Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for North Carolina by County
All Cancer Sites, 2018-2022
White Non-Hispanic, Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by CI*Rank
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)
|
CI*Rank ⋔ (95% Confidence Interval) 
|
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 | 152.9 (151.8, 154.1) | N/A | 15,125 |
falling 
|
-1.3 (-1.4, -1.2) |
| United States 6 | N/A | No | 151.3 (151.1, 151.5) | N/A | 463,400 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.5, -1.1) |
| Orange County | Urban | Yes | 117.7 (109.3, 126.6) | 100 (90, 100) | 154 |
falling
|
-2.6 (-8.3, -1.9) |
| Mecklenburg County | Urban | Yes | 120.7 (116.9, 124.7) | 99 (92, 100) | 766 |
falling
|
-3.1 (-5.0, -2.2) |
| Wake County | Urban | Yes | 122.7 (119.2, 126.3) | 98 (91, 100) | 962 |
falling
|
-2.9 (-4.2, -2.2) |
| Durham County | Urban | No | 124.0 (116.9, 131.4) | 97 (87, 100) | 242 |
falling
|
-3.1 (-6.3, -1.1) |
| Chatham County | Urban | No | 125.6 (116.1, 135.8) | 96 (83, 100) | 145 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.8, -1.0) |
| Watauga County | Rural | No | 128.5 (115.5, 142.8) | 95 (68, 100) | 77 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.7, -0.5) |
| Transylvania County | Rural | No | 130.7 (117.9, 145.0) | 94 (66, 100) | 90 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.0, -1.0) |
| Jackson County | Rural | No | 131.3 (117.3, 146.9) | 93 (60, 100) | 70 |
falling
|
-9.9 (-17.8, -1.1) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 133.9 (111.1, 161.6) | 92 (31, 100) | 30 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.0, -0.7) |
| Avery County | Rural | No | 134.9 (115.7, 157.2) | 91 (34, 100) | 37 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.0, -0.5) |
| Buncombe County | Urban | No | 135.6 (130.2, 141.2) | 90 (78, 96) | 497 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.8, -1.3) |
| Cabarrus County | Urban | No | 138.5 (130.9, 146.5) | 89 (67, 95) | 254 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-3.3, -1.7) |
| New Hanover County | Urban | No | 142.4 (135.9, 149.2) | 88 (66, 94) | 372 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.8, -1.1) |
| Union County | Urban | No | 142.4 (135.0, 150.2) | 87 (64, 94) | 288 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.7, -0.9) |
| Polk County | Rural | No | 143.1 (123.8, 165.3) | 86 (24, 100) | 55 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.5) |
| Pitt County | Urban | No | 145.2 (135.3, 155.7) | 85 (53, 94) | 168 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.8, -1.0) |
| Northampton County | Rural | No | 146.2 (118.6, 181.4) | 84 (12, 100) | 23 |
stable 
|
-0.6 (-1.4, 0.1) |
| Guilford County | Urban | No | 146.6 (141.3, 152.0) | 83 (62, 90) | 627 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.4, -1.1) |
| Moore County | Urban | No | 146.6 (137.5, 156.3) | 82 (53, 93) | 220 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.5, -0.8) |
| Montgomery County | Rural | No | 147.1 (127.8, 169.3) | 81 (25, 99) | 47 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.6) |
| Currituck County | Urban | No | 147.3 (128.3, 168.5) | 80 (24, 100) | 49 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.4, -1.3) |
| Forsyth County | Urban | No | 147.5 (141.7, 153.6) | 79 (59, 89) | 507 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.9, -1.4) |
| Alleghany County | Rural | No | 149.0 (126.1, 177.0) | 78 (14, 100) | 31 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-2.0, 5.2) |
| Iredell County | Urban | No | 149.2 (141.5, 157.3) | 77 (50, 90) | 294 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-5.7, -1.1) |
| Macon County | Rural | No | 149.3 (135.7, 164.4) | 76 (31, 95) | 102 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.2, -0.3) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 149.6 (135.6, 164.8) | 75 (31, 94) | 90 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.7, -0.9) |
| Henderson County | Urban | No | 149.9 (141.8, 158.4) | 74 (51, 91) | 295 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.3, -0.6) |
| Madison County | Urban | No | 151.0 (132.2, 172.3) | 73 (19, 98) | 51 |
stable
|
1.0 (-1.8, 7.6) |
| Dare County | Rural | No | 151.2 (136.1, 167.8) | 72 (26, 95) | 84 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.8, -0.5) |
| Hyde County | Rural | No | 153.2 (107.6, 218.5) | 71 (1, 100) | 8 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-2.5, 0.0) |
| Warren County | Rural | No | 153.5 (127.0, 187.1) | 70 (9, 100) | 26 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-2.3, 0.0) |
| Ashe County | Rural | No | 153.9 (138.3, 171.4) | 69 (22, 95) | 77 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.3, -0.3) |
| Cherokee County | Rural | No | 153.9 (138.5, 171.2) | 68 (23, 94) | 85 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-4.3, -0.9) |
