Death Rates Table
County
|
Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? |
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)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | No | 40.0 (39.5, 40.5) | N/A | 5,234 |
falling 
|
-4.8 (-5.7, -3.9) |
| United States | No | 35.0 (34.9, 35.0) | N/A | 142,497 |
falling
|
-4.8 (-5.1, -4.6) |
| Chatham County | No | 25.6 (21.8, 30.1) | 99 (86, 99) | 33 |
falling
|
-7.5 (-11.6, -3.1) |
| Watauga County | No | 27.1 (21.6, 33.8) | 98 (73, 99) | 18 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.1, -0.9) |
| Wake County | No | 28.0 (26.5, 29.5) | 97 (88, 99) | 281 |
falling
|
-4.6 (-5.5, -3.8) |
| Polk County | No | 28.3 (21.2, 38.0) | 96 (53, 99) | 13 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.0, -1.0) |
| Mecklenburg County | No | 28.9 (27.4, 30.5) | 95 (86, 99) | 285 |
falling
|
-5.5 (-6.5, -4.6) |
| Orange County | No | 29.6 (25.7, 33.9) | 94 (76, 99) | 45 |
falling
|
-3.7 (-4.8, -2.6) |
| Avery County | No | 29.8 (21.3, 41.2) | 93 (31, 99) | 8 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-3.7, -1.3) |
| Durham County | No | 30.6 (27.9, 33.6) | 92 (78, 99) | 98 |
falling
|
-5.0 (-5.9, -4.0) |
| Transylvania County | No | 30.8 (25.3, 37.7) | 91 (60, 99) | 23 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-2.9, -1.2) |
| Clay County | No | 31.5 (22.3, 45.3) | 90 (19, 99) | 8 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-3.1, -0.3) |
| Moore County | No | 32.4 (28.7, 36.6) | 89 (67, 98) | 57 |
falling
|
-4.6 (-6.6, -2.5) |
| Pitt County | No | 32.7 (29.0, 36.6) | 88 (65, 98) | 61 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-3.1, -1.9) |
| Henderson County | No | 33.0 (29.6, 36.8) | 87 (66, 97) | 72 |
falling
|
-7.9 (-12.5, -3.0) |
| Anson County | No | 33.0 (25.0, 43.2) | 86 (23, 99) | 12 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.2, -0.1) |
| Camden County | No | 33.5 (21.1, 51.3) | 85 (4, 99) | 5 |
stable 
|
-21.3 (-43.4, 9.5) |
| Union County | No | 34.7 (31.4, 38.3) | 84 (58, 94) | 84 |
falling
|
-3.7 (-5.1, -2.3) |
| Perquimans County | No | 35.3 (26.1, 48.1) | 83 (11, 99) | 10 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-3.6, -1.0) |
| Cabarrus County | No | 35.6 (32.1, 39.3) | 82 (55, 92) | 80 |
falling
|
-5.9 (-7.9, -3.9) |
| Greene County | No | 36.1 (26.5, 48.4) | 81 (8, 99) | 10 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-2.6, 0.0) |
| Washington County | No | 36.4 (25.5, 51.5) | 80 (5, 99) | 8 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-3.5, -0.3) |
| New Hanover County | No | 36.5 (33.5, 39.7) | 79 (56, 90) | 112 |
falling
|
-11.9 (-20.6, -2.4) |
| Guilford County | No | 36.6 (34.5, 38.8) | 78 (58, 87) | 230 |
falling
|
-6.9 (-11.5, -2.0) |
| Alleghany County | No | 37.0 (26.2, 52.4) | 77 (4, 99) | 8 |
stable
|
-1.4 (-2.7, 0.0) |
| Buncombe County | No | 37.0 (34.3, 39.9) | 76 (54, 88) | 142 |
falling
|
-10.5 (-18.2, -2.1) |
| Hertford County | No | 38.2 (29.5, 49.0) | 75 (8, 99) | 14 |
falling
|
-2.8 (-3.9, -1.8) |
| Warren County | No | 38.3 (29.7, 49.4) | 74 (9, 98) | 14 |
falling
|
-9.3 (-13.6, -4.7) |
| Yancey County | No | 38.5 (29.5, 50.1) | 73 (6, 98) | 13 |
stable
|
0.4 (-1.3, 2.0) |
| Montgomery County | No | 38.6 (30.6, 48.5) | 72 (9, 98) | 17 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.7, -1.1) |
| Northampton County | No | 38.8 (29.7, 50.4) | 71 (5, 99) | 14 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.6, -0.6) |
| Person County | No | 39.1 (32.3, 47.1) | 70 (14, 95) | 24 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.5, -0.4) |
| Macon County | No | 39.3 (33.0, 46.9) | 69 (16, 94) | 28 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.8, 0.1) |
| Brunswick County | No | 39.6 (36.0, 43.5) | 68 (36, 85) | 110 |
falling
|
-11.1 (-19.8, -1.4) |
| Forsyth County | No | 40.2 (37.6, 42.9) | 67 (42, 79) | 187 |
falling
|
-3.2 (-4.1, -2.2) |
| Duplin County | No | 40.2 (34.3, 47.0) | 66 (16, 92) | 34 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.6, -1.2) |
