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 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) 
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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 | 153.6 (152.6, 154.6) | N/A | 20,051 |
falling 
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-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) |
| Swain County | Rural | No | 232.4 (202.7, 265.6) | 1 (1, 17) | 47 |
stable 
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0.3 (-0.4, 1.1) |
| Richmond County | Rural | No | 199.7 (183.3, 217.4) | 2 (1, 32) | 114 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.9, 0.0) |
| Robeson County | Rural | No | 198.8 (188.1, 209.8) | 3 (1, 21) | 276 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-3.1, -0.2) |
| Halifax County | Rural | No | 197.6 (183.1, 213.1) | 4 (1, 30) | 148 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-0.9, -0.3) |
| Tyrrell County | Rural | No | 196.7 (148.0, 260.1) | 5 (1, 100) | 12 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.2, 0.8) |
| Scotland County | Rural | No | 196.7 (178.5, 216.4) | 6 (1, 46) | 90 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.1, 0.1) |
| McDowell County | Rural | No | 194.0 (179.0, 210.0) | 7 (1, 42) | 131 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.4, 0.4) |
| Onslow County | Urban | No | 193.9 (183.9, 204.3) | 8 (1, 24) | 295 |
stable
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-3.4 (-7.9, 0.1) |
| Vance County | Rural | No | 193.1 (176.8, 210.5) | 9 (1, 43) | 112 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.3, -0.5) |
| Columbus County | Rural | No | 192.3 (178.1, 207.5) | 10 (1, 39) | 143 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.2, -0.4) |
| Wayne County | Urban | No | 192.2 (182.0, 202.8) | 11 (2, 28) | 280 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.2, -0.5) |
| Anson County | Urban | No | 191.2 (169.4, 215.3) | 12 (1, 64) | 60 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.9, 0.1) |
| Edgecombe County | Urban | No | 189.9 (175.6, 205.3) | 13 (1, 43) | 139 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-3.1, 0.4) |
| Sampson County | Rural | No | 189.7 (176.1, 204.2) | 14 (2, 44) | 149 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.8, 0.0) |
| Surry County | Rural | No | 186.7 (175.2, 199.0) | 15 (2, 41) | 202 |
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) |
| Cleveland County | Rural | No | 183.7 (173.4, 194.6) | 17 (3, 43) | 250 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.6, 0.1) |
| Bertie County | Rural | No | 180.1 (157.6, 205.5) | 18 (2, 83) | 52 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.3, -1.0) |
| Mitchell County | Rural | No | 179.6 (156.1, 206.4) | 19 (1, 86) | 46 |
stable
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6.7 (-0.9, 11.4) |
| Caldwell County | Urban | No | 178.2 (167.4, 189.6) | 20 (6, 55) | 214 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.0, -0.3) |
| Greene County | Rural | No | 176.3 (153.7, 201.5) | 21 (2, 88) | 46 |
stable
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-1.1 (-11.6, 0.7) |
| Martin County | Rural | No | 176.0 (156.7, 197.4) | 22 (2, 82) | 66 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.2, -1.1) |
| Bladen County | Rural | No | 175.8 (158.6, 194.7) | 23 (3, 80) | 84 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.6, -0.3) |
| Graham County | Rural | No | 174.4 (143.6, 211.1) | 24 (1, 97) | 24 |
stable
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-0.8 (-1.7, 0.2) |
| Davidson County | Urban | No | 173.5 (165.9, 181.4) | 25 (14, 55) | 409 |
falling
|
-0.5 (-0.9, -0.2) |
| Harnett County | Rural | No | 173.4 (163.5, 183.6) | 26 (11, 63) | 241 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.5, -0.8) |
| Alamance County | Urban | No | 173.3 (165.5, 181.4) | 27 (14, 56) | 384 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.0, -0.5) |
| Rutherford County | Rural | No | 173.3 (161.6, 185.7) | 28 (9, 68) | 174 |
stable
|
0.2 (-1.2, 3.3) |
| Caswell County | Rural | No | 173.0 (154.0, 194.2) | 29 (2, 85) | 64 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.5, -0.5) |
| Craven County | Rural | No | 172.7 (162.9, 183.0) | 30 (12, 63) | 249 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.2, -0.7) |
| Randolph County | Urban | No | 172.0 (163.7, 180.7) | 31 (14, 63) | 335 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-0.9, -0.3) |
| Cumberland County | Urban | No | 171.8 (165.3, 178.4) | 32 (17, 56) | 556 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.4, -1.0) |
