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 Ruralurban
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) |
| Alamance County | Urban | No | 147.0 (137.4, 157.1) | 26 (10, 62) | 184 |
falling
|
-0.5 (-0.8, -0.1) |
| Alexander County | Urban | No | 131.0 (112.5, 152.1) | 63 (9, 98) | 38 |
stable 
|
-0.2 (-0.9, 0.6) |
| Anson County | Urban | No | 164.8 (137.1, 197.1) | 11 (1, 82) | 28 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.1, 0.8) |
| 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) |
| Burke County | Urban | No | 130.3 (118.6, 143.0) | 64 (23, 94) | 97 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-8.0, -0.7) |
| Cabarrus County | Urban | Yes | 122.0 (113.7, 130.9) | 86 (46, 96) | 161 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.1, -1.1) |
| Caldwell County | Urban | No | 145.8 (132.4, 160.3) | 29 (7, 76) | 94 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.7, 0.5) |
| Camden County | Urban | Yes | 119.9 (85.4, 165.0) | 89 (3, 100) | 8 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-4.3, -0.6) |
| Catawba County | Urban | No | 126.3 (117.2, 136.0) | 74 (37, 94) | 150 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-4.2, -1.0) |
| Chatham County | Urban | Yes | 106.9 (96.1, 118.9) | 97 (71, 100) | 80 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.9, -0.6) |
| Cumberland County | Urban | No | 150.5 (142.6, 158.7) | 22 (10, 49) | 279 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.0, -0.5) |
| Currituck County | Urban | No | 125.3 (102.5, 152.0) | 79 (10, 100) | 23 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.5, -0.8) |
| Davidson County | Urban | No | 145.7 (136.3, 155.7) | 30 (12, 64) | 187 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.7, 0.2) |
| Davie County | Urban | No | 129.1 (112.9, 147.6) | 68 (17, 99) | 48 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.8, 0.7) |
| Durham County | Urban | Yes | 122.2 (115.2, 129.6) | 85 (51, 95) | 234 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-1.9, -1.5) |
| Edgecombe County | Urban | No | 149.6 (132.7, 168.4) | 23 (4, 79) | 62 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.3, -0.5) |
| Forsyth County | Urban | No | 137.7 (131.4, 144.3) | 42 (27, 70) | 370 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.2, -1.0) |
| Franklin County | Urban | No | 133.9 (119.1, 150.1) | 55 (12, 95) | 63 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.3, 0.0) |
| Gaston County | Urban | No | 135.5 (127.4, 144.0) | 49 (24, 79) | 217 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-5.6, -1.0) |
| Gates County | Urban | No | 137.3 (101.0, 184.2) | 43 (2, 100) | 11 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.8, 0.4) |
| Guilford County | Urban | No | 129.7 (124.3, 135.2) | 67 (42, 83) | 462 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.4, -0.9) |
| 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) |
| Iredell County | Urban | No | 123.7 (115.1, 132.8) | 81 (44, 94) | 159 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-5.4, -0.3) |
| Johnston County | Urban | No | 136.6 (127.5, 146.2) | 45 (22, 81) | 174 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-0.9, -0.1) |
| Lincoln County | Urban | Yes | 122.4 (110.3, 135.6) | 84 (34, 98) | 79 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.2, -0.2) |
| Madison County | Urban | No | 133.2 (109.3, 161.7) | 57 (5, 100) | 24 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.5, 0.1) |
| Mecklenburg County | Urban | Yes | 114.9 (111.0, 118.9) | 93 (77, 97) | 678 |
falling
|
-4.1 (-5.8, -1.7) |
| Moore County | Urban | No | 126.7 (116.0, 138.3) | 72 (31, 95) | 117 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.3, -0.5) |
| Nash County | Urban | No | 138.9 (126.9, 152.0) | 38 (13, 84) | 103 |
falling
|
-6.7 (-12.3, -0.7) |
| New Hanover County | Urban | No | 126.3 (118.6, 134.3) | 75 (43, 93) | 216 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.5, -0.8) |
| Onslow County | Urban | No | 178.0 (165.3, 191.5) | 2 (1, 18) | 149 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.5, 0.5) |
| Orange County | Urban | Yes | 106.7 (97.3, 116.9) | 98 (76, 100) | 98 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-3.4, -2.0) |
