Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for North Carolina by County
Lung & Bronchus, 2018-2022
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by Count
County
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
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Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? |
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 | 37.7 (37.2, 38.1) | N/A | 5,062 |
falling 
|
-4.2 (-5.1, -3.6) |
| United States | N/A | No | 32.4 (32.3, 32.5) | N/A | 136,831 |
falling
|
-4.3 (-4.4, -4.1) |
| Hyde County | Rural | No | 43.0 (24.8, 73.3) | 41 (1, 100) | 3 |
|
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| Tyrrell County | Rural | No | 57.4 (33.9, 96.3) | 2 (1, 100) | 4 |
stable 
|
-0.2 (-2.2, 1.9) |
| Camden County | Urban | No | 35.5 (22.2, 54.3) | 80 (2, 100) | 5 |
falling
|
-2.8 (-4.8, -0.7) |
| Jones County | Rural | No | 42.3 (28.7, 61.7) | 50 (1, 100) | 7 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.5, 0.9) |
| Gates County | Urban | No | 44.9 (31.3, 63.7) | 30 (1, 99) | 7 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.6, 0.8) |
| Washington County | Rural | No | 35.6 (24.8, 50.9) | 79 (3, 100) | 7 |
stable
|
-1.6 (-3.7, 0.3) |
| Avery County | Rural | No | 27.2 (19.3, 38.2) | 94 (45, 100) | 8 |
falling
|
-6.7 (-20.3, -3.5) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 30.3 (21.4, 43.9) | 92 (27, 100) | 8 |
falling
|
-5.8 (-25.7, -2.2) |
| Graham County | Rural | No | 56.9 (40.5, 79.5) | 3 (1, 90) | 8 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.4, 0.7) |
| Alleghany County | Rural | No | 37.9 (27.2, 53.1) | 68 (2, 100) | 9 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.4, -0.1) |
| Chowan County | Rural | No | 34.2 (25.0, 47.0) | 83 (13, 100) | 9 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.7, -0.2) |
| Pamlico County | Rural | No | 36.6 (26.2, 51.4) | 74 (4, 100) | 9 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-3.5, -1.0) |
| Perquimans County | Rural | No | 37.5 (27.9, 50.9) | 70 (5, 99) | 10 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-3.5, -0.8) |
| Greene County | Rural | No | 40.1 (29.8, 53.2) | 61 (2, 99) | 10 |
falling
|
-4.5 (-17.4, -1.6) |
| Swain County | Rural | No | 53.1 (39.7, 70.2) | 8 (1, 86) | 11 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.7, 1.2) |
| Mitchell County | Rural | No | 41.2 (31.1, 54.5) | 56 (2, 98) | 12 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.1, 0.3) |
| Bertie County | Rural | No | 40.9 (30.9, 53.9) | 57 (2, 98) | 12 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.0, -0.9) |
| Warren County | Rural | No | 35.8 (27.5, 46.6) | 78 (13, 100) | 13 |
falling
|
-7.9 (-13.2, -4.2) |
| Anson County | Urban | No | 40.3 (30.9, 52.0) | 60 (3, 98) | 13 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.0, 0.4) |
| Polk County | Rural | No | 29.6 (22.3, 39.5) | 93 (32, 100) | 13 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.2, -0.9) |
| Montgomery County | Rural | No | 34.3 (26.6, 43.9) | 82 (18, 100) | 14 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.9, -1.2) |
| Madison County | Urban | No | 42.6 (33.1, 54.4) | 45 (2, 94) | 15 |
falling
|