| Wilson County | Rural | No | 171.3 (160.1, 183.0) | 33 (10, 70) | 185 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.4, -0.7) |
| Person County | Urban | No | 170.8 (155.8, 187.0) | 34 (7, 83) | 101 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.4, -0.2) |
| Hoke County | Urban | No | 169.8 (152.3, 188.5) | 35 (4, 85) | 77 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.2, -0.9) |
| Granville County | Rural | No | 169.3 (156.6, 182.9) | 36 (11, 78) | 137 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-6.3, -1.4) |
| Beaufort County | Rural | No | 168.9 (155.5, 183.4) | 37 (9, 80) | 127 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.6) |
| Stanly County | Rural | No | 168.8 (156.6, 181.9) | 38 (12, 77) | 147 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.6) |
| Jones County | Rural | No | 168.7 (139.5, 203.3) | 39 (2, 99) | 26 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.4, 0.7) |
| Rockingham County | Urban | No | 168.6 (158.9, 178.8) | 40 (14, 73) | 237 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.2, -1.1) |
| Yadkin County | Urban | No | 167.8 (152.6, 184.3) | 41 (9, 85) | 94 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.0, -0.2) |
| Stokes County | Urban | No | 166.9 (153.3, 181.6) | 42 (11, 82) | 119 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.5) |
| Pender County | Urban | No | 165.3 (152.7, 178.6) | 43 (13, 83) | 136 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.4) |
| Rowan County | Urban | No | 165.2 (157.0, 173.6) | 44 (21, 73) | 322 |
falling
|
-3.3 (-4.8, -2.5) |
| Duplin County | Rural | No | 165.0 (151.1, 179.8) | 45 (13, 85) | 112 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.0, -1.0) |
| Hertford County | Rural | No | 164.9 (145.3, 186.9) | 46 (5, 92) | 54 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.2, -1.2) |
| Camden County | Urban | No | 164.7 (134.4, 200.3) | 47 (2, 100) | 22 |
stable
|
11.6 (-1.2, 21.3) |
| Lenoir County | Rural | No | 164.6 (152.1, 177.8) | 48 (14, 84) | 139 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.9) |
| Wilkes County | Rural | No | 164.5 (153.5, 176.2) | 49 (17, 82) | 176 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-2.9, -0.5) |
| Nash County | Urban | No | 162.4 (152.6, 172.8) | 50 (20, 80) | 214 |
falling
|
-3.8 (-7.2, -1.2) |
| Gaston County | Urban | No | 162.3 (155.6, 169.1) | 51 (28, 73) | 468 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.9, -1.1) |
| Burke County | Urban | No | 162.1 (152.4, 172.3) | 52 (21, 81) | 220 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.0, -0.4) |
| Warren County | Rural | No | 162.0 (142.7, 183.7) | 53 (4, 94) | 56 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.2, -0.6) |
| Johnston County | Urban | No | 161.6 (154.0, 169.4) | 54 (24, 76) | 367 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.8, -1.2) |
| Yancey County | Rural | No | 161.1 (142.4, 182.2) | 55 (10, 93) | 56 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.8, 0.4) |
| Carteret County | Rural | No | 160.8 (150.5, 171.7) | 56 (20, 85) | 200 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.6, -1.0) |
| Northampton County | Rural | No | 160.7 (140.1, 184.2) | 57 (6, 96) | 53 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.8, -0.6) |
| Pasquotank County | Rural | No | 160.5 (145.4, 177.0) | 58 (14, 91) | 86 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.7) |
| Alexander County | Urban | No | 160.4 (145.5, 176.7) | 59 (15, 92) | 88 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.1, -0.2) |
| Franklin County | Urban | No | 159.7 (147.8, 172.4) | 60 (19, 87) | 140 |
falling
|
-6.9 (-12.9, -1.2) |
| Davie County | Urban | No | 159.3 (145.8, 174.0) | 61 (17, 91) | 107 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.0, 0.0) |
| Gates County | Urban | No | 157.3 (129.7, 189.8) | 62 (2, 100) | 25 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.2, -0.6) |
| Haywood County | Rural | No | 157.0 (146.2, 168.4) | 63 (25, 87) | 171 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.1, -0.4) |
| Forsyth County | Urban | No | 156.1 (151.0, 161.4) | 64 (43, 80) | 736 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.1, -1.3) |
| Pitt County | Urban | No | 155.1 (147.0, 163.7) | 65 (36, 86) | 282 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-1.8, -1.3) |
| Chowan County | Rural | No | 155.1 (133.0, 180.6) | 66 (6, 100) | 39 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.5, -0.3) |
| Perquimans County | Rural | No | 154.4 (132.4, 180.0) | 67 (9, 99) | 39 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.0, -0.8) |
