Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for North Carolina by County
All Cancer Sites, 2018-2022
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages 65+
Sorted by Rate
County
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
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Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? |
Age-Adjusted Death Rate † deaths per 100,000 (95% Confidence Interval) 
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CI*Rank ⋔ (95% Confidence Interval)
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Average Annual Count
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Recent Trend |
Recent 5-Year Trend ‡ in Death Rates (95% Confidence Interval)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | N/A | No | 883.4 (876.9, 889.9) | N/A | 14,510 |
falling 
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-1.2 (-1.3, -1.2) |
| United States | N/A | No | 844.0 (842.9, 845.1) | N/A | 441,232 |
falling
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-1.6 (-1.8, -1.5) |
| Swain County | Rural | No | 1,233.5 (1,051.4, 1,438.1) | 1 (1, 38) | 33 |
stable 
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0.5 (-0.3, 1.5) |
| Tyrrell County | Rural | No | 1,155.3 (844.8, 1,543.1) | 2 (1, 100) | 9 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-2.1, 1.4) |
| Richmond County | Rural | No | 1,108.0 (1,002.1, 1,222.1) | 3 (1, 43) | 82 |
stable
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-0.2 (-0.7, 0.4) |
| Sampson County | Rural | No | 1,100.0 (1,008.9, 1,197.0) | 4 (1, 40) | 110 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.4, 0.5) |
| Surry County | Rural | No | 1,096.9 (1,020.7, 1,177.2) | 5 (1, 28) | 156 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.2, 0.5) |
| Onslow County | Urban | No | 1,086.0 (1,018.6, 1,156.7) | 6 (1, 31) | 200 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.0, -0.2) |
| Robeson County | Rural | No | 1,082.6 (1,013.1, 1,155.7) | 7 (1, 31) | 188 |
falling
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-0.6 (-3.4, -0.2) |
| McDowell County | Rural | No | 1,068.5 (973.3, 1,170.4) | 8 (1, 52) | 95 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.2, 0.8) |
| Scotland County | Rural | No | 1,038.6 (924.8, 1,162.5) | 9 (1, 75) | 62 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.2, 0.2) |
| Halifax County | Rural | No | 1,035.5 (947.0, 1,130.0) | 10 (1, 58) | 103 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.8, 0.0) |
| Wayne County | Urban | No | 1,034.3 (969.3, 1,102.5) | 11 (2, 44) | 192 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.1, -0.3) |
| Columbus County | Rural | No | 1,020.9 (933.1, 1,114.7) | 12 (1, 61) | 101 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.3, -0.2) |
| Edgecombe County | Urban | No | 1,017.2 (927.3, 1,113.5) | 13 (1, 69) | 97 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.7, 1.0) |
| Martin County | Rural | No | 1,003.8 (883.1, 1,136.4) | 14 (1, 86) | 51 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.0, -0.6) |
| Davidson County | Urban | No | 1,003.7 (953.2, 1,056.2) | 15 (5, 47) | 301 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.7, 0.1) |
| Cleveland County | Rural | No | 998.5 (932.3, 1,068.2) | 16 (4, 58) | 174 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-3.9, -0.1) |
| Vance County | Rural | No | 997.4 (898.5, 1,104.1) | 17 (2, 76) | 76 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.6, -0.4) |
| Person County | Urban | No | 991.5 (891.5, 1,099.6) | 18 (2, 81) | 74 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.1, 0.3) |
| Alamance County | Urban | No | 986.2 (934.7, 1,039.8) | 19 (6, 55) | 277 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-0.9, -0.3) |
| Yadkin County | Urban | No | 980.6 (881.9, 1,087.5) | 20 (2, 81) | 72 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.0, 0.1) |
| Stanly County | Rural | No | 980.4 (898.9, 1,067.4) | 21 (3, 71) | 109 |
falling
|
-0.5 (-2.7, -0.1) |
| Pender County | Urban | No | 975.5 (889.9, 1,067.0) | 22 (3, 76) | 100 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.0, 0.2) |
| Harnett County | Rural | No | 975.1 (908.5, 1,045.3) | 23 (4, 70) | 164 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.2, -0.6) |
| Mitchell County | Rural | No | 974.2 (834.8, 1,130.0) | 24 (1, 93) | 35 |
stable
|
8.3 (-0.5, 15.0) |
| Johnston County | Urban | No | 970.7 (917.0, 1,026.8) | 25 (8, 62) | 259 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.6) |
| Caldwell County | Urban | No | 969.7 (900.8, 1,042.5) | 26 (5, 70) | 150 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.0, -0.2) |
| Hoke County | Urban | No | 967.6 (845.4, 1,102.4) | 27 (2, 94) | 49 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.0, -0.5) |
| Greene County | Rural | No | 966.2 (817.9, 1,133.5) | 28 (1, 98) | 31 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.1, 0.3) |
| Beaufort County | Rural | No | 962.1 (877.5, 1,052.6) | 29 (4, 79) | 98 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.3) |
