Death Rates Table
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Met Healthy People Objective of 74.4? |
Age-Adjusted Death Rate† deaths per 100,000 (95% Confidence Interval) ![]() |
CI*Rank⋔ (95% Confidence Interval) ![]() |
Average Annual Count![]() |
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 ![]() |
-2.4 (-2.6, -2.3) |
United States | Yes | 13.1 (13.1, 13.2) | N/A | 52,152 |
falling ![]() |
-1.9 (-2.1, -1.8) |
Watauga County | Yes | 8.1 (5.1, 12.4) | 91 (38, 91) | 5 |
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New Hanover County | Yes | 8.4 (7.0, 10.1) | 90 (70, 91) | 25 |
falling ![]() |
-3.6 (-4.5, -2.8) |
Transylvania County | Yes | 9.6 (6.4, 14.5) | 89 (24, 91) | 7 |
falling ![]() |
-3.7 (-5.2, -2.2) |
Martin County | Yes | 9.8 (5.6, 16.3) | 88 (11, 91) | 4 |
falling ![]() |
-3.0 (-5.0, -1.0) |
Wake County | Yes | 9.8 (8.9, 10.7) | 87 (69, 90) | 98 |
falling ![]() |
-3.0 (-3.5, -2.5) |
Chatham County | Yes | 9.8 (7.4, 12.8) | 86 (37, 91) | 12 |
falling ![]() |
-3.1 (-4.5, -1.7) |
Haywood County | Yes | 10.2 (7.5, 13.7) | 85 (29, 91) | 10 |
falling ![]() |
-2.3 (-3.6, -1.0) |
Pender County | Yes | 10.4 (7.4, 14.4) | 84 (22, 91) | 8 |
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-2.2 (-3.8, -0.6) |
Currituck County | Yes | 10.6 (6.0, 17.4) | 83 (7, 91) | 3 |
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Orange County | Yes | 10.6 (8.4, 13.3) | 82 (31, 91) | 16 |
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-3.2 (-4.2, -2.2) |
Mecklenburg County | Yes | 10.9 (10.0, 11.9) | 81 (54, 87) | 111 |
falling ![]() |
-2.4 (-2.9, -1.9) |
Henderson County | Yes | 11.1 (8.9, 13.8) | 80 (28, 91) | 21 |
falling ![]() |
-2.5 (-3.6, -1.5) |
Yadkin County | Yes | 11.2 (7.4, 16.5) | 79 (9, 91) | 6 |
falling ![]() |
-3.4 (-5.2, -1.6) |
Alamance County | Yes | 11.2 (9.3, 13.5) | 78 (31, 90) | 24 |
falling ![]() |
-2.2 (-2.9, -1.6) |
Franklin County | Yes | 11.3 (8.2, 15.2) | 77 (16, 91) | 9 |
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-2.7 (-4.0, -1.5) |
Nash County | Yes | 11.3 (8.8, 14.4) | 76 (23, 91) | 15 |
falling ![]() |
-16.1 (-28.9, -1.0) |
Union County | Yes | 11.3 (9.4, 13.5) | 75 (32, 89) | 27 |
falling ![]() |
-2.5 (-3.2, -1.8) |
Randolph County | Yes | 11.4 (9.3, 13.8) | 74 (28, 90) | 22 |
falling ![]() |
-2.3 (-3.2, -1.4) |
Durham County | Yes | 11.4 (9.8, 13.2) | 73 (37, 88) | 37 |
falling ![]() |
-3.9 (-6.1, -1.6) |
Dare County | Yes | 11.7 (7.9, 17.0) | 72 (9, 91) | 7 |
falling ![]() |
-1.7 (-3.3, -0.2) |
