Death Rates Table
County
|
Met Healthy People Objective of ***? |
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 | *** | 541.6 (538.1, 545.2) | N/A | 18,418 |
falling 
|
-2.1 (-3.1, -1.1) |
| United States | *** | 522.2 (521.6, 522.8) | N/A | 565,890 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.3, -1.6) |
| Watauga County | *** | 429.0 (385.5, 476.0) | 100 (76, 100) | 73 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.1, -0.7) |
| Polk County | *** | 436.8 (384.8, 493.9) | 99 (68, 100) | 54 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.1, -1.0) |
| Transylvania County | *** | 437.4 (396.1, 481.9) | 98 (73, 100) | 87 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.5, -1.3) |
| Chatham County | *** | 452.1 (419.9, 486.1) | 97 (78, 100) | 151 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.9, -1.0) |
| Avery County | *** | 467.1 (399.8, 542.5) | 96 (29, 100) | 35 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.1, -0.5) |
| Orange County | *** | 467.6 (437.0, 499.9) | 95 (72, 100) | 184 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.3, -1.3) |
| Alleghany County | *** | 470.3 (394.0, 557.3) | 94 (18, 100) | 28 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.6, -0.9) |
| Wake County | *** | 475.1 (462.7, 487.7) | 93 (80, 97) | 1,199 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-1.7, -1.4) |
| Perquimans County | *** | 477.2 (406.9, 556.3) | 92 (24, 100) | 34 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.5, -1.4) |
| Mecklenburg County | *** | 477.7 (465.4, 490.2) | 91 (78, 97) | 1,218 |
falling
|
-2.6 (-3.4, -1.8) |
| Clay County | *** | 482.0 (405.1, 569.5) | 90 (14, 100) | 29 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.8, -0.8) |
| Jackson County | *** | 483.5 (435.4, 535.5) | 89 (41, 100) | 77 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.5, -0.3) |
| Moore County | *** | 484.0 (455.9, 513.4) | 88 (61, 99) | 230 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.6, -1.1) |
| Duplin County | *** | 487.7 (447.1, 530.9) | 87 (47, 100) | 109 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-2.5, -1.6) |
| Hertford County | *** | 488.9 (428.8, 555.1) | 86 (28, 100) | 49 |
falling
|
-5.0 (-7.0, -3.0) |
| Henderson County | *** | 495.9 (470.2, 522.7) | 85 (58, 96) | 288 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.8) |
| Camden County | *** | 497.7 (397.3, 615.3) | 84 (3, 100) | 18 |
falling
|
-4.0 (-5.4, -2.7) |
| Union County | *** | 498.0 (472.4, 524.7) | 83 (57, 96) | 301 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.9, -1.1) |
| Jones County | *** | 498.4 (409.0, 601.6) | 82 (6, 100) | 22 |
stable 
|
-0.5 (-1.6, 0.6) |
| Durham County | *** | 505.4 (483.2, 528.2) | 81 (56, 93) | 416 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-2.5, -1.9) |
| Pamlico County | *** | 507.9 (434.5, 590.2) | 80 (9, 100) | 36 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.7, -1.1) |
| Madison County | *** | 509.1 (445.8, 579.0) | 79 (16, 100) | 48 |
stable
|
1.8 (-3.4, 7.4) |
| Northampton County | *** | 512.6 (451.8, 579.4) | 78 (16, 100) | 53 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.4, -1.0) |
| Pitt County | *** | 513.3 (484.6, 543.2) | 77 (44, 94) | 250 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.1, -1.4) |
| Cherokee County | *** | 514.8 (463.4, 570.5) | 76 (21, 99) | 78 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.5, -0.3) |
| Buncombe County | *** | 515.7 (495.9, 536.1) | 75 (53, 89) | 528 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.6, -1.2) |
| Alexander County | *** | 518.9 (468.0, 573.8) | 74 (20, 97) | 78 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.5, -0.3) |
| New Hanover County | *** | 519.3 (496.6, 542.7) | 73 (48, 89) | 409 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-1.9, -1.4) |
| Brunswick County | *** | 519.3 (493.6, 546.0) | 72 (43, 91) | 346 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.7, -1.2) |
| Macon County | *** | 521.8 (476.2, 570.7) | 71 (23, 97) | 99 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.4, -0.3) |
| Gates County | *** | 522.8 (433.7, 624.7) | 70 (3, 100) | 25 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.4, -0.6) |
| Guilford County | *** | 527.6 (511.9, 543.6) | 69 (49, 82) | 881 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.5, -1.2) |
| Currituck County | *** | 528.1 (460.8, 602.4) | 68 (7, 99) | 48 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.8, -1.2) |