| Catawba County | No | 40.4 (36.6, 44.5) | 65 (31, 84) | 88 |
falling
|
-4.0 (-5.7, -2.2) |
| Martin County | No | 40.7 (31.8, 51.7) | 64 (4, 97) | 16 |
falling
|
-2.6 (-3.5, -1.6) |
| Jackson County | No | 40.8 (33.7, 49.1) | 63 (10, 93) | 25 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.1, -0.2) |
| Wilson County | No | 40.8 (35.7, 46.6) | 62 (17, 87) | 46 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.2, -1.1) |
| Alexander County | No | 41.0 (33.7, 49.5) | 61 (9, 92) | 23 |
falling
|
-4.7 (-7.0, -2.4) |
| Iredell County | No | 41.1 (37.3, 45.1) | 60 (26, 82) | 91 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.3, -1.4) |
| Haywood County | No | 41.2 (35.9, 47.2) | 59 (14, 87) | 46 |
falling
|
-3.1 (-4.4, -1.7) |
| Hoke County | No | 41.6 (33.2, 51.3) | 58 (6, 97) | 19 |
falling
|
-8.6 (-14.0, -2.8) |
| Mitchell County | No | 42.0 (31.9, 55.3) | 57 (2, 97) | 12 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-1.9, 0.1) |
| Pamlico County | No | 42.1 (30.9, 57.4) | 56 (1, 98) | 11 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-3.4, -1.1) |
| Stanly County | No | 42.2 (36.3, 48.9) | 55 (9, 87) | 38 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.8, -0.3) |
| Ashe County | No | 42.3 (34.6, 51.7) | 54 (5, 91) | 22 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-2.0, -0.2) |
| Dare County | No | 42.5 (35.1, 51.3) | 53 (5, 94) | 25 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-3.8, -1.6) |
| Gates County | No | 42.5 (29.9, 59.7) | 52 (1, 99) | 8 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-2.9, 0.4) |
| Lee County | No | 42.9 (36.6, 50.0) | 51 (7, 88) | 34 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.4, -1.0) |
| Chowan County | No | 43.6 (32.4, 58.3) | 50 (1, 98) | 11 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.4, -0.1) |
| Cleveland County | No | 43.6 (38.7, 49.1) | 49 (9, 79) | 59 |
falling
|
-4.3 (-6.5, -2.1) |
| Cherokee County | No | 44.0 (36.4, 53.2) | 48 (5, 88) | 26 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-3.0, -0.8) |
| Pender County | No | 44.1 (37.9, 51.1) | 47 (7, 82) | 38 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.0, -0.5) |
| Lincoln County | No | 44.4 (39.0, 50.3) | 46 (9, 80) | 51 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.9, -0.4) |
| Currituck County | No | 44.4 (35.1, 55.7) | 45 (1, 94) | 17 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-3.3, -1.0) |
| Granville County | No | 44.6 (38.2, 51.9) | 44 (5, 84) | 36 |
falling
|
-3.9 (-6.0, -1.8) |
| Beaufort County | No | 44.7 (38.4, 52.0) | 43 (5, 83) | 38 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-3.6, -1.9) |
| Burke County | No | 44.8 (39.9, 50.1) | 42 (9, 77) | 64 |
falling
|
-5.6 (-8.3, -2.9) |
| Madison County | No | 44.9 (35.2, 56.9) | 41 (2, 94) | 15 |
falling
|
-13.1 (-23.5, -1.3) |
| Edgecombe County | No | 44.9 (38.4, 52.3) | 40 (6, 81) | 36 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.2, -1.0) |
| Rutherford County | No | 45.2 (39.5, 51.6) | 39 (7, 79) | 48 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.9, -0.2) |
| Pasquotank County | No | 45.6 (37.8, 54.8) | 38 (2, 86) | 25 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.0, -0.4) |
| Cumberland County | No | 45.8 (42.5, 49.3) | 37 (13, 63) | 147 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-2.7, -2.0) |
| Bertie County | No | 46.0 (35.8, 58.8) | 36 (1, 92) | 15 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-3.1, -1.2) |
| Bladen County | No | 46.4 (38.4, 55.8) | 35 (2, 86) | 25 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.0, -0.4) |
| Rowan County | No | 46.8 (42.5, 51.5) | 34 (7, 69) | 90 |
falling
|
-5.9 (-9.4, -2.2) |
| Franklin County | No | 46.9 (40.7, 53.9) | 33 (3, 76) | 42 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.2, -0.7) |
| Wilkes County | No | 47.0 (41.3, 53.3) | 32 (4, 74) | 51 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.2, 0.3) |
