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 | No | 518.9 (515.5, 522.2) | N/A | 18,729 |
falling 
|
-2.1 (-2.7, -1.5) |
| United States | No | 501.7 (501.1, 502.3) | N/A | 569,776 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-2.3, -1.8) |
| Swain County | No | 730.9 (634.7, 837.7) | 1 (1, 27) | 42 |
stable 
|
0.2 (-0.5, 0.9) |
| Onslow County | No | 680.5 (644.3, 718.2) | 2 (1, 10) | 273 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.1, -0.3) |
| Scotland County | No | 659.4 (598.4, 725.1) | 3 (1, 39) | 88 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.1, 0.1) |
| Halifax County | No | 646.6 (599.6, 696.2) | 4 (1, 31) | 144 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-0.9, -0.3) |
| Vance County | No | 635.3 (582.8, 691.2) | 5 (1, 43) | 111 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.7) |
| Surry County | No | 630.4 (591.2, 671.6) | 6 (1, 32) | 195 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.4, 0.2) |
| Robeson County | No | 625.5 (592.0, 660.5) | 7 (1, 30) | 272 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.7) |
| Caswell County | No | 618.0 (551.4, 690.6) | 8 (1, 65) | 65 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.5, -0.4) |
| Edgecombe County | No | 613.9 (567.4, 663.2) | 9 (1, 48) | 134 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.3, 0.1) |
| Cleveland County | No | 610.6 (575.5, 647.3) | 10 (2, 42) | 232 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.5, 0.2) |
| Tyrrell County | No | 608.7 (457.5, 794.9) | 11 (1, 100) | 11 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.2, 0.7) |
| Wayne County | No | 604.3 (571.8, 638.1) | 12 (3, 44) | 265 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.4, -0.7) |
| Sampson County | No | 601.6 (558.2, 647.5) | 13 (2, 55) | 145 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-0.9, -0.2) |
| Rowan County | No | 597.3 (567.9, 627.9) | 14 (4, 44) | 316 |
falling
|
-0.5 (-0.7, -0.2) |
| Columbus County | No | 594.4 (550.4, 640.9) | 15 (2, 62) | 139 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.5, -0.8) |
| Randolph County | No | 593.5 (564.6, 623.5) | 16 (5, 46) | 323 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-0.8, -0.3) |
| Davidson County | No | 591.5 (565.1, 618.9) | 17 (5, 45) | 384 |
falling
|
-0.5 (-0.8, -0.2) |
| Nash County | No | 590.4 (555.1, 627.4) | 18 (4, 57) | 215 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.2, -0.7) |
| Pasquotank County | No | 589.4 (534.2, 648.8) | 19 (2, 69) | 86 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.5, -0.7) |
| McDowell County | No | 588.6 (540.9, 639.4) | 20 (3, 65) | 115 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.6, 0.3) |
| Richmond County | No | 588.1 (537.5, 642.2) | 21 (2, 69) | 102 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.1, -0.4) |
| Craven County | No | 582.2 (548.8, 617.1) | 22 (5, 56) | 234 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.3, -0.8) |
| Washington County | No | 576.4 (490.9, 672.6) | 23 (1, 96) | 34 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.5, -0.8) |
| Yancey County | No | 573.3 (504.9, 648.5) | 24 (2, 88) | 53 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.4, 0.7) |
| Harnett County | No | 572.5 (537.8, 608.7) | 25 (6, 62) | 212 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.5, -0.9) |
| Alamance County | No | 570.3 (543.7, 597.9) | 26 (10, 57) | 350 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.0, -0.5) |
| Cumberland County | No | 569.8 (547.4, 592.9) | 27 (13, 55) | 503 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.6, -1.1) |
| Hyde County | No | 569.7 (438.0, 729.1) | 28 (1, 100) | 13 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.7, 0.6) |
| Caldwell County | No | 568.3 (532.8, 605.6) | 29 (6, 64) | 195 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.1, -0.5) |
| Rockingham County | No | 566.1 (533.3, 600.4) | 30 (9, 65) | 227 |
stable
|
0.5 (-4.9, 6.2) |
| Granville County | No | 565.2 (521.3, 611.8) | 31 (5, 74) | 127 |
falling
|
-2.6 (-3.8, -1.5) |
| Stokes County | No | 565.1 (520.0, 613.1) | 32 (6, 75) | 118 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.8) |
| Person County | No | 564.9 (514.3, 619.2) | 33 (4, 78) | 94 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.4, -0.2) |
