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) |
| Polk County | No | 404.0 (355.6, 457.2) | 100 (72, 100) | 53 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.1, -1.2) |
| Watauga County | No | 405.1 (364.5, 449.1) | 99 (79, 100) | 75 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.1, -0.9) |
| Transylvania County | No | 427.1 (387.0, 470.4) | 98 (71, 100) | 89 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.4, -1.3) |
| Clay County | No | 431.9 (360.9, 513.0) | 97 (30, 100) | 28 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.9, -0.9) |
| Northampton County | No | 433.6 (378.6, 494.6) | 96 (54, 100) | 46 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.5, -1.2) |
| Orange County | No | 439.4 (411.0, 469.3) | 95 (76, 100) | 187 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.4, -1.5) |
| Wake County | No | 443.1 (431.8, 454.7) | 94 (84, 99) | 1,231 |
falling
|
-3.2 (-4.3, -2.2) |
| Chatham County | No | 445.8 (415.4, 477.9) | 93 (69, 100) | 163 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.8, -1.1) |
| Duplin County | No | 449.3 (411.2, 490.0) | 92 (59, 100) | 105 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-2.5, -1.7) |
| Mecklenburg County | No | 455.0 (443.5, 466.8) | 91 (80, 97) | 1,244 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-3.0, -1.9) |
| Gates County | No | 466.9 (385.3, 560.6) | 90 (10, 100) | 23 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.6, -1.0) |
| Avery County | No | 469.0 (403.2, 542.6) | 89 (21, 100) | 37 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.9, -0.5) |
| Hertford County | No | 469.1 (411.4, 532.8) | 88 (31, 100) | 49 |
stable 
|
-1.2 (-4.3, 2.0) |
| Henderson County | No | 471.9 (447.4, 497.5) | 87 (60, 96) | 286 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.5, -0.8) |
| Moore County | No | 474.0 (446.8, 502.4) | 86 (58, 97) | 236 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.6, -1.1) |
| Jackson County | No | 474.1 (428.2, 523.7) | 85 (38, 100) | 81 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.5) |
| Camden County | No | 474.7 (379.7, 586.0) | 84 (5, 100) | 18 |
falling
|
-3.8 (-4.9, -2.6) |
| Pamlico County | No | 476.2 (406.4, 554.8) | 83 (17, 100) | 35 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.6, -1.2) |
| Currituck County | No | 479.4 (418.4, 546.6) | 82 (22, 100) | 49 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-2.8, -1.4) |
| Durham County | No | 483.3 (462.6, 504.6) | 81 (60, 92) | 432 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-2.5, -2.0) |
| Madison County | No | 483.9 (423.7, 550.4) | 80 (16, 100) | 48 |
stable
|
0.5 (-2.9, 4.1) |
| New Hanover County | No | 484.2 (463.2, 505.8) | 79 (58, 93) | 414 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-1.9, -1.4) |
| Pitt County | No | 484.2 (457.3, 512.1) | 78 (53, 94) | 253 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.0, -1.5) |
| Brunswick County | No | 489.4 (466.0, 513.6) | 77 (54, 91) | 374 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-1.8, -1.3) |
| Cabarrus County | No | 490.2 (465.2, 516.1) | 76 (51, 92) | 298 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-2.8, -1.7) |
| Buncombe County | No | 490.3 (471.4, 509.7) | 75 (56, 89) | 526 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.7, -1.3) |
| Alleghany County | No | 493.2 (417.0, 579.5) | 74 (7, 100) | 31 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.4, -0.8) |
| Warren County | No | 495.6 (435.6, 561.7) | 73 (15, 99) | 51 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.2, -0.7) |
| Guilford County | No | 496.8 (482.0, 511.9) | 72 (55, 86) | 873 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.6, -1.3) |
| Union County | No | 497.0 (472.5, 522.5) | 71 (47, 90) | 325 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.8, -1.0) |
| Haywood County | No | 500.9 (465.7, 538.1) | 70 (32, 92) | 154 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.2, -0.5) |
| Macon County | No | 503.3 (459.0, 550.8) | 69 (26, 96) | 99 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.3, -0.4) |
| Perquimans County | No | 507.9 (436.6, 587.7) | 68 (6, 100) | 38 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.1, -1.0) |
| Cherokee County | No | 510.4 (461.0, 563.8) | 67 (15, 96) | 83 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.5) |