| Alamance County | No | 47.1 (43.0, 51.4) | 31 (8, 64) | 103 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.7) |
| Columbus County | No | 47.2 (40.8, 54.5) | 30 (3, 75) | 40 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.3, -0.9) |
| Stokes County | No | 47.6 (40.8, 55.5) | 29 (3, 75) | 35 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.6, -0.8) |
| Nash County | No | 47.6 (42.4, 53.4) | 28 (5, 70) | 63 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.5, -0.5) |
| Lenoir County | No | 47.8 (41.3, 55.0) | 27 (3, 74) | 41 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.8, -0.5) |
| Craven County | No | 47.8 (42.7, 53.3) | 26 (5, 66) | 69 |
falling
|
-3.2 (-4.9, -1.4) |
| Davie County | No | 48.2 (41.0, 56.5) | 25 (2, 77) | 33 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.1, 1.2) |
| Caldwell County | No | 48.2 (42.8, 54.2) | 24 (3, 66) | 60 |
falling
|
-5.5 (-8.7, -2.2) |
| Carteret County | No | 48.4 (43.0, 54.5) | 23 (3, 67) | 61 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.4, -1.0) |
| Halifax County | No | 48.5 (41.7, 56.2) | 22 (2, 73) | 38 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.8, -0.4) |
| Johnston County | No | 48.6 (44.4, 53.1) | 21 (5, 58) | 105 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.5, -1.3) |
| Wayne County | No | 48.8 (43.9, 54.1) | 20 (4, 62) | 77 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.9, -0.8) |
| Vance County | No | 49.0 (41.5, 57.7) | 19 (1, 75) | 31 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.3, -0.8) |
| Jones County | No | 49.0 (34.2, 69.5) | 18 (1, 98) | 8 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.7, 0.9) |
| Graham County | No | 49.4 (35.1, 69.5) | 17 (1, 98) | 8 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-2.8, 0.2) |
| Rockingham County | No | 49.5 (44.4, 55.2) | 16 (3, 60) | 71 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.7, -1.2) |
| Yadkin County | No | 49.6 (41.8, 58.8) | 15 (1, 74) | 29 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.5, 0.4) |
| Harnett County | No | 49.7 (44.5, 55.4) | 14 (3, 60) | 68 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.8, -0.7) |
| Caswell County | No | 50.6 (40.7, 62.6) | 13 (1, 82) | 19 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.1, 0.0) |
| Gaston County | No | 50.9 (47.1, 54.8) | 12 (3, 43) | 144 |
falling
|
-2.6 (-3.7, -1.6) |
| Swain County | No | 51.4 (38.2, 68.2) | 11 (1, 89) | 11 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.7, 0.9) |
| Hyde County | No | 51.5 (31.3, 82.7) | 10 (1, 99) | 4 |
|
|
| McDowell County | No | 52.2 (44.8, 60.8) | 9 (1, 64) | 36 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.1, 0.1) |
| Davidson County | No | 52.4 (48.3, 56.8) | 8 (2, 40) | 124 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.9, 0.2) |
| Richmond County | No | 52.7 (44.9, 61.7) | 7 (1, 64) | 33 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-3.7, -0.7) |
| Scotland County | No | 53.9 (45.0, 64.3) | 6 (1, 71) | 27 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.3, 0.6) |
| Robeson County | No | 54.5 (49.4, 60.0) | 5 (1, 36) | 87 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.4, -0.2) |
| Sampson County | No | 56.5 (49.6, 64.2) | 4 (1, 42) | 49 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.0, 0.1) |
| Randolph County | No | 56.9 (52.2, 61.9) | 3 (1, 22) | 112 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.6, 0.3) |
| Surry County | No | 59.8 (53.5, 66.8) | 2 (1, 22) | 66 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.7, 0.6) |
| Onslow County | No | 61.0 (55.4, 67.1) | 1 (1, 13) | 88 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.5, -0.7) |
| Tyrrell County | *** |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 09/24/2023 7:43 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.
* 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 09/24/2023 7:43 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.
* 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.