| Pender County | Urban | No | 141.9 (126.2, 159.4) | 34 (6, 87) | 62 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.8, 0.4) |
| Person County | Urban | No | 139.9 (121.8, 160.5) | 36 (8, 92) | 46 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.3, 0.1) |
| Pitt County | Urban | No | 137.9 (127.6, 148.7) | 41 (17, 81) | 141 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.4) |
| Randolph County | Urban | No | 146.7 (136.3, 157.9) | 27 (10, 66) | 154 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.7, 0.1) |
| Rockingham County | Urban | No | 133.8 (122.1, 146.5) | 56 (18, 89) | 103 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.4, -1.1) |
| Rowan County | Urban | No | 136.5 (126.6, 147.2) | 46 (19, 83) | 146 |
falling
|
-3.2 (-6.3, -1.8) |
| Stokes County | Urban | No | 143.8 (126.7, 163.1) | 32 (5, 89) | 56 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.8, 0.5) |
| Union County | Urban | Yes | 118.0 (109.9, 126.6) | 91 (59, 98) | 160 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.5) |
| Wake County | Urban | Yes | 108.8 (105.1, 112.7) | 95 (85, 100) | 658 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-4.5, -1.9) |
| Wayne County | Urban | No | 164.9 (152.2, 178.5) | 10 (2, 38) | 131 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.0, -0.1) |
| Yadkin County | Urban | No | 132.8 (115.0, 153.2) | 60 (11, 97) | 42 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.8, 0.2) |
| Alleghany County | Rural | No | 128.8 (100.1, 166.5) | 69 (3, 100) | 15 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.4, 0.2) |
| Ashe County | Rural | No | 134.2 (114.3, 157.5) | 54 (7, 98) | 37 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.3, 0.0) |
| Avery County | Rural | No | 125.5 (98.9, 158.5) | 78 (6, 100) | 17 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.5, 0.0) |
| Beaufort County | Rural | No | 135.0 (118.6, 153.5) | 51 (12, 94) | 54 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.1, -0.1) |
| Bertie County | Rural | No | 157.1 (127.1, 193.2) | 17 (1, 94) | 24 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.2, -0.4) |
| Bladen County | Rural | No | 144.6 (123.2, 169.1) | 31 (3, 92) | 37 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.0, 0.1) |
| Carteret County | Rural | No | 134.4 (121.5, 148.7) | 52 (17, 91) | 89 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.5, -0.4) |
| Caswell County | Rural | No | 138.9 (115.1, 167.2) | 39 (4, 99) | 27 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.5, 0.2) |
| Cherokee County | Rural | No | 133.0 (114.3, 154.9) | 59 (10, 99) | 42 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-3.6, -0.5) |
| Chowan County | Rural | Yes | 120.2 (93.8, 153.5) | 88 (8, 100) | 16 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.6, 0.8) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 126.5 (96.0, 166.8) | 73 (3, 100) | 15 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.0, 0.1) |
| Cleveland County | Rural | No | 158.0 (145.1, 171.8) | 14 (3, 53) | 118 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.5, 0.4) |
| Columbus County | Rural | No | 165.9 (147.9, 185.9) | 8 (1, 52) | 67 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.6, 0.5) |
| Craven County | Rural | No | 141.4 (129.4, 154.3) | 35 (12, 80) | 112 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.5) |
| Dare County | Rural | Yes | 120.3 (102.8, 140.5) | 87 (22, 100) | 37 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.1, -0.7) |
| Duplin County | Rural | No | 138.5 (121.0, 157.9) | 40 (7, 92) | 51 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.6, -0.5) |
| Graham County | Rural | No | 145.8 (107.1, 197.3) | 28 (1, 100) | 11 |
stable
|
0.1 (-1.2, 1.5) |
| Granville County | Rural | No | 152.4 (136.1, 170.4) | 20 (3, 71) | 66 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.1, 0.2) |
| 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) |
| Harnett County | Rural | No | 147.1 (135.1, 159.9) | 25 (8, 69) | 113 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.1, -0.1) |
| Haywood County | Rural | No | 128.8 (115.7, 143.4) | 70 (22, 96) | 78 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.3, -0.2) |