| Catawba County | Urban | No | 154.1 (146.7, 161.9) | 68 (40, 86) | 333 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.9, -1.2) |
| Brunswick County | Urban | No | 153.2 (146.1, 160.8) | 69 (43, 87) | 423 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.5, -1.0) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 152.4 (140.4, 165.2) | 70 (28, 92) | 124 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.7, -1.0) |
| Moore County | Urban | No | 151.8 (143.3, 160.7) | 71 (42, 89) | 261 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.5, -0.9) |
| Montgomery County | Rural | No | 151.4 (134.3, 170.4) | 72 (21, 98) | 61 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.8, -0.7) |
| Ashe County | Rural | No | 150.8 (135.7, 167.6) | 73 (23, 97) | 78 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.4) |
| Madison County | Urban | No | 150.7 (132.1, 171.6) | 74 (19, 99) | 52 |
stable
|
1.2 (-1.3, 7.3) |
| Guilford County | Urban | No | 150.4 (146.1, 154.8) | 75 (57, 86) | 952 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.5, -1.2) |
| Lincoln County | Urban | No | 150.2 (140.3, 160.7) | 76 (39, 92) | 181 |
falling
|
-5.7 (-9.2, -1.2) |
| Cherokee County | Rural | No | 149.7 (135.0, 166.0) | 77 (25, 96) | 88 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-5.0, -1.0) |
| Pamlico County | Rural | No | 149.1 (125.9, 176.5) | 78 (10, 100) | 37 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.5, -1.0) |
| Hyde County | Rural | No | 148.3 (109.2, 199.1) | 79 (1, 100) | 11 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.9, 0.4) |
| Dare County | Rural | No | 147.5 (133.2, 163.3) | 80 (30, 99) | 87 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.9, -0.7) |
| New Hanover County | Urban | No | 147.4 (141.2, 153.8) | 81 (58, 90) | 449 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.7, -1.2) |
| Macon County | Rural | No | 146.1 (133.1, 160.3) | 82 (37, 97) | 104 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.3, -0.4) |
| Henderson County | Urban | No | 145.6 (138.1, 153.6) | 83 (58, 93) | 307 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.4, -0.7) |
| Iredell County | Urban | No | 145.3 (138.3, 152.6) | 84 (61, 93) | 338 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-5.8, -0.1) |
| Alleghany County | Rural | No | 145.2 (123.3, 171.4) | 85 (17, 100) | 32 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-7.4, -1.2) |
| Currituck County | Urban | No | 144.0 (126.2, 163.8) | 86 (26, 100) | 53 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-2.6, -1.5) |
| Polk County | Rural | No | 142.6 (124.2, 163.6) | 87 (25, 100) | 59 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.8, -0.7) |
| Union County | Urban | No | 141.0 (134.3, 148.0) | 88 (68, 95) | 348 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.8, -1.1) |
| Cabarrus County | Urban | No | 139.3 (132.5, 146.3) | 89 (72, 96) | 327 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-3.2, -1.7) |
| Durham County | Urban | No | 135.9 (130.3, 141.7) | 90 (79, 97) | 458 |
falling
|
-3.1 (-4.6, -2.5) |
| Buncombe County | Urban | No | 135.3 (130.1, 140.6) | 91 (80, 97) | 541 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-1.8, -1.4) |
| Avery County | Rural | No | 134.9 (116.1, 156.6) | 92 (36, 100) | 38 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.0, -0.7) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 132.2 (110.3, 158.5) | 93 (32, 100) | 31 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.1, -0.9) |
| Mecklenburg County | Urban | No | 131.3 (128.1, 134.6) | 94 (87, 98) | 1,347 |
falling
|
-2.6 (-4.5, -1.9) |
| Jackson County | Rural | No | 131.2 (118.0, 145.6) | 95 (63, 100) | 78 |
falling
|
-11.5 (-18.5, -2.0) |
| Transylvania County | Rural | No | 130.7 (118.1, 144.6) | 96 (68, 100) | 93 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.2, -1.1) |
| Watauga County | Rural | No | 127.2 (114.6, 141.0) | 97 (75, 100) | 79 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.8, -0.6) |
| Chatham County | Urban | No | 124.2 (115.7, 133.2) | 98 (86, 100) | 172 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.0, -1.2) |
| Wake County | Urban | No | 123.9 (120.9, 127.0) | 99 (93, 100) | 1,335 |
falling
|
-4.3 (-5.8, -3.3) |
| Orange County | Urban | Yes | 118.9 (111.4, 126.9) | 100 (92, 100) | 194 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-5.5, -2.1) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 12/11/2024 12:49 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 12/11/2024 12:49 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.