| Rowan County | Urban | No | 958.1 (903.5, 1,015.2) | 30 (10, 67) | 235 |
falling
|
-4.6 (-7.3, -1.2) |
| Wilson County | Rural | No | 956.2 (884.2, 1,032.5) | 31 (8, 76) | 133 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.2, -0.3) |
| Craven County | Rural | No | 953.5 (892.4, 1,017.7) | 32 (9, 73) | 184 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-3.0, -1.0) |
| Granville County | Rural | No | 953.5 (868.5, 1,044.5) | 33 (5, 82) | 95 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.1, -0.2) |
| Caswell County | Rural | No | 953.0 (832.6, 1,085.9) | 34 (2, 93) | 46 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.5, -0.1) |
| Warren County | Rural | No | 948.4 (826.1, 1,083.6) | 35 (2, 95) | 44 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.8, -0.3) |
| Rockingham County | Urban | No | 946.5 (883.7, 1,012.6) | 36 (9, 77) | 172 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.7, -1.1) |
| Cumberland County | Urban | No | 944.9 (902.0, 989.2) | 37 (15, 64) | 374 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.4, -0.9) |
| Randolph County | Urban | No | 943.7 (889.7, 1,000.1) | 38 (11, 70) | 233 |
falling
|
-0.4 (-0.7, -0.1) |
| Rutherford County | Rural | No | 942.2 (869.2, 1,019.7) | 39 (7, 80) | 126 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.9, 0.1) |
| Yancey County | Rural | No | 941.0 (820.2, 1,074.5) | 40 (2, 95) | 44 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.8, 0.6) |
| Stokes County | Urban | No | 937.3 (852.1, 1,028.6) | 41 (6, 86) | 90 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.5) |
| Washington County | Rural | No | 937.1 (780.1, 1,116.3) | 42 (1, 100) | 25 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.4, -0.2) |
| Bladen County | Rural | No | 936.5 (832.8, 1,049.4) | 43 (4, 93) | 61 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.4, 0.2) |
| Graham County | Rural | No | 936.3 (751.5, 1,152.8) | 44 (1, 100) | 18 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.1, -0.2) |
| Anson County | Urban | No | 935.8 (809.0, 1,076.8) | 45 (2, 97) | 40 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.2, 0.1) |
| Wilkes County | Rural | No | 927.7 (857.9, 1,001.7) | 46 (10, 82) | 132 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.7, 0.0) |
| Carteret County | Rural | No | 925.8 (860.1, 995.0) | 47 (12, 81) | 152 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.6) |
| Forsyth County | Urban | No | 922.1 (887.4, 957.7) | 48 (24, 67) | 545 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.3, -1.0) |
| Hertford County | Rural | No | 919.2 (794.1, 1,058.3) | 49 (2, 97) | 39 |
stable
|
0.8 (-2.9, 9.6) |
| Camden County | Urban | No | 918.1 (716.3, 1,158.8) | 50 (1, 100) | 15 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-3.4, -1.1) |
| Jones County | Rural | No | 917.2 (739.5, 1,124.6) | 51 (1, 100) | 19 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.3, 1.2) |
| Lenoir County | Rural | No | 916.0 (837.9, 999.4) | 52 (10, 88) | 103 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.6) |
| Franklin County | Urban | No | 913.9 (833.6, 999.8) | 53 (9, 88) | 99 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-8.4, -0.7) |
| Ashe County | Rural | No | 910.6 (811.6, 1,018.5) | 54 (6, 95) | 62 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.4, -0.2) |
| Davie County | Urban | No | 901.2 (814.9, 994.1) | 55 (10, 93) | 81 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.0, 0.0) |
| Nash County | Urban | No | 899.7 (835.6, 967.3) | 56 (17, 87) | 151 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.3, -0.5) |
| Gaston County | Urban | No | 890.0 (846.2, 935.5) | 57 (30, 81) | 317 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.8, -1.0) |
| Alexander County | Urban | No | 887.7 (791.1, 992.8) | 58 (11, 97) | 62 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.3, -0.2) |
| Burke County | Urban | No | 885.4 (824.6, 949.6) | 59 (22, 88) | 159 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-5.4, -1.0) |
| Alleghany County | Rural | No | 882.3 (735.8, 1,049.4) | 60 (3, 100) | 26 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.9, -0.1) |
| Brunswick County | Urban | No | 881.6 (837.6, 927.2) | 61 (33, 84) | 337 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.3, -0.7) |
| Haywood County | Rural | No | 879.2 (812.9, 949.4) | 62 (23, 91) | 131 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-0.9, 0.0) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 874.9 (795.0, 960.8) | 63 (15, 95) | 90 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.6) |
| Guilford County | Urban | No | 874.7 (845.6, 904.6) | 64 (45, 80) | 693 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.3, -0.9) |
| New Hanover County | Urban | No | 874.3 (833.0, 917.2) | 65 (36, 84) | 344 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.4, -0.9) |
| Chowan County | Rural | No | 872.0 (736.1, 1,025.7) | 66 (3, 100) | 30 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-9.7, -0.9) |