Moore County | Yes | 11.7 (9.2, 14.7) | 71 (21, 90) | 18 |
falling ![]() |
-3.6 (-4.6, -2.6) |
Hoke County | Yes | 11.8 (7.6, 17.4) | 70 (6, 91) | 5 |
falling ![]() |
-3.7 (-5.2, -2.2) |
Wilson County | Yes | 11.8 (9.0, 15.2) | 69 (16, 91) | 13 |
falling ![]() |
-1.7 (-2.8, -0.5) |
Buncombe County | Yes | 11.8 (10.3, 13.6) | 68 (32, 87) | 44 |
falling ![]() |
-2.8 (-3.4, -2.2) |
Pitt County | Yes | 11.9 (9.7, 14.4) | 67 (24, 89) | 22 |
falling ![]() |
-3.1 (-3.6, -2.5) |
Burke County | Yes | 12.0 (9.4, 15.3) | 66 (17, 90) | 15 |
falling ![]() |
-1.6 (-2.7, -0.5) |
Cumberland County | Yes | 12.2 (10.5, 14.0) | 65 (29, 86) | 38 |
falling ![]() |
-2.2 (-2.8, -1.5) |
Ashe County | Yes | 12.2 (7.9, 18.5) | 64 (5, 91) | 6 |
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-1.5 (-3.2, 0.3) |
Cabarrus County | Yes | 12.3 (10.3, 14.6) | 63 (23, 87) | 27 |
falling ![]() |
-2.0 (-2.8, -1.1) |
Guilford County | Yes | 12.4 (11.1, 13.7) | 62 (33, 80) | 77 |
falling ![]() |
-2.6 (-3.2, -1.9) |
Davie County | Yes | 12.4 (8.7, 17.2) | 61 (8, 91) | 8 |
falling ![]() |
-3.4 (-4.8, -1.8) |
Warren County | Yes | 12.4 (7.0, 20.8) | 60 (3, 91) | 4 |
stable ![]() |
-1.9 (-3.7, 0.0) |
Brunswick County | Yes | 12.4 (10.3, 14.9) | 59 (19, 87) | 29 |
falling ![]() |
-2.9 (-4.0, -1.9) |
Forsyth County | Yes | 12.4 (11.0, 14.0) | 58 (29, 84) | 56 |
falling ![]() |
-2.3 (-2.9, -1.7) |
Lincoln County | Yes | 12.5 (9.7, 15.8) | 57 (14, 90) | 15 |
falling ![]() |
-2.9 (-4.0, -1.8) |
Craven County | Yes | 12.6 (9.9, 15.8) | 56 (14, 89) | 17 |
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-2.8 (-4.0, -1.6) |
Polk County | Yes | 12.7 (8.5, 19.5) | 55 (5, 91) | 6 |
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Stokes County | Yes | 12.7 (9.0, 17.6) | 54 (7, 91) | 8 |
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-1.0 (-2.4, 0.4) |
Lee County | Yes | 12.7 (9.4, 16.9) | 53 (8, 91) | 10 |
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-1.6 (-3.1, -0.1) |
Greene County | Yes | 13.1 (7.5, 21.5) | 52 (2, 91) | 3 |
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Surry County | Yes | 13.3 (10.2, 17.1) | 51 (9, 89) | 14 |
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-0.6 (-2.0, 0.8) |
Rowan County | Yes | 13.4 (11.1, 16.1) | 50 (13, 85) | 24 |
falling ![]() |
-1.1 (-1.8, -0.4) |
Catawba County | Yes | 13.5 (11.3, 16.1) | 49 (15, 84) | 27 |
falling ![]() |
-2.2 (-3.0, -1.3) |
Cleveland County | Yes | 13.5 (10.9, 16.7) | 48 (11, 86) | 18 |
stable ![]() |
-1.0 (-2.1, 0.1) |
Davidson County | Yes | 13.7 (11.6, 16.1) | 47 (13, 81) | 31 |
