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Death Rate Report for North Carolina by County

All Cancer Sites, 2018-2022

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages <50

Sorted by CI*Rank

County
sort alphabetically by name ascending 		2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
sort by rural urban descending 		Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7?
 Age-Adjusted Death Rate †
deaths per 100,000
(95% Confidence Interval)
sort by rate descending 		CI*Rank ⋔
(95% Confidence Interval)
sort by CI rank ascending 		Average Annual Count
sort by count descending 		Recent Trend
 Recent 5-Year Trend ‡ in Death Rates
(95% Confidence Interval)
sort by trend descending
North Carolina N/A Yes 14.9 (14.4, 15.3) N/A 957 falling falling trend -2.0 (-2.1, -1.8)
United States N/A Yes 14.4 (14.4, 14.5) N/A 29,194 falling falling trend -0.7 (-1.3, -0.2)
Union County Urban Yes 10.4 (8.3, 12.9) 67 (47, 67) 17 falling falling trend -3.0 (-3.9, -1.9)
Wake County Urban Yes 10.8 (9.8, 11.9) 66 (54, 67) 86 falling falling trend -2.5 (-3.0, -1.9)
Orange County Urban Yes 10.9 (8.0, 14.4) 65 (36, 67) 10 falling falling trend -2.6 (-3.8, -1.5)
Cabarrus County Urban Yes 11.1 (8.9, 13.7) 64 (43, 67) 17 falling falling trend -2.6 (-3.5, -1.6)
Chatham County Urban Yes 11.2 (7.1, 16.8) 63 (21, 67) 5 falling falling trend -3.6 (-5.5, -2.0)
Mecklenburg County Urban Yes 11.5 (10.4, 12.6) 62 (51, 67) 88 falling falling trend -2.6 (-3.0, -2.1)
Buncombe County Urban Yes 11.8 (9.6, 14.4) 61 (39, 67) 20 falling falling trend -1.9 (-3.1, -0.8)
Carteret County Rural Yes 12.0 (7.5, 18.2) 60 (16, 67) 4 falling falling trend -2.4 (-4.1, -0.9)
Stanly County Rural Yes 12.6 (7.9, 18.9) 59 (13, 67) 5 stable stable trend -1.3 (-2.8, 0.0)
Johnston County Urban Yes 12.8 (10.4, 15.7) 58 (31, 67) 19 falling falling trend -2.5 (-3.4, -1.5)
Sampson County Rural Yes 13.2 (8.4, 19.8) 57 (8, 67) 5 falling falling trend -2.0 (-3.8, -0.4)
Haywood County Rural Yes 13.3 (8.4, 20.1) 56 (9, 67) 5 falling falling trend -2.4 (-4.0, -1.0)
Pender County Urban Yes 13.8 (9.1, 20.2) 55 (9, 67) 5 stable stable trend -1.6 (-3.4, 0.3)
Forsyth County Urban Yes 13.9 (11.9, 16.3) 54 (27, 64) 32 falling falling trend -2.0 (-2.6, -1.4)
New Hanover County Urban Yes 14.2 (11.5, 17.3) 53 (21, 66) 19 falling falling trend -2.1 (-3.2, -1.1)
Jackson County Rural Yes 14.3 (8.1, 23.4) 52 (4, 67) 3 falling falling trend -2.2 (-4.6, -0.2)
Person County Urban Yes 14.5 (8.4, 23.3) 51 (4, 67) 3 stable stable trend -1.7 (-4.0, 0.3)
Durham County Urban Yes 14.6 (12.4, 17.2) 50 (23, 63) 31 falling falling trend -2.4 (-3.0, -1.9)
Harnett County Rural Yes 14.8 (11.3, 19.0) 49 (14, 66) 12 falling falling trend -2.6 (-3.5, -1.7)
Lincoln County Urban Yes 15.2 (10.9, 20.6) 48 (10, 67) 8 falling falling trend -1.6 (-3.1, -0.1)
Craven County Rural Yes 15.3 (10.9, 20.7) 47 (8, 67) 8 stable stable trend -0.9 (-1.9, 0.1)
Guilford County Urban Yes 15.3 (13.5, 17.4) 46 (23, 58) 50 stable stable trend 1.5 (-2.0, 10.2)
Lee County Rural Yes 15.3 (10.3, 22.0) 45 (5, 67) 6 falling falling trend -2.4 (-3.8, -1.2)
Iredell County Urban Yes 15.4 (12.4, 18.9) 44 (15, 64) 18 falling falling trend -1.3 (-2.4, -0.2)
Brunswick County Urban Yes 15.6 (11.6, 20.6) 43 (10, 66) 10 falling falling trend -1.9 (-2.9, -0.7)
