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 | Yes | 50.1 (49.5, 50.7) | N/A | 5,728 |
falling 
|
-1.8 (-1.9, -1.7) |
| United States | Yes | 47.3 (47.2, 47.4) | N/A | 168,038 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-2.6, -2.0) |
| Hyde County | Yes | 51.2 (27.8, 89.7) | 71 (1, 99) | 3 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-3.8, -0.8) |
| Camden County | Yes | 33.0 (20.7, 51.4) | 98 (30, 99) | 5 |
falling
|
-2.8 (-4.6, -1.0) |
| Alleghany County | Yes | 40.8 (27.0, 61.1) | 93 (14, 99) | 6 |
falling
|
-2.8 (-4.5, -1.1) |
| Graham County | Yes | 62.1 (41.3, 91.2) | 23 (1, 99) | 6 |
stable 
|
0.0 (-1.8, 1.7) |
| Gates County | Yes | 53.6 (35.7, 78.0) | 64 (1, 99) | 7 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.3, 0.2) |
| Jones County | Yes | 55.3 (36.2, 82.3) | 56 (1, 99) | 7 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-2.3, 1.1) |
| Clay County | Yes | 56.6 (37.8, 82.8) | 46 (1, 99) | 7 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-3.5, -0.1) |
| Pamlico County | Yes | 57.1 (39.5, 81.3) | 45 (1, 99) | 9 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.6, -0.6) |
| Chowan County | Yes | 58.2 (41.3, 80.6) | 40 (1, 98) | 9 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.8, -0.4) |
| Washington County | Yes | 70.7 (50.0, 98.1) | 9 (1, 94) | 9 |
stable
|
-1.5 (-2.9, 0.0) |
| Perquimans County | Yes | 54.7 (38.9, 76.0) | 59 (1, 99) | 10 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-4.0, -1.4) |
| Avery County | Yes | 51.4 (38.0, 68.9) | 69 (4, 99) | 11 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.1, 0.2) |
| Polk County | Yes | 46.9 (34.4, 63.3) | 86 (9, 99) | 12 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.6, -0.7) |
| Mitchell County | Yes | 69.3 (51.8, 91.7) | 11 (1, 91) | 12 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.4, -0.1) |
| Swain County | Yes | 77.7 (59.2, 100.9) | 3 (1, 77) | 13 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.8, 0.6) |
| Yancey County | Yes | 57.4 (43.8, 74.7) | 44 (2, 96) | 13 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.3, 1.0) |
| Madison County | Yes | 54.6 (41.7, 70.8) | 61 (4, 98) | 14 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.0, 0.4) |
| Martin County | Yes | 50.2 (38.3, 65.2) | 74 (6, 99) | 14 |
falling
|
-2.6 (-3.6, -1.5) |
| Northampton County | Yes | 64.2 (48.6, 83.8) | 18 (1, 93) | 14 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.0, 0.4) |
| Warren County | Yes | 58.9 (44.9, 76.6) | 37 (1, 94) | 15 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-3.0, -0.6) |
| Greene County | Yes | 62.2 (48.5, 79.0) | 22 (1, 93) | 15 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.4, 0.2) |
| Hertford County | Yes | 53.1 (40.9, 68.2) | 66 (4, 97) | 15 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-3.3, -1.5) |
| Ashe County | Yes | 45.7 (35.4, 58.6) | 87 (20, 99) | 16 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.3, 0.2) |
| Montgomery County | Yes | 51.3 (40.2, 64.8) | 70 (7, 97) | 17 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-3.4, -1.2) |
| Bertie County | Yes | 73.7 (57.5, 93.5) | 4 (1, 79) | 17 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.7, -0.7) |
| Transylvania County | Yes | 41.6 (32.4, 53.1) | 92 (40, 99) | 17 |
stable
|
-7.1 (-13.9, 0.1) |
| Watauga County | Yes | 31.8 (25.0, 40.1) | 99 (84, 99) | 18 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-3.5, -1.3) |
| Currituck County | Yes | 51.1 (40.9, 63.6) | 72 (10, 97) | 19 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-3.1, -1.6) |
| Anson County | Yes | 71.5 (57.3, 88.4) | 7 (1, 75) | 19 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.2, 0.2) |
| Cherokee County | Yes | 55.9 (44.1, 70.4) | 50 (3, 94) | 19 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.5, -0.3) |
| Caswell County | Yes | 64.9 (52.1, 80.6) | 15 (1, 88) | 20 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.2, -0.4) |
| Jackson County | Yes | 47.2 (37.9, 58.1) | 84 (20, 99) | 21 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-2.1, -0.1) |
| Macon County | Yes | 48.0 (38.4, 59.7) | 81 (21, 98) | 21 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.7, -0.1) |