| Lee County | No | 561.4 (517.3, 608.1) | 34 (6, 78) | 124 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.8) |
| Lenoir County | No | 560.5 (518.4, 605.1) | 35 (8, 75) | 134 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.4, -0.8) |
| Carteret County | No | 559.6 (524.4, 596.6) | 36 (9, 69) | 196 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.9) |
| Bertie County | No | 557.3 (489.4, 632.1) | 37 (2, 91) | 50 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.6, -1.4) |
| Gaston County | No | 555.5 (532.0, 579.7) | 38 (17, 63) | 434 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.7, -1.0) |
| Martin County | No | 554.7 (493.1, 622.1) | 39 (3, 90) | 61 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.4, -1.3) |
| Rutherford County | No | 551.4 (513.9, 591.0) | 40 (11, 79) | 164 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.1, -0.9) |
| Anson County | No | 551.0 (486.4, 621.9) | 41 (4, 93) | 54 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.2, -0.2) |
| Hoke County | No | 549.1 (488.9, 614.5) | 42 (4, 91) | 68 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.6, -1.2) |
| Franklin County | No | 548.4 (506.9, 592.3) | 43 (8, 81) | 135 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.8) |
| Graham County | No | 547.8 (452.1, 658.3) | 44 (1, 100) | 23 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.3, -0.7) |
| Johnston County | No | 545.9 (518.6, 574.2) | 45 (19, 72) | 322 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.7, -1.1) |
| Davie County | No | 545.5 (499.1, 595.1) | 46 (8, 86) | 103 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.9, 0.1) |
| Wilkes County | No | 544.5 (508.0, 583.1) | 47 (13, 80) | 168 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-0.9, -0.2) |
| Greene County | No | 544.0 (471.3, 624.9) | 48 (3, 98) | 42 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.4, 0.1) |
| Yadkin County | No | 543.0 (492.8, 597.0) | 49 (7, 88) | 86 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.1, -0.3) |
| Stanly County | No | 539.9 (499.3, 583.0) | 50 (11, 83) | 133 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.5, -0.7) |
| Bladen County | No | 538.2 (486.0, 594.4) | 51 (8, 91) | 81 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.9, -0.6) |
| Burke County | No | 537.5 (505.2, 571.3) | 52 (19, 79) | 210 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.1, -0.4) |
| Lincoln County | No | 536.8 (500.8, 574.6) | 53 (14, 84) | 172 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.3, -0.8) |
| Mitchell County | No | 532.2 (460.5, 612.0) | 54 (5, 98) | 41 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.6) |
| Pender County | No | 532.0 (490.2, 576.3) | 55 (13, 88) | 125 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.6) |
| Chowan County | No | 530.8 (456.4, 614.1) | 56 (3, 99) | 38 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.3) |
| Jones County | No | 529.6 (438.5, 634.3) | 57 (2, 100) | 24 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.3, 0.7) |
| Alexander County | No | 528.5 (478.2, 582.7) | 58 (12, 93) | 82 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.4) |
| Forsyth County | No | 527.8 (510.0, 546.0) | 59 (35, 74) | 687 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.1, -1.3) |
| Montgomery County | No | 527.3 (468.9, 591.0) | 60 (8, 96) | 61 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.9, -0.7) |
| Dare County | No | 524.6 (474.2, 578.9) | 61 (11, 93) | 86 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.0, -0.8) |
| Beaufort County | No | 518.0 (476.2, 562.5) | 62 (20, 92) | 118 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.8, -0.8) |
| Iredell County | No | 516.8 (491.0, 543.6) | 63 (35, 84) | 311 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.4, -0.8) |
| Wilson County | No | 515.0 (479.7, 552.2) | 64 (27, 89) | 162 |
falling
|
-3.2 (-4.5, -2.0) |
| Catawba County | No | 514.0 (488.3, 540.6) | 65 (35, 86) | 308 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-2.8, -1.5) |
| Ashe County | No | 511.4 (459.9, 567.2) | 66 (14, 97) | 74 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.4, -0.3) |
| Cherokee County | No | 510.4 (461.0, 563.8) | 67 (15, 96) | 83 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.5) |
| Perquimans County | No | 507.9 (436.6, 587.7) | 68 (6, 100) | 38 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.1, -1.0) |
