Death Rates Table
County
|
Met Healthy People Objective of ***? |
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 | *** | 157.9 (156.9, 158.9) | N/A | 19,588 |
falling 
|
-1.6 (-1.7, -1.5) |
| United States | *** | 152.4 (152.3, 152.6) | N/A | 598,381 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-2.3, -1.8) |
| Watauga County | *** | 125.7 (113.2, 139.3) | 100 (80, 100) | 78 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.1, -0.8) |
| Polk County | *** | 127.5 (111.8, 145.5) | 99 (66, 100) | 56 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.1, -1.0) |
| Orange County | *** | 131.2 (122.7, 140.0) | 98 (83, 100) | 191 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.4, -1.5) |
| Chatham County | *** | 132.3 (123.0, 142.1) | 97 (78, 100) | 162 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.0, -1.2) |
| Camden County | *** | 132.9 (106.2, 164.8) | 96 (13, 100) | 18 |
falling
|
-3.9 (-5.1, -2.7) |
| Transylvania County | *** | 133.8 (120.9, 148.1) | 95 (65, 100) | 93 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.4, -1.3) |
| Wake County | *** | 135.3 (132.0, 138.8) | 94 (86, 99) | 1,302 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-3.6, -1.7) |
| Mecklenburg County | *** | 137.4 (134.0, 140.8) | 93 (84, 98) | 1,319 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.0, -1.7) |
| Jones County | *** | 140.5 (114.5, 171.8) | 92 (13, 100) | 22 |
stable 
|
-7.0 (-14.5, 1.2) |
| Currituck County | *** | 142.9 (124.7, 163.3) | 91 (29, 100) | 48 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-2.8, -1.5) |
| Alleghany County | *** | 143.0 (120.4, 169.9) | 90 (13, 100) | 30 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-3.2, -1.4) |
| Henderson County | *** | 144.1 (136.5, 152.0) | 89 (64, 98) | 296 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.7, -0.9) |
| Clay County | *** | 144.9 (121.3, 173.0) | 88 (8, 100) | 32 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.0, -0.9) |
| Moore County | *** | 145.6 (137.1, 154.5) | 87 (58, 97) | 242 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.7, -1.1) |
| Avery County | *** | 146.1 (125.7, 169.4) | 86 (14, 100) | 39 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.9, -0.5) |
| Duplin County | *** | 146.4 (134.4, 159.3) | 85 (46, 99) | 115 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-2.5, -1.7) |
| Hertford County | *** | 147.4 (129.4, 167.5) | 84 (20, 100) | 52 |
falling
|
-4.2 (-5.9, -2.5) |
| New Hanover County | *** | 147.5 (141.2, 154.1) | 83 (61, 94) | 427 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.0, -1.5) |
| Durham County | *** | 148.1 (141.9, 154.5) | 82 (60, 93) | 457 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-2.5, -2.0) |
| Union County | *** | 148.9 (141.7, 156.4) | 81 (55, 93) | 338 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.8, -1.1) |
| Madison County | *** | 149.0 (130.5, 169.8) | 80 (15, 100) | 50 |
stable
|
1.4 (-2.3, 5.2) |
| Jackson County | *** | 149.4 (134.9, 165.1) | 79 (26, 99) | 84 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.6, -0.4) |
| Buncombe County | *** | 149.6 (143.9, 155.5) | 78 (58, 91) | 548 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.7, -1.3) |
| Brunswick County | *** | 149.8 (142.3, 157.6) | 77 (52, 92) | 364 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-1.8, -1.3) |
| Cabarrus County | *** | 150.0 (142.6, 157.7) | 76 (55, 92) | 318 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-2.9, -1.7) |
| Pitt County | *** | 150.8 (142.6, 159.2) | 75 (51, 92) | 269 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.1, -1.5) |
| Macon County | *** | 151.0 (137.3, 165.9) | 74 (33, 99) | 101 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.3, -0.4) |
| Perquimans County | *** | 152.3 (129.4, 179.0) | 73 (5, 100) | 36 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.2, -1.0) |
| Pamlico County | *** | 153.2 (130.7, 179.7) | 72 (6, 100) | 38 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.7, -1.3) |
| Guilford County | *** | 153.3 (148.8, 157.8) | 71 (55, 86) | 932 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.4, -0.7) |
| Haywood County | *** | 153.6 (142.8, 165.1) | 70 (36, 94) | 161 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.3, -0.6) |
| Cherokee County | *** | 154.4 (138.9, 171.7) | 69 (17, 97) | 83 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.5, -0.5) |
| Northampton County | *** | 155.8 (136.2, 177.9) | 68 (8, 99) | 53 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.1, -0.8) |
| Wilson County | *** | 156.2 (145.7, 167.4) | 67 (29, 91) | 170 |