| Yadkin County | Yes | 58.8 (48.6, 70.8) | 39 (3, 89) | 26 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.5, 0.1) |
| Bladen County | Yes | 67.1 (55.1, 81.1) | 12 (1, 81) | 26 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.6, -1.0) |
| Alexander County | Yes | 60.6 (50.3, 72.6) | 29 (3, 88) | 27 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.4, 0.1) |
| Person County | Yes | 55.1 (45.7, 66.1) | 57 (8, 92) | 28 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.5, -0.9) |
| Dare County | Yes | 56.3 (46.6, 67.7) | 47 (6, 93) | 28 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.9, -0.3) |
| Davie County | Yes | 55.7 (46.5, 66.5) | 52 (6, 92) | 29 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.4, 0.5) |
| Pasquotank County | Yes | 65.9 (55.2, 78.2) | 14 (1, 74) | 30 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.0, -0.5) |
| Hoke County | Yes | 59.0 (49.8, 69.4) | 36 (5, 86) | 31 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-3.2, -1.6) |
| Richmond County | Yes | 64.6 (54.6, 75.9) | 16 (2, 75) | 33 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.9, -0.5) |
| Beaufort County | Yes | 60.1 (50.5, 71.2) | 32 (4, 85) | 33 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.8, -0.4) |
| Scotland County | Yes | 84.6 (71.6, 99.3) | 1 (1, 26) | 33 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.6, 0.4) |
| Stokes County | Yes | 62.7 (53.1, 73.7) | 21 (3, 76) | 35 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.7, -0.1) |
| Chatham County | Yes | 40.3 (34.2, 47.2) | 94 (66, 99) | 36 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-3.1, -1.7) |
| Stanly County | Yes | 50.7 (43.3, 59.1) | 73 (20, 94) | 36 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.3, -0.9) |
| McDowell County | Yes | 66.5 (56.6, 77.7) | 13 (2, 71) | 36 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.4, 0.1) |
| Pender County | Yes | 49.5 (42.3, 57.6) | 76 (21, 94) | 38 |
falling
|
-2.6 (-3.2, -2.0) |
| Lenoir County | Yes | 57.8 (49.4, 67.4) | 41 (7, 86) | 38 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.1, -1.0) |
| Duplin County | Yes | 61.5 (52.7, 71.5) | 24 (4, 83) | 39 |
stable
|
3.1 (-2.3, 8.9) |
| Lee County | Yes | 55.5 (47.7, 64.2) | 55 (10, 89) | 39 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.5, -1.0) |
| Haywood County | Yes | 52.0 (44.5, 60.5) | 68 (18, 93) | 39 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.1, -0.9) |
| Vance County | Yes | 81.3 (69.7, 94.3) | 2 (1, 24) | 40 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.4) |
| Granville County | Yes | 55.6 (47.9, 64.2) | 54 (11, 90) | 41 |
stable
|
1.7 (-6.6, 10.7) |
| Columbus County | Yes | 64.4 (55.5, 74.4) | 17 (3, 73) | 41 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.1, -0.7) |
| Franklin County | Yes | 54.0 (46.7, 62.3) | 63 (12, 91) | 43 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.8, -1.1) |
| Sampson County | Yes | 61.1 (53.0, 70.1) | 26 (5, 76) | 44 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.9, -0.7) |
| Wilkes County | Yes | 54.6 (47.2, 62.9) | 62 (13, 90) | 44 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.6, -0.3) |
| Halifax County | Yes | 73.4 (63.4, 84.6) | 5 (1, 45) | 45 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.8, -0.8) |
| Edgecombe County | Yes | 70.5 (61.0, 81.2) | 10 (1, 55) | 45 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.1, -1.2) |
| Rutherford County | Yes | 60.9 (53.0, 69.7) | 27 (6, 78) | 49 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.5, -0.5) |
| Carteret County | Yes | 55.9 (48.5, 64.2) | 51 (11, 87) | 50 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.3, -1.0) |
| Wilson County | Yes | 53.6 (46.8, 61.1) | 65 (18, 89) | 50 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.4, -1.4) |
| Orange County | Yes | 33.6 (29.5, 38.2) | 97 (90, 99) | 51 |
falling
|
-2.9 (-3.5, -2.3) |
| Surry County | Yes | 59.5 (52.2, 67.6) | 34 (7, 78) | 52 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.8, -0.6) |
| Moore County | Yes | 49.4 (43.3, 56.2) | 77 (32, 94) | 53 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.4, -1.2) |
| Lincoln County | Yes | 54.7 (48.2, 61.9) | 60 (16, 86) | 56 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.3, -1.2) |
