Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for North Carolina by County
All Cancer Sites, 2018-2022
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages
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
|
Recent Trend |
Recent 5-Year Trend ‡ in Death Rates (95% Confidence Interval)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | N/A | No | 153.6 (152.6, 154.6) | N/A | 20,051 |
falling 
|
-1.4 (-1.5, -1.3) |
| United States | N/A | No | 146.0 (145.8, 146.2) | N/A | 602,955 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.6, -1.4) |
| Orange County | Urban | Yes | 118.9 (111.4, 126.9) | 100 (92, 100) | 194 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-5.5, -2.1) |
| Wake County | Urban | No | 123.9 (120.9, 127.0) | 99 (93, 100) | 1,335 |
falling
|
-4.3 (-5.8, -3.3) |
| Chatham County | Urban | No | 124.2 (115.7, 133.2) | 98 (86, 100) | 172 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.0, -1.2) |
| Watauga County | Rural | No | 127.2 (114.6, 141.0) | 97 (75, 100) | 79 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.8, -0.6) |
| Transylvania County | Rural | No | 130.7 (118.1, 144.6) | 96 (68, 100) | 93 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.2, -1.1) |
| Jackson County | Rural | No | 131.2 (118.0, 145.6) | 95 (63, 100) | 78 |
falling
|
-11.5 (-18.5, -2.0) |
| Mecklenburg County | Urban | No | 131.3 (128.1, 134.6) | 94 (87, 98) | 1,347 |
falling
|
-2.6 (-4.5, -1.9) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 132.2 (110.3, 158.5) | 93 (32, 100) | 31 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.1, -0.9) |
| Avery County | Rural | No | 134.9 (116.1, 156.6) | 92 (36, 100) | 38 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.0, -0.7) |
| Buncombe County | Urban | No | 135.3 (130.1, 140.6) | 91 (80, 97) | 541 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-1.8, -1.4) |
| Durham County | Urban | No | 135.9 (130.3, 141.7) | 90 (79, 97) | 458 |
falling
|
-3.1 (-4.6, -2.5) |
| Cabarrus County | Urban | No | 139.3 (132.5, 146.3) | 89 (72, 96) | 327 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-3.2, -1.7) |
| Union County | Urban | No | 141.0 (134.3, 148.0) | 88 (68, 95) | 348 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.8, -1.1) |
| Polk County | Rural | No | 142.6 (124.2, 163.6) | 87 (25, 100) | 59 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.8, -0.7) |
| Currituck County | Urban | No | 144.0 (126.2, 163.8) | 86 (26, 100) | 53 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-2.6, -1.5) |
| Alleghany County | Rural | No | 145.2 (123.3, 171.4) | 85 (17, 100) | 32 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-7.4, -1.2) |
| Iredell County | Urban | No | 145.3 (138.3, 152.6) | 84 (61, 93) | 338 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-5.8, -0.1) |
| Henderson County | Urban | No | 145.6 (138.1, 153.6) | 83 (58, 93) | 307 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.4, -0.7) |
| Macon County | Rural | No | 146.1 (133.1, 160.3) | 82 (37, 97) | 104 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.3, -0.4) |
| New Hanover County | Urban | No | 147.4 (141.2, 153.8) | 81 (58, 90) | 449 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.7, -1.2) |
| Dare County | Rural | No | 147.5 (133.2, 163.3) | 80 (30, 99) | 87 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.9, -0.7) |
| Hyde County | Rural | No | 148.3 (109.2, 199.1) | 79 (1, 100) | 11 |
stable 
|
-0.7 (-1.9, 0.4) |
| Pamlico County | Rural | No | 149.1 (125.9, 176.5) | 78 (10, 100) | 37 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.5, -1.0) |
| Cherokee County | Rural | No | 149.7 (135.0, 166.0) | 77 (25, 96) | 88 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-5.0, -1.0) |
| Lincoln County | Urban | No | 150.2 (140.3, 160.7) | 76 (39, 92) | 181 |
falling
|
-5.7 (-9.2, -1.2) |
| Guilford County | Urban | No | 150.4 (146.1, 154.8) | 75 (57, 86) | 952 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.5, -1.2) |
| Madison County | Urban | No | 150.7 (132.1, 171.6) | 74 (19, 99) | 52 |
stable
|
1.2 (-1.3, 7.3) |
| Ashe County | Rural | No | 150.8 (135.7, 167.6) | 73 (23, 97) | 78 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.4) |
| Montgomery County | Rural | No | 151.4 (134.3, 170.4) | 72 (21, 98) | 61 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.8, -0.7) |
| Moore County | Urban | No | 151.8 (143.3, 160.7) | 71 (42, 89) | 261 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.5, -0.9) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 152.4 (140.4, 165.2) | 70 (28, 92) | 124 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.7, -1.0) |
| Brunswick County | Urban | No | 153.2 (146.1, 160.8) | 69 (43, 87) | 423 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.5, -1.0) |
