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