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Death Rate Report for North Carolina by County

Lung & Bronchus, 2016-2020

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages

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Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1?
Age-Adjusted Death Rate
deaths per 100,000
(95% Confidence Interval)
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(95% Confidence Interval)
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Recent Trend
Recent 5-Year Trend in Death Rates
(95% Confidence Interval)
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North Carolina No 40.0 (39.5, 40.5) N/A 5,234 falling falling trend -4.8 (-5.7, -3.9)
United States No 35.0 (34.9, 35.0) N/A 142,497 falling falling trend -4.8 (-5.1, -4.6)
Hyde County No 51.5 (31.3, 82.7) 10 (1, 99) 4
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Camden County No 33.5 (21.1, 51.3) 85 (4, 99) 5 stable stable trend -21.3 (-43.4, 9.5)
Gates County No 42.5 (29.9, 59.7) 52 (1, 99) 8 stable stable trend -1.2 (-2.9, 0.4)
Washington County No 36.4 (25.5, 51.5) 80 (5, 99) 8 falling falling trend -1.9 (-3.5, -0.3)
Graham County No 49.4 (35.1, 69.5) 17 (1, 98) 8 stable stable trend -1.3 (-2.8, 0.2)
Jones County No 49.0 (34.2, 69.5) 18 (1, 98) 8 stable stable trend -0.4 (-1.7, 0.9)
Clay County No 31.5 (22.3, 45.3) 90 (19, 99) 8 falling falling trend -1.7 (-3.1, -0.3)
Alleghany County No 37.0 (26.2, 52.4) 77 (4, 99) 8 stable stable trend -1.4 (-2.7, 0.0)
Avery County No 29.8 (21.3, 41.2) 93 (31, 99) 8 falling falling trend -2.5 (-3.7, -1.3)
Greene County No 36.1 (26.5, 48.4) 81 (8, 99) 10 stable stable trend -1.3 (-2.6, 0.0)
Perquimans County No 35.3 (26.1, 48.1) 83 (11, 99) 10 falling falling trend -2.3 (-3.6, -1.0)
Swain County No 51.4 (38.2, 68.2) 11 (1, 89) 11 stable stable trend -0.4 (-1.7, 0.9)
Pamlico County No 42.1 (30.9, 57.4) 56 (1, 98) 11 falling falling trend -2.2 (-3.4, -1.1)
Chowan County No 43.6 (32.4, 58.3) 50 (1, 98) 11 falling falling trend -1.3 (-2.4, -0.1)
Anson County No 33.0 (25.0, 43.2) 86 (23, 99) 12 falling falling trend -1.2 (-2.2, -0.1)
Mitchell County No 42.0 (31.9, 55.3) 57 (2, 97) 12 stable stable trend -0.9 (-1.9, 0.1)
Polk County No 28.3 (21.2, 38.0) 96 (53, 99) 13 falling falling trend -2.0 (-3.0, -1.0)
Yancey County No 38.5 (29.5, 50.1) 73 (6, 98) 13 stable stable trend 0.4 (-1.3, 2.0)
Hertford County No 38.2 (29.5, 49.0) 75 (8, 99) 14 falling falling trend -2.8 (-3.9, -1.8)
Northampton County No 38.8 (29.7, 50.4) 71 (5, 99) 14 falling falling trend -1.6 (-2.6, -0.6)
Warren County No 38.3 (29.7, 49.4) 74 (9, 98) 14 falling falling trend -9.3 (-13.6, -4.7)
Bertie County No 46.0 (35.8, 58.8) 36 (1, 92) 15 falling falling trend -2.2 (-3.1, -1.2)
Madison County No 44.9 (35.2, 56.9) 41 (2, 94) 15 falling falling trend -13.1 (-23.5, -1.3)
Martin County No 40.7 (31.8, 51.7) 64 (4, 97) 16 falling falling trend -2.6 (-3.5, -1.6)
Montgomery County No 38.6 (30.6, 48.5) 72 (9, 98) 17 falling falling trend -1.9 (-2.7, -1.1)
Currituck County No 44.4 (35.1, 55.7) 45 (1, 94) 17 falling falling trend -2.2 (-3.3, -1.0)
Watauga County No 27.1 (21.6, 33.8) 98 (73, 99) 18 falling falling trend -2.0 (-3.1, -0.9)
Hoke County No 41.6 (33.2, 51.3) 58 (6, 97) 19 falling falling trend -8.6 (-14.0, -2.8)
Caswell County No 50.6 (40.7, 62.6) 13 (1, 82) 19 stable stable trend -1.0 (-2.1, 0.0)
