Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for North Carolina by County
All Cancer Sites, 2018-2022
All Races (includes Hispanic), Female, All Ages
Sorted by CI*Rank
County
|
2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
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)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | N/A | No | 130.8 (129.6, 132.0) | N/A | 9,449 |
falling 
|
-1.2 (-1.3, -1.1) |
| United States | N/A | No | 126.4 (126.2, 126.6) | N/A | 285,526 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.4, -1.1) |
| Swain County | Rural | No | 219.1 (180.1, 264.9) | 1 (1, 19) | 24 |
rising 
|
8.0 (0.8, 21.6) |
| Onslow County | Urban | No | 178.0 (165.3, 191.5) | 2 (1, 18) | 149 |
stable 
|
-0.1 (-0.5, 0.5) |
| Scotland County | Rural | No | 177.9 (154.5, 204.3) | 3 (1, 41) | 45 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.6, 0.9) |
| Richmond County | Rural | No | 175.9 (155.1, 199.1) | 4 (1, 37) | 55 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.6, 0.5) |
| Washington County | Rural | No | 175.5 (136.3, 224.0) | 5 (1, 89) | 17 |
stable
|
4.8 (-0.3, 24.1) |
| Vance County | Rural | No | 166.4 (146.4, 188.6) | 6 (1, 53) | 55 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.8, 0.0) |
| Halifax County | Rural | No | 166.0 (148.0, 185.9) | 7 (1, 50) | 69 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.9, 0.1) |
| Columbus County | Rural | No | 165.9 (147.9, 185.9) | 8 (1, 52) | 67 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.6, 0.5) |
| Mitchell County | Rural | No | 165.5 (133.4, 204.4) | 9 (1, 89) | 22 |
stable
|
12.7 (-0.1, 23.1) |
| Wayne County | Urban | No | 164.9 (152.2, 178.5) | 10 (2, 38) | 131 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.0, -0.1) |
| Anson County | Urban | No | 164.8 (137.1, 197.1) | 11 (1, 82) | 28 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.1, 0.8) |
| McDowell County | Rural | No | 164.0 (144.9, 185.4) | 12 (2, 58) | 58 |
stable
|
0.5 (-0.1, 1.3) |
| Martin County | Rural | No | 158.8 (134.3, 187.4) | 13 (1, 87) | 33 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.6, 0.3) |
| Cleveland County | Rural | No | 158.0 (145.1, 171.8) | 14 (3, 53) | 118 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.5, 0.4) |
| Surry County | Rural | No | 157.9 (143.5, 173.4) | 15 (3, 54) | 95 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.4, 0.6) |
| Hoke County | Urban | No | 157.5 (135.2, 182.3) | 16 (2, 83) | 38 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.6, 0.2) |
| Bertie County | Rural | No | 157.1 (127.1, 193.2) | 17 (1, 94) | 24 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.2, -0.4) |
| Sampson County | Rural | No | 154.0 (137.4, 172.2) | 18 (4, 73) | 66 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.4, 0.8) |
| Hyde County | Rural | No | 153.1 (105.3, 225.8) | 19 (1, 100) | 7 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.5, 1.4) |
| Granville County | Rural | No | 152.4 (136.1, 170.4) | 20 (3, 71) | 66 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.1, 0.2) |
| Robeson County | Rural | No | 152.0 (139.5, 165.2) | 21 (6, 62) | 116 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.9, 0.2) |
| Cumberland County | Urban | No | 150.5 (142.6, 158.7) | 22 (10, 49) | 279 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.0, -0.5) |
| Edgecombe County | Urban | No | 149.6 (132.7, 168.4) | 23 (4, 79) | 62 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.3, -0.5) |
| Stanly County | Rural | No | 147.3 (131.8, 164.3) | 24 (6, 79) | 69 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.4, -0.2) |
| Harnett County | Rural | No | 147.1 (135.1, 159.9) | 25 (8, 69) | 113 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.1, -0.1) |
| Alamance County | Urban | No | 147.0 (137.4, 157.1) | 26 (10, 62) | 184 |
falling
|
-0.5 (-0.8, -0.1) |
| Randolph County | Urban | No | 146.7 (136.3, 157.9) | 27 (10, 66) | 154 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.7, 0.1) |
| Graham County | Rural | No | 145.8 (107.1, 197.3) | 28 (1, 100) | 11 |
stable
|
0.1 (-1.2, 1.5) |
| Caldwell County | Urban | No | 145.8 (132.4, 160.3) | 29 (7, 76) | 94 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.7, 0.5) |
| Davidson County | Urban | No | 145.7 (136.3, 155.7) | 30 (12, 64) | 187 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.7, 0.2) |
| Bladen County | Rural | No | 144.6 (123.2, 169.1) | 31 (3, 92) | 37 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.0, 0.1) |
| Stokes County | Urban | No | 143.8 (126.7, 163.1) | 32 (5, 89) | 56 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.8, 0.5) |
| Wilkes County | Rural | No | 142.0 (127.8, 157.7) | 33 (8, 83) | 81 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.6, 0.1) |