falling
|
-5.0 (-8.4, -1.4) |
| Alexander County | *** | 157.2 (142.1, 173.7) | 66 (13, 96) | 83 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.3) |
| Forsyth County | *** | 157.4 (152.2, 162.7) | 65 (45, 81) | 712 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.4, -1.5) |
| Graham County | *** | 158.1 (129.2, 192.7) | 64 (1, 100) | 23 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.1, -0.4) |
| Greene County | *** | 159.0 (137.8, 182.7) | 63 (4, 99) | 43 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.5, 0.0) |
| Iredell County | *** | 159.2 (151.5, 167.3) | 62 (34, 83) | 330 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.3, -0.7) |
| Montgomery County | *** | 159.4 (141.8, 178.9) | 61 (7, 97) | 63 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.0, -0.8) |
| Wilkes County | *** | 160.9 (150.0, 172.5) | 60 (20, 88) | 169 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.0, -0.3) |
| Dare County | *** | 161.0 (145.6, 178.0) | 59 (12, 94) | 87 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.0, -0.7) |
| Stanly County | *** | 162.1 (150.0, 174.9) | 58 (18, 88) | 138 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.8) |
| Gates County | *** | 162.2 (134.9, 194.2) | 57 (1, 100) | 27 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.3, -0.7) |
| Tyrrell County | *** | 162.4 (120.5, 216.5) | 56 (1, 100) | 10 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.7, 0.5) |
| Catawba County | *** | 162.7 (154.8, 170.9) | 55 (24, 79) | 333 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.6, -1.3) |
| Yancey County | *** | 163.2 (143.1, 185.9) | 54 (3, 97) | 51 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.6, 0.6) |
| Ashe County | *** | 163.3 (146.8, 181.6) | 53 (7, 94) | 78 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.4, -0.3) |
| Columbus County | *** | 164.5 (152.1, 177.9) | 52 (12, 88) | 134 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.7, -0.9) |
| Hoke County | *** | 164.7 (147.3, 183.5) | 51 (6, 92) | 72 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.7, -1.2) |
| Bladen County | *** | 164.9 (148.6, 182.6) | 50 (7, 91) | 83 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.0, -0.7) |
| Lincoln County | *** | 165.3 (154.4, 176.8) | 49 (13, 84) | 180 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.3, -0.7) |
| Warren County | *** | 165.4 (145.4, 187.9) | 48 (3, 96) | 56 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.2, -0.7) |
| Pender County | *** | 165.5 (152.8, 179.1) | 47 (10, 87) | 132 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.7) |
| Johnston County | *** | 165.8 (157.7, 174.2) | 46 (19, 72) | 337 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.8, -1.2) |
| Rutherford County | *** | 167.2 (155.8, 179.2) | 45 (12, 80) | 171 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.6, 0.9) |
| Carteret County | *** | 167.4 (156.6, 178.9) | 44 (11, 80) | 196 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.6, -0.9) |
| Caldwell County | *** | 168.8 (158.2, 180.0) | 43 (12, 75) | 198 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.1, -0.5) |
| Granville County | *** | 169.8 (156.7, 183.7) | 42 (7, 79) | 130 |
falling
|
-3.1 (-4.5, -1.7) |
| Franklin County | *** | 170.1 (157.5, 183.6) | 41 (7, 78) | 141 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.5, -0.7) |
| Davie County | *** | 171.0 (156.7, 186.4) | 40 (6, 84) | 111 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.8, 0.1) |
| Alamance County | *** | 171.1 (163.2, 179.3) | 39 (13, 63) | 361 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.1, -0.5) |
| Lee County | *** | 171.2 (158.0, 185.2) | 38 (5, 76) | 130 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.7, -0.9) |
| Cumberland County | *** | 172.5 (165.8, 179.3) | 37 (13, 58) | 532 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.5, -1.1) |
| Burke County | *** | 172.5 (162.4, 183.2) | 36 (8, 69) | 228 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-0.9, -0.3) |
| Harnett County | *** | 172.7 (162.5, 183.5) | 35 (8, 67) | 221 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.7, -1.0) |
| Rockingham County | *** | 172.8 (162.9, 183.3) | 34 (8, 67) | 237 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.9, -1.0) |
| Yadkin County | *** | 173.0 (157.5, 189.9) | 33 (3, 83) | 94 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.1, -0.2) |
| Lenoir County | *** | 173.1 (160.2, 186.8) | 32 (5, 72) | 142 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.5, -0.8) |