| Brunswick County | Urban | No | 154.9 (147.1, 163.1) | 67 (41, 84) | 385 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.4, -0.8) |
| Pamlico County | Rural | No | 155.2 (128.3, 188.1) | 66 (6, 100) | 31 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.2, -0.6) |
| Lincoln County | Urban | No | 156.2 (145.5, 167.5) | 65 (30, 88) | 170 |
falling
|
-5.7 (-10.2, -0.7) |
| Catawba County | Urban | No | 156.9 (148.8, 165.5) | 64 (35, 82) | 295 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-4.0, -1.1) |
| Gates County | Urban | No | 157.0 (121.8, 200.3) | 63 (2, 100) | 15 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.6, 0.2) |
| Perquimans County | Rural | No | 158.1 (132.2, 189.2) | 62 (5, 100) | 30 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.7, -0.3) |
| Davie County | Urban | No | 158.2 (143.9, 173.9) | 61 (21, 91) | 96 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.9, 0.1) |
| Nash County | Urban | No | 158.7 (146.2, 172.1) | 60 (24, 87) | 129 |
falling
|
-4.3 (-9.8, -0.9) |
| Alexander County | Urban | No | 159.0 (143.5, 176.0) | 59 (17, 90) | 80 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.1, -0.2) |
| Chowan County | Rural | No | 159.1 (131.7, 192.2) | 58 (3, 100) | 27 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.5, 0.0) |
| Haywood County | Rural | No | 160.1 (149.0, 172.0) | 57 (23, 84) | 168 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.0, -0.3) |
| Wilson County | Rural | No | 162.1 (148.3, 177.3) | 56 (17, 87) | 106 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.5, -0.7) |
| Martin County | Rural | No | 162.5 (138.2, 190.9) | 55 (6, 97) | 35 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.3, -0.7) |
| Yancey County | Rural | No | 162.6 (143.5, 184.3) | 54 (11, 93) | 55 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.8, 0.4) |
| Franklin County | Urban | No | 163.4 (148.9, 178.9) | 53 (16, 87) | 101 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-7.4, -1.0) |
| Jones County | Rural | No | 163.8 (128.7, 207.7) | 52 (2, 100) | 16 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.7, 1.3) |
| Carteret County | Rural | No | 164.3 (153.5, 175.9) | 51 (20, 79) | 190 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.5, -0.8) |
| Pasquotank County | Rural | No | 165.2 (145.7, 187.0) | 50 (6, 91) | 56 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-9.8, -0.7) |
| Johnston County | Urban | No | 165.3 (156.8, 174.3) | 49 (23, 73) | 294 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.9) |
| Gaston County | Urban | No | 166.1 (158.7, 173.8) | 48 (25, 68) | 394 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.3, -1.1) |
| Beaufort County | Rural | No | 166.3 (151.0, 183.1) | 47 (12, 86) | 96 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.5) |
| Rowan County | Urban | No | 166.5 (157.5, 176.0) | 46 (21, 71) | 268 |
falling
|
-3.3 (-5.2, -2.1) |
| Burke County | Urban | No | 166.7 (156.2, 177.7) | 45 (19, 74) | 206 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-0.9, -0.3) |
| Stokes County | Urban | No | 167.3 (153.2, 182.5) | 44 (12, 82) | 112 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.3, -0.5) |
| Person County | Urban | No | 167.8 (150.3, 187.1) | 43 (11, 88) | 71 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.3, 0.1) |
| Wilkes County | Rural | No | 168.2 (156.6, 180.6) | 42 (17, 74) | 168 |
falling
|
-0.5 (-0.8, -0.2) |
| Camden County | Urban | No | 168.3 (134.9, 208.1) | 41 (1, 100) | 18 |
stable
|
1.4 (-0.3, 4.1) |
| Craven County | Rural | No | 168.6 (157.5, 180.4) | 40 (17, 73) | 188 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.1, -0.4) |
| Yadkin County | Urban | No | 168.7 (152.8, 186.1) | 39 (11, 84) | 89 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.0, -0.2) |
| Stanly County | Rural | No | 168.9 (155.9, 182.9) | 38 (14, 77) | 130 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-2.2, -0.4) |
| Rockingham County | Urban | No | 169.1 (158.2, 180.7) | 37 (15, 71) | 189 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.3, -0.9) |
| Duplin County | Rural | No | 169.8 (152.0, 189.4) | 36 (9, 86) | 75 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.9, -0.7) |
| Alamance County | Urban | No | 169.8 (160.9, 179.1) | 35 (18, 68) | 289 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-0.9, -0.3) |
| Harnett County | Rural | No | 170.3 (159.0, 182.3) | 34 (16, 71) | 174 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.3, -0.7) |
| Granville County | Rural | No | 172.0 (155.9, 189.5) | 33 (8, 81) | 90 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-7.7, -0.6) |
| Pender County | Urban | No | 172.3 (158.1, 187.5) | 32 (10, 76) | 115 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.2, 0.0) |
| Randolph County | Urban | No | 173.1 (164.2, 182.4) | 31 (16, 61) | 303 |
falling
|
-0.5 (-0.8, -0.3) |
| Rutherford County | Rural | No | 174.6 (162.0, 187.9) | 30 (11, 66) | 156 |
falling
|
-0.4 (-0.7, -0.1) |
