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Death Rate Report for North Carolina by County

All Cancer Sites, 2016-2020

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages 50+

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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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Recent Trend
Recent 5-Year Trend in Death Rates
(95% Confidence Interval)
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North Carolina No 518.9 (515.5, 522.2) N/A 18,729 falling falling trend -2.1 (-2.7, -1.5)
United States No 501.7 (501.1, 502.3) N/A 569,776 falling falling trend -2.1 (-2.3, -1.8)
Swain County No 730.9 (634.7, 837.7) 1 (1, 27) 42 stable stable trend 0.2 (-0.5, 0.9)
Onslow County No 680.5 (644.3, 718.2) 2 (1, 10) 273 falling falling trend -0.7 (-1.1, -0.3)
Scotland County No 659.4 (598.4, 725.1) 3 (1, 39) 88 stable stable trend -0.5 (-1.1, 0.1)
Halifax County No 646.6 (599.6, 696.2) 4 (1, 31) 144 falling falling trend -0.6 (-0.9, -0.3)
Vance County No 635.3 (582.8, 691.2) 5 (1, 43) 111 falling falling trend -1.0 (-1.4, -0.7)
Surry County No 630.4 (591.2, 671.6) 6 (1, 32) 195 stable stable trend -0.1 (-0.4, 0.2)
Robeson County No 625.5 (592.0, 660.5) 7 (1, 30) 272 falling falling trend -1.0 (-1.4, -0.7)
Caswell County No 618.0 (551.4, 690.6) 8 (1, 65) 65 falling falling trend -0.9 (-1.5, -0.4)
Edgecombe County No 613.9 (567.4, 663.2) 9 (1, 48) 134 stable stable trend -0.6 (-1.3, 0.1)
Cleveland County No 610.6 (575.5, 647.3) 10 (2, 42) 232 stable stable trend -0.2 (-0.5, 0.2)
Tyrrell County No 608.7 (457.5, 794.9) 11 (1, 100) 11 stable stable trend -0.7 (-2.2, 0.7)
Wayne County No 604.3 (571.8, 638.1) 12 (3, 44) 265 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.4, -0.7)
Sampson County No 601.6 (558.2, 647.5) 13 (2, 55) 145 falling falling trend -0.6 (-0.9, -0.2)
Rowan County No 597.3 (567.9, 627.9) 14 (4, 44) 316 falling falling trend -0.5 (-0.7, -0.2)
Columbus County No 594.4 (550.4, 640.9) 15 (2, 62) 139 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.5, -0.8)
Randolph County No 593.5 (564.6, 623.5) 16 (5, 46) 323 falling falling trend -0.6 (-0.8, -0.3)
Davidson County No 591.5 (565.1, 618.9) 17 (5, 45) 384 falling falling trend -0.5 (-0.8, -0.2)
Nash County No 590.4 (555.1, 627.4) 18 (4, 57) 215 falling falling trend -1.0 (-1.2, -0.7)
Pasquotank County No 589.4 (534.2, 648.8) 19 (2, 69) 86 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.5, -0.7)
McDowell County No 588.6 (540.9, 639.4) 20 (3, 65) 115 stable stable trend -0.1 (-0.6, 0.3)
Richmond County No 588.1 (537.5, 642.2) 21 (2, 69) 102 falling falling trend -0.8 (-1.1, -0.4)
Craven County No 582.2 (548.8, 617.1) 22 (5, 56) 234 falling falling trend -1.0 (-1.3, -0.8)
Washington County No 576.4 (490.9, 672.6) 23 (1, 96) 34 falling falling trend -1.7 (-2.5, -0.8)
Yancey County No 573.3 (504.9, 648.5) 24 (2, 88) 53 stable stable trend 0.1 (-0.4, 0.7)
Harnett County No 572.5 (537.8, 608.7) 25 (6, 62) 212 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.5, -0.9)
Alamance County No 570.3 (543.7, 597.9) 26 (10, 57) 350 falling falling trend -0.8 (-1.0, -0.5)
Cumberland County No 569.8 (547.4, 592.9) 27 (13, 55) 503 falling falling trend -1.3 (-1.6, -1.1)
Hyde County No 569.7 (438.0, 729.1) 28 (1, 100) 13 stable stable trend -0.6 (-1.7, 0.6)
Caldwell County No 568.3 (532.8, 605.6) 29 (6, 64) 195 falling falling trend -0.8 (-1.1, -0.5)
Rockingham County No 566.1 (533.3, 600.4) 30 (9, 65) 227 stable stable trend 0.5 (-4.9, 6.2)