-3.6 (-15.5, -1.0) |
| Northampton County | Rural | No | 44.6 (34.1, 58.0) | 31 (1, 93) | 15 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.3, -0.2) |
| Yancey County | Rural | No | 44.0 (34.5, 56.0) | 35 (1, 91) | 15 |
stable
|
-1.6 (-13.6, 0.4) |
| Hertford County | Rural | No | 46.9 (36.9, 59.2) | 25 (1, 87) | 16 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-3.5, -1.1) |
| Currituck County | Urban | No | 42.0 (32.9, 53.1) | 53 (3, 95) | 16 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-3.4, -1.1) |
| Watauga County | Rural | No | 27.0 (21.4, 33.8) | 95 (67, 100) | 17 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.9, -0.8) |
| Martin County | Rural | No | 44.1 (35.1, 55.3) | 34 (2, 92) | 17 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-3.2, -1.1) |
| Caswell County | Rural | No | 48.2 (38.7, 59.9) | 19 (1, 84) | 19 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-1.9, 0.1) |
| Hoke County | Urban | No | 43.0 (34.5, 52.9) | 40 (3, 92) | 19 |
falling
|
-4.9 (-16.5, -2.1) |
| Ashe County | Rural | No | 35.8 (29.0, 44.4) | 77 (17, 98) | 20 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.4, -0.3) |
| Jackson County | Rural | No | 33.8 (27.5, 41.3) | 84 (32, 99) | 21 |
falling
|
-20.5 (-33.9, -2.8) |
| Dare County | Rural | No | 36.6 (29.8, 44.9) | 73 (16, 97) | 22 |
falling
|
-2.6 (-3.6, -1.6) |
| Transylvania County | Rural | No | 30.7 (25.1, 37.6) | 90 (50, 100) | 23 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.9, -1.0) |
| Bladen County | Rural | No | 45.1 (37.1, 54.6) | 29 (2, 85) | 24 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-2.0, -0.1) |
| Pasquotank County | Rural | No | 42.5 (35.0, 51.2) | 47 (4, 91) | 24 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.1, -0.3) |
| Alexander County | Urban | No | 43.1 (35.7, 51.8) | 39 (4, 89) | 24 |
falling
|
-3.4 (-10.8, -1.5) |
| Cherokee County | Rural | No | 39.3 (32.5, 47.7) | 65 (10, 93) | 25 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.2, -0.8) |
| Macon County | Rural | No | 34.6 (28.7, 41.6) | 81 (32, 98) | 26 |
falling
|
-5.0 (-14.5, -2.0) |
| Scotland County | Rural | No | 56.2 (46.7, 67.1) | 4 (1, 55) | 26 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.2, 0.9) |
| Person County | Urban | No | 42.6 (35.5, 51.0) | 43 (6, 89) | 27 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.7, -0.3) |
| Vance County | Rural | No | 47.8 (40.1, 56.7) | 22 (1, 74) | 29 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.2, -0.7) |
| Yadkin County | Urban | No | 49.6 (41.8, 58.7) | 15 (1, 70) | 29 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.4, 0.4) |
| Duplin County | Rural | No | 42.4 (35.9, 50.0) | 49 (5, 85) | 31 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.3, -0.7) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 37.3 (31.5, 43.8) | 72 (19, 94) | 31 |
falling
|
-4.0 (-13.6, -2.0) |
| Chatham County | Urban | Yes | 22.2 (18.9, 26.2) | 100 (91, 100) | 32 |
falling
|
-6.6 (-15.8, -3.4) |
| Granville County | Rural | No | 39.7 (33.7, 46.5) | 64 (14, 90) | 33 |
falling
|
-3.9 (-8.2, -2.2) |
| Stokes County | Urban | No | 43.5 (37.0, 51.1) | 38 (7, 84) | 33 |
falling
|
-3.0 (-13.6, -1.7) |
