Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for North Carolina by County
All Cancer Sites, 2018-2022
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages 65+
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) 
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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 | 883.4 (876.9, 889.9) | N/A | 14,510 |
falling 
|
-1.2 (-1.3, -1.2) |
| United States | N/A | No | 844.0 (842.9, 845.1) | N/A | 441,232 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-1.8, -1.5) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 700.7 (577.9, 841.9) | 100 (42, 100) | 24 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.2, -0.8) |
| Orange County | Urban | No | 717.3 (665.0, 772.5) | 99 (82, 100) | 145 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-6.9, -1.8) |
| Jackson County | Rural | No | 729.8 (647.1, 820.2) | 98 (61, 100) | 58 |
falling
|
-11.7 (-20.9, -1.6) |
| Watauga County | Rural | No | 748.4 (664.6, 839.6) | 97 (58, 100) | 60 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.6, -0.2) |
| Chatham County | Urban | No | 755.2 (700.2, 813.3) | 96 (70, 100) | 141 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.5, -0.7) |
| Wake County | Urban | No | 759.0 (737.3, 781.2) | 95 (81, 99) | 956 |
falling
|
-4.4 (-6.2, -3.0) |
| Polk County | Rural | No | 760.8 (666.9, 864.2) | 94 (39, 100) | 48 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.6) |
| Pamlico County | Rural | No | 763.6 (639.6, 904.5) | 93 (26, 100) | 27 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.8, -0.9) |
| Transylvania County | Rural | No | 769.8 (695.5, 849.9) | 92 (55, 100) | 79 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.0, -0.6) |
| Buncombe County | Urban | No | 775.1 (741.5, 809.8) | 91 (75, 98) | 409 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.7, -1.2) |
| Avery County | Rural | No | 787.7 (664.9, 926.3) | 90 (16, 100) | 30 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.2, -0.3) |
| Mecklenburg County | Urban | No | 787.7 (764.9, 811.0) | 89 (75, 96) | 937 |
falling
|
-4.0 (-6.3, -1.6) |
| Durham County | Urban | No | 794.0 (755.2, 834.2) | 88 (66, 98) | 327 |
falling
|
-3.9 (-6.7, -2.1) |
| Madison County | Urban | No | 796.5 (685.3, 920.6) | 87 (21, 100) | 37 |
stable 
|
0.3 (-3.1, 9.3) |
| Dare County | Rural | No | 801.5 (710.4, 901.0) | 86 (33, 100) | 61 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.1, -0.8) |
| Macon County | Rural | No | 814.9 (736.9, 898.8) | 85 (35, 100) | 81 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.3, -0.3) |
| Henderson County | Urban | No | 815.2 (769.4, 862.9) | 84 (57, 96) | 239 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.2, -0.6) |
| Hyde County | Rural | No | 824.8 (582.6, 1,133.0) | 83 (1, 100) | 8 |
falling
|
-12.2 (-34.5, -0.1) |
| Duplin County | Rural | No | 826.5 (744.7, 914.9) | 82 (23, 100) | 76 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.0, -1.2) |
| Northampton County | Rural | No | 826.8 (714.7, 951.5) | 81 (14, 100) | 39 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.2, -0.9) |
| Currituck County | Urban | No | 829.7 (706.1, 968.6) | 80 (10, 100) | 35 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.6, -1.1) |
| Cabarrus County | Urban | No | 835.4 (787.6, 885.3) | 79 (46, 94) | 234 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.2, -1.4) |
| Gates County | Urban | No | 837.4 (672.2, 1,030.9) | 78 (3, 100) | 18 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.6, -0.6) |
| Iredell County | Urban | No | 838.1 (790.5, 887.8) | 77 (45, 94) | 238 |
falling
|
-2.8 (-7.0, -1.1) |
| Pitt County | Urban | No | 840.5 (787.1, 896.5) | 76 (41, 94) | 191 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.8, -1.1) |
| Pasquotank County | Rural | No | 845.3 (750.6, 948.7) | 75 (19, 100) | 59 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.8, -0.5) |
| Moore County | Urban | No | 846.5 (795.4, 900.1) | 74 (39, 93) | 205 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.2, -0.7) |
| Union County | Urban | No | 851.3 (803.5, 901.2) | 73 (42, 91) | 245 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.8) |
| Catawba County | Urban | No | 852.0 (803.5, 902.7) | 72 (39, 91) | 235 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-5.1, -1.3) |
| Cherokee County | Rural | No | 858.2 (769.9, 953.7) | 71 (15, 98) | 71 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-7.9, -0.9) |
| Perquimans County | Rural | No | 859.4 (725.8, 1,010.4) | 70 (4, 100) | 30 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.6, -0.2) |
| Montgomery County | Rural | No | 864.0 (754.4, 985.2) | 69 (10, 99) | 46 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.6, -0.2) |
