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Death Rate Report for North Carolina by County

All Cancer Sites, 2016-2020

All Races (includes Hispanic), Female, All Ages

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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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North Carolina No 131.0 (129.8, 132.2) N/A 9,296 falling falling trend -2.1 (-3.0, -1.3)
United States No 128.7 (128.5, 129.0) N/A 283,896 falling falling trend -1.9 (-2.2, -1.7)
Mecklenburg County Yes 116.6 (112.6, 120.7) 89 (71, 95) 669 falling falling trend -1.6 (-1.8, -1.5)
Wake County Yes 113.7 (109.8, 117.8) 94 (77, 97) 648 falling falling trend -2.5 (-3.3, -1.7)
Guilford County No 126.6 (121.3, 132.0) 71 (45, 85) 447 falling falling trend -1.3 (-1.5, -1.1)
Forsyth County No 138.1 (131.7, 144.8) 42 (21, 68) 362 falling falling trend -1.4 (-1.8, -1.0)
Buncombe County No 129.3 (122.3, 136.7) 62 (34, 85) 271 falling falling trend -1.4 (-1.6, -1.1)
Cumberland County No 150.0 (142.0, 158.4) 15 (6, 48) 269 falling falling trend -0.9 (-1.1, -0.6)
Durham County No 125.6 (118.3, 133.3) 74 (40, 91) 231 falling falling trend -1.7 (-2.0, -1.5)
Gaston County No 139.0 (130.7, 147.8) 41 (16, 75) 215 falling falling trend -2.5 (-3.8, -1.1)
New Hanover County No 123.6 (116.0, 131.6) 78 (42, 93) 209 falling falling trend -1.4 (-1.8, -1.0)
Davidson County No 146.2 (136.7, 156.3) 27 (7, 59) 182 stable stable trend -0.3 (-0.7, 0.1)
Alamance County No 142.1 (132.6, 152.2) 34 (9, 68) 173 falling falling trend -0.5 (-0.9, -0.1)
Union County No 124.3 (115.7, 133.3) 77 (39, 94) 162 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.6, -0.6)
Brunswick County Yes 116.0 (107.3, 125.4) 90 (58, 98) 161 falling falling trend -1.7 (-2.2, -1.3)
Johnston County No 133.6 (124.3, 143.4) 52 (21, 84) 160 falling falling trend -0.6 (-1.0, -0.2)
Cabarrus County No 128.0 (119.2, 137.4) 68 (30, 90) 159 falling falling trend -1.5 (-2.0, -1.1)
Iredell County No 133.3 (124.0, 143.1) 55 (21, 84) 158 falling falling trend -0.6 (-1.0, -0.2)
Randolph County No 151.1 (140.5, 162.3) 14 (5, 53) 157 stable stable trend -0.4 (-0.8, 0.1)
Rowan County No 146.0 (135.5, 157.2) 28 (6, 67) 150 stable stable trend -0.2 (-0.6, 0.1)
Henderson County No 128.0 (118.3, 138.5) 69 (28, 91) 146 falling falling trend -1.0 (-1.5, -0.5)
Onslow County No 181.0 (167.8, 194.9) 3 (1, 11) 143 stable stable trend -0.2 (-0.7, 0.3)
Catawba County No 124.5 (115.3, 134.3) 76 (37, 94) 143 falling falling trend -1.9 (-2.7, -1.2)
Wayne County No 156.2 (144.4, 168.8) 9 (3, 48) 135 falling falling trend -0.8 (-1.2, -0.4)
Pitt County No 124.5 (114.9, 134.7) 75 (35, 95) 131 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.7, -0.8)
Robeson County No 148.7 (137.1, 161.2) 22 (5, 62) 125 falling falling trend -0.6 (-1.1, -0.1)
Moore County No 128.3 (117.5, 140.0) 64 (26, 91) 119 falling falling trend -1.0 (-1.5, -0.6)
Craven County No 147.6 (135.1, 161.1) 23 (4, 70) 113 falling falling trend -0.9 (-1.3, -0.5)
Cleveland County No 149.3 (136.8, 162.7) 18 (4, 63) 111 stable stable trend -0.1 (-0.6, 0.3)
Nash County No 151.9 (139.0, 165.7) 12 (4, 57) 110 falling falling trend -0.6 (-1.0, -0.2)
Harnett County No 141.3 (129.3, 154.2) 36 (7, 80) 104 falling falling trend -0.9 (-1.3, -0.4)
Rockingham County No 133.4 (121.8, 146.1) 53 (15, 91) 103 falling falling trend -1.7 (-2.3, -1.0)