Granville County No 565.2 (521.3, 611.8) 31 (5, 74) 127 falling falling trend -2.6 (-3.8, -1.5)
Stokes County No 565.1 (520.0, 613.1) 32 (6, 75) 118 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.7, -0.8)
Person County No 564.9 (514.3, 619.2) 33 (4, 78) 94 falling falling trend -0.8 (-1.4, -0.2)
Lee County No 561.4 (517.3, 608.1) 34 (6, 78) 124 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.6, -0.8)
Lenoir County No 560.5 (518.4, 605.1) 35 (8, 75) 134 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.4, -0.8)
Carteret County No 559.6 (524.4, 596.6) 36 (9, 69) 196 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.6, -0.9)
Bertie County No 557.3 (489.4, 632.1) 37 (2, 91) 50 falling falling trend -2.0 (-2.6, -1.4)
Gaston County No 555.5 (532.0, 579.7) 38 (17, 63) 434 falling falling trend -1.3 (-1.7, -1.0)
Martin County No 554.7 (493.1, 622.1) 39 (3, 90) 61 falling falling trend -1.8 (-2.4, -1.3)
Rutherford County No 551.4 (513.9, 591.0) 40 (11, 79) 164 falling falling trend -2.0 (-3.1, -0.9)
Anson County No 551.0 (486.4, 621.9) 41 (4, 93) 54 falling falling trend -0.7 (-1.2, -0.2)
Hoke County No 549.1 (488.9, 614.5) 42 (4, 91) 68 falling falling trend -1.9 (-2.6, -1.2)
Franklin County No 548.4 (506.9, 592.3) 43 (8, 81) 135 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.6, -0.8)
Graham County No 547.8 (452.1, 658.3) 44 (1, 100) 23 falling falling trend -1.5 (-2.3, -0.7)
Johnston County No 545.9 (518.6, 574.2) 45 (19, 72) 322 falling falling trend -1.4 (-1.7, -1.1)
Davie County No 545.5 (499.1, 595.1) 46 (8, 86) 103 stable stable trend -0.4 (-0.9, 0.1)
Wilkes County No 544.5 (508.0, 583.1) 47 (13, 80) 168 falling falling trend -0.6 (-0.9, -0.2)
Greene County No 544.0 (471.3, 624.9) 48 (3, 98) 42 stable stable trend -0.7 (-1.4, 0.1)
Yadkin County No 543.0 (492.8, 597.0) 49 (7, 88) 86 falling falling trend -0.7 (-1.1, -0.3)
Stanly County No 539.9 (499.3, 583.0) 50 (11, 83) 133 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.5, -0.7)
Bladen County No 538.2 (486.0, 594.4) 51 (8, 91) 81 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.9, -0.6)
Burke County No 537.5 (505.2, 571.3) 52 (19, 79) 210 falling falling trend -0.7 (-1.1, -0.4)
Lincoln County No 536.8 (500.8, 574.6) 53 (14, 84) 172 falling falling trend -1.0 (-1.3, -0.8)
Mitchell County No 532.2 (460.5, 612.0) 54 (5, 98) 41 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.6, -0.6)
Pender County No 532.0 (490.2, 576.3) 55 (13, 88) 125 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.6, -0.6)
Chowan County No 530.8 (456.4, 614.1) 56 (3, 99) 38 falling falling trend -0.9 (-1.4, -0.3)
Jones County No 529.6 (438.5, 634.3) 57 (2, 100) 24 stable stable trend -0.3 (-1.3, 0.7)
Alexander County No 528.5 (478.2, 582.7) 58 (12, 93) 82 falling falling trend -0.9 (-1.4, -0.4)
Forsyth County No 527.8 (510.0, 546.0) 59 (35, 74) 687 falling falling trend -1.7 (-2.1, -1.3)
Montgomery County No 527.3 (468.9, 591.0) 60 (8, 96) 61 falling falling trend -1.3 (-1.9, -0.7)
Dare County No 524.6 (474.2, 578.9) 61 (11, 93) 86 falling falling trend -1.4 (-2.0, -0.8)
Beaufort County No 518.0 (476.2, 562.5) 62 (20, 92) 118 falling falling trend -1.3 (-1.8, -0.8)
Iredell County No 516.8 (491.0, 543.6) 63 (35, 84) 311 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.4, -0.8)
Wilson County No 515.0 (479.7, 552.2) 64 (27, 89) 162 falling falling trend -3.2 (-4.5, -2.0)
Catawba County No 514.0 (488.3, 540.6) 65 (35, 86) 308 falling falling trend -2.2 (-2.8, -1.5)
Ashe County No 511.4 (459.9, 567.2) 66 (14, 97) 74 falling falling trend -0.8 (-1.4, -0.3)
