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 | *** | 530.4 (527.0, 533.9) | N/A | 18,575 |
falling 
|
-2.1 (-3.0, -1.2) |
| United States | *** | 512.0 (511.4, 512.6) | N/A | 568,048 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-2.4, -1.8) |
| Watauga County | *** | 421.8 (379.6, 467.4) | 100 (79, 100) | 75 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.0, -0.7) |
| Polk County | *** | 425.9 (375.5, 481.4) | 99 (62, 100) | 55 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.1, -1.1) |
| Transylvania County | *** | 442.7 (401.5, 487.1) | 98 (66, 100) | 90 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.4, -1.2) |
| Orange County | *** | 445.1 (415.8, 476.0) | 97 (76, 100) | 181 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.4, -1.4) |
| Chatham County | *** | 451.9 (420.5, 485.0) | 96 (72, 100) | 158 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.8, -1.0) |
| Wake County | *** | 460.1 (448.3, 472.2) | 95 (82, 98) | 1,216 |
falling
|
-3.0 (-4.4, -1.6) |
| Avery County | *** | 461.9 (395.8, 535.9) | 94 (25, 100) | 36 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.0, -0.5) |
| Jones County | *** | 465.1 (380.1, 563.6) | 93 (12, 100) | 21 |
stable 
|
-0.6 (-1.6, 0.5) |
| Mecklenburg County | *** | 465.5 (453.6, 477.7) | 92 (80, 97) | 1,229 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-1.9, -1.6) |
| Northampton County | *** | 466.2 (408.9, 529.4) | 91 (31, 100) | 49 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.5, -1.1) |
| Duplin County | *** | 472.2 (432.7, 514.4) | 90 (51, 100) | 108 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-2.5, -1.7) |
| Clay County | *** | 473.8 (399.7, 558.2) | 89 (17, 100) | 31 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.8, -0.8) |
| Camden County | *** | 474.3 (378.4, 586.8) | 88 (5, 100) | 17 |
falling
|
-4.0 (-5.2, -2.7) |
| Moore County | *** | 480.0 (452.3, 509.0) | 87 (61, 98) | 233 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.6, -1.1) |
| Perquimans County | *** | 480.5 (410.5, 559.4) | 86 (15, 100) | 35 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.3, -1.2) |
| Henderson County | *** | 480.6 (455.6, 506.6) | 85 (61, 97) | 286 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.9) |
| Hertford County | *** | 480.9 (422.0, 545.7) | 84 (28, 100) | 49 |
falling
|
-4.5 (-6.3, -2.7) |
| Currituck County | *** | 487.6 (424.3, 557.6) | 83 (17, 100) | 46 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-2.8, -1.3) |
| Jackson County | *** | 489.8 (442.1, 541.2) | 82 (35, 100) | 80 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.5, -0.4) |
| Madison County | *** | 493.1 (431.5, 561.0) | 81 (16, 100) | 48 |
stable
|
0.8 (-3.4, 5.2) |
| Alleghany County | *** | 495.0 (416.8, 583.7) | 80 (7, 100) | 30 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.3, -0.7) |
| Brunswick County | *** | 495.6 (471.2, 520.8) | 79 (54, 94) | 353 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.8, -1.2) |
| New Hanover County | *** | 495.7 (474.1, 518.1) | 78 (56, 92) | 407 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.0, -1.4) |
| Durham County | *** | 499.4 (477.9, 521.7) | 77 (53, 92) | 428 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-2.4, -1.9) |
| Graham County | *** | 500.1 (408.9, 606.1) | 76 (4, 100) | 21 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.5, -0.8) |
| Pitt County | *** | 500.3 (472.5, 529.3) | 75 (49, 94) | 252 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.1, -1.5) |
| Buncombe County | *** | 500.8 (481.5, 520.7) | 74 (55, 89) | 524 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.6, -1.3) |
| Gates County | *** | 503.4 (416.9, 602.3) | 73 (4, 100) | 24 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.5, -0.8) |
| Union County | *** | 504.5 (479.2, 530.8) | 72 (48, 91) | 316 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.8, -1.0) |
| Cabarrus County | *** | 504.5 (478.7, 531.4) | 71 (49, 92) | 296 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-3.0, -1.7) |
| Macon County | *** | 507.4 (462.6, 555.4) | 70 (27, 97) | 98 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.4) |
| Alexander County | *** | 510.0 (460.2, 563.8) | 69 (21, 98) | 78 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.5, -0.4) |
| Pamlico County | *** | 511.3 (438.6, 592.9) | 68 (6, 100) | 37 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.6, -1.1) |