Rowan County Urban Yes 15.7 (12.2, 19.8) 42 (12, 65) 14 falling falling trend -1.8 (-2.7, -1.0)
Nash County Urban Yes 15.7 (11.4, 21.2) 41 (8, 67) 9 falling falling trend -1.5 (-2.7, -0.3)
Surry County Rural Yes 15.9 (10.9, 22.5) 40 (6, 67) 7 falling falling trend -1.8 (-3.3, -0.6)
Wilkes County Rural Yes 16.1 (10.8, 23.1) 39 (5, 67) 6 stable stable trend -1.1 (-2.9, 0.6)
Davidson County Urban Yes 16.2 (12.8, 20.1) 38 (11, 63) 16 stable stable trend -0.7 (-1.7, 0.3)
Rockingham County Urban Yes 16.3 (11.8, 22.1) 37 (6, 67) 9 falling falling trend -1.3 (-2.6, -0.3)
Alamance County Urban Yes 16.4 (13.0, 20.3) 36 (10, 62) 16 falling falling trend -1.9 (-3.2, -0.7)
Edgecombe County Urban Yes 16.5 (10.3, 25.0) 35 (3, 67) 4 falling falling trend -2.5 (-3.8, -1.4)
Lenoir County Rural Yes 16.6 (10.7, 24.5) 34 (3, 67) 5 falling falling trend -1.8 (-3.4, -0.5)
Gaston County Urban Yes 16.6 (13.8, 19.9) 33 (12, 58) 24 falling falling trend -2.1 (-2.7, -1.5)
Henderson County Urban Yes 16.7 (12.5, 21.9) 32 (7, 65) 11 falling falling trend -2.0 (-3.2, -0.7)
Dare County Rural Yes 16.8 (9.9, 26.7) 31 (2, 67) 4 stable stable trend -1.3 (-3.0, 0.4)
Davie County Urban Yes 17.6 (11.0, 26.8) 30 (2, 67) 4 stable stable trend -1.7 (-3.5, 0.0)
Onslow County Urban Yes 17.9 (14.2, 22.1) 29 (6, 58) 17 stable stable trend -0.2 (-1.1, 0.9)
Catawba County Urban Yes 18.0 (14.4, 22.3) 28 (7, 58) 17 falling falling trend -1.3 (-2.1, -0.6)
Wilson County Rural Yes 18.0 (12.9, 24.5) 27 (4, 65) 8 falling falling trend -2.2 (-3.4, -1.2)
Moore County Urban Yes 18.0 (13.4, 23.8) 26 (4, 64) 10 falling falling trend -1.7 (-3.0, -0.4)
Cumberland County Urban Yes 18.0 (15.4, 21.0) 25 (9, 51) 34 falling falling trend -1.2 (-2.0, -0.4)
Granville County Rural Yes 18.3 (12.8, 25.5) 24 (3, 66) 7 stable stable trend -1.7 (-3.8, 0.2)
Hoke County Urban Yes 18.4 (12.4, 26.2) 23 (2, 67) 6 falling falling trend -1.9 (-3.2, -0.5)
Beaufort County Rural Yes 18.7 (11.8, 28.1) 22 (1, 67) 5 stable stable trend -1.1 (-2.5, 0.2)
Burke County Urban Yes 19.3 (14.2, 25.7) 21 (3, 61) 10 stable stable trend -0.7 (-1.9, 0.5)
Caldwell County Urban Yes 19.3 (14.1, 25.8) 20 (2, 61) 9 stable stable trend -0.3 (-1.3, 0.6)
Randolph County Urban Yes 19.5 (15.5, 24.2) 19 (4, 54) 17 stable stable trend -0.9 (-1.9, 0.0)
Pitt County Urban Yes 19.7 (15.9, 24.2) 18 (4, 53) 19 falling falling trend -2.0 (-3.1, -0.9)
Pasquotank County Rural Yes 19.7 (12.5, 29.6) 17 (1, 67) 5 stable stable trend -0.4 (-2.2, 1.4)
Franklin County Urban Yes 20.1 (14.6, 27.2) 16 (2, 60) 9 falling falling trend -32.1 (-49.9, -3.2)
Rutherford County Rural Yes 20.1 (14.2, 27.8) 15 (1, 62) 8 stable stable trend -0.3 (-1.7, 1.0)
Yadkin County Urban Yes 20.3 (12.6, 30.8) 14 (1, 67) 4 stable stable trend -0.4 (-2.1, 1.3)
Cleveland County Rural Yes 20.7 (15.7, 26.8) 13 (2, 56) 12 stable stable trend -1.0 (-2.4, 0.4)
Columbus County Rural Yes 20.9 (14.2, 29.7) 12 (1, 64) 6 stable stable trend -0.7 (-2.1, 0.5)
Robeson County Rural Yes 21.5 (16.9, 27.0) 11 (2, 49) 15 stable stable trend -0.8 (-1.8, 0.0)
Scotland County Rural Yes 22.3 (14.1, 33.6) 10 (1, 66) 5 stable stable trend -1.6 (-3.7, 0.2)
McDowell County Rural Yes 23.1 (15.8, 32.8) 9 (1, 60) 6 stable stable trend -0.5 (-1.7, 0.8)
Richmond County Rural Yes 23.3 (15.6, 33.5) 8 (1, 62) 6 stable stable trend -0.9 (-2.7, 0.8)