Cherokee County No 510.4 (461.0, 563.8) 67 (15, 96) 83 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.6, -0.5)
Perquimans County No 507.9 (436.6, 587.7) 68 (6, 100) 38 falling falling trend -1.6 (-2.1, -1.0)
Macon County No 503.3 (459.0, 550.8) 69 (26, 96) 99 falling falling trend -0.9 (-1.3, -0.4)
Haywood County No 500.9 (465.7, 538.1) 70 (32, 92) 154 falling falling trend -0.9 (-1.2, -0.5)
Union County No 497.0 (472.5, 522.5) 71 (47, 90) 325 falling falling trend -1.4 (-1.8, -1.0)
Guilford County No 496.8 (482.0, 511.9) 72 (55, 86) 873 falling falling trend -1.4 (-1.6, -1.3)
Warren County No 495.6 (435.6, 561.7) 73 (15, 99) 51 falling falling trend -1.4 (-2.2, -0.7)
Alleghany County No 493.2 (417.0, 579.5) 74 (7, 100) 31 falling falling trend -1.6 (-2.4, -0.8)
Buncombe County No 490.3 (471.4, 509.7) 75 (56, 89) 526 falling falling trend -1.5 (-1.7, -1.3)
Cabarrus County No 490.2 (465.2, 516.1) 76 (51, 92) 298 falling falling trend -2.3 (-2.8, -1.7)
Brunswick County No 489.4 (466.0, 513.6) 77 (54, 91) 374 falling falling trend -1.6 (-1.8, -1.3)
Pitt County No 484.2 (457.3, 512.1) 78 (53, 94) 253 falling falling trend -1.8 (-2.0, -1.5)
New Hanover County No 484.2 (463.2, 505.8) 79 (58, 93) 414 falling falling trend -1.7 (-1.9, -1.4)
Madison County No 483.9 (423.7, 550.4) 80 (16, 100) 48 stable stable trend 0.5 (-2.9, 4.1)
Durham County No 483.3 (462.6, 504.6) 81 (60, 92) 432 falling falling trend -2.2 (-2.5, -2.0)
Currituck County No 479.4 (418.4, 546.6) 82 (22, 100) 49 falling falling trend -2.1 (-2.8, -1.4)
Pamlico County No 476.2 (406.4, 554.8) 83 (17, 100) 35 falling falling trend -1.9 (-2.6, -1.2)
Camden County No 474.7 (379.7, 586.0) 84 (5, 100) 18 falling falling trend -3.8 (-4.9, -2.6)
Jackson County No 474.1 (428.2, 523.7) 85 (38, 100) 81 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.6, -0.5)
Moore County No 474.0 (446.8, 502.4) 86 (58, 97) 236 falling falling trend -1.4 (-1.6, -1.1)
Henderson County No 471.9 (447.4, 497.5) 87 (60, 96) 286 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.5, -0.8)
Hertford County No 469.1 (411.4, 532.8) 88 (31, 100) 49 stable stable trend -1.2 (-4.3, 2.0)
Avery County No 469.0 (403.2, 542.6) 89 (21, 100) 37 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.9, -0.5)
Gates County No 466.9 (385.3, 560.6) 90 (10, 100) 23 falling falling trend -1.8 (-2.6, -1.0)
Mecklenburg County No 455.0 (443.5, 466.8) 91 (80, 97) 1,244 falling falling trend -2.5 (-3.0, -1.9)
Duplin County No 449.3 (411.2, 490.0) 92 (59, 100) 105 falling falling trend -2.1 (-2.5, -1.7)
Chatham County No 445.8 (415.4, 477.9) 93 (69, 100) 163 falling falling trend -1.5 (-1.8, -1.1)
Wake County No 443.1 (431.8, 454.7) 94 (84, 99) 1,231 falling falling trend -3.2 (-4.3, -2.2)
Orange County No 439.4 (411.0, 469.3) 95 (76, 100) 187 falling falling trend -1.9 (-2.4, -1.5)
Northampton County No 433.6 (378.6, 494.6) 96 (54, 100) 46 falling falling trend -1.9 (-2.5, -1.2)
Clay County No 431.9 (360.9, 513.0) 97 (30, 100) 28 falling falling trend -1.5 (-1.9, -0.9)
Transylvania County No 427.1 (387.0, 470.4) 98 (71, 100) 89 falling falling trend -1.9 (-2.4, -1.3)
Watauga County No 405.1 (364.5, 449.1) 99 (79, 100) 75 falling falling trend -1.5 (-2.1, -0.9)
Polk County No 404.0 (355.6, 457.2) 100 (72, 100) 53 falling falling trend -1.6 (-2.1, -1.2)
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/28/2024 12:57 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.

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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