Orange County Yes 114.7 (104.6, 125.6) 92 (53, 99) 99 falling falling trend -2.5 (-3.1, -1.9)
Burke County No 132.0 (120.2, 144.8) 58 (15, 90) 98 falling falling trend -0.6 (-1.1, -0.1)
Carteret County No 145.0 (131.3, 160.1) 31 (4, 78) 93 falling falling trend -0.9 (-1.4, -0.5)
Surry County No 151.4 (137.5, 166.5) 13 (3, 65) 92 stable stable trend 0.0 (-0.5, 0.5)
Caldwell County No 140.9 (128.0, 155.1) 37 (6, 81) 92 stable stable trend -0.2 (-0.8, 0.3)
Lincoln County No 136.5 (123.4, 150.8) 45 (9, 88) 83 falling falling trend -0.6 (-1.1, -0.1)
Wilkes County No 138.1 (124.1, 153.3) 43 (7, 90) 79 stable stable trend -0.4 (-0.8, 0.0)
Wilson County Yes 121.6 (109.5, 134.7) 81 (32, 98) 78 falling falling trend -3.5 (-5.8, -1.2)
Haywood County No 125.9 (112.9, 140.4) 73 (20, 96) 75 falling falling trend -1.0 (-1.5, -0.4)
Chatham County Yes 107.6 (96.5, 119.9) 97 (60, 100) 75 falling falling trend -1.4 (-1.9, -0.8)
Rutherford County No 128.8 (115.3, 143.7) 63 (14, 96) 72 falling falling trend -1.9 (-3.0, -0.8)
Halifax County No 165.8 (148.3, 185.2) 4 (1, 48) 71 stable stable trend -0.5 (-1.0, 0.0)
Columbus County No 148.8 (132.8, 166.6) 21 (4, 76) 67 stable stable trend -0.6 (-1.1, 0.0)
Lenoir County No 145.1 (129.3, 162.6) 29 (4, 84) 67 falling falling trend -0.7 (-1.3, -0.2)
Sampson County No 140.6 (125.4, 157.4) 39 (6, 87) 66 stable stable trend -0.2 (-0.8, 0.3)
Granville County No 149.9 (133.6, 167.8) 16 (3, 79) 65 stable stable trend -0.5 (-1.1, 0.1)
Franklin County No 135.6 (120.7, 152.1) 49 (8, 91) 64 falling falling trend -0.8 (-1.4, -0.2)
Edgecombe County No 143.3 (127.2, 161.1) 32 (4, 88) 62 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.6, -0.7)
Stanly County No 132.0 (117.4, 148.1) 59 (10, 94) 62 falling falling trend -1.0 (-1.5, -0.5)
Pender County No 133.0 (117.8, 149.9) 56 (8, 94) 58 stable stable trend -0.5 (-1.2, 0.1)
Stokes County No 148.9 (131.8, 168.0) 19 (3, 81) 58 stable stable trend -0.3 (-1.0, 0.4)
Lee County No 129.9 (114.8, 146.5) 61 (10, 96) 56 falling falling trend -0.8 (-1.5, -0.1)
Vance County No 164.5 (145.1, 186.1) 5 (1, 57) 56 falling falling trend -0.6 (-1.0, -0.2)
Beaufort County No 128.3 (112.5, 146.0) 65 (13, 97) 54 stable stable trend -13.1 (-26.4, 2.6)
McDowell County No 148.8 (130.8, 169.1) 20 (2, 81) 54 stable stable trend 0.4 (-0.3, 1.1)
Duplin County Yes 119.9 (105.1, 136.4) 82 (28, 99) 52 falling falling trend -1.6 (-2.1, -1.1)
Richmond County No 147.1 (128.7, 167.6) 24 (3, 83) 49 stable stable trend -0.5 (-1.1, 0.1)
Scotland County No 186.9 (163.1, 213.5) 2 (1, 26) 48 stable stable trend 0.0 (-0.7, 0.7)
Davie County No 133.6 (116.7, 152.8) 51 (6, 96) 48 stable stable trend -0.1 (-0.8, 0.7)
Person County No 142.8 (124.2, 163.7) 33 (4, 93) 46 stable stable trend -0.7 (-1.4, 0.1)
Macon County Yes 114.9 (98.9, 133.4) 91 (27, 100) 43 falling falling trend -1.0 (-1.6, -0.3)
Pasquotank County No 149.7 (129.5, 172.4) 17 (2, 86) 42 falling falling trend -2.5 (-4.4, -0.5)
Yadkin County No 133.4 (115.4, 153.8) 54 (6, 97) 42 stable stable trend -0.4 (-0.9, 0.0)
Cherokee County No 145.1 (124.2, 169.5) 30 (2, 93) 41 stable stable trend -0.4 (-1.3, 0.6)
Alexander County No 136.2 (117.1, 158.0) 47 (5, 96) 39 stable stable trend -0.3 (-1.1, 0.6)
Transylvania County Yes 101.5 (87.0, 118.8) 99 (65, 100) 39 falling falling trend -1.9 (-2.7, -1.2)