| Cabarrus County | *** | 529.8 (502.8, 557.9) | 67 (36, 87) | 299 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-2.8, -1.4) |
| Haywood County | *** | 531.9 (495.1, 570.8) | 66 (27, 92) | 158 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.1, -0.4) |
| Montgomery County | *** | 533.7 (473.6, 599.2) | 65 (7, 98) | 59 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.0, -0.7) |
| Ashe County | *** | 539.7 (485.0, 598.9) | 64 (8, 97) | 73 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.5, -0.3) |
| Bladen County | *** | 539.9 (487.0, 597.1) | 63 (9, 95) | 79 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.0, -0.6) |
| Warren County | *** | 541.9 (478.2, 611.8) | 62 (7, 98) | 54 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.1, -0.5) |
| Iredell County | *** | 543.5 (516.0, 572.0) | 61 (27, 84) | 304 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.3, -0.6) |
| Forsyth County | *** | 545.5 (527.0, 564.4) | 60 (36, 75) | 678 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.5, -1.2) |
| Hoke County | *** | 548.0 (485.4, 616.2) | 59 (5, 96) | 62 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.6, -1.0) |
| Catawba County | *** | 548.2 (521.0, 576.3) | 58 (26, 80) | 314 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-3.0, -1.6) |
| Columbus County | *** | 548.6 (505.8, 594.2) | 57 (12, 91) | 124 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.7, -0.9) |
| Yancey County | *** | 549.5 (481.5, 624.5) | 56 (4, 99) | 48 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.6, 0.7) |
| Lincoln County | *** | 549.6 (511.6, 589.6) | 55 (15, 86) | 163 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.3, -0.7) |
| Graham County | *** | 549.8 (453.3, 661.1) | 54 (1, 100) | 23 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.4, -0.7) |
| Carteret County | *** | 551.6 (515.8, 589.2) | 53 (18, 85) | 183 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.8) |
| Stanly County | *** | 552.2 (510.3, 596.6) | 52 (13, 89) | 131 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.7) |
| Dare County | *** | 552.4 (498.6, 610.4) | 51 (8, 93) | 83 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.0, -0.6) |
| Greene County | *** | 553.1 (478.7, 635.8) | 50 (2, 98) | 41 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.5, 0.2) |
| Wilson County | *** | 554.6 (517.3, 593.9) | 49 (16, 85) | 169 |
falling
|
-5.3 (-9.5, -0.9) |
| Bertie County | *** | 555.9 (487.8, 630.8) | 48 (3, 97) | 49 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.6, -1.3) |
| Wilkes County | *** | 557.0 (519.2, 596.7) | 47 (14, 84) | 164 |
falling
|
-0.5 (-0.9, -0.2) |
| Alamance County | *** | 560.4 (533.4, 588.4) | 46 (21, 74) | 329 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.2, -0.6) |
| Burke County | *** | 564.1 (530.2, 599.6) | 45 (14, 78) | 209 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-0.9, -0.2) |
| Davie County | *** | 564.3 (516.1, 615.8) | 44 (8, 88) | 103 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.8, 0.2) |
| Rutherford County | *** | 565.5 (526.8, 606.3) | 43 (11, 81) | 162 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-3.6, -0.8) |
| Chowan County | *** | 566.8 (489.4, 653.2) | 42 (2, 98) | 39 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.3, -0.1) |
| Franklin County | *** | 568.9 (525.0, 615.5) | 41 (8, 83) | 130 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.5) |
| Anson County | *** | 569.2 (502.7, 642.0) | 40 (2, 95) | 55 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.3, -0.1) |
| Yadkin County | *** | 572.5 (520.0, 628.7) | 39 (5, 88) | 88 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.1, -0.2) |
| Johnston County | *** | 573.1 (543.9, 603.4) | 38 (13, 70) | 311 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.7) |
| Granville County | *** | 573.2 (527.2, 622.1) | 37 (5, 83) | 119 |
falling
|
-3.0 (-4.5, -1.5) |
| Stokes County | *** | 576.7 (530.1, 626.3) | 36 (6, 82) | 115 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.6) |
| Caldwell County | *** | 579.0 (542.2, 617.7) | 35 (8, 75) | 189 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.2, -0.5) |
| Mitchell County | *** | 581.4 (506.0, 665.1) | 34 (1, 95) | 44 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.4) |
| McDowell County | *** | 581.8 (533.3, 633.6) | 33 (4, 82) | 108 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.7, 0.4) |
| Gaston County | *** | 591.1 (566.2, 616.8) | 32 (9, 56) | 437 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.9) |
