No | 166.1 (136.9, 200.9) | 44 (1, 100) | 24 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.9, -0.3) |
| Martin County | No | 166.2 (147.7, 186.8) | 43 (4, 90) | 63 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-3.6, -1.8) |
| Rutherford County | No | 166.4 (155.1, 178.4) | 42 (9, 73) | 172 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-2.1, 1.6) |
| Franklin County | No | 166.6 (154.3, 179.7) | 41 (7, 77) | 144 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.8) |
| Mitchell County | No | 166.6 (143.9, 192.6) | 40 (2, 97) | 43 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.5, -0.6) |
| Carteret County | No | 166.9 (156.3, 178.2) | 39 (9, 75) | 202 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.6, -1.0) |
| Yadkin County | No | 167.2 (152.0, 183.8) | 38 (4, 86) | 92 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.1, -0.3) |
| Hoke County | No | 167.5 (150.1, 186.3) | 37 (4, 88) | 75 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.6, -1.3) |
| Bladen County | No | 167.9 (151.6, 185.6) | 36 (4, 87) | 86 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.9, -0.7) |
| Tyrrell County | No | 168.2 (126.4, 222.3) | 35 (1, 100) | 11 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.6, 0.4) |
| Rockingham County | No | 168.7 (158.9, 178.9) | 34 (10, 68) | 236 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.8, -1.1) |
| Harnett County | No | 168.9 (159.0, 179.3) | 33 (10, 66) | 225 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.6, -1.0) |
| Granville County | No | 168.9 (156.0, 182.6) | 32 (6, 76) | 134 |
falling
|
-2.9 (-4.2, -1.6) |
| Alamance County | No | 169.0 (161.2, 177.1) | 31 (12, 63) | 366 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.1, -0.6) |
| Lenoir County | No | 169.5 (156.9, 183.0) | 30 (6, 73) | 141 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.5, -0.8) |
| Person County | No | 170.0 (154.9, 186.3) | 29 (5, 80) | 99 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.5, -0.2) |
| Cumberland County | No | 170.5 (164.0, 177.1) | 28 (12, 55) | 537 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.5, -1.1) |
| Caldwell County | No | 170.6 (160.0, 181.7) | 27 (7, 67) | 205 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.1, -0.5) |
| Anson County | No | 171.6 (151.8, 193.5) | 26 (1, 90) | 58 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.2, -0.3) |
| Bertie County | No | 172.3 (151.2, 196.0) | 25 (2, 90) | 53 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.5, -1.4) |
| Hyde County | No | 172.8 (132.8, 223.2) | 24 (1, 100) | 14 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.7, 0.5) |
| Craven County | No | 174.6 (164.6, 185.1) | 23 (5, 58) | 244 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.3, -0.8) |
| Nash County | No | 175.5 (165.1, 186.4) | 22 (4, 58) | 225 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.3, -0.8) |
| Davidson County | No | 175.5 (167.7, 183.5) | 21 (7, 50) | 401 |
falling
|
-0.5 (-0.8, -0.2) |
| Randolph County | No | 175.5 (167.0, 184.3) | 20 (6, 50) | 337 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-0.9, -0.4) |
| Stokes County | No | 175.6 (161.7, 190.5) | 19 (3, 66) | 125 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.6) |
| Columbus County | No | 176.7 (163.8, 190.6) | 18 (3, 61) | 144 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.8) |
| Pasquotank County | No | 176.8 (160.5, 194.4) | 17 (2, 70) | 91 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.5, -0.7) |
| Rowan County | No | 177.1 (168.5, 186.0) | 16 (5, 49) | 330 |
falling
|
-3.3 (-5.1, -1.4) |
| Washington County | No | 178.2 (151.0, 209.7) | 15 (1, 91) | 35 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.5, -0.7) |
| Sampson County | No | 178.2 (165.5, 191.7) | 14 (3, 61) | 151 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.1, -0.4) |
| McDowell County | No | 178.2 (163.9, 193.6) | 13 (2, 67) | 121 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.6, 0.3) |
| Richmond County | No | 178.9 (163.8, 195.1) | 12 (2, 65) | 108 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.2, -0.4) |
| Wayne County | No | 179.0 (169.6, 188.9) | 11 (4, 49) | 277 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.5, -0.8) |
| Caswell County | No | 180.3 (160.9, 201.8) | 10 (1, 75) | 66 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.5, -0.5) |
| Edgecombe County | No | 182.0 (168.3, 196.6) | 9 (2, 55) | 139 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.6, -1.2) |
| Cleveland County | No | 183.3 (172.9, 194.2) | 8 (2, 39) | 243 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.6, 0.1) |
| Surry County | No | 184.7 (173.2, 196.8) | 7 (2, 44) | 201 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.6, 0.1) |
| Robeson County | No | 188.7 (178.8, 198.9) | 6 (2, 31) | 290 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.4, -0.7) |
| Halifax County | No | 195.0 (180.8, 210.1) | 5 (1, 31) | 150 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.0, -0.4) |
| Vance County | No | 197.6 (181.6, 214.9) | 4 (1, 29) | 119 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.5, -0.7) |
| Scotland County | No | 198.3 (180.2, 217.8) | 3 (1, 37) | 93 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.2, -0.1) |
| Onslow County | No | 203.9 (193.4, 214.8) | 2 (1, 10) | 293 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.0, -0.3) |
| Swain County | No | 216.3 (188.0, 248.0) | 1 (1, 29) | 44 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.7, 0.7) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/02/2023 4:42 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 (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85+). 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.
Healthy People 2030 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Please note that the data comes from different sources. Due to different years of data availability, most of the trends are AAPCs based on APCs but some are APCs calculated in SEER*Stat. Please refer to the source for each graph for additional information.
Interpret Rankings provides insight into interpreting cancer incidence statistics. When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic effect on the calculated rate.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
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.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/02/2023 4:42 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 (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85+). 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.
Healthy People 2030 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Please note that the data comes from different sources. Due to different years of data availability, most of the trends are AAPCs based on APCs but some are APCs calculated in SEER*Stat. Please refer to the source for each graph for additional information.
Interpret Rankings provides insight into interpreting cancer incidence statistics. When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic effect on the calculated rate.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
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.