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