| Macon County | No | 503.3 (459.0, 550.8) | 69 (26, 96) | 99 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.3, -0.4) |
| Haywood County | No | 500.9 (465.7, 538.1) | 70 (32, 92) | 154 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.2, -0.5) |
| Union County | No | 497.0 (472.5, 522.5) | 71 (47, 90) | 325 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.8, -1.0) |
| Guilford County | No | 496.8 (482.0, 511.9) | 72 (55, 86) | 873 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.6, -1.3) |
| Warren County | No | 495.6 (435.6, 561.7) | 73 (15, 99) | 51 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.2, -0.7) |
| Alleghany County | No | 493.2 (417.0, 579.5) | 74 (7, 100) | 31 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.4, -0.8) |
| Buncombe County | No | 490.3 (471.4, 509.7) | 75 (56, 89) | 526 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.7, -1.3) |
| Cabarrus County | No | 490.2 (465.2, 516.1) | 76 (51, 92) | 298 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-2.8, -1.7) |
| Brunswick County | No | 489.4 (466.0, 513.6) | 77 (54, 91) | 374 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-1.8, -1.3) |
| Pitt County | No | 484.2 (457.3, 512.1) | 78 (53, 94) | 253 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.0, -1.5) |
| New Hanover County | No | 484.2 (463.2, 505.8) | 79 (58, 93) | 414 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-1.9, -1.4) |
| Madison County | No | 483.9 (423.7, 550.4) | 80 (16, 100) | 48 |
stable
|
0.5 (-2.9, 4.1) |
| Durham County | No | 483.3 (462.6, 504.6) | 81 (60, 92) | 432 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-2.5, -2.0) |
| Currituck County | No | 479.4 (418.4, 546.6) | 82 (22, 100) | 49 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-2.8, -1.4) |
| Pamlico County | No | 476.2 (406.4, 554.8) | 83 (17, 100) | 35 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.6, -1.2) |
| Camden County | No | 474.7 (379.7, 586.0) | 84 (5, 100) | 18 |
falling
|
-3.8 (-4.9, -2.6) |
| Jackson County | No | 474.1 (428.2, 523.7) | 85 (38, 100) | 81 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.5) |
| Moore County | No | 474.0 (446.8, 502.4) | 86 (58, 97) | 236 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.6, -1.1) |
| Henderson County | No | 471.9 (447.4, 497.5) | 87 (60, 96) | 286 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.5, -0.8) |
| Hertford County | No | 469.1 (411.4, 532.8) | 88 (31, 100) | 49 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-4.3, 2.0) |
| Avery County | No | 469.0 (403.2, 542.6) | 89 (21, 100) | 37 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.9, -0.5) |
| Gates County | No | 466.9 (385.3, 560.6) | 90 (10, 100) | 23 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.6, -1.0) |
| Mecklenburg County | No | 455.0 (443.5, 466.8) | 91 (80, 97) | 1,244 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-3.0, -1.9) |
| Duplin County | No | 449.3 (411.2, 490.0) | 92 (59, 100) | 105 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-2.5, -1.7) |
| Chatham County | No | 445.8 (415.4, 477.9) | 93 (69, 100) | 163 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.8, -1.1) |
| Wake County | No | 443.1 (431.8, 454.7) | 94 (84, 99) | 1,231 |
falling
|
-3.2 (-4.3, -2.2) |
| Orange County | No | 439.4 (411.0, 469.3) | 95 (76, 100) | 187 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.4, -1.5) |
| Northampton County | No | 433.6 (378.6, 494.6) | 96 (54, 100) | 46 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.5, -1.2) |
| Clay County | No | 431.9 (360.9, 513.0) | 97 (30, 100) | 28 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.9, -0.9) |
| Transylvania County | No | 427.1 (387.0, 470.4) | 98 (71, 100) | 89 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.4, -1.3) |
| Watauga County | No | 405.1 (364.5, 449.1) | 99 (79, 100) | 75 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.1, -0.9) |
| Polk County | No | 404.0 (355.6, 457.2) | 100 (72, 100) | 53 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.1, -1.2) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/26/2023 4:00 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.
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 03/26/2023 4:00 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.
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.