Death Rates Table
County
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Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? |
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 | Yes | 12.6 (12.3, 12.9) | N/A | 1,578 |
falling 
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-2.4 (-2.6, -2.3) |
| United States | Yes | 13.1 (13.1, 13.2) | N/A | 52,152 |
falling
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-1.9 (-2.1, -1.8) |
| Mecklenburg County | Yes | 10.9 (10.0, 11.9) | 81 (54, 87) | 111 |
falling
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-2.4 (-2.9, -1.9) |
| Wake County | Yes | 9.8 (8.9, 10.7) | 87 (69, 90) | 98 |
falling
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-3.0 (-3.5, -2.5) |
| Guilford County | Yes | 12.4 (11.1, 13.7) | 62 (33, 80) | 77 |
falling
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-2.6 (-3.2, -1.9) |
| Forsyth County | Yes | 12.4 (11.0, 14.0) | 58 (29, 84) | 56 |
falling
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-2.3 (-2.9, -1.7) |
| Buncombe County | Yes | 11.8 (10.3, 13.6) | 68 (32, 87) | 44 |
falling
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-2.8 (-3.4, -2.2) |
| Cumberland County | Yes | 12.2 (10.5, 14.0) | 65 (29, 86) | 38 |
falling
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-2.2 (-2.8, -1.5) |
| Gaston County | Yes | 14.0 (12.1, 16.2) | 41 (13, 74) | 38 |
falling
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-1.7 (-2.3, -1.1) |
| Durham County | Yes | 11.4 (9.8, 13.2) | 73 (37, 88) | 37 |
falling
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-3.9 (-6.1, -1.6) |
| Davidson County | Yes | 13.7 (11.6, 16.1) | 47 (13, 81) | 31 |
falling
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-1.5 (-2.2, -0.8) |
| Johnston County | Yes | 13.8 (11.6, 16.2) | 46 (14, 80) | 30 |
falling
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-1.7 (-2.6, -0.8) |
| Brunswick County | Yes | 12.4 (10.3, 14.9) | 59 (19, 87) | 29 |
falling
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-2.9 (-4.0, -1.9) |
| Iredell County | Yes | 13.8 (11.6, 16.4) | 45 (13, 79) | 29 |
falling
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-2.1 (-2.8, -1.4) |
| Cabarrus County | Yes | 12.3 (10.3, 14.6) | 63 (23, 87) | 27 |
falling
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-2.0 (-2.8, -1.1) |
| Catawba County | Yes | 13.5 (11.3, 16.1) | 49 (15, 84) | 27 |
falling
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-2.2 (-3.0, -1.3) |
| Union County | Yes | 11.3 (9.4, 13.5) | 75 (32, 89) | 27 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-3.2, -1.8) |
| Robeson County | Yes | 17.6 (14.6, 21.0) | 11 (3, 55) | 26 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.9, -0.3) |
| New Hanover County | Yes | 8.4 (7.0, 10.1) | 90 (70, 91) | 25 |
falling
|
-3.6 (-4.5, -2.8) |
| Wayne County | Yes | 16.4 (13.6, 19.6) | 17 (4, 67) | 25 |
falling
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-2.0 (-2.8, -1.3) |
| Onslow County | Yes | 16.8 (13.9, 20.1) | 12 (3, 60) | 25 |
falling
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-2.3 (-3.5, -1.1) |
| Rowan County | Yes | 13.4 (11.1, 16.1) | 50 (13, 85) | 24 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.8, -0.4) |
| Alamance County | Yes | 11.2 (9.3, 13.5) | 78 (31, 90) | 24 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-2.9, -1.6) |
| Pitt County | Yes | 11.9 (9.7, 14.4) | 67 (24, 89) | 22 |
falling
|
-3.1 (-3.6, -2.5) |
| Randolph County | Yes | 11.4 (9.3, 13.8) | 74 (28, 90) | 22 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-3.2, -1.4) |
| Henderson County | Yes | 11.1 (8.9, 13.8) | 80 (28, 91) | 21 |
falling
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-2.5 (-3.6, -1.5) |
| Rockingham County | Yes | 14.7 (11.9, 18.0) | 32 (7, 80) | 20 |
falling
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-1.6 (-2.4, -0.8) |
| Carteret County | Yes | 16.2 (13.0, 20.2) | 18 (3, 72) | 19 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.5, -0.4) |
| Harnett County | Yes | 14.9 (12.0, 18.3) | 28 (6, 80) | 19 |
falling
|
-2.6 (-3.3, -1.9) |
| Cleveland County | Yes | 13.5 (10.9, 16.7) | 48 (11, 86) | 18 |
stable 
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-1.0 (-2.1, 0.1) |
| Moore County | Yes | 11.7 (9.2, 14.7) | 71 (21, 90) | 18 |
falling
|
-3.6 (-4.6, -2.6) |
| Caldwell County | Yes | 14.7 (11.7, 18.4) | 31 (6, 85) | 17 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.4, -0.7) |
| Craven County | Yes | 12.6 (9.9, 15.8) | 56 (14, 89) | 17 |