| Beaufort County | Rural | No | 42.0 (35.7, 49.3) | 54 (8, 86) | 33 |
falling
|
-2.6 (-4.2, -2.0) |
| Davie County | Urban | No | 49.0 (41.7, 57.4) | 17 (1, 72) | 33 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.9, 1.1) |
| Richmond County | Rural | No | 59.4 (50.8, 69.1) | 1 (1, 33) | 36 |
stable
|
4.0 (-1.7, 14.1) |
| Edgecombe County | Urban | No | 47.8 (40.9, 55.7) | 21 (1, 72) | 36 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.1, -0.9) |
| McDowell County | Rural | No | 51.1 (43.8, 59.4) | 10 (1, 58) | 36 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.2, 0.0) |
| Pender County | Urban | No | 42.1 (36.1, 49.0) | 51 (10, 84) | 37 |
falling
|
-6.5 (-14.8, -1.5) |
| Franklin County | Urban | No | 40.5 (34.8, 47.1) | 58 (12, 89) | 37 |
falling
|
-10.4 (-20.6, -2.5) |
| Columbus County | Rural | No | 48.4 (41.6, 56.1) | 18 (1, 69) | 38 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.2, -0.7) |
| Lenoir County | Rural | No | 44.2 (38.0, 51.3) | 33 (5, 80) | 38 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.9, -0.6) |
| Halifax County | Rural | No | 50.0 (43.0, 58.0) | 12 (1, 65) | 39 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.7, -0.4) |
| Orange County | Urban | Yes | 24.3 (21.0, 28.1) | 99 (88, 100) | 39 |
falling
|
-4.1 (-6.8, -3.1) |
| Stanly County | Rural | No | 44.4 (38.3, 51.2) | 32 (5, 82) | 40 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.6, -0.2) |
| Rutherford County | Rural | No | 42.8 (37.2, 49.0) | 42 (8, 81) | 45 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-2.0, -0.1) |
| Sampson County | Rural | No | 55.2 (48.1, 63.2) | 6 (1, 44) | 45 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.9, 0.3) |
| Haywood County | Rural | No | 39.9 (34.8, 45.7) | 63 (19, 87) | 46 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-7.8, -1.5) |
| Wilson County | Rural | No | 42.6 (37.3, 48.6) | 44 (10, 80) | 47 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.1, -0.9) |
| Wilkes County | Rural | No | 43.8 (38.4, 50.0) | 36 (8, 78) | 48 |
falling
|
-4.8 (-14.3, -1.3) |
| Lincoln County | Urban | No | 39.9 (35.0, 45.4) | 62 (19, 86) | 50 |
falling
|
-3.0 (-12.7, -1.4) |
| Carteret County | Rural | No | 42.5 (37.4, 48.4) | 46 (12, 82) | 54 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.5, -1.0) |
| Moore County | Urban | No | 31.4 (27.6, 35.6) | 89 (64, 98) | 54 |
falling
|
-3.7 (-7.2, -2.4) |
| Nash County | Urban | No | 40.4 (35.7, 45.7) | 59 (19, 84) | 55 |
falling
|
-11.2 (-17.9, -4.6) |
| Burke County | Urban | No | 41.6 (37.0, 46.8) | 55 (15, 81) | 60 |
falling
|
-4.9 (-8.6, -3.0) |
| Cleveland County | Rural | No | 42.4 (37.7, 47.7) | 48 (14, 79) | 60 |
falling
|
-3.8 (-6.9, -2.2) |
| Surry County | Rural | No | 54.4 (48.4, 61.1) | 7 (1, 35) | 61 |
falling
|
-9.4 (-17.8, -0.4) |
| Caldwell County | Urban | No | 49.3 (43.8, 55.3) | 16 (2, 57) | 61 |
stable
|
2.2 (-5.2, 10.3) |
| Pitt County | Urban | No | 35.9 (32.1, 40.1) | 75 (43, 92) | 67 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-2.8, -1.6) |
| Harnett County | Rural | No | 46.7 (41.8, 52.1) | 27 (4, 68) | 67 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.8, -0.8) |
