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Death Rate Report for North Carolina by County

All Cancer Sites, 2016-2020

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages 65+

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Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7?
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North Carolina No 875.8 (869.3, 882.4) N/A 13,995 falling falling trend -1.5 (-1.6, -1.4)
United States No 855.4 (854.2, 856.5) N/A 431,628 falling falling trend -2.0 (-2.2, -1.7)
Swain County No 1,173.8 (994.7, 1,375.7) 1 (1, 64) 31 stable stable trend 0.3 (-0.6, 1.1)
Onslow County No 1,121.0 (1,050.8, 1,194.6) 2 (1, 15) 194 falling falling trend -0.7 (-1.2, -0.3)
Surry County No 1,050.4 (975.9, 1,129.0) 3 (1, 38) 149 stable stable trend 0.2 (-0.2, 0.5)
Tyrrell County No 1,047.6 (760.3, 1,407.8) 4 (1, 100) 9 stable stable trend -0.5 (-2.2, 1.2)
Halifax County No 1,035.4 (948.2, 1,128.5) 5 (1, 54) 105 falling falling trend -0.5 (-0.8, -0.1)
Rowan County No 1,013.9 (956.5, 1,073.8) 6 (2, 39) 237 falling falling trend -0.3 (-0.6, -0.1)
Hyde County No 1,013.5 (752.4, 1,335.6) 7 (1, 100) 10 stable stable trend 0.0 (-1.4, 1.5)
Cleveland County No 1,013.5 (946.0, 1,084.6) 8 (1, 48) 172 stable stable trend -0.1 (-0.5, 0.3)
Vance County No 1,002.1 (904.7, 1,107.1) 9 (1, 69) 79 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.7, -0.7)
Davidson County No 1,000.9 (949.7, 1,054.3) 10 (3, 41) 290 stable stable trend -0.3 (-0.6, 0.1)
Robeson County No 998.4 (934.4, 1,065.6) 11 (2, 52) 188 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.4, -0.7)
Randolph County No 989.7 (933.9, 1,048.1) 12 (3, 50) 239 falling falling trend -0.4 (-0.7, -0.1)
Sampson County No 987.9 (905.5, 1,075.8) 13 (1, 66) 107 stable stable trend -0.5 (-0.9, 0.0)
Scotland County No 984.2 (874.5, 1,103.9) 14 (1, 80) 60 stable stable trend -0.7 (-1.4, 0.0)
Wayne County No 977.9 (916.4, 1,042.6) 15 (3, 56) 190 falling falling trend -1.0 (-1.4, -0.6)
Caswell County No 977.5 (854.4, 1,113.3) 16 (1, 88) 47 falling falling trend -0.8 (-1.5, -0.1)
Nash County No 971.0 (903.3, 1,042.4) 17 (2, 61) 157 falling falling trend -0.8 (-1.2, -0.5)
Richmond County No 968.9 (872.5, 1,073.1) 18 (2, 76) 75 falling falling trend -2.5 (-4.2, -0.7)
Martin County No 967.9 (849.6, 1,098.1) 19 (1, 87) 49 falling falling trend -1.5 (-2.2, -0.8)
Person County No 964.2 (865.5, 1,071.1) 20 (1, 81) 71 stable stable trend -0.5 (-1.2, 0.3)
Craven County No 961.5 (899.7, 1,026.4) 21 (3, 63) 182 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.4, -0.8)
Stokes County No 956.2 (869.4, 1,049.2) 22 (2, 76) 90 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.6, -0.5)
Columbus County No 953.3 (872.1, 1,040.0) 23 (2, 76) 103 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.6, -0.6)
Edgecombe County No 952.8 (867.5, 1,044.3) 24 (2, 77) 94 falling falling trend -0.9 (-1.4, -0.3)
Granville County No 952.2 (866.2, 1,044.5) 25 (3, 79) 93 falling falling trend -0.8 (-1.2, -0.3)
McDowell County No 950.7 (861.5, 1,046.6) 26 (2, 80) 85 stable stable trend 0.1 (-0.4, 0.6)
Franklin County No 944.9 (862.8, 1,032.7) 27 (3, 77) 101 falling falling trend -0.9 (-1.4, -0.4)
Pasquotank County No 943.4 (839.1, 1,056.9) 28 (1, 89) 61 falling falling trend -1.0 (-1.6, -0.5)
Lenoir County No 941.6 (861.3, 1,027.4) 29 (3, 78) 102 falling falling trend -0.9 (-1.3, -0.6)
Alamance County No 938.7 (887.9, 991.7) 30 (7, 64) 258 falling falling trend -0.7 (-1.0, -0.4)
Johnston County No 935.3 (880.7, 992.4) 31 (7, 67) 231 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.5, -0.7)