| Burke County | Yes | 55.7 (49.3, 62.9) | 53 (15, 84) | 61 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.7) |
| Craven County | Yes | 60.7 (53.8, 68.4) | 28 (5, 74) | 62 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.5) |
| Caldwell County | Yes | 61.4 (54.4, 69.1) | 25 (6, 70) | 62 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.5, -0.6) |
| Henderson County | Yes | 48.6 (43.1, 54.6) | 79 (42, 93) | 67 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.3, -1.0) |
| Nash County | Yes | 60.4 (53.8, 67.6) | 31 (7, 73) | 68 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.0, -0.9) |
| Rockingham County | Yes | 59.8 (53.3, 66.9) | 33 (9, 73) | 71 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.9, -0.9) |
| Cleveland County | Yes | 63.2 (56.5, 70.6) | 20 (5, 65) | 72 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.2, 0.0) |
| Harnett County | Yes | 58.9 (53.1, 65.2) | 38 (11, 74) | 77 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.4, -1.4) |
| Wayne County | Yes | 63.5 (57.4, 70.1) | 19 (5, 61) | 87 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.0, -1.2) |
| Brunswick County | Yes | 49.8 (44.7, 55.4) | 75 (37, 92) | 91 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.2, -1.4) |
| Pitt County | Yes | 52.8 (47.9, 58.1) | 67 (25, 86) | 91 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-2.6, -1.7) |
| Rowan County | Yes | 56.0 (50.8, 61.6) | 49 (18, 79) | 93 |
falling
|
-4.5 (-8.1, -0.7) |
| Cabarrus County | Yes | 43.2 (39.4, 47.4) | 89 (69, 96) | 96 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-2.8, -1.9) |
| Iredell County | Yes | 47.2 (43.0, 51.8) | 83 (55, 93) | 97 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.4, -1.5) |
| Randolph County | Yes | 57.7 (52.5, 63.3) | 42 (15, 75) | 98 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.7, -0.8) |
| Onslow County | Yes | 71.2 (64.9, 78.0) | 8 (1, 32) | 99 |
stable
|
2.4 (-0.6, 5.6) |
| Catawba County | Yes | 55.1 (50.1, 60.4) | 58 (22, 80) | 100 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.8, -1.2) |
| Robeson County | Yes | 71.5 (65.2, 78.3) | 6 (2, 32) | 101 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.4) |
| Alamance County | Yes | 57.7 (52.7, 63.0) | 43 (16, 74) | 107 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.7) |
| New Hanover County | Yes | 43.0 (39.3, 47.0) | 90 (70, 95) | 108 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-2.9, -1.9) |
| Johnston County | Yes | 49.0 (44.9, 53.4) | 78 (49, 90) | 110 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-2.7, -1.9) |
| Union County | Yes | 42.5 (39.0, 46.3) | 91 (74, 96) | 110 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-2.8, -1.7) |
| Davidson County | Yes | 56.0 (51.3, 61.2) | 48 (19, 78) | 111 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.5, -0.5) |
| Durham County | Yes | 43.3 (40.1, 46.8) | 88 (72, 95) | 138 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-2.8, -2.2) |
| Buncombe County | Yes | 48.0 (44.4, 51.9) | 82 (54, 91) | 141 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.2, -1.3) |
| Gaston County | Yes | 59.1 (54.8, 63.7) | 35 (14, 65) | 151 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.8, -1.2) |
| Cumberland County | Yes | 60.5 (56.6, 64.7) | 30 (13, 59) | 185 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.7, -1.0) |
| Forsyth County | Yes | 47.1 (44.1, 50.3) | 85 (61, 90) | 196 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.2, -1.5) |
| Guilford County | Yes | 48.0 (45.4, 50.7) | 80 (61, 89) | 273 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.8, -0.6) |
| Wake County | Yes | 34.9 (33.4, 36.5) | 96 (92, 99) | 395 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-2.9, -2.4) |
| Mecklenburg County | Yes | 38.0 (36.4, 39.7) | 95 (89, 97) | 417 |
falling
|
-5.3 (-7.8, -2.7) |
| Tyrrell County | *** |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/02/2023 6:01 pm.
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.
* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
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 6:01 pm.
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.
* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
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.