Death Rates Table
County
|
Met Healthy People Objective of ***? |
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 | *** | 42.0 (41.5, 42.5) | N/A | 5,325 |
falling 
|
-5.2 (-7.4, -3.0) |
| United States | *** | 36.7 (36.6, 36.8) | N/A | 146,023 |
falling
|
-4.9 (-5.2, -4.5) |
| Camden County | *** | 37.4 (24.1, 56.3) | 81 (2, 99) | 5 |
stable 
|
2.7 (-5.5, 11.6) |
| Yancey County | *** | 42.6 (33.1, 54.7) | 66 (5, 97) | 14 |
stable
|
0.6 (-1.1, 2.4) |
| Davie County | *** | 48.4 (41.2, 56.8) | 32 (2, 82) | 32 |
stable
|
0.2 (-1.0, 1.4) |
| Randolph County | *** | 58.5 (53.7, 63.7) | 4 (1, 24) | 113 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.