| Guilford County | *** | 515.7 (500.4, 531.3) | 67 (51, 82) | 883 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.5, -1.2) |
| Cherokee County | *** | 516.5 (466.0, 571.1) | 66 (16, 97) | 81 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.3) |
| Haywood County | *** | 519.3 (483.1, 557.5) | 65 (28, 92) | 157 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.1, -0.4) |
| Wilson County | *** | 523.4 (487.5, 561.1) | 64 (25, 91) | 163 |
falling
|
-4.9 (-8.2, -1.6) |
| Warren County | *** | 525.3 (463.1, 593.7) | 63 (9, 99) | 53 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.1, -0.6) |
| Bladen County | *** | 525.6 (473.6, 581.7) | 62 (11, 96) | 78 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.0, -0.7) |
| Iredell County | *** | 530.1 (503.5, 557.7) | 61 (33, 83) | 309 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.7) |
| Dare County | *** | 531.4 (479.5, 587.4) | 60 (10, 95) | 82 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.1, -0.7) |
| Forsyth County | *** | 532.5 (514.6, 551.0) | 59 (40, 76) | 680 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.2, -1.3) |
| Greene County | *** | 536.2 (463.4, 617.1) | 58 (4, 99) | 41 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.3, 0.2) |
| Wilkes County | *** | 536.3 (499.7, 574.9) | 57 (19, 88) | 162 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.0, -0.2) |
| Hoke County | *** | 537.2 (477.1, 602.7) | 56 (7, 98) | 65 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.7, -1.2) |
| Ashe County | *** | 538.1 (484.4, 596.3) | 55 (8, 93) | 75 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.4, -0.3) |
| Catawba County | *** | 538.9 (512.2, 566.5) | 54 (27, 78) | 315 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.7, -1.3) |
| Montgomery County | *** | 539.3 (479.3, 604.8) | 53 (6, 95) | 61 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.9, -0.6) |
| Stanly County | *** | 544.6 (503.5, 588.2) | 52 (12, 86) | 132 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.7) |
| Yancey County | *** | 546.8 (479.8, 620.7) | 51 (4, 97) | 49 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.5, 0.6) |
| Pender County | *** | 551.7 (508.4, 597.7) | 50 (8, 85) | 125 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.6) |
| Rutherford County | *** | 553.7 (515.9, 593.6) | 49 (12, 81) | 163 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-3.5, -1.1) |
| Carteret County | *** | 555.2 (519.6, 592.6) | 48 (13, 78) | 188 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.5, -0.8) |
| Lincoln County | *** | 556.2 (518.8, 595.6) | 47 (11, 78) | 172 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.3, -0.7) |
| Franklin County | *** | 559.6 (516.8, 604.9) | 46 (10, 81) | 132 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.5, -0.7) |
| Caldwell County | *** | 560.6 (524.9, 598.2) | 45 (10, 78) | 188 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.2, -0.5) |
| Columbus County | *** | 561.1 (518.2, 606.5) | 44 (7, 81) | 130 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.9) |
| Johnston County | *** | 562.1 (533.8, 591.5) | 43 (14, 68) | 317 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.7, -1.0) |
| Yadkin County | *** | 567.4 (515.7, 623.0) | 42 (5, 83) | 89 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.1, -0.2) |
| Chowan County | *** | 569.0 (491.6, 655.2) | 41 (1, 96) | 40 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.3, -0.2) |
| Burke County | *** | 569.1 (535.5, 604.3) | 40 (9, 67) | 217 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-0.9, -0.3) |
| Granville County | *** | 570.2 (525.1, 618.0) | 39 (6, 76) | 123 |
falling
|
-2.8 (-4.1, -1.5) |
| Davie County | *** | 571.0 (523.1, 622.2) | 38 (5, 79) | 106 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.7, 0.3) |
| Lenoir County | *** | 573.0 (530.2, 618.3) | 37 (6, 76) | 136 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.4, -0.7) |
| Mitchell County | *** | 573.6 (499.0, 656.5) | 36 (1, 92) | 44 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.5) |
| Bertie County | *** | 574.4 (505.5, 650.1) | 35 (2, 90) | 52 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.6, -1.3) |
| Stokes County | *** | 576.0 (529.9, 625.1) | 34 (4, 74) | 117 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.7) |
| Alamance County | *** | 576.2 (549.1, 604.2) | 33 (11, 60) | 345 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.0, -0.5) |