| Lincoln County | Urban | No | 869.4 (802.7, 940.1) | 68 (24, 92) | 130 |
falling
|
-5.1 (-9.1, -0.7) |
| Bertie County | Rural | No | 870.9 (746.4, 1,010.1) | 67 (5, 100) | 36 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.5, -1.2) |
| Chowan County | Rural | No | 872.0 (736.1, 1,025.7) | 66 (3, 100) | 30 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-9.7, -0.9) |
| New Hanover County | Urban | No | 874.3 (833.0, 917.2) | 65 (36, 84) | 344 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.4, -0.9) |
| Guilford County | Urban | No | 874.7 (845.6, 904.6) | 64 (45, 80) | 693 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.3, -0.9) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 874.9 (795.0, 960.8) | 63 (15, 95) | 90 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.6) |
| Haywood County | Rural | No | 879.2 (812.9, 949.4) | 62 (23, 91) | 131 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-0.9, 0.0) |
| Brunswick County | Urban | No | 881.6 (837.6, 927.2) | 61 (33, 84) | 337 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.3, -0.7) |
| Alleghany County | Rural | No | 882.3 (735.8, 1,049.4) | 60 (3, 100) | 26 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.9, -0.1) |
| Burke County | Urban | No | 885.4 (824.6, 949.6) | 59 (22, 88) | 159 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-5.4, -1.0) |
| Alexander County | Urban | No | 887.7 (791.1, 992.8) | 58 (11, 97) | 62 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.3, -0.2) |
| Gaston County | Urban | No | 890.0 (846.2, 935.5) | 57 (30, 81) | 317 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.8, -1.0) |
| Nash County | Urban | No | 899.7 (835.6, 967.3) | 56 (17, 87) | 151 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.3, -0.5) |
| Davie County | Urban | No | 901.2 (814.9, 994.1) | 55 (10, 93) | 81 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.0, 0.0) |
| Ashe County | Rural | No | 910.6 (811.6, 1,018.5) | 54 (6, 95) | 62 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.4, -0.2) |
| Franklin County | Urban | No | 913.9 (833.6, 999.8) | 53 (9, 88) | 99 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-8.4, -0.7) |
| Lenoir County | Rural | No | 916.0 (837.9, 999.4) | 52 (10, 88) | 103 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.6) |
| Jones County | Rural | No | 917.2 (739.5, 1,124.6) | 51 (1, 100) | 19 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.3, 1.2) |
| Camden County | Urban | No | 918.1 (716.3, 1,158.8) | 50 (1, 100) | 15 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-3.4, -1.1) |
| Hertford County | Rural | No | 919.2 (794.1, 1,058.3) | 49 (2, 97) | 39 |
stable
|
0.8 (-2.9, 9.6) |
| Forsyth County | Urban | No | 922.1 (887.4, 957.7) | 48 (24, 67) | 545 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.3, -1.0) |
| Carteret County | Rural | No | 925.8 (860.1, 995.0) | 47 (12, 81) | 152 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.6) |
| Wilkes County | Rural | No | 927.7 (857.9, 1,001.7) | 46 (10, 82) | 132 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.7, 0.0) |
| Anson County | Urban | No | 935.8 (809.0, 1,076.8) | 45 (2, 97) | 40 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.2, 0.1) |
| Graham County | Rural | No | 936.3 (751.5, 1,152.8) | 44 (1, 100) | 18 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.1, -0.2) |
| Bladen County | Rural | No | 936.5 (832.8, 1,049.4) | 43 (4, 93) | 61 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.4, 0.2) |
| Washington County | Rural | No | 937.1 (780.1, 1,116.3) | 42 (1, 100) | 25 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.4, -0.2) |
| Stokes County | Urban | No | 937.3 (852.1, 1,028.6) | 41 (6, 86) | 90 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.5) |
| Yancey County | Rural | No | 941.0 (820.2, 1,074.5) | 40 (2, 95) | 44 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.8, 0.6) |
| Rutherford County | Rural | No | 942.2 (869.2, 1,019.7) | 39 (7, 80) | 126 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.9, 0.1) |
| Randolph County | Urban | No | 943.7 (889.7, 1,000.1) | 38 (11, 70) | 233 |
falling
|
-0.4 (-0.7, -0.1) |
| Cumberland County | Urban | No | 944.9 (902.0, 989.2) | 37 (15, 64) | 374 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.4, -0.9) |
| Rockingham County | Urban | No | 946.5 (883.7, 1,012.6) | 36 (9, 77) | 172 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.7, -1.1) |
| Warren County | Rural | No | 948.4 (826.1, 1,083.6) | 35 (2, 95) | 44 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.8, -0.3) |
| Caswell County | Rural | No | 953.0 (832.6, 1,085.9) | 34 (2, 93) | 46 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.5, -0.1) |