| Hertford County | Rural | No | 130.0 (107.0, 157.5) | 65 (7, 100) | 25 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.2, -0.6) |
| Hyde County | Rural | No | 153.1 (105.3, 225.8) | 19 (1, 100) | 7 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.5, 1.4) |
| Jackson County | Rural | Yes | 105.0 (88.9, 123.6) | 100 (51, 100) | 33 |
falling
|
-3.4 (-12.0, -1.6) |
| Jones County | Rural | No | 135.6 (100.4, 181.9) | 48 (1, 100) | 12 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.6, 1.7) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 134.2 (119.0, 151.0) | 53 (12, 94) | 59 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.3, -0.1) |
| Lenoir County | Rural | No | 137.1 (121.8, 154.1) | 44 (10, 92) | 64 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.4, -0.2) |
| Macon County | Rural | Yes | 115.6 (100.0, 133.6) | 92 (35, 100) | 45 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.4, -0.1) |
| Martin County | Rural | No | 158.8 (134.3, 187.4) | 13 (1, 87) | 33 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.6, 0.3) |
| McDowell County | Rural | No | 164.0 (144.9, 185.4) | 12 (2, 58) | 58 |
stable
|
0.5 (-0.1, 1.3) |
| Mitchell County | Rural | No | 165.5 (133.4, 204.4) | 9 (1, 89) | 22 |
stable
|
12.7 (-0.1, 23.1) |
| 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) |
| Pamlico County | Rural | Yes | 122.5 (92.6, 162.1) | 83 (3, 100) | 16 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.4, -0.3) |
| Pasquotank County | Rural | No | 133.1 (114.5, 154.1) | 58 (8, 99) | 39 |
falling
|
-2.6 (-6.8, -1.1) |
| Perquimans County | Rural | No | 124.9 (98.2, 158.8) | 80 (5, 100) | 17 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.4, 0.7) |
| Polk County | Rural | No | 129.8 (104.5, 160.9) | 66 (4, 100) | 28 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-1.7, 0.0) |
| Richmond County | Rural | No | 175.9 (155.1, 199.1) | 4 (1, 37) | 55 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.6, 0.5) |
| Robeson County | Rural | No | 152.0 (139.5, 165.2) | 21 (6, 62) | 116 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.9, 0.2) |
| Rutherford County | Rural | No | 139.7 (125.4, 155.5) | 37 (10, 87) | 76 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.7, 0.2) |
| Sampson County | Rural | No | 154.0 (137.4, 172.2) | 18 (4, 73) | 66 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.4, 0.8) |
| Scotland County | Rural | No | 177.9 (154.5, 204.3) | 3 (1, 41) | 45 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.6, 0.9) |
| Stanly County | Rural | No | 147.3 (131.8, 164.3) | 24 (6, 79) | 69 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.4, -0.2) |
| Surry County | Rural | No | 157.9 (143.5, 173.4) | 15 (3, 54) | 95 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.4, 0.6) |
| Swain County | Rural | No | 219.1 (180.1, 264.9) | 1 (1, 19) | 24 |
rising 
|
8.0 (0.8, 21.6) |
| Transylvania County | Rural | Yes | 105.4 (90.1, 123.6) | 99 (57, 100) | 40 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.5, -1.0) |
| Tyrrell County | Rural | No | 125.7 (77.6, 205.2) | 77 (1, 100) | 4 |
|
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| Vance County | Rural | No | 166.4 (146.4, 188.6) | 6 (1, 53) | 55 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.8, 0.0) |
| Warren County | Rural | No | 131.3 (106.5, 161.6) | 61 (6, 100) | 23 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.0, 0.4) |
| Washington County | Rural | No | 175.5 (136.3, 224.0) | 5 (1, 89) | 17 |
stable
|
4.8 (-0.3, 24.1) |
| Watauga County | Rural | Yes | 114.4 (97.9, 133.3) | 94 (33, 100) | 37 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.7, -0.2) |
| Wilkes County | Rural | No | 142.0 (127.8, 157.7) | 33 (8, 83) | 81 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.6, 0.1) |
| Wilson County | Rural | No | 135.4 (122.2, 149.7) | 50 (15, 90) | 83 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-9.8, -1.0) |
| Yancey County | Rural | No | 131.0 (107.8, 159.2) | 62 (6, 100) | 24 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.6, 0.2) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/17/2025 4:16 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 01/17/2025 4:16 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.