| Ashe County | No | 511.4 (459.9, 567.2) | 66 (14, 97) | 74 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.4, -0.3) |
| Catawba County | No | 514.0 (488.3, 540.6) | 65 (35, 86) | 308 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-2.8, -1.5) |
| Wilson County | No | 515.0 (479.7, 552.2) | 64 (27, 89) | 162 |
falling
|
-3.2 (-4.5, -2.0) |
| Iredell County | No | 516.8 (491.0, 543.6) | 63 (35, 84) | 311 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.4, -0.8) |
| Beaufort County | No | 518.0 (476.2, 562.5) | 62 (20, 92) | 118 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.8, -0.8) |
| Dare County | No | 524.6 (474.2, 578.9) | 61 (11, 93) | 86 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.0, -0.8) |
| Montgomery County | No | 527.3 (468.9, 591.0) | 60 (8, 96) | 61 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.9, -0.7) |
| Forsyth County | No | 527.8 (510.0, 546.0) | 59 (35, 74) | 687 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.1, -1.3) |
| Alexander County | No | 528.5 (478.2, 582.7) | 58 (12, 93) | 82 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.4) |
| Jones County | No | 529.6 (438.5, 634.3) | 57 (2, 100) | 24 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.3, 0.7) |
| Chowan County | No | 530.8 (456.4, 614.1) | 56 (3, 99) | 38 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.3) |
| Pender County | No | 532.0 (490.2, 576.3) | 55 (13, 88) | 125 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.6) |
| Mitchell County | No | 532.2 (460.5, 612.0) | 54 (5, 98) | 41 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.6) |
| Lincoln County | No | 536.8 (500.8, 574.6) | 53 (14, 84) | 172 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.3, -0.8) |
| Burke County | No | 537.5 (505.2, 571.3) | 52 (19, 79) | 210 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.1, -0.4) |
| Bladen County | No | 538.2 (486.0, 594.4) | 51 (8, 91) | 81 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.9, -0.6) |
| Stanly County | No | 539.9 (499.3, 583.0) | 50 (11, 83) | 133 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.5, -0.7) |
| Yadkin County | No | 543.0 (492.8, 597.0) | 49 (7, 88) | 86 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.1, -0.3) |
| Greene County | No | 544.0 (471.3, 624.9) | 48 (3, 98) | 42 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.4, 0.1) |
| Wilkes County | No | 544.5 (508.0, 583.1) | 47 (13, 80) | 168 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-0.9, -0.2) |
| Davie County | No | 545.5 (499.1, 595.1) | 46 (8, 86) | 103 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.9, 0.1) |
| Johnston County | No | 545.9 (518.6, 574.2) | 45 (19, 72) | 322 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.7, -1.1) |
| Graham County | No | 547.8 (452.1, 658.3) | 44 (1, 100) | 23 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.3, -0.7) |
| Franklin County | No | 548.4 (506.9, 592.3) | 43 (8, 81) | 135 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.8) |
| Hoke County | No | 549.1 (488.9, 614.5) | 42 (4, 91) | 68 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.6, -1.2) |
| Anson County | No | 551.0 (486.4, 621.9) | 41 (4, 93) | 54 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.2, -0.2) |
| Rutherford County | No | 551.4 (513.9, 591.0) | 40 (11, 79) | 164 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.1, -0.9) |
| Martin County | No | 554.7 (493.1, 622.1) | 39 (3, 90) | 61 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.4, -1.3) |
| Gaston County | No | 555.5 (532.0, 579.7) | 38 (17, 63) | 434 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.7, -1.0) |
| Bertie County | No | 557.3 (489.4, 632.1) | 37 (2, 91) | 50 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.6, -1.4) |
| Carteret County | No | 559.6 (524.4, 596.6) | 36 (9, 69) | 196 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.9) |
| Lenoir County | No | 560.5 (518.4, 605.1) | 35 (8, 75) | 134 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.4, -0.8) |
| Lee County | No | 561.4 (517.3, 608.1) | 34 (6, 78) | 124 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.8) |
| Person County | No | 564.9 (514.3, 619.2) | 33 (4, 78) | 94 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.4, -0.2) |