Carteret County No 934.4 (868.3, 1,004.2) 32 (5, 74) 152 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.6, -0.8)
Cumberland County No 930.3 (886.9, 975.2) 33 (11, 62) 352 falling falling trend -1.3 (-1.6, -1.0)
Harnett County No 929.3 (862.3, 1,000.0) 34 (5, 74) 148 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.4, -0.7)
Caldwell County No 925.4 (857.9, 996.8) 35 (6, 76) 142 falling falling trend -0.7 (-1.1, -0.3)
Rockingham County No 921.3 (859.0, 986.8) 36 (8, 77) 165 falling falling trend -1.8 (-2.4, -1.2)
Washington County No 920.8 (767.2, 1,096.1) 37 (1, 100) 26 falling falling trend -1.7 (-2.6, -0.8)
Wilkes County No 919.7 (850.3, 993.4) 38 (6, 81) 131 falling falling trend -0.5 (-0.8, -0.1)
Stanly County No 919.5 (841.2, 1,003.0) 39 (5, 86) 103 stable stable trend -0.6 (-1.1, 0.0)
Pender County No 919.4 (836.9, 1,007.9) 40 (4, 85) 95 falling falling trend -0.7 (-1.3, -0.1)
Hoke County No 917.6 (796.8, 1,051.5) 41 (1, 96) 45 falling falling trend -1.7 (-2.5, -0.9)
Yadkin County No 916.6 (820.3, 1,021.1) 42 (3, 92) 66 falling falling trend -0.7 (-1.1, -0.2)
Yancey County No 916.4 (794.1, 1,052.2) 43 (2, 96) 41 stable stable trend 0.0 (-0.7, 0.7)
Lee County No 915.4 (831.4, 1,005.7) 44 (4, 89) 89 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.6, -0.6)
Davie County No 914.9 (826.4, 1,010.3) 45 (4, 90) 79 stable stable trend -0.5 (-1.1, 0.0)
Forsyth County No 907.0 (872.2, 942.8) 46 (21, 67) 522 falling falling trend -1.6 (-2.1, -1.0)
Gaston County No 904.4 (859.3, 951.3) 47 (18, 73) 308 falling falling trend -1.4 (-1.8, -1.0)
Lincoln County No 902.0 (831.8, 976.6) 48 (7, 86) 126 falling falling trend -0.7 (-1.0, -0.4)
Jones County No 900.2 (725.0, 1,105.0) 49 (1, 100) 19 stable stable trend -0.1 (-1.3, 1.1)
Burke County No 898.8 (837.0, 963.9) 50 (9, 82) 159 falling falling trend -0.5 (-0.9, -0.1)
Iredell County No 897.4 (845.9, 951.2) 51 (17, 76) 233 falling falling trend -0.7 (-1.1, -0.4)
Rutherford County No 895.9 (825.8, 970.4) 52 (9, 88) 123 falling falling trend -2.4 (-3.7, -1.0)
Ashe County No 894.7 (795.4, 1,002.9) 53 (4, 95) 60 falling falling trend -0.8 (-1.3, -0.3)
Chowan County No 891.4 (753.0, 1,047.8) 54 (2, 99) 30 stable stable trend -0.7 (-1.4, 0.0)
Graham County No 885.3 (711.5, 1,088.7) 55 (1, 100) 18 falling falling trend -1.6 (-2.6, -0.6)
Dare County No 864.7 (767.9, 970.3) 56 (7, 97) 62 falling falling trend -1.5 (-2.3, -0.8)
Bladen County No 864.7 (768.2, 969.9) 57 (6, 96) 60 falling falling trend -1.0 (-1.8, -0.2)
Montgomery County No 864.2 (755.0, 984.7) 58 (4, 98) 46 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.9, -0.3)
Anson County No 863.7 (744.5, 996.5) 59 (4, 99) 38 falling falling trend -0.9 (-1.5, -0.3)
Union County No 859.2 (809.8, 910.9) 60 (31, 88) 235 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.6, -0.9)
Bertie County No 854.3 (733.6, 989.2) 61 (4, 99) 36 falling falling trend -2.1 (-2.8, -1.4)
Greene County No 854.2 (718.1, 1,008.7) 62 (3, 100) 29 stable stable trend -0.7 (-1.5, 0.2)
Beaufort County No 853.9 (776.1, 937.3) 63 (13, 95) 91 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.8, -0.7)
Cabarrus County No 853.8 (803.7, 906.1) 64 (32, 90) 223 falling falling trend -2.1 (-2.8, -1.4)
Catawba County No 853.4 (803.9, 905.1) 65 (32, 90) 226 falling falling trend -2.5 (-3.3, -1.6)
Macon County No 852.2 (770.9, 939.8) 66 (16, 97) 81 falling falling trend -0.8 (-1.3, -0.3)
Alleghany County No 846.1 (703.7, 1,008.9) 67 (3, 100) 25 falling falling trend -1.3 (-2.3, -0.4)