| Catawba County | Urban | No | 154.1 (146.7, 161.9) | 68 (40, 86) | 333 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.9, -1.2) |
| Perquimans County | Rural | No | 154.4 (132.4, 180.0) | 67 (9, 99) | 39 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.0, -0.8) |
| Chowan County | Rural | No | 155.1 (133.0, 180.6) | 66 (6, 100) | 39 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.5, -0.3) |
| Pitt County | Urban | No | 155.1 (147.0, 163.7) | 65 (36, 86) | 282 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-1.8, -1.3) |
| Forsyth County | Urban | No | 156.1 (151.0, 161.4) | 64 (43, 80) | 736 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.1, -1.3) |
| Haywood County | Rural | No | 157.0 (146.2, 168.4) | 63 (25, 87) | 171 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.1, -0.4) |
| Gates County | Urban | No | 157.3 (129.7, 189.8) | 62 (2, 100) | 25 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.2, -0.6) |
| Davie County | Urban | No | 159.3 (145.8, 174.0) | 61 (17, 91) | 107 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.0, 0.0) |
| Franklin County | Urban | No | 159.7 (147.8, 172.4) | 60 (19, 87) | 140 |
falling
|
-6.9 (-12.9, -1.2) |
| Alexander County | Urban | No | 160.4 (145.5, 176.7) | 59 (15, 92) | 88 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.1, -0.2) |
| Pasquotank County | Rural | No | 160.5 (145.4, 177.0) | 58 (14, 91) | 86 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.7) |
| Northampton County | Rural | No | 160.7 (140.1, 184.2) | 57 (6, 96) | 53 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.8, -0.6) |
| Carteret County | Rural | No | 160.8 (150.5, 171.7) | 56 (20, 85) | 200 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.6, -1.0) |
| Yancey County | Rural | No | 161.1 (142.4, 182.2) | 55 (10, 93) | 56 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.8, 0.4) |
| Johnston County | Urban | No | 161.6 (154.0, 169.4) | 54 (24, 76) | 367 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.8, -1.2) |
| Warren County | Rural | No | 162.0 (142.7, 183.7) | 53 (4, 94) | 56 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.2, -0.6) |
| Burke County | Urban | No | 162.1 (152.4, 172.3) | 52 (21, 81) | 220 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.0, -0.4) |
| Gaston County | Urban | No | 162.3 (155.6, 169.1) | 51 (28, 73) | 468 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.9, -1.1) |
| Nash County | Urban | No | 162.4 (152.6, 172.8) | 50 (20, 80) | 214 |
falling
|
-3.8 (-7.2, -1.2) |
| Wilkes County | Rural | No | 164.5 (153.5, 176.2) | 49 (17, 82) | 176 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-2.9, -0.5) |
| Lenoir County | Rural | No | 164.6 (152.1, 177.8) | 48 (14, 84) | 139 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.9) |
| Camden County | Urban | No | 164.7 (134.4, 200.3) | 47 (2, 100) | 22 |
stable
|
11.6 (-1.2, 21.3) |
| Hertford County | Rural | No | 164.9 (145.3, 186.9) | 46 (5, 92) | 54 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.2, -1.2) |
| Duplin County | Rural | No | 165.0 (151.1, 179.8) | 45 (13, 85) | 112 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.0, -1.0) |
| Rowan County | Urban | No | 165.2 (157.0, 173.6) | 44 (21, 73) | 322 |
falling
|
-3.3 (-4.8, -2.5) |
| Pender County | Urban | No | 165.3 (152.7, 178.6) | 43 (13, 83) | 136 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.4) |
| Stokes County | Urban | No | 166.9 (153.3, 181.6) | 42 (11, 82) | 119 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.5) |
| Yadkin County | Urban | No | 167.8 (152.6, 184.3) | 41 (9, 85) | 94 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.0, -0.2) |
| Rockingham County | Urban | No | 168.6 (158.9, 178.8) | 40 (14, 73) | 237 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.2, -1.1) |
| Jones County | Rural | No | 168.7 (139.5, 203.3) | 39 (2, 99) | 26 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.4, 0.7) |
| Stanly County | Rural | No | 168.8 (156.6, 181.9) | 38 (12, 77) | 147 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.6) |
| Beaufort County | Rural | No | 168.9 (155.5, 183.4) | 37 (9, 80) | 127 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.6) |
| Granville County | Rural | No | 169.3 (156.6, 182.9) | 36 (11, 78) | 137 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-6.3, -1.4) |
| Hoke County | Urban | No | 169.8 (152.3, 188.5) | 35 (4, 85) | 77 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.2, -0.9) |
| Person County | Urban | No | 170.8 (155.8, 187.0) | 34 (7, 83) | 101 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.4, -0.2) |
| Wilson County | Rural | No | 171.3 (160.1, 183.0) | 33 (10, 70) | 185 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.4, -0.7) |