| Stokes County | No | 565.1 (520.0, 613.1) | 32 (6, 75) | 118 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.8) |
| Granville County | No | 565.2 (521.3, 611.8) | 31 (5, 74) | 127 |
falling
|
-2.6 (-3.8, -1.5) |
| Rockingham County | No | 566.1 (533.3, 600.4) | 30 (9, 65) | 227 |
stable
|
0.5 (-4.9, 6.2) |
| Caldwell County | No | 568.3 (532.8, 605.6) | 29 (6, 64) | 195 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.1, -0.5) |
| Hyde County | No | 569.7 (438.0, 729.1) | 28 (1, 100) | 13 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.7, 0.6) |
| Cumberland County | No | 569.8 (547.4, 592.9) | 27 (13, 55) | 503 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.6, -1.1) |
| Alamance County | No | 570.3 (543.7, 597.9) | 26 (10, 57) | 350 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.0, -0.5) |
| Harnett County | No | 572.5 (537.8, 608.7) | 25 (6, 62) | 212 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.5, -0.9) |
| Yancey County | No | 573.3 (504.9, 648.5) | 24 (2, 88) | 53 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.4, 0.7) |
| Washington County | No | 576.4 (490.9, 672.6) | 23 (1, 96) | 34 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.5, -0.8) |
| Craven County | No | 582.2 (548.8, 617.1) | 22 (5, 56) | 234 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.3, -0.8) |
| Richmond County | No | 588.1 (537.5, 642.2) | 21 (2, 69) | 102 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.1, -0.4) |
| McDowell County | No | 588.6 (540.9, 639.4) | 20 (3, 65) | 115 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.6, 0.3) |
| Pasquotank County | No | 589.4 (534.2, 648.8) | 19 (2, 69) | 86 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.5, -0.7) |
| Nash County | No | 590.4 (555.1, 627.4) | 18 (4, 57) | 215 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.2, -0.7) |
| Davidson County | No | 591.5 (565.1, 618.9) | 17 (5, 45) | 384 |
falling
|
-0.5 (-0.8, -0.2) |
| Randolph County | No | 593.5 (564.6, 623.5) | 16 (5, 46) | 323 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-0.8, -0.3) |
| Columbus County | No | 594.4 (550.4, 640.9) | 15 (2, 62) | 139 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.5, -0.8) |
| Rowan County | No | 597.3 (567.9, 627.9) | 14 (4, 44) | 316 |
falling
|
-0.5 (-0.7, -0.2) |
| Sampson County | No | 601.6 (558.2, 647.5) | 13 (2, 55) | 145 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-0.9, -0.2) |
| Wayne County | No | 604.3 (571.8, 638.1) | 12 (3, 44) | 265 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.4, -0.7) |
| Tyrrell County | No | 608.7 (457.5, 794.9) | 11 (1, 100) | 11 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.2, 0.7) |
| Cleveland County | No | 610.6 (575.5, 647.3) | 10 (2, 42) | 232 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.5, 0.2) |
| Edgecombe County | No | 613.9 (567.4, 663.2) | 9 (1, 48) | 134 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.3, 0.1) |
| Caswell County | No | 618.0 (551.4, 690.6) | 8 (1, 65) | 65 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.5, -0.4) |
| Robeson County | No | 625.5 (592.0, 660.5) | 7 (1, 30) | 272 |
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) |
| Vance County | No | 635.3 (582.8, 691.2) | 5 (1, 43) | 111 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.7) |
| Halifax County | No | 646.6 (599.6, 696.2) | 4 (1, 31) | 144 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-0.9, -0.3) |
| Scotland County | No | 659.4 (598.4, 725.1) | 3 (1, 39) | 88 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.1, 0.1) |
| Onslow County | No | 680.5 (644.3, 718.2) | 2 (1, 10) | 273 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.1, -0.3) |
| Swain County | No | 730.9 (634.7, 837.7) | 1 (1, 27) | 42 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.5, 0.9) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/22/2023 8:02 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 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.
Healthy People 2030 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 03/22/2023 8:02 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 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.
Healthy People 2030 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.