| Lenoir County | Rural | No | 174.7 (157.7, 193.4) | 29 (7, 79) | 84 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.4) |
| Graham County | Rural | No | 177.6 (145.0, 217.1) | 28 (1, 96) | 23 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.5, 0.3) |
| Davidson County | Urban | No | 177.7 (169.5, 186.3) | 27 (13, 50) | 368 |
falling
|
-0.4 (-0.8, -0.1) |
| Caswell County | Rural | No | 179.7 (155.4, 207.6) | 26 (1, 89) | 42 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.1, 0.5) |
| Washington County | Rural | No | 180.2 (141.2, 230.6) | 25 (1, 99) | 19 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.9, 0.4) |
| Cumberland County | Urban | No | 180.9 (171.7, 190.5) | 24 (9, 48) | 298 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.3, -0.9) |
| Halifax County | Rural | No | 180.9 (160.5, 203.8) | 23 (2, 78) | 64 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.6, 0.1) |
| Caldwell County | Urban | No | 182.1 (170.7, 194.2) | 22 (7, 52) | 203 |
falling
|
-0.5 (-0.8, -0.2) |
| Cleveland County | Rural | No | 183.9 (172.5, 196.1) | 21 (7, 52) | 202 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-3.9, -0.1) |
| Mitchell County | Rural | No | 185.1 (160.4, 213.3) | 20 (1, 82) | 46 |
stable
|
7.0 (-1.1, 12.3) |
| Tyrrell County | Rural | No | 185.1 (124.1, 274.6) | 19 (1, 100) | 6 |
falling
|
-4.8 (-23.4, -0.3) |
| Vance County | Rural | No | 185.8 (164.3, 210.1) | 18 (2, 71) | 59 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.3, -0.3) |
| Scotland County | Rural | No | 187.7 (163.7, 215.1) | 17 (1, 75) | 48 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.2, 0.3) |
| Bladen County | Rural | No | 188.8 (166.1, 214.4) | 16 (1, 71) | 57 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.5, 0.5) |
| Hertford County | Rural | No | 189.6 (156.6, 229.5) | 15 (1, 89) | 25 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.6, -0.1) |
| Wayne County | Urban | No | 190.2 (177.5, 203.8) | 14 (4, 41) | 175 |
falling
|
-0.5 (-0.9, -0.1) |
| Surry County | Rural | No | 190.3 (178.2, 203.3) | 13 (4, 39) | 192 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.5, 0.2) |
| Anson County | Urban | No | 192.0 (161.7, 227.2) | 12 (1, 81) | 32 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.9, 0.5) |
| Greene County | Rural | No | 195.7 (165.1, 231.5) | 11 (1, 79) | 31 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.3, 0.9) |
| Edgecombe County | Urban | No | 197.3 (175.3, 221.8) | 10 (1, 59) | 64 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.2, -0.2) |
| Bertie County | Rural | No | 197.4 (161.3, 241.8) | 9 (1, 89) | 24 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.9, -0.2) |
| McDowell County | Rural | No | 198.4 (182.7, 215.3) | 8 (1, 33) | 125 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.4, 0.4) |
| Sampson County | Rural | No | 202.2 (184.4, 221.6) | 7 (1, 33) | 100 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.3, 0.6) |
| Columbus County | Rural | No | 202.5 (184.7, 221.8) | 6 (1, 32) | 102 |
stable
|
2.4 (-0.7, 8.4) |
| Richmond County | Rural | No | 206.6 (186.4, 228.7) | 5 (1, 34) | 81 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.5, 0.3) |
| Onslow County | Urban | No | 207.5 (195.7, 219.9) | 4 (1, 19) | 238 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-0.8, 0.0) |
| Robeson County | Rural | No | 211.9 (193.5, 231.9) | 3 (1, 24) | 105 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.8, 0.2) |
| Hoke County | Urban | No | 218.2 (188.8, 250.8) | 2 (1, 37) | 42 |
stable
|
7.6 (-0.8, 14.2) |
| Swain County | Rural | No | 235.3 (200.5, 275.7) | 1 (1, 36) | 36 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.3, 1.2) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/10/2025 3:20 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.
⋔ 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.
6 Hispanic mortality recent trend data for the United States has been excluded for the following states: Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Oklahoma. The data on Hispanic and non-Hispanic mortality for these states may be unreliable for the time period used in the generation of the recent trend (1990 - 2022) and has been excluded from the calculation of the United States recent trend. This was based on the NCHS Policy.
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 07/10/2025 3:20 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.
⋔ 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.
6 Hispanic mortality recent trend data for the United States has been excluded for the following states: Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Oklahoma. The data on Hispanic and non-Hispanic mortality for these states may be unreliable for the time period used in the generation of the recent trend (1990 - 2022) and has been excluded from the calculation of the United States recent trend. This was based on the NCHS Policy.
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.