Death Rates Table
County
|
2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
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 | 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) |
| Richmond County | Rural | No | 59.4 (50.8, 69.1) | 1 (1, 33) | 36 |
stable 
|
4.0 (-1.7, 14.1) |
| Tyrrell County | Rural | No | 57.4 (33.9, 96.3) | 2 (1, 100) | 4 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-2.2, 1.9) |
| Graham County | Rural | No | 56.9 (40.5, 79.5) | 3 (1, 90) | 8 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.4, 0.7) |
| Scotland County | Rural | No | 56.2 (46.7, 67.1) | 4 (1, 55) | 26 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.2, 0.9) |
| Onslow County | Urban | No | 55.8 (50.6, 61.4) | 5 (1, 26) | 87 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.6) |
| Sampson County | Rural | No | 55.2 (48.1, 63.2) | 6 (1, 44) | 45 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.9, 0.3) |
| Surry County | Rural | No | 54.4 (48.4, 61.1) | 7 (1, 35) | 61 |
falling
|
-9.4 (-17.8, -0.4) |
| Swain County | Rural | No | 53.1 (39.7, 70.2) | 8 (1, 86) | 11 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.7, 1.2) |
| Robeson County | Rural | No | 52.7 (47.4, 58.4) | 9 (1, 40) | 76 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-5.1, -0.3) |
| McDowell County | Rural | No | 51.1 (43.8, 59.4) | 10 (1, 58) | 36 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.2, 0.0) |
| Randolph County | Urban | No | 50.8 (46.4, 55.5) | 11 (2, 42) | 103 |
falling
|
-9.4 (-17.1, -1.1) |
| Halifax County | Rural | No | 50.0 (43.0, 58.0) | 12 (1, 65) | 39 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.7, -0.4) |
| Davidson County | Urban | No | 49.8 (45.8, 54.0) | 13 (3, 44) | 121 |
falling
|
-5.2 (-12.8, -1.2) |
| Rockingham County | Urban | No | 49.7 (44.6, 55.3) | 14 (2, 51) | 72 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-4.4, -1.3) |
| Yadkin County | Urban | No | 49.6 (41.8, 58.7) | 15 (1, 70) | 29 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.4, 0.4) |
| Caldwell County | Urban | No | 49.3 (43.8, 55.3) | 16 (2, 57) | 61 |
stable
|
2.2 (-5.2, 10.3) |
| Davie County | Urban | No | 49.0 (41.7, 57.4) | 17 (1, 72) | 33 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.9, 1.1) |
| Columbus County | Rural | No | 48.4 (41.6, 56.1) | 18 (1, 69) | 38 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.2, -0.7) |
| Caswell County | Rural | No | 48.2 (38.7, 59.9) | 19 (1, 84) | 19 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-1.9, 0.1) |
| Wayne County | Urban | No | 48.1 (43.2, 53.4) | 20 (3, 60) | 73 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.7) |
| Edgecombe County | Urban | No | 47.8 (40.9, 55.7) | 21 (1, 72) | 36 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.1, -0.9) |
| Vance County | Rural | No | 47.8 (40.1, 56.7) | 22 (1, 74) | 29 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.2, -0.7) |
| Gaston County | Urban | No | 47.7 (44.2, 51.4) | 23 (7, 51) | 142 |
falling
|
-4.6 (-9.8, -1.8) |
| Craven County | Rural | No | 47.0 (42.0, 52.4) | 24 (4, 64) | 69 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-9.2, -1.0) |
| Hertford County | Rural | No | 46.9 (36.9, 59.2) | 25 (1, 87) | 16 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-3.5, -1.1) |
| Johnston County | Urban | No | 46.9 (42.9, 51.1) | 26 (7, 58) | 109 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.6, -1.3) |
| Harnett County | Rural | No | 46.7 (41.8, 52.1) | 27 (4, 68) | 67 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.8, -0.8) |
| Alamance County | Urban | No | 45.6 (41.7, 49.8) | 28 (9, 63) | 103 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-5.7, -1.3) |
| Bladen County | Rural | No | 45.1 (37.1, 54.6) | 29 (2, 85) | 24 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-2.0, -0.1) |
| Gates County | Urban | No | 44.9 (31.3, 63.7) | 30 (1, 99) | 7 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.6, 0.8) |