| Pender County | Urban | No | 141.9 (126.2, 159.4) | 34 (6, 87) | 62 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.8, 0.4) |
| Craven County | Rural | No | 141.4 (129.4, 154.3) | 35 (12, 80) | 112 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.5) |
| Person County | Urban | No | 139.9 (121.8, 160.5) | 36 (8, 92) | 46 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.3, 0.1) |
| Rutherford County | Rural | No | 139.7 (125.4, 155.5) | 37 (10, 87) | 76 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.7, 0.2) |
| Nash County | Urban | No | 138.9 (126.9, 152.0) | 38 (13, 84) | 103 |
falling
|
-6.7 (-12.3, -0.7) |
| Caswell County | Rural | No | 138.9 (115.1, 167.2) | 39 (4, 99) | 27 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.5, 0.2) |
| Duplin County | Rural | No | 138.5 (121.0, 157.9) | 40 (7, 92) | 51 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.6, -0.5) |
| Pitt County | Urban | No | 137.9 (127.6, 148.7) | 41 (17, 81) | 141 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.4) |
| Forsyth County | Urban | No | 137.7 (131.4, 144.3) | 42 (27, 70) | 370 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.2, -1.0) |
| Gates County | Urban | No | 137.3 (101.0, 184.2) | 43 (2, 100) | 11 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.8, 0.4) |
| Lenoir County | Rural | No | 137.1 (121.8, 154.1) | 44 (10, 92) | 64 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.4, -0.2) |
| Johnston County | Urban | No | 136.6 (127.5, 146.2) | 45 (22, 81) | 174 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-0.9, -0.1) |
| Rowan County | Urban | No | 136.5 (126.6, 147.2) | 46 (19, 83) | 146 |
falling
|
-3.2 (-6.3, -1.8) |
| Greene County | Rural | No | 136.0 (108.2, 169.6) | 47 (3, 100) | 18 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.6, 0.9) |
| Jones County | Rural | No | 135.6 (100.4, 181.9) | 48 (1, 100) | 12 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.6, 1.7) |
| Gaston County | Urban | No | 135.5 (127.4, 144.0) | 49 (24, 79) | 217 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-5.6, -1.0) |
| Wilson County | Rural | No | 135.4 (122.2, 149.7) | 50 (15, 90) | 83 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-9.8, -1.0) |
| Beaufort County | Rural | No | 135.0 (118.6, 153.5) | 51 (12, 94) | 54 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.1, -0.1) |
| Carteret County | Rural | No | 134.4 (121.5, 148.7) | 52 (17, 91) | 89 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.5, -0.4) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 134.2 (119.0, 151.0) | 53 (12, 94) | 59 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.3, -0.1) |
| Ashe County | Rural | No | 134.2 (114.3, 157.5) | 54 (7, 98) | 37 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.3, 0.0) |
| Franklin County | Urban | No | 133.9 (119.1, 150.1) | 55 (12, 95) | 63 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.3, 0.0) |
| Rockingham County | Urban | No | 133.8 (122.1, 146.5) | 56 (18, 89) | 103 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.4, -1.1) |
| Madison County | Urban | No | 133.2 (109.3, 161.7) | 57 (5, 100) | 24 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.5, 0.1) |
| Pasquotank County | Rural | No | 133.1 (114.5, 154.1) | 58 (8, 99) | 39 |
falling
|
-2.6 (-6.8, -1.1) |
| Cherokee County | Rural | No | 133.0 (114.3, 154.9) | 59 (10, 99) | 42 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-3.6, -0.5) |
| Yadkin County | Urban | No | 132.8 (115.0, 153.2) | 60 (11, 97) | 42 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.8, 0.2) |
| Warren County | Rural | No | 131.3 (106.5, 161.6) | 61 (6, 100) | 23 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.0, 0.4) |
| Yancey County | Rural | No | 131.0 (107.8, 159.2) | 62 (6, 100) | 24 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.6, 0.2) |
| Alexander County | Urban | No | 131.0 (112.5, 152.1) | 63 (9, 98) | 38 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.9, 0.6) |
| Burke County | Urban | No | 130.3 (118.6, 143.0) | 64 (23, 94) | 97 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-8.0, -0.7) |
| Hertford County | Rural | No | 130.0 (107.0, 157.5) | 65 (7, 100) | 25 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.2, -0.6) |
| Polk County | Rural | No | 129.8 (104.5, 160.9) | 66 (4, 100) | 28 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-1.7, 0.0) |
| Guilford County | Urban | No | 129.7 (124.3, 135.2) | 67 (42, 83) | 462 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.4, -0.9) |
| Davie County | Urban | No | 129.1 (112.9, 147.6) | 68 (17, 99) | 48 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.8, 0.7) |