falling
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-2.8 (-4.0, -1.6) |
| Orange County | Yes | 10.6 (8.4, 13.3) | 82 (31, 91) | 16 |
falling
|
-3.2 (-4.2, -2.2) |
| Burke County | Yes | 12.0 (9.4, 15.3) | 66 (17, 90) | 15 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.7, -0.5) |
| Halifax County | Yes | 19.8 (15.4, 25.1) | 6 (1, 52) | 15 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-1.8, 0.0) |
| Lincoln County | Yes | 12.5 (9.7, 15.8) | 57 (14, 90) | 15 |
falling
|
-2.9 (-4.0, -1.8) |
| Rutherford County | Yes | 14.8 (11.5, 18.9) | 29 (5, 85) | 15 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-2.4, 0.0) |
| Wilkes County | Yes | 14.3 (11.1, 18.2) | 37 (6, 86) | 15 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.5, -0.1) |
| Nash County | Yes | 11.3 (8.8, 14.4) | 76 (23, 91) | 15 |
falling
|
-16.1 (-28.9, -1.0) |
| Surry County | Yes | 13.3 (10.2, 17.1) | 51 (9, 89) | 14 |
stable
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-0.6 (-2.0, 0.8) |
| Granville County | Yes | 16.7 (12.8, 21.5) | 14 (2, 79) | 13 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.6, -0.2) |
| Wilson County | Yes | 11.8 (9.0, 15.2) | 69 (16, 91) | 13 |
falling
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-1.7 (-2.8, -0.5) |
| Chatham County | Yes | 9.8 (7.4, 12.8) | 86 (37, 91) | 12 |
falling
|
-3.1 (-4.5, -1.7) |
| Sampson County | Yes | 14.6 (11.1, 18.9) | 34 (5, 87) | 12 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.9, -1.1) |
| Stanly County | Yes | 14.1 (10.7, 18.3) | 39 (6, 88) | 12 |
stable
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0.0 (-2.2, 2.4) |
| Columbus County | Yes | 15.4 (11.7, 20.1) | 26 (3, 86) | 12 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.7, -0.3) |
| Edgecombe County | Yes | 15.8 (11.9, 20.8) | 22 (3, 85) | 11 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.9, -1.0) |
| Duplin County | Yes | 14.1 (10.6, 18.6) | 38 (5, 90) | 11 |
stable
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4.2 (-2.6, 11.3) |
| Lenoir County | Yes | 13.8 (10.3, 18.4) | 43 (5, 90) | 11 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-3.0, -0.8) |
| Beaufort County | Yes | 15.9 (11.6, 21.4) | 21 (2, 86) | 11 |
falling
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-1.5 (-2.8, -0.2) |
| Haywood County | Yes | 10.2 (7.5, 13.7) | 85 (29, 91) | 10 |
falling
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-2.3 (-3.6, -1.0) |
| Lee County | Yes | 12.7 (9.4, 16.9) | 53 (8, 91) | 10 |
falling
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-1.6 (-3.1, -0.1) |
| Person County | Yes | 18.6 (13.7, 24.9) | 8 (1, 76) | 10 |
falling
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-1.7 (-3.2, -0.1) |
| Richmond County | Yes | 16.7 (12.3, 22.2) | 15 (2, 86) | 10 |
falling
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-2.4 (-3.6, -1.2) |
| Macon County | Yes | 15.6 (11.1, 21.7) | 24 (2, 89) | 10 |
stable
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-0.5 (-2.1, 1.1) |
| McDowell County | Yes | 13.8 (10.1, 18.7) | 44 (5, 90) | 10 |
stable
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-0.7 (-2.0, 0.5) |
| Pasquotank County | Yes | 19.4 (14.2, 26.0) | 7 (1, 75) | 10 |
falling
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-1.5 (-2.7, -0.4) |
| Cherokee County | Yes | 17.6 (12.7, 24.4) | 10 (1, 84) | 9 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-2.7, 0.2) |
| Franklin County | Yes | 11.3 (8.2, 15.2) | 77 (16, 91) | 9 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-4.0, -1.5) |
| Vance County | Yes | 14.8 (10.7, 20.0) | 30 (3, 90) | 9 |
falling
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-1.8 (-3.1, -0.4) |
| Scotland County | Yes | 20.0 (14.5, 27.1) | 5 (1, 71) | 9 |
stable
|
-1.6 (-3.2, 0.0) |
| Jackson County | Yes | 16.0 (11.5, 21.9) | 19 (2, 87) | 9 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.0, 0.8) |
| Bladen County | Yes | 16.4 (11.7, 22.8) | 16 (2, 87) | 8 |
falling
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-2.4 (-3.6, -1.1) |
| Stokes County | Yes | 12.7 (9.0, 17.6) | 54 (7, 91) | 8 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.4, 0.4) |
| Davie County | Yes | 12.4 (8.7, 17.2) | 61 (8, 91) | 8 |
falling
|
-3.4 (-4.8, -1.8) |
| Pender County | Yes | 10.4 (7.4, 14.4) | 84 (22, 91) | 8 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-3.8, -0.6) |
| Alexander County | Yes | 14.3 (10.1, 19.9) | 36 (3, 90) | 8 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-2.9, 0.2) |