| Wayne County | *** | 591.3 (558.7, 625.4) | 31 (7, 64) | 250 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.5, -0.7) |
| Harnett County | *** | 592.3 (555.9, 630.6) | 30 (5, 66) | 205 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.9) |
| Craven County | *** | 592.4 (558.2, 628.1) | 29 (6, 62) | 230 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.4, -0.8) |
| Cumberland County | *** | 593.8 (570.4, 618.0) | 28 (9, 53) | 500 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.6, -1.0) |
| Pender County | *** | 594.4 (548.4, 643.1) | 27 (3, 74) | 129 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.5, -0.5) |
| Beaufort County | *** | 594.7 (549.0, 643.2) | 26 (2, 74) | 130 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.6, -0.5) |
| Lenoir County | *** | 595.4 (551.6, 641.8) | 25 (3, 70) | 139 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.7) |
| Rockingham County | *** | 598.7 (564.4, 634.6) | 24 (5, 59) | 232 |
falling
|
-6.7 (-10.8, -2.5) |
| Pasquotank County | *** | 600.8 (544.0, 661.9) | 23 (1, 78) | 84 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.6) |
| Richmond County | *** | 602.6 (550.5, 658.3) | 22 (2, 75) | 101 |
falling
|
-3.4 (-5.7, -0.9) |
| Tyrrell County | *** | 602.6 (448.8, 792.1) | 21 (1, 100) | 10 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-2.3, 1.1) |
| Lee County | *** | 603.5 (556.5, 653.4) | 20 (2, 68) | 125 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.5, -0.7) |
| Randolph County | *** | 604.9 (575.0, 635.8) | 19 (5, 52) | 316 |
falling
|
-0.5 (-0.8, -0.2) |
| Person County | *** | 606.0 (552.0, 663.8) | 18 (1, 72) | 95 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.2, 0.0) |
| Surry County | *** | 609.8 (570.8, 650.7) | 17 (3, 56) | 185 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.5, 0.2) |
| Edgecombe County | *** | 611.2 (564.4, 660.9) | 16 (2, 66) | 130 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.6, 0.3) |
| Davidson County | *** | 612.7 (585.1, 641.2) | 15 (4, 44) | 378 |
falling
|
-0.5 (-0.8, -0.1) |
| Washington County | *** | 615.5 (526.8, 714.9) | 14 (1, 93) | 35 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.5, -0.6) |
| Hyde County | *** | 616.8 (477.5, 784.1) | 13 (1, 100) | 14 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.4, 1.0) |
| Nash County | *** | 617.2 (580.4, 655.7) | 12 (2, 52) | 216 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.2, -0.6) |
| Robeson County | *** | 626.6 (592.4, 662.2) | 11 (2, 44) | 263 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.6) |
| Sampson County | *** | 626.7 (581.7, 674.3) | 10 (1, 55) | 146 |
falling
|
-0.5 (-0.9, -0.1) |
| Cleveland County | *** | 634.5 (598.2, 672.6) | 9 (1, 42) | 233 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.6, 0.2) |
| Rowan County | *** | 634.9 (603.9, 667.0) | 8 (2, 35) | 323 |
falling
|
-0.4 (-0.6, -0.2) |
| Martin County | *** | 646.2 (578.8, 719.4) | 7 (1, 64) | 69 |
stable
|
1.6 (-1.3, 4.6) |
| Swain County | *** | 656.9 (565.3, 759.3) | 6 (1, 79) | 38 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.6, 1.1) |
| Caswell County | *** | 661.0 (590.1, 738.0) | 5 (1, 61) | 65 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.4, -0.2) |
| Vance County | *** | 662.1 (607.4, 720.3) | 4 (1, 40) | 111 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.5) |
| Halifax County | *** | 665.4 (617.3, 716.3) | 3 (1, 32) | 145 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-0.9, -0.2) |
| Scotland County | *** | 671.3 (609.0, 738.4) | 2 (1, 40) | 88 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.1, 0.2) |
| Onslow County | *** | 685.8 (648.2, 725.0) | 1 (1, 15) | 256 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.2, -0.3) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/28/2021 3:01 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 2020 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 1969-2017 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.
*** No Healthy People 2020 Objective for this cancer.
Healthy People 2020 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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 07/28/2021 3:01 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 2020 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 1969-2017 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.
*** No Healthy People 2020 Objective for this cancer.
Healthy People 2020 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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.