falling ![]() |
-1.5 (-2.2, -0.8) |
Johnston County | Yes | 13.8 (11.6, 16.2) | 46 (14, 80) | 30 |
falling ![]() |
-1.7 (-2.6, -0.8) |
Iredell County | Yes | 13.8 (11.6, 16.4) | 45 (13, 79) | 29 |
falling ![]() |
-2.1 (-2.8, -1.4) |
McDowell County | Yes | 13.8 (10.1, 18.7) | 44 (5, 90) | 10 |
stable ![]() |
-0.7 (-2.0, 0.5) |
Lenoir County | Yes | 13.8 (10.3, 18.4) | 43 (5, 90) | 11 |
falling ![]() |
-1.9 (-3.0, -0.8) |
Madison County | Yes | 13.9 (8.3, 22.1) | 42 (2, 91) | 4 |
stable ![]() |
-0.8 (-2.6, 1.0) |
Gaston County | Yes | 14.0 (12.1, 16.2) | 41 (13, 74) | 38 |
falling ![]() |
-1.7 (-2.3, -1.1) |
Northampton County | Yes | 14.1 (8.7, 22.3) | 40 (2, 91) | 5 |
falling ![]() |
-2.7 (-4.0, -1.3) |
Stanly County | Yes | 14.1 (10.7, 18.3) | 39 (6, 88) | 12 |
stable ![]() |
0.0 (-2.2, 2.4) |
Duplin County | Yes | 14.1 (10.6, 18.6) | 38 (5, 90) | 11 |
stable ![]() |
4.2 (-2.6, 11.3) |
Wilkes County | Yes | 14.3 (11.1, 18.2) | 37 (6, 86) | 15 |
falling ![]() |
-1.3 (-2.5, -0.1) |
Alexander County | Yes | 14.3 (10.1, 19.9) | 36 (3, 90) | 8 |
stable ![]() |
-1.3 (-2.9, 0.2) |
Chowan County | Yes | 14.5 (8.5, 24.2) | 35 (2, 91) | 4 |
falling ![]() |
-3.1 (-4.8, -1.3) |
Sampson County | Yes | 14.6 (11.1, 18.9) | 34 (5, 87) | 12 |
falling ![]() |
-2.0 (-2.9, -1.1) |
Montgomery County | Yes | 14.7 (9.7, 21.6) | 33 (2, 91) | 6 |
falling ![]() |
-2.4 (-4.0, -0.8) |
Rockingham County | Yes | 14.7 (11.9, 18.0) | 32 (7, 80) | 20 |
falling ![]() |
-1.6 (-2.4, -0.8) |
Caldwell County | Yes | 14.7 (11.7, 18.4) | 31 (6, 85) | 17 |
falling ![]() |
-1.5 (-2.4, -0.7) |
Vance County | Yes | 14.8 (10.7, 20.0) | 30 (3, 90) | 9 |
falling ![]() |
-1.8 (-3.1, -0.4) |
Rutherford County | Yes | 14.8 (11.5, 18.9) | 29 (5, 85) | 15 |
stable ![]() |
-1.2 (-2.4, 0.0) |
Harnett County | Yes | 14.9 (12.0, 18.3) | 28 (6, 80) | 19 |
falling ![]() |
-2.6 (-3.3, -1.9) |
Clay County | Yes | 15.3 (8.4, 27.5) | 27 (1, 91) | 3 |
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Columbus County | Yes | 15.4 (11.7, 20.1) | 26 (3, 86) | 12 |
falling ![]() |
-1.5 (-2.7, -0.3) |
Hertford County | Yes | 15.5 (9.8, 23.5) | 25 (1, 91) | 5 |
falling ![]() |
-2.0 (-3.5, -0.5) |
Macon County | Yes | 15.6 (11.1, 21.7) | 24 (2, 89) | 10 |
stable ![]() |
-0.5 (-2.1, 1.1) |
Perquimans County | Yes | 15.6 (9.6, 25.6) | 23 (1, 91) | 4 |
stable ![]() |
-1.1 (-3.0, 0.8) |
Edgecombe County | Yes | 15.8 (11.9, 20.8) | 22 (3, 85) | 11 |
falling ![]() |
-1.9 (-2.9, -1.0) |
Beaufort County | Yes | 15.9 (11.6, 21.4) | 21 (2, 86) | 11 |