Wayne County Urban Yes 24.3 (19.3, 30.1) 7 (1, 37) 17 rising rising trend 26.1 (10.6, 39.7)
Halifax County Rural Yes 24.5 (16.8, 34.6) 6 (1, 56) 6 falling falling trend -1.8 (-3.1, -0.8)
Stokes County Urban Yes 24.8 (16.8, 35.2) 5 (1, 58) 6 stable stable trend 1.2 (-0.2, 2.8)
Bladen County Rural Yes 25.9 (16.2, 39.4) 4 (1, 63) 4 stable stable trend -1.5 (-3.4, 0.1)
Duplin County Rural Yes 27.8 (19.7, 38.0) 3 (1, 46) 8 stable stable trend 6.5 (-0.3, 29.0)
Vance County Rural Yes 29.2 (20.1, 41.0) 2 (1, 47) 7 stable stable trend -1.1 (-2.9, 0.4)
Anson County Urban Yes 32.2 (19.6, 49.6) 1 (1, 57) 4 stable stable trend -0.9 (-2.4, 0.5)
Alexander County Urban ***
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Alleghany County Rural ***
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Ashe County Rural ***
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Avery County Rural ***
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Bertie County Rural ***
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Camden County Urban ***
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Caswell County Rural ***
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Cherokee County Rural ***
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Chowan County Rural ***
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Clay County Rural ***
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Currituck County Urban ***
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Gates County Urban ***
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Graham County Rural ***
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Greene County Rural ***
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Hertford County Rural ***
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Hyde County Rural ***
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Jones County Rural ***
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Macon County Rural ***
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Madison County Urban ***
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Martin County Rural ***
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Montgomery County Rural ***
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Northampton County Rural ***
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Polk County Rural ***
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Swain County Rural ***
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Transylvania County Rural ***
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Tyrrell County Rural ***
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Warren County Rural ***
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Washington County Rural ***
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Watauga County Rural ***
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Yancey County Rural ***
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/13/2025 1:25 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.

† 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.


Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.

* 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.

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.

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