| Granville County | Rural | No | 953.5 (868.5, 1,044.5) | 33 (5, 82) | 95 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.1, -0.2) |
| Craven County | Rural | No | 953.5 (892.4, 1,017.7) | 32 (9, 73) | 184 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-3.0, -1.0) |
| Wilson County | Rural | No | 956.2 (884.2, 1,032.5) | 31 (8, 76) | 133 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.2, -0.3) |
| Rowan County | Urban | No | 958.1 (903.5, 1,015.2) | 30 (10, 67) | 235 |
falling
|
-4.6 (-7.3, -1.2) |
| Beaufort County | Rural | No | 962.1 (877.5, 1,052.6) | 29 (4, 79) | 98 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.3) |
| Greene County | Rural | No | 966.2 (817.9, 1,133.5) | 28 (1, 98) | 31 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.1, 0.3) |
| Hoke County | Urban | No | 967.6 (845.4, 1,102.4) | 27 (2, 94) | 49 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.0, -0.5) |
| Caldwell County | Urban | No | 969.7 (900.8, 1,042.5) | 26 (5, 70) | 150 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.0, -0.2) |
| Johnston County | Urban | No | 970.7 (917.0, 1,026.8) | 25 (8, 62) | 259 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.6) |
| Mitchell County | Rural | No | 974.2 (834.8, 1,130.0) | 24 (1, 93) | 35 |
stable
|
8.3 (-0.5, 15.0) |
| Harnett County | Rural | No | 975.1 (908.5, 1,045.3) | 23 (4, 70) | 164 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.2, -0.6) |
| Pender County | Urban | No | 975.5 (889.9, 1,067.0) | 22 (3, 76) | 100 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.0, 0.2) |
| Stanly County | Rural | No | 980.4 (898.9, 1,067.4) | 21 (3, 71) | 109 |
falling
|
-0.5 (-2.7, -0.1) |
| Yadkin County | Urban | No | 980.6 (881.9, 1,087.5) | 20 (2, 81) | 72 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.0, 0.1) |
| Alamance County | Urban | No | 986.2 (934.7, 1,039.8) | 19 (6, 55) | 277 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-0.9, -0.3) |
| Person County | Urban | No | 991.5 (891.5, 1,099.6) | 18 (2, 81) | 74 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.1, 0.3) |
| Vance County | Rural | No | 997.4 (898.5, 1,104.1) | 17 (2, 76) | 76 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.6, -0.4) |
| Cleveland County | Rural | No | 998.5 (932.3, 1,068.2) | 16 (4, 58) | 174 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-3.9, -0.1) |
| Davidson County | Urban | No | 1,003.7 (953.2, 1,056.2) | 15 (5, 47) | 301 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.7, 0.1) |
| Martin County | Rural | No | 1,003.8 (883.1, 1,136.4) | 14 (1, 86) | 51 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.0, -0.6) |
| Edgecombe County | Urban | No | 1,017.2 (927.3, 1,113.5) | 13 (1, 69) | 97 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.7, 1.0) |
| Columbus County | Rural | No | 1,020.9 (933.1, 1,114.7) | 12 (1, 61) | 101 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.3, -0.2) |
| Wayne County | Urban | No | 1,034.3 (969.3, 1,102.5) | 11 (2, 44) | 192 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.1, -0.3) |
| Halifax County | Rural | No | 1,035.5 (947.0, 1,130.0) | 10 (1, 58) | 103 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.8, 0.0) |
| Scotland County | Rural | No | 1,038.6 (924.8, 1,162.5) | 9 (1, 75) | 62 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.2, 0.2) |
| McDowell County | Rural | No | 1,068.5 (973.3, 1,170.4) | 8 (1, 52) | 95 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.2, 0.8) |
| Robeson County | Rural | No | 1,082.6 (1,013.1, 1,155.7) | 7 (1, 31) | 188 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-3.4, -0.2) |
| Onslow County | Urban | No | 1,086.0 (1,018.6, 1,156.7) | 6 (1, 31) | 200 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.0, -0.2) |
| Surry County | Rural | No | 1,096.9 (1,020.7, 1,177.2) | 5 (1, 28) | 156 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.2, 0.5) |
| Sampson County | Rural | No | 1,100.0 (1,008.9, 1,197.0) | 4 (1, 40) | 110 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.4, 0.5) |
| Richmond County | Rural | No | 1,108.0 (1,002.1, 1,222.1) | 3 (1, 43) | 82 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.7, 0.4) |
| Tyrrell County | Rural | No | 1,155.3 (844.8, 1,543.1) | 2 (1, 100) | 9 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-2.1, 1.4) |
| Swain County | Rural | No | 1,233.5 (1,051.4, 1,438.1) | 1 (1, 38) | 33 |
stable
|
0.5 (-0.3, 1.5) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 12/07/2024 10:32 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.
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 12/07/2024 10:32 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.
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.