| Gaston County | *** | 173.5 (166.4, 180.8) | 31 (10, 57) | 468 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.6, -1.0) |
| Person County | *** | 174.4 (159.0, 191.1) | 30 (3, 79) | 99 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.4, -0.1) |
| Randolph County | *** | 174.5 (166.0, 183.3) | 29 (9, 59) | 330 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-0.9, -0.3) |
| Beaufort County | *** | 174.6 (161.0, 189.2) | 28 (4, 73) | 133 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.5, -0.7) |
| Chowan County | *** | 175.9 (151.5, 203.7) | 27 (1, 93) | 42 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.4, -0.1) |
| Mitchell County | *** | 176.1 (152.9, 202.5) | 26 (1, 92) | 46 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.3, -0.4) |
| Wayne County | *** | 176.6 (167.1, 186.5) | 25 (6, 58) | 268 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.5, -0.8) |
| Stokes County | *** | 177.5 (163.4, 192.7) | 24 (3, 71) | 124 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.5, -0.6) |
| Craven County | *** | 177.5 (167.3, 188.1) | 23 (5, 59) | 243 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.3, -0.7) |
| Bertie County | *** | 177.6 (156.3, 201.5) | 22 (1, 88) | 54 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.5, -1.3) |
| Martin County | *** | 178.0 (158.8, 199.4) | 21 (1, 83) | 67 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.4, -1.2) |
| Davidson County | *** | 178.1 (170.2, 186.3) | 20 (6, 51) | 398 |
falling
|
-0.5 (-0.8, -0.2) |
| McDowell County | *** | 178.3 (163.7, 193.9) | 19 (2, 71) | 117 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.6, 0.3) |
| Anson County | *** | 179.1 (158.9, 201.3) | 18 (1, 85) | 60 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.2, -0.3) |
| Pasquotank County | *** | 179.9 (163.2, 197.9) | 17 (1, 72) | 90 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.3, -0.6) |
| Nash County | *** | 180.0 (169.3, 191.1) | 16 (4, 56) | 226 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.3, -0.7) |
| Surry County | *** | 181.8 (170.4, 193.9) | 15 (2, 57) | 196 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.6, 0.0) |
| Richmond County | *** | 182.2 (166.9, 198.6) | 14 (1, 65) | 109 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.1, -0.3) |
| Rowan County | *** | 183.8 (175.0, 193.0) | 13 (3, 43) | 336 |
falling
|
-3.2 (-5.6, -0.7) |
| Cleveland County | *** | 185.3 (174.8, 196.4) | 12 (2, 48) | 243 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.6, 0.1) |
| Sampson County | *** | 185.4 (172.4, 199.3) | 11 (1, 55) | 154 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.0, -0.3) |
| Edgecombe County | *** | 187.4 (173.4, 202.5) | 10 (1, 52) | 140 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.5, -1.0) |
| Caswell County | *** | 189.2 (169.2, 211.3) | 9 (1, 65) | 68 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.4) |
| Robeson County | *** | 190.8 (180.8, 201.2) | 8 (1, 35) | 288 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.3, -0.6) |
| Hyde County | *** | 191.7 (148.8, 245.0) | 7 (1, 99) | 15 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.5, 0.7) |
| Washington County | *** | 193.5 (165.5, 225.7) | 6 (1, 83) | 38 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.5, -0.6) |
| Halifax County | *** | 194.3 (180.2, 209.4) | 5 (1, 44) | 148 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.0, -0.4) |
| Scotland County | *** | 194.6 (176.7, 214.0) | 4 (1, 51) | 91 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.3, 0.0) |
| Vance County | *** | 198.0 (181.9, 215.2) | 3 (1, 37) | 118 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.5, -0.6) |
| Onslow County | *** | 203.7 (193.0, 214.8) | 2 (1, 13) | 283 |
stable
|
1.2 (-1.3, 3.8) |
| Swain County | *** | 204.7 (177.4, 235.6) | 1 (1, 55) | 42 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.8, 0.7) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 08/14/2022 8:52 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 2020 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 1969-2018 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.
*** No Healthy People 2020 Objective for this cancer.
Healthy People 2020 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 08/14/2022 8:52 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 2020 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 1969-2018 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.
*** No Healthy People 2020 Objective for this cancer.
Healthy People 2020 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.