| Bertie County | Rural | No | 870.9 (746.4, 1,010.1) | 67 (5, 100) | 36 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.5, -1.2) |
| Lincoln County | Urban | No | 869.4 (802.7, 940.1) | 68 (24, 92) | 130 |
falling
|
-5.1 (-9.1, -0.7) |
| Montgomery County | Rural | No | 864.0 (754.4, 985.2) | 69 (10, 99) | 46 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.6, -0.2) |
| Perquimans County | Rural | No | 859.4 (725.8, 1,010.4) | 70 (4, 100) | 30 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.6, -0.2) |
| Cherokee County | Rural | No | 858.2 (769.9, 953.7) | 71 (15, 98) | 71 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-7.9, -0.9) |
| Catawba County | Urban | No | 852.0 (803.5, 902.7) | 72 (39, 91) | 235 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-5.1, -1.3) |
| Union County | Urban | No | 851.3 (803.5, 901.2) | 73 (42, 91) | 245 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.8) |
| Moore County | Urban | No | 846.5 (795.4, 900.1) | 74 (39, 93) | 205 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.2, -0.7) |
| Pasquotank County | Rural | No | 845.3 (750.6, 948.7) | 75 (19, 100) | 59 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.8, -0.5) |
| Pitt County | Urban | No | 840.5 (787.1, 896.5) | 76 (41, 94) | 191 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.8, -1.1) |
| Iredell County | Urban | No | 838.1 (790.5, 887.8) | 77 (45, 94) | 238 |
falling
|
-2.8 (-7.0, -1.1) |
| Gates County | Urban | No | 837.4 (672.2, 1,030.9) | 78 (3, 100) | 18 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.6, -0.6) |
| Cabarrus County | Urban | No | 835.4 (787.6, 885.3) | 79 (46, 94) | 234 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.2, -1.4) |
| Currituck County | Urban | No | 829.7 (706.1, 968.6) | 80 (10, 100) | 35 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.6, -1.1) |
| Northampton County | Rural | No | 826.8 (714.7, 951.5) | 81 (14, 100) | 39 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.2, -0.9) |
| Duplin County | Rural | No | 826.5 (744.7, 914.9) | 82 (23, 100) | 76 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.0, -1.2) |
| Hyde County | Rural | No | 824.8 (582.6, 1,133.0) | 83 (1, 100) | 8 |
falling
|
-12.2 (-34.5, -0.1) |
| Henderson County | Urban | No | 815.2 (769.4, 862.9) | 84 (57, 96) | 239 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.2, -0.6) |
| Macon County | Rural | No | 814.9 (736.9, 898.8) | 85 (35, 100) | 81 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.3, -0.3) |
| Dare County | Rural | No | 801.5 (710.4, 901.0) | 86 (33, 100) | 61 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.1, -0.8) |
| Madison County | Urban | No | 796.5 (685.3, 920.6) | 87 (21, 100) | 37 |
stable
|
0.3 (-3.1, 9.3) |
| Durham County | Urban | No | 794.0 (755.2, 834.2) | 88 (66, 98) | 327 |
falling
|
-3.9 (-6.7, -2.1) |
| Mecklenburg County | Urban | No | 787.7 (764.9, 811.0) | 89 (75, 96) | 937 |
falling
|
-4.0 (-6.3, -1.6) |
| Avery County | Rural | No | 787.7 (664.9, 926.3) | 90 (16, 100) | 30 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.2, -0.3) |
| Buncombe County | Urban | No | 775.1 (741.5, 809.8) | 91 (75, 98) | 409 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.7, -1.2) |
| Transylvania County | Rural | No | 769.8 (695.5, 849.9) | 92 (55, 100) | 79 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.0, -0.6) |
| Pamlico County | Rural | No | 763.6 (639.6, 904.5) | 93 (26, 100) | 27 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.8, -0.9) |
| Polk County | Rural | No | 760.8 (666.9, 864.2) | 94 (39, 100) | 48 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.6) |
| Wake County | Urban | No | 759.0 (737.3, 781.2) | 95 (81, 99) | 956 |
falling
|
-4.4 (-6.2, -3.0) |
| Chatham County | Urban | No | 755.2 (700.2, 813.3) | 96 (70, 100) | 141 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.5, -0.7) |
| Watauga County | Rural | No | 748.4 (664.6, 839.6) | 97 (58, 100) | 60 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.6, -0.2) |
| Jackson County | Rural | No | 729.8 (647.1, 820.2) | 98 (61, 100) | 58 |
falling
|
-11.7 (-20.9, -1.6) |
| Orange County | Urban | No | 717.3 (665.0, 772.5) | 99 (82, 100) | 145 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-6.9, -1.8) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 700.7 (577.9, 841.9) | 100 (42, 100) | 24 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.2, -0.8) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/22/2025 1:14 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.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
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.
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 01/22/2025 1:14 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.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
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.
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.