Wilson County No 842.3 (775.4, 913.4) 68 (25, 94) 119 falling falling trend -3.2 (-5.2, -1.2)
New Hanover County No 841.9 (801.1, 884.4) 69 (41, 89) 326 falling falling trend -1.5 (-1.8, -1.2)
Durham County No 841.1 (799.9, 884.0) 70 (45, 89) 324 falling falling trend -2.1 (-2.4, -1.8)
Alexander County No 841.1 (747.5, 943.1) 71 (11, 98) 60 falling falling trend -1.0 (-1.7, -0.4)
Guilford County No 841.0 (812.0, 870.7) 72 (48, 84) 650 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.6, -0.9)
Camden County No 839.5 (649.9, 1,066.8) 73 (1, 100) 14 falling falling trend -2.7 (-3.9, -1.4)
Mitchell County No 839.4 (711.2, 984.0) 74 (4, 100) 31 falling falling trend -1.0 (-1.6, -0.4)
Cherokee County No 837.1 (748.4, 933.3) 75 (15, 98) 66 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.8, -0.4)
Perquimans County No 831.0 (700.9, 978.0) 76 (5, 100) 29 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.8, -0.5)
Buncombe County No 825.7 (789.9, 862.7) 77 (51, 91) 409 falling falling trend -1.4 (-1.6, -1.2)
Gates County No 824.3 (664.1, 1,011.5) 78 (3, 100) 19 falling falling trend -1.8 (-2.8, -0.8)
Jackson County No 820.0 (731.4, 916.2) 79 (17, 98) 64 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.7, -0.5)
Haywood County No 815.0 (750.8, 883.2) 80 (35, 97) 120 falling falling trend -0.8 (-1.2, -0.4)
Brunswick County No 806.1 (763.0, 850.9) 81 (53, 94) 292 falling falling trend -1.6 (-1.9, -1.3)
Warren County No 800.2 (690.2, 922.7) 82 (14, 100) 38 falling falling trend -1.5 (-2.3, -0.7)
Mecklenburg County No 799.7 (776.3, 823.6) 83 (66, 93) 916 falling falling trend -2.0 (-2.4, -1.6)
Moore County No 796.2 (746.4, 848.3) 84 (55, 96) 193 falling falling trend -1.9 (-2.4, -1.3)
Madison County No 792.9 (681.0, 917.9) 85 (13, 100) 37 falling falling trend -3.6 (-5.2, -1.9)
Wake County No 792.1 (769.0, 815.8) 86 (68, 94) 923 falling falling trend -3.1 (-4.6, -1.6)
Pitt County No 791.4 (739.7, 845.8) 87 (53, 97) 179 falling falling trend -1.7 (-2.0, -1.3)
Orange County No 789.6 (732.1, 850.4) 88 (50, 98) 146 falling falling trend -1.7 (-2.1, -1.2)
Henderson County No 783.8 (738.9, 830.7) 89 (59, 97) 229 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.4, -0.8)
Pamlico County No 778.1 (652.7, 920.5) 90 (11, 100) 28 falling falling trend -2.1 (-3.0, -1.2)
Hertford County No 774.6 (665.0, 897.1) 91 (19, 100) 36 falling falling trend -4.3 (-5.9, -2.7)
Avery County No 768.4 (646.8, 906.2) 92 (13, 100) 29 falling falling trend -1.3 (-2.1, -0.5)
Chatham County No 764.3 (706.8, 825.1) 93 (58, 99) 132 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.6, -0.8)
Currituck County No 754.5 (637.4, 887.1) 94 (20, 100) 32 falling falling trend -2.2 (-3.0, -1.3)
Watauga County No 728.8 (647.6, 817.4) 95 (57, 100) 60 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.9, -0.5)
Transylvania County No 720.2 (648.6, 797.4) 96 (68, 100) 74 falling falling trend -1.6 (-2.3, -0.9)
Northampton County No 712.9 (611.9, 825.8) 97 (49, 100) 36 falling falling trend -1.9 (-2.6, -1.3)
Duplin County No 700.2 (630.5, 775.5) 98 (75, 100) 75 falling falling trend -2.2 (-2.7, -1.8)
Clay County No 680.7 (558.3, 821.9) 99 (46, 100) 22 falling falling trend -1.8 (-2.4, -1.1)
Polk County No 662.0 (576.1, 757.1) 100 (77, 100) 43 falling falling trend -1.5 (-2.1, -0.9)
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/28/2024 1:41 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.

† 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.
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.

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