| Cumberland County | Urban | No | 171.8 (165.3, 178.4) | 32 (17, 56) | 556 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.4, -1.0) |
| Randolph County | Urban | No | 172.0 (163.7, 180.7) | 31 (14, 63) | 335 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-0.9, -0.3) |
| Craven County | Rural | No | 172.7 (162.9, 183.0) | 30 (12, 63) | 249 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.2, -0.7) |
| Caswell County | Rural | No | 173.0 (154.0, 194.2) | 29 (2, 85) | 64 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.5, -0.5) |
| Rutherford County | Rural | No | 173.3 (161.6, 185.7) | 28 (9, 68) | 174 |
stable
|
0.2 (-1.2, 3.3) |
| Alamance County | Urban | No | 173.3 (165.5, 181.4) | 27 (14, 56) | 384 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.0, -0.5) |
| Harnett County | Rural | No | 173.4 (163.5, 183.6) | 26 (11, 63) | 241 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.5, -0.8) |
| Davidson County | Urban | No | 173.5 (165.9, 181.4) | 25 (14, 55) | 409 |
falling
|
-0.5 (-0.9, -0.2) |
| Graham County | Rural | No | 174.4 (143.6, 211.1) | 24 (1, 97) | 24 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.7, 0.2) |
| Bladen County | Rural | No | 175.8 (158.6, 194.7) | 23 (3, 80) | 84 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.6, -0.3) |
| Martin County | Rural | No | 176.0 (156.7, 197.4) | 22 (2, 82) | 66 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.2, -1.1) |
| Greene County | Rural | No | 176.3 (153.7, 201.5) | 21 (2, 88) | 46 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-11.6, 0.7) |
| Caldwell County | Urban | No | 178.2 (167.4, 189.6) | 20 (6, 55) | 214 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.0, -0.3) |
| Mitchell County | Rural | No | 179.6 (156.1, 206.4) | 19 (1, 86) | 46 |
stable
|
6.7 (-0.9, 11.4) |
| Bertie County | Rural | No | 180.1 (157.6, 205.5) | 18 (2, 83) | 52 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.3, -1.0) |
| Cleveland County | Rural | No | 183.7 (173.4, 194.6) | 17 (3, 43) | 250 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.6, 0.1) |
| Washington County | Rural | No | 186.1 (156.5, 220.4) | 16 (1, 88) | 34 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.2, -0.2) |
| Surry County | Rural | No | 186.7 (175.2, 199.0) | 15 (2, 41) | 202 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.6, 0.1) |
| Sampson County | Rural | No | 189.7 (176.1, 204.2) | 14 (2, 44) | 149 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.8, 0.0) |
| Edgecombe County | Urban | No | 189.9 (175.6, 205.3) | 13 (1, 43) | 139 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-3.1, 0.4) |
| Anson County | Urban | No | 191.2 (169.4, 215.3) | 12 (1, 64) | 60 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.9, 0.1) |
| Wayne County | Urban | No | 192.2 (182.0, 202.8) | 11 (2, 28) | 280 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.2, -0.5) |
| Columbus County | Rural | No | 192.3 (178.1, 207.5) | 10 (1, 39) | 143 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.2, -0.4) |
| Vance County | Rural | No | 193.1 (176.8, 210.5) | 9 (1, 43) | 112 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.3, -0.5) |
| Onslow County | Urban | No | 193.9 (183.9, 204.3) | 8 (1, 24) | 295 |
stable
|
-3.4 (-7.9, 0.1) |
| McDowell County | Rural | No | 194.0 (179.0, 210.0) | 7 (1, 42) | 131 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.4, 0.4) |
| Scotland County | Rural | No | 196.7 (178.5, 216.4) | 6 (1, 46) | 90 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.1, 0.1) |
| Tyrrell County | Rural | No | 196.7 (148.0, 260.1) | 5 (1, 100) | 12 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.2, 0.8) |
| Halifax County | Rural | No | 197.6 (183.1, 213.1) | 4 (1, 30) | 148 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-0.9, -0.3) |
| Robeson County | Rural | No | 198.8 (188.1, 209.8) | 3 (1, 21) | 276 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-3.1, -0.2) |
| Richmond County | Rural | No | 199.7 (183.3, 217.4) | 2 (1, 32) | 114 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.9, 0.0) |
| Swain County | Rural | No | 232.4 (202.7, 265.6) | 1 (1, 17) | 47 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.4, 1.1) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/04/2025 5:50 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.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
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.
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 07/04/2025 5:50 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.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
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.
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.