falling ![]() |
-1.5 (-2.8, -0.2) |
Bertie County | Yes | 15.9 (10.0, 24.7) | 20 (1, 91) | 5 |
falling ![]() |
-5.3 (-7.0, -3.5) |
Jackson County | Yes | 16.0 (11.5, 21.9) | 19 (2, 87) | 9 |
stable ![]() |
-0.7 (-2.0, 0.8) |
Carteret County | Yes | 16.2 (13.0, 20.2) | 18 (3, 72) | 19 |
falling ![]() |
-1.4 (-2.5, -0.4) |
Wayne County | Yes | 16.4 (13.6, 19.6) | 17 (4, 67) | 25 |
falling ![]() |
-2.0 (-2.8, -1.3) |
Bladen County | Yes | 16.4 (11.7, 22.8) | 16 (2, 87) | 8 |
falling ![]() |
-2.4 (-3.6, -1.1) |
Richmond County | Yes | 16.7 (12.3, 22.2) | 15 (2, 86) | 10 |
falling ![]() |
-2.4 (-3.6, -1.2) |
Granville County | Yes | 16.7 (12.8, 21.5) | 14 (2, 79) | 13 |
falling ![]() |
-1.4 (-2.6, -0.2) |
Yancey County | Yes | 16.8 (10.8, 25.6) | 13 (1, 91) | 5 |
stable ![]() |
-0.7 (-2.4, 1.0) |
Onslow County | Yes | 16.8 (13.9, 20.1) | 12 (3, 60) | 25 |
falling ![]() |
-2.3 (-3.5, -1.1) |
Robeson County | Yes | 17.6 (14.6, 21.0) | 11 (3, 55) | 26 |
falling ![]() |
-1.1 (-1.9, -0.3) |
Cherokee County | Yes | 17.6 (12.7, 24.4) | 10 (1, 84) | 9 |
stable ![]() |
-1.3 (-2.7, 0.2) |
Mitchell County | Yes | 17.8 (10.5, 29.0) | 9 (1, 91) | 4 |
stable ![]() |
-1.2 (-2.7, 0.4) |
Person County | Yes | 18.6 (13.7, 24.9) | 8 (1, 76) | 10 |
falling ![]() |
-1.7 (-3.2, -0.1) |
Pasquotank County | Yes | 19.4 (14.2, 26.0) | 7 (1, 75) | 10 |
falling ![]() |
-1.5 (-2.7, -0.4) |
Halifax County | Yes | 19.8 (15.4, 25.1) | 6 (1, 52) | 15 |
stable ![]() |
-0.9 (-1.8, 0.0) |
Scotland County | Yes | 20.0 (14.5, 27.1) | 5 (1, 71) | 9 |
stable ![]() |
-1.6 (-3.2, 0.0) |
Caswell County | Yes | 21.5 (15.0, 30.4) | 4 (1, 75) | 8 |
stable ![]() |
-0.7 (-2.3, 0.9) |
Anson County | Yes | 22.3 (15.6, 31.2) | 3 (1, 67) | 8 |
stable ![]() |
3.7 (-0.6, 8.2) |
Swain County | Yes | 24.9 (15.6, 38.1) | 2 (1, 80) | 5 |
stable ![]() |
0.5 (-1.5, 2.5) |
Washington County | Yes | 28.3 (16.8, 45.1) | 1 (1, 81) | 5 |
stable ![]() |
-1.3 (-3.2, 0.6) |
Alleghany County | *** |
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Avery 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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Pamlico County | *** |
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Tyrrell County | *** |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 09/27/2023 12:42 am.
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.
* 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 09/27/2023 12:42 am.
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.
* 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.