Ashe County No 42.3 (34.6, 51.7) 54 (5, 91) 22 falling falling trend -1.1 (-2.0, -0.2)
Alexander County No 41.0 (33.7, 49.5) 61 (9, 92) 23 falling falling trend -4.7 (-7.0, -2.4)
Transylvania County No 30.8 (25.3, 37.7) 91 (60, 99) 23 falling falling trend -2.1 (-2.9, -1.2)
Person County No 39.1 (32.3, 47.1) 70 (14, 95) 24 falling falling trend -1.5 (-2.5, -0.4)
Pasquotank County No 45.6 (37.8, 54.8) 38 (2, 86) 25 falling falling trend -1.2 (-2.0, -0.4)
Jackson County No 40.8 (33.7, 49.1) 63 (10, 93) 25 falling falling trend -1.2 (-2.1, -0.2)
Bladen County No 46.4 (38.4, 55.8) 35 (2, 86) 25 falling falling trend -1.2 (-2.0, -0.4)
Dare County No 42.5 (35.1, 51.3) 53 (5, 94) 25 falling falling trend -2.7 (-3.8, -1.6)
Cherokee County No 44.0 (36.4, 53.2) 48 (5, 88) 26 falling falling trend -1.9 (-3.0, -0.8)
Scotland County No 53.9 (45.0, 64.3) 6 (1, 71) 27 stable stable trend -0.3 (-1.3, 0.6)
Macon County No 39.3 (33.0, 46.9) 69 (16, 94) 28 stable stable trend -0.8 (-1.8, 0.1)
Yadkin County No 49.6 (41.8, 58.8) 15 (1, 74) 29 stable stable trend -0.6 (-1.5, 0.4)
Vance County No 49.0 (41.5, 57.7) 19 (1, 75) 31 falling falling trend -1.5 (-2.3, -0.8)
Davie County No 48.2 (41.0, 56.5) 25 (2, 77) 33 stable stable trend 0.0 (-1.1, 1.2)
Chatham County No 25.6 (21.8, 30.1) 99 (86, 99) 33 falling falling trend -7.5 (-11.6, -3.1)
Richmond County No 52.7 (44.9, 61.7) 7 (1, 64) 33 falling falling trend -2.2 (-3.7, -0.7)
Duplin County No 40.2 (34.3, 47.0) 66 (16, 92) 34 falling falling trend -1.9 (-2.6, -1.2)
Lee County No 42.9 (36.6, 50.0) 51 (7, 88) 34 falling falling trend -1.7 (-2.4, -1.0)
Stokes County No 47.6 (40.8, 55.5) 29 (3, 75) 35 falling falling trend -1.7 (-2.6, -0.8)
Edgecombe County No 44.9 (38.4, 52.3) 40 (6, 81) 36 falling falling trend -1.6 (-2.2, -1.0)
Granville County No 44.6 (38.2, 51.9) 44 (5, 84) 36 falling falling trend -3.9 (-6.0, -1.8)
McDowell County No 52.2 (44.8, 60.8) 9 (1, 64) 36 stable stable trend -0.5 (-1.1, 0.1)
Beaufort County No 44.7 (38.4, 52.0) 43 (5, 83) 38 falling falling trend -2.7 (-3.6, -1.9)
Stanly County No 42.2 (36.3, 48.9) 55 (9, 87) 38 falling falling trend -1.0 (-1.8, -0.3)
Halifax County No 48.5 (41.7, 56.2) 22 (2, 73) 38 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.8, -0.4)
Pender County No 44.1 (37.9, 51.1) 47 (7, 82) 38 falling falling trend -1.2 (-2.0, -0.5)
Columbus County No 47.2 (40.8, 54.5) 30 (3, 75) 40 falling falling trend -1.6 (-2.3, -0.9)
Lenoir County No 47.8 (41.3, 55.0) 27 (3, 74) 41 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.8, -0.5)
Franklin County No 46.9 (40.7, 53.9) 33 (3, 76) 42 falling falling trend -1.4 (-2.2, -0.7)
Orange County No 29.6 (25.7, 33.9) 94 (76, 99) 45 falling falling trend -3.7 (-4.8, -2.6)
Haywood County No 41.2 (35.9, 47.2) 59 (14, 87) 46 falling falling trend -3.1 (-4.4, -1.7)
Wilson County No 40.8 (35.7, 46.6) 62 (17, 87) 46 falling falling trend -1.6 (-2.2, -1.1)
Rutherford County No 45.2 (39.5, 51.6) 39 (7, 79) 48 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.9, -0.2)
Sampson County No 56.5 (49.6, 64.2) 4 (1, 42) 49 stable stable trend -0.5 (-1.0, 0.1)
Lincoln County No 44.4 (39.0, 50.3) 46 (9, 80) 51 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.9, -0.4)
Wilkes County No 47.0 (41.3, 53.3) 32 (4, 74) 51 stable stable trend -0.5 (-1.2, 0.3)
Moore County No 32.4 (28.7, 36.6) 89 (67, 98) 57 falling falling trend -4.6 (-6.6, -2.5)