| Craven County | Rural | No | 47.0 (42.0, 52.4) | 24 (4, 64) | 69 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-9.2, -1.0) |
| Henderson County | Urban | No | 32.1 (28.8, 35.8) | 87 (64, 96) | 71 |
falling
|
-3.4 (-8.4, -2.1) |
| Rockingham County | Urban | No | 49.7 (44.6, 55.3) | 14 (2, 51) | 72 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-4.4, -1.3) |
| Wayne County | Urban | No | 48.1 (43.2, 53.4) | 20 (3, 60) | 73 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.7) |
| Robeson County | Rural | No | 52.7 (47.4, 58.4) | 9 (1, 40) | 76 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-5.1, -0.3) |
| Cabarrus County | Urban | No | 33.1 (29.9, 36.6) | 85 (62, 94) | 79 |
falling
|
-4.0 (-5.0, -3.1) |
| Union County | Urban | No | 32.0 (28.9, 35.4) | 88 (68, 95) | 80 |
falling
|
-4.0 (-7.2, -2.7) |
| Rowan County | Urban | No | 42.0 (38.0, 46.4) | 52 (19, 79) | 84 |
falling
|
-6.0 (-10.3, -3.7) |
| Catawba County | Urban | No | 37.9 (34.3, 41.8) | 67 (37, 87) | 85 |
falling
|
-3.8 (-6.7, -2.6) |
| Onslow County | Urban | No | 55.8 (50.6, 61.4) | 5 (1, 26) | 87 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.6) |
| Iredell County | Urban | No | 37.3 (33.9, 41.0) | 71 (39, 87) | 90 |
falling
|
-4.5 (-8.4, -3.0) |
| Durham County | Urban | No | 26.7 (24.3, 29.4) | 96 (87, 100) | 91 |
falling
|
-5.5 (-7.0, -4.5) |
| New Hanover County | Urban | No | 32.4 (29.6, 35.4) | 86 (67, 94) | 102 |
falling
|
-8.1 (-17.2, -3.0) |
| Alamance County | Urban | No | 45.6 (41.7, 49.8) | 28 (9, 63) | 103 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-5.7, -1.3) |
| Randolph County | Urban | No | 50.8 (46.4, 55.5) | 11 (2, 42) | 103 |
falling
|
-9.4 (-17.1, -1.1) |
| Johnston County | Urban | No | 46.9 (42.9, 51.1) | 26 (7, 58) | 109 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.6, -1.3) |
| Brunswick County | Urban | No | 37.8 (34.5, 41.5) | 69 (39, 85) | 113 |
falling
|
-4.4 (-9.6, -2.3) |
| Davidson County | Urban | No | 49.8 (45.8, 54.0) | 13 (3, 44) | 121 |
falling
|
-5.2 (-12.8, -1.2) |
| Buncombe County | Urban | No | 30.4 (28.0, 33.0) | 91 (76, 96) | 124 |
falling
|
-8.4 (-14.5, -4.9) |
| Gaston County | Urban | No | 47.7 (44.2, 51.4) | 23 (7, 51) | 142 |
falling
|
-4.6 (-9.8, -1.8) |
| Cumberland County | Urban | No | 43.7 (40.5, 47.0) | 37 (17, 65) | 144 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-5.6, -2.0) |
| Forsyth County | Urban | No | 38.0 (35.6, 40.6) | 66 (45, 82) | 181 |
falling
|
-3.2 (-4.5, -2.4) |
| Guilford County | Urban | No | 35.9 (33.8, 38.0) | 76 (56, 86) | 231 |
falling
|
-3.5 (-8.1, -2.1) |
| Mecklenburg County | Urban | No | 26.5 (25.1, 28.0) | 97 (89, 99) | 272 |
falling
|
-5.3 (-6.3, -4.5) |
| Wake County | Urban | No | 25.8 (24.4, 27.3) | 98 (90, 100) | 276 |
falling
|
-4.5 (-5.3, -3.9) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/14/2025 8:09 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.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
* 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.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/14/2025 8:09 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.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
* 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.