| Beaufort County | *** | 577.0 (532.3, 624.5) | 32 (6, 74) | 128 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.6) |
| McDowell County | *** | 578.7 (530.8, 629.9) | 31 (4, 76) | 110 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.7, 0.3) |
| Cumberland County | *** | 578.9 (556.0, 602.4) | 30 (11, 55) | 499 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.6, -1.1) |
| Rockingham County | *** | 580.0 (546.4, 615.1) | 29 (7, 63) | 228 |
stable
|
-2.5 (-10.8, 6.6) |
| Person County | *** | 580.2 (528.1, 636.0) | 28 (3, 78) | 94 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.3, -0.1) |
| Gaston County | *** | 581.3 (557.0, 606.4) | 27 (10, 54) | 442 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.5, -0.9) |
| Harnett County | *** | 581.4 (545.8, 618.8) | 26 (6, 63) | 207 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.5, -0.9) |
| Tyrrell County | *** | 587.5 (436.0, 774.9) | 25 (1, 100) | 10 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.4, 0.8) |
| Lee County | *** | 587.9 (542.1, 636.5) | 24 (3, 70) | 125 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.8) |
| Anson County | *** | 588.2 (520.7, 661.9) | 23 (1, 85) | 57 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.2, -0.1) |
| Craven County | *** | 588.8 (555.0, 624.2) | 22 (5, 57) | 232 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.3, -0.8) |
| Wayne County | *** | 590.5 (558.2, 624.3) | 21 (5, 56) | 255 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.5, -0.7) |
| Randolph County | *** | 593.7 (564.4, 624.0) | 20 (6, 52) | 317 |
falling
|
-0.5 (-0.8, -0.3) |
| Nash County | *** | 594.3 (558.6, 631.6) | 19 (5, 56) | 214 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.2, -0.6) |
| Hyde County | *** | 594.4 (458.8, 758.0) | 18 (1, 100) | 13 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.6, 0.8) |
| Martin County | *** | 595.8 (531.6, 665.7) | 17 (1, 80) | 65 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.4, -1.2) |
| Pasquotank County | *** | 595.9 (539.6, 656.4) | 16 (2, 76) | 85 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.6) |
| Davidson County | *** | 600.3 (573.4, 628.2) | 15 (5, 48) | 380 |
falling
|
-0.5 (-0.8, -0.2) |
| Richmond County | *** | 603.1 (551.5, 658.2) | 14 (1, 67) | 103 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.1, -0.3) |
| Sampson County | *** | 616.0 (571.7, 662.8) | 13 (1, 52) | 146 |
falling
|
-0.5 (-0.9, -0.1) |
| Surry County | *** | 617.2 (578.2, 658.1) | 12 (2, 50) | 189 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.5, 0.2) |
| Rowan County | *** | 620.4 (590.1, 651.9) | 11 (3, 38) | 321 |
falling
|
-0.4 (-0.6, -0.2) |
| Cleveland County | *** | 621.3 (585.6, 658.6) | 10 (2, 44) | 232 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.5, 0.2) |
| Edgecombe County | *** | 622.5 (575.3, 672.6) | 9 (1, 54) | 133 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.4, 0.2) |
| Robeson County | *** | 624.9 (591.1, 660.1) | 8 (2, 40) | 268 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.6) |
| Washington County | *** | 636.5 (546.2, 737.6) | 7 (1, 82) | 37 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.5, -0.7) |
| Vance County | *** | 647.6 (594.0, 704.7) | 6 (1, 41) | 111 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.6) |
| Halifax County | *** | 650.0 (602.6, 700.1) | 5 (1, 37) | 143 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-0.9, -0.2) |
| Scotland County | *** | 654.0 (592.9, 719.8) | 4 (1, 48) | 87 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.2, 0.1) |
| Caswell County | *** | 661.9 (591.9, 738.0) | 3 (1, 56) | 67 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.3) |
| Onslow County | *** | 681.8 (645.0, 720.2) | 2 (1, 12) | 264 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.2, -0.4) |
| Swain County | *** | 702.0 (607.7, 806.9) | 1 (1, 51) | 41 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.5, 1.0) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/27/2022 10:45 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 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 1969-2018 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 05/27/2022 10:45 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 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 1969-2018 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.