| Northampton County | Rural | No | 44.6 (34.1, 58.0) | 31 (1, 93) | 15 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.3, -0.2) |
| Stanly County | Rural | No | 44.4 (38.3, 51.2) | 32 (5, 82) | 40 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.6, -0.2) |
| Lenoir County | Rural | No | 44.2 (38.0, 51.3) | 33 (5, 80) | 38 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.9, -0.6) |
| Martin County | Rural | No | 44.1 (35.1, 55.3) | 34 (2, 92) | 17 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-3.2, -1.1) |
| Yancey County | Rural | No | 44.0 (34.5, 56.0) | 35 (1, 91) | 15 |
stable
|
-1.6 (-13.6, 0.4) |
| Wilkes County | Rural | No | 43.8 (38.4, 50.0) | 36 (8, 78) | 48 |
falling
|
-4.8 (-14.3, -1.3) |
| Cumberland County | Urban | No | 43.7 (40.5, 47.0) | 37 (17, 65) | 144 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-5.6, -2.0) |
| Stokes County | Urban | No | 43.5 (37.0, 51.1) | 38 (7, 84) | 33 |
falling
|
-3.0 (-13.6, -1.7) |
| Alexander County | Urban | No | 43.1 (35.7, 51.8) | 39 (4, 89) | 24 |
falling
|
-3.4 (-10.8, -1.5) |
| Hoke County | Urban | No | 43.0 (34.5, 52.9) | 40 (3, 92) | 19 |
falling
|
-4.9 (-16.5, -2.1) |
| Hyde County | Rural | No | 43.0 (24.8, 73.3) | 41 (1, 100) | 3 |
|
|
| Rutherford County | Rural | No | 42.8 (37.2, 49.0) | 42 (8, 81) | 45 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-2.0, -0.1) |
| Person County | Urban | No | 42.6 (35.5, 51.0) | 43 (6, 89) | 27 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.7, -0.3) |
| Wilson County | Rural | No | 42.6 (37.3, 48.6) | 44 (10, 80) | 47 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.1, -0.9) |
| Madison County | Urban | No | 42.6 (33.1, 54.4) | 45 (2, 94) | 15 |
falling
|
-3.6 (-15.5, -1.0) |
| Carteret County | Rural | No | 42.5 (37.4, 48.4) | 46 (12, 82) | 54 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.5, -1.0) |
| Pasquotank County | Rural | No | 42.5 (35.0, 51.2) | 47 (4, 91) | 24 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.1, -0.3) |
| Cleveland County | Rural | No | 42.4 (37.7, 47.7) | 48 (14, 79) | 60 |
falling
|
-3.8 (-6.9, -2.2) |
| Duplin County | Rural | No | 42.4 (35.9, 50.0) | 49 (5, 85) | 31 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.3, -0.7) |
| Jones County | Rural | No | 42.3 (28.7, 61.7) | 50 (1, 100) | 7 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.5, 0.9) |
| Pender County | Urban | No | 42.1 (36.1, 49.0) | 51 (10, 84) | 37 |
falling
|
-6.5 (-14.8, -1.5) |
| Rowan County | Urban | No | 42.0 (38.0, 46.4) | 52 (19, 79) | 84 |
falling
|
-6.0 (-10.3, -3.7) |
| Currituck County | Urban | No | 42.0 (32.9, 53.1) | 53 (3, 95) | 16 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-3.4, -1.1) |
| Beaufort County | Rural | No | 42.0 (35.7, 49.3) | 54 (8, 86) | 33 |
falling
|
-2.6 (-4.2, -2.0) |
| Burke County | Urban | No | 41.6 (37.0, 46.8) | 55 (15, 81) | 60 |
falling
|
-4.9 (-8.6, -3.0) |
| 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) |
| Franklin County | Urban | No | 40.5 (34.8, 47.1) | 58 (12, 89) | 37 |
falling
|
-10.4 (-20.6, -2.5) |
| Nash County | Urban | No | 40.4 (35.7, 45.7) | 59 (19, 84) | 55 |
falling
|
-11.2 (-17.9, -4.6) |
| Anson County | Urban | No | 40.3 (30.9, 52.0) | 60 (3, 98) | 13 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.0, 0.4) |
| Greene County | Rural | No | 40.1 (29.8, 53.2) | 61 (2, 99) | 10 |
falling
|
-4.5 (-17.4, -1.6) |
| Lincoln County | Urban | No | 39.9 (35.0, 45.4) | 62 (19, 86) | 50 |
falling
|
-3.0 (-12.7, -1.4) |
| Haywood County | Rural | No | 39.9 (34.8, 45.7) | 63 (19, 87) | 46 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-7.8, -1.5) |
| Granville County | Rural | No | 39.7 (33.7, 46.5) | 64 (14, 90) | 33 |
falling
|
-3.9 (-8.2, -2.2) |
| Cherokee County | Rural | No | 39.3 (32.5, 47.7) | 65 (10, 93) | 25 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.2, -0.8) |
| Forsyth County | Urban | No | 38.0 (35.6, 40.6) | 66 (45, 82) | 181 |
falling
|
-3.2 (-4.5, -2.4) |
| Catawba County | Urban | No | 37.9 (34.3, 41.8) | 67 (37, 87) | 85 |
falling