| Anson County | Yes | 22.3 (15.6, 31.2) | 3 (1, 67) | 8 |
stable
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3.7 (-0.6, 8.2) |
| Caswell County | Yes | 21.5 (15.0, 30.4) | 4 (1, 75) | 8 |
stable
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-0.7 (-2.3, 0.9) |
| Dare County | Yes | 11.7 (7.9, 17.0) | 72 (9, 91) | 7 |
falling
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-1.7 (-3.3, -0.2) |
| Transylvania County | Yes | 9.6 (6.4, 14.5) | 89 (24, 91) | 7 |
falling
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-3.7 (-5.2, -2.2) |
| Polk County | Yes | 12.7 (8.5, 19.5) | 55 (5, 91) | 6 |
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| Ashe County | Yes | 12.2 (7.9, 18.5) | 64 (5, 91) | 6 |
stable
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-1.5 (-3.2, 0.3) |
| Montgomery County | Yes | 14.7 (9.7, 21.6) | 33 (2, 91) | 6 |
falling
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-2.4 (-4.0, -0.8) |
| Yadkin County | Yes | 11.2 (7.4, 16.5) | 79 (9, 91) | 6 |
falling
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-3.4 (-5.2, -1.6) |
| Hoke County | Yes | 11.8 (7.6, 17.4) | 70 (6, 91) | 5 |
falling
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-3.7 (-5.2, -2.2) |
| Yancey County | Yes | 16.8 (10.8, 25.6) | 13 (1, 91) | 5 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.4, 1.0) |
| Hertford County | Yes | 15.5 (9.8, 23.5) | 25 (1, 91) | 5 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.5, -0.5) |
| Bertie County | Yes | 15.9 (10.0, 24.7) | 20 (1, 91) | 5 |
falling
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-5.3 (-7.0, -3.5) |
| Northampton County | Yes | 14.1 (8.7, 22.3) | 40 (2, 91) | 5 |
falling
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-2.7 (-4.0, -1.3) |
| Swain County | Yes | 24.9 (15.6, 38.1) | 2 (1, 80) | 5 |
stable
|
0.5 (-1.5, 2.5) |
| Watauga County | Yes | 8.1 (5.1, 12.4) | 91 (38, 91) | 5 |
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| Washington County | Yes | 28.3 (16.8, 45.1) | 1 (1, 81) | 5 |
stable
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-1.3 (-3.2, 0.6) |
| Madison County | Yes | 13.9 (8.3, 22.1) | 42 (2, 91) | 4 |
stable
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-0.8 (-2.6, 1.0) |
| Mitchell County | Yes | 17.8 (10.5, 29.0) | 9 (1, 91) | 4 |
stable
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-1.2 (-2.7, 0.4) |
| Perquimans County | Yes | 15.6 (9.6, 25.6) | 23 (1, 91) | 4 |
stable
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-1.1 (-3.0, 0.8) |
| Martin County | Yes | 9.8 (5.6, 16.3) | 88 (11, 91) | 4 |
falling
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-3.0 (-5.0, -1.0) |
| Warren County | Yes | 12.4 (7.0, 20.8) | 60 (3, 91) | 4 |
stable
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-1.9 (-3.7, 0.0) |
| Chowan County | Yes | 14.5 (8.5, 24.2) | 35 (2, 91) | 4 |
falling
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-3.1 (-4.8, -1.3) |
| Clay County | Yes | 15.3 (8.4, 27.5) | 27 (1, 91) | 3 |
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| Currituck County | Yes | 10.6 (6.0, 17.4) | 83 (7, 91) | 3 |
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| Greene County | Yes | 13.1 (7.5, 21.5) | 52 (2, 91) | 3 |
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| Alleghany County | *** |
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| Camden County | *** |
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| Gates County | *** |
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| Graham County | *** |
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| Hyde County | *** |
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| Jones County | *** |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 12/10/2023 7:36 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.
* 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.
Interpret Rankings provides insight into interpreting cancer incidence statistics. When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic effect on the calculated rate.
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 12/10/2023 7:36 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.
* 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.
Interpret Rankings provides insight into interpreting cancer incidence statistics. When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic effect on the calculated rate.
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.