| Alleghany County | Rural | No | 128.8 (100.1, 166.5) | 69 (3, 100) | 15 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.4, 0.2) |
| Haywood County | Rural | No | 128.8 (115.7, 143.4) | 70 (22, 96) | 78 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.3, -0.2) |
| Northampton County | Rural | No | 128.4 (103.1, 159.6) | 71 (4, 100) | 23 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.8, -0.4) |
| Moore County | Urban | No | 126.7 (116.0, 138.3) | 72 (31, 95) | 117 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.3, -0.5) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 126.5 (96.0, 166.8) | 73 (3, 100) | 15 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.0, 0.1) |
| Catawba County | Urban | No | 126.3 (117.2, 136.0) | 74 (37, 94) | 150 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-4.2, -1.0) |
| New Hanover County | Urban | No | 126.3 (118.6, 134.3) | 75 (43, 93) | 216 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.5, -0.8) |
| Henderson County | Urban | No | 125.8 (116.3, 136.0) | 76 (36, 93) | 147 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.3, -0.3) |
| Tyrrell County | Rural | No | 125.7 (77.6, 205.2) | 77 (1, 100) | 4 |
|
|
| Avery County | Rural | No | 125.5 (98.9, 158.5) | 78 (6, 100) | 17 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.5, 0.0) |
| Currituck County | Urban | No | 125.3 (102.5, 152.0) | 79 (10, 100) | 23 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.5, -0.8) |
| Perquimans County | Rural | No | 124.9 (98.2, 158.8) | 80 (5, 100) | 17 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.4, 0.7) |
| Iredell County | Urban | No | 123.7 (115.1, 132.8) | 81 (44, 94) | 159 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-5.4, -0.3) |
| Brunswick County | Urban | No | 123.5 (114.7, 133.0) | 82 (41, 95) | 182 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.7, -0.9) |
| Pamlico County | Rural | Yes | 122.5 (92.6, 162.1) | 83 (3, 100) | 16 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.4, -0.3) |
| Lincoln County | Urban | Yes | 122.4 (110.3, 135.6) | 84 (34, 98) | 79 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.2, -0.2) |
| Durham County | Urban | Yes | 122.2 (115.2, 129.6) | 85 (51, 95) | 234 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-1.9, -1.5) |
| Cabarrus County | Urban | Yes | 122.0 (113.7, 130.9) | 86 (46, 96) | 161 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.1, -1.1) |
| Dare County | Rural | Yes | 120.3 (102.8, 140.5) | 87 (22, 100) | 37 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.1, -0.7) |
| Chowan County | Rural | Yes | 120.2 (93.8, 153.5) | 88 (8, 100) | 16 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.6, 0.8) |
| Camden County | Urban | Yes | 119.9 (85.4, 165.0) | 89 (3, 100) | 8 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-4.3, -0.6) |
| Buncombe County | Urban | Yes | 118.3 (111.8, 125.2) | 90 (63, 96) | 263 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.7, -1.1) |
| Union County | Urban | Yes | 118.0 (109.9, 126.6) | 91 (59, 98) | 160 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.5) |
| Macon County | Rural | Yes | 115.6 (100.0, 133.6) | 92 (35, 100) | 45 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.4, -0.1) |
| Mecklenburg County | Urban | Yes | 114.9 (111.0, 118.9) | 93 (77, 97) | 678 |
falling
|
-4.1 (-5.8, -1.7) |
| Watauga County | Rural | Yes | 114.4 (97.9, 133.3) | 94 (33, 100) | 37 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.7, -0.2) |
| Wake County | Urban | Yes | 108.8 (105.1, 112.7) | 95 (85, 100) | 658 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-4.5, -1.9) |
| Montgomery County | Rural | Yes | 108.6 (89.4, 131.6) | 96 (34, 100) | 24 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-2.1, -0.1) |
| Chatham County | Urban | Yes | 106.9 (96.1, 118.9) | 97 (71, 100) | 80 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.9, -0.6) |
| Orange County | Urban | Yes | 106.7 (97.3, 116.9) | 98 (76, 100) | 98 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-3.4, -2.0) |
| Transylvania County | Rural | Yes | 105.4 (90.1, 123.6) | 99 (57, 100) | 40 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.5, -1.0) |
| Jackson County | Rural | Yes | 105.0 (88.9, 123.6) | 100 (51, 100) | 33 |
falling
|
-3.4 (-12.0, -1.6) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/23/2025 6:23 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.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
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 03/23/2025 6:23 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.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
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.