|
-3.8 (-6.7, -2.6) |
| Alleghany County | Rural | No | 37.9 (27.2, 53.1) | 68 (2, 100) | 9 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.4, -0.1) |
| Brunswick County | Urban | No | 37.8 (34.5, 41.5) | 69 (39, 85) | 113 |
falling
|
-4.4 (-9.6, -2.3) |
| Perquimans County | Rural | No | 37.5 (27.9, 50.9) | 70 (5, 99) | 10 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-3.5, -0.8) |
| Iredell County | Urban | No | 37.3 (33.9, 41.0) | 71 (39, 87) | 90 |
falling
|
-4.5 (-8.4, -3.0) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 37.3 (31.5, 43.8) | 72 (19, 94) | 31 |
falling
|
-4.0 (-13.6, -2.0) |
| Dare County | Rural | No | 36.6 (29.8, 44.9) | 73 (16, 97) | 22 |
falling
|
-2.6 (-3.6, -1.6) |
| Pamlico County | Rural | No | 36.6 (26.2, 51.4) | 74 (4, 100) | 9 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-3.5, -1.0) |
| Pitt County | Urban | No | 35.9 (32.1, 40.1) | 75 (43, 92) | 67 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-2.8, -1.6) |
| Guilford County | Urban | No | 35.9 (33.8, 38.0) | 76 (56, 86) | 231 |
falling
|
-3.5 (-8.1, -2.1) |
| Ashe County | Rural | No | 35.8 (29.0, 44.4) | 77 (17, 98) | 20 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.4, -0.3) |
| Warren County | Rural | No | 35.8 (27.5, 46.6) | 78 (13, 100) | 13 |
falling
|
-7.9 (-13.2, -4.2) |
| Washington County | Rural | No | 35.6 (24.8, 50.9) | 79 (3, 100) | 7 |
stable
|
-1.6 (-3.7, 0.3) |
| Camden County | Urban | No | 35.5 (22.2, 54.3) | 80 (2, 100) | 5 |
falling
|
-2.8 (-4.8, -0.7) |
| Macon County | Rural | No | 34.6 (28.7, 41.6) | 81 (32, 98) | 26 |
falling
|
-5.0 (-14.5, -2.0) |
| Montgomery County | Rural | No | 34.3 (26.6, 43.9) | 82 (18, 100) | 14 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.9, -1.2) |
| Chowan County | Rural | No | 34.2 (25.0, 47.0) | 83 (13, 100) | 9 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.7, -0.2) |
| Jackson County | Rural | No | 33.8 (27.5, 41.3) | 84 (32, 99) | 21 |
falling
|
-20.5 (-33.9, -2.8) |
| Cabarrus County | Urban | No | 33.1 (29.9, 36.6) | 85 (62, 94) | 79 |
falling
|
-4.0 (-5.0, -3.1) |
| New Hanover County | Urban | No | 32.4 (29.6, 35.4) | 86 (67, 94) | 102 |
falling
|
-8.1 (-17.2, -3.0) |
| Henderson County | Urban | No | 32.1 (28.8, 35.8) | 87 (64, 96) | 71 |
falling
|
-3.4 (-8.4, -2.1) |
| Union County | Urban | No | 32.0 (28.9, 35.4) | 88 (68, 95) | 80 |
falling
|
-4.0 (-7.2, -2.7) |
| Moore County | Urban | No | 31.4 (27.6, 35.6) | 89 (64, 98) | 54 |
falling
|
-3.7 (-7.2, -2.4) |
| Transylvania County | Rural | No | 30.7 (25.1, 37.6) | 90 (50, 100) | 23 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.9, -1.0) |
| Buncombe County | Urban | No | 30.4 (28.0, 33.0) | 91 (76, 96) | 124 |
falling
|
-8.4 (-14.5, -4.9) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 30.3 (21.4, 43.9) | 92 (27, 100) | 8 |
falling
|
-5.8 (-25.7, -2.2) |
| Polk County | Rural | No | 29.6 (22.3, 39.5) | 93 (32, 100) | 13 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.2, -0.9) |
| Avery County | Rural | No | 27.2 (19.3, 38.2) | 94 (45, 100) | 8 |
falling
|
-6.7 (-20.3, -3.5) |
| Watauga County | Rural | No | 27.0 (21.4, 33.8) | 95 (67, 100) | 17 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.9, -0.8) |
| Durham County | Urban | No | 26.7 (24.3, 29.4) | 96 (87, 100) | 91 |
falling
|
-5.5 (-7.0, -4.5) |
| 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) |
| Orange County | Urban | Yes | 24.3 (21.0, 28.1) | 99 (88, 100) | 39 |
falling
|
-4.1 (-6.8, -3.1) |
| Chatham County | Urban | Yes | 22.2 (18.9, 26.2) | 100 (91, 100) | 32 |
falling
|
-6.6 (-15.8, -3.4) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 10/04/2024 11:04 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.
⋔ 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.
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 10/04/2024 11:04 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.
⋔ 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.
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.