Bladen County No 138.0 (117.8, 161.0) 44 (4, 96) 38 falling falling trend -0.8 (-1.4, -0.3)
Dare County No 126.7 (108.4, 147.8) 70 (10, 99) 38 falling falling trend -1.5 (-2.3, -0.8)
Jackson County Yes 117.3 (100.3, 136.8) 87 (24, 100) 37 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.9, -0.3)
Watauga County Yes 104.6 (89.3, 122.1) 98 (50, 100) 36 falling falling trend -1.3 (-2.1, -0.6)
Hoke County No 141.6 (120.7, 165.0) 35 (3, 95) 35 falling falling trend -1.4 (-2.3, -0.6)
Ashe County No 126.3 (106.5, 149.7) 72 (8, 99) 33 stable stable trend -0.6 (-1.3, 0.1)
Martin County No 146.4 (122.9, 173.8) 26 (2, 94) 31 stable stable trend -0.9 (-1.8, 0.0)
Caswell County No 146.8 (122.6, 175.4) 25 (1, 95) 29 stable stable trend -0.6 (-1.4, 0.3)
Anson County No 154.5 (129.0, 184.3) 10 (1, 88) 28 stable stable trend -0.6 (-1.4, 0.2)
Bertie County No 160.1 (131.4, 194.3) 7 (1, 90) 27 stable stable trend 4.3 (0.0, 8.7)
Polk County Yes 110.3 (89.2, 136.5) 96 (16, 100) 26 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.9, -0.3)
Montgomery County Yes 114.6 (95.0, 137.6) 93 (20, 100) 26 falling falling trend -1.3 (-2.1, -0.4)
Hertford County Yes 117.2 (95.4, 143.3) 88 (13, 100) 23 falling falling trend -1.7 (-2.5, -0.9)
Warren County No 128.2 (103.6, 157.9) 67 (4, 100) 23 stable stable trend -0.8 (-1.8, 0.3)
Northampton County Yes 119.9 (95.9, 149.2) 83 (6, 100) 22 falling falling trend -1.3 (-2.1, -0.5)
Yancey County No 130.1 (106.0, 159.4) 60 (4, 99) 22 stable stable trend -0.5 (-1.3, 0.4)
Madison County Yes 117.6 (95.7, 144.0) 85 (11, 100) 22 falling falling trend -0.9 (-1.8, -0.1)
Currituck County Yes 111.8 (90.6, 137.0) 95 (19, 100) 21 falling falling trend -2.0 (-2.9, -1.0)
Swain County No 189.4 (153.4, 232.3) 1 (1, 56) 21 stable stable trend 0.1 (-0.9, 1.2)
Avery County No 136.2 (108.8, 169.9) 46 (2, 99) 19 stable stable trend -0.6 (-1.3, 0.1)
Mitchell County No 139.9 (110.8, 175.7) 40 (1, 99) 19 stable stable trend -0.2 (-1.1, 0.6)
Perquimans County No 140.6 (111.9, 176.4) 38 (1, 99) 19 stable stable trend -0.4 (-1.4, 0.6)
Chowan County No 136.1 (106.5, 172.9) 48 (1, 99) 17 stable stable trend -0.5 (-1.6, 0.6)
Washington County No 156.7 (122.8, 198.8) 8 (1, 97) 17 stable stable trend -1.3 (-2.5, 0.0)
Greene County No 122.8 (97.0, 153.9) 80 (5, 100) 17 stable stable trend -0.4 (-1.6, 0.8)
Pamlico County No 128.2 (97.5, 168.2) 66 (2, 100) 16 falling falling trend -1.5 (-2.5, -0.3)
Clay County No 123.0 (92.6, 163.2) 79 (2, 100) 14 stable stable trend -1.0 (-2.2, 0.1)
Alleghany County Yes 119.7 (90.9, 157.7) 84 (4, 100) 13 stable stable trend -1.3 (-2.6, 0.1)
Graham County No 162.8 (123.1, 214.3) 6 (1, 98) 13 stable stable trend -0.1 (-1.4, 1.2)
Gates County No 134.1 (100.5, 177.0) 50 (1, 100) 12 stable stable trend -0.9 (-2.0, 0.1)
Jones County Yes 117.5 (86.4, 159.2) 86 (3, 100) 11 stable stable trend -0.1 (-1.6, 1.5)
Hyde County No 152.1 (102.9, 224.0) 11 (1, 100) 7 stable stable trend 0.0 (-1.4, 1.3)
Camden County Yes 74.6 (48.5, 111.2) 100 (55, 100) 5 falling falling trend -3.2 (-4.8, -1.6)
Tyrrell County No 132.3 (82.1, 212.0) 57 (1, 100) 4
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/28/2024 12:34 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.
⋔ 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.

* 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.

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