Cleveland County No 43.6 (38.7, 49.1) 49 (9, 79) 59 falling falling trend -4.3 (-6.5, -2.1)
Caldwell County No 48.2 (42.8, 54.2) 24 (3, 66) 60 falling falling trend -5.5 (-8.7, -2.2)
Carteret County No 48.4 (43.0, 54.5) 23 (3, 67) 61 falling falling trend -1.7 (-2.4, -1.0)
Pitt County No 32.7 (29.0, 36.6) 88 (65, 98) 61 falling falling trend -2.5 (-3.1, -1.9)
Nash County No 47.6 (42.4, 53.4) 28 (5, 70) 63 falling falling trend -1.0 (-1.5, -0.5)
Burke County No 44.8 (39.9, 50.1) 42 (9, 77) 64 falling falling trend -5.6 (-8.3, -2.9)
Surry County No 59.8 (53.5, 66.8) 2 (1, 22) 66 stable stable trend -0.1 (-0.7, 0.6)
Harnett County No 49.7 (44.5, 55.4) 14 (3, 60) 68 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.8, -0.7)
Craven County No 47.8 (42.7, 53.3) 26 (5, 66) 69 falling falling trend -3.2 (-4.9, -1.4)
Rockingham County No 49.5 (44.4, 55.2) 16 (3, 60) 71 falling falling trend -2.0 (-2.7, -1.2)
Henderson County No 33.0 (29.6, 36.8) 87 (66, 97) 72 falling falling trend -7.9 (-12.5, -3.0)
Wayne County No 48.8 (43.9, 54.1) 20 (4, 62) 77 falling falling trend -1.3 (-1.9, -0.8)
Cabarrus County No 35.6 (32.1, 39.3) 82 (55, 92) 80 falling falling trend -5.9 (-7.9, -3.9)
Union County No 34.7 (31.4, 38.3) 84 (58, 94) 84 falling falling trend -3.7 (-5.1, -2.3)
Robeson County No 54.5 (49.4, 60.0) 5 (1, 36) 87 falling falling trend -0.8 (-1.4, -0.2)
Catawba County No 40.4 (36.6, 44.5) 65 (31, 84) 88 falling falling trend -4.0 (-5.7, -2.2)
Onslow County No 61.0 (55.4, 67.1) 1 (1, 13) 88 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.5, -0.7)
Rowan County No 46.8 (42.5, 51.5) 34 (7, 69) 90 falling falling trend -5.9 (-9.4, -2.2)
Iredell County No 41.1 (37.3, 45.1) 60 (26, 82) 91 falling falling trend -1.8 (-2.3, -1.4)
Durham County No 30.6 (27.9, 33.6) 92 (78, 99) 98 falling falling trend -5.0 (-5.9, -4.0)
Alamance County No 47.1 (43.0, 51.4) 31 (8, 64) 103 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.7, -0.7)
Johnston County No 48.6 (44.4, 53.1) 21 (5, 58) 105 falling falling trend -1.9 (-2.5, -1.3)
Brunswick County No 39.6 (36.0, 43.5) 68 (36, 85) 110 falling falling trend -11.1 (-19.8, -1.4)
Randolph County No 56.9 (52.2, 61.9) 3 (1, 22) 112 stable stable trend -0.1 (-0.6, 0.3)
New Hanover County No 36.5 (33.5, 39.7) 79 (56, 90) 112 falling falling trend -11.9 (-20.6, -2.4)
Davidson County No 52.4 (48.3, 56.8) 8 (2, 40) 124 stable stable trend -0.4 (-0.9, 0.2)
Buncombe County No 37.0 (34.3, 39.9) 76 (54, 88) 142 falling falling trend -10.5 (-18.2, -2.1)
Gaston County No 50.9 (47.1, 54.8) 12 (3, 43) 144 falling falling trend -2.6 (-3.7, -1.6)
Cumberland County No 45.8 (42.5, 49.3) 37 (13, 63) 147 falling falling trend -2.3 (-2.7, -2.0)
Forsyth County No 40.2 (37.6, 42.9) 67 (42, 79) 187 falling falling trend -3.2 (-4.1, -2.2)
Guilford County No 36.6 (34.5, 38.8) 78 (58, 87) 230 falling falling trend -6.9 (-11.5, -2.0)
Wake County No 28.0 (26.5, 29.5) 97 (88, 99) 281 falling falling trend -4.6 (-5.5, -3.8)
Mecklenburg County No 28.9 (27.4, 30.5) 95 (86, 99) 285 falling falling trend -5.5 (-6.5, -4.6)
Tyrrell County ***
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3 or fewer
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/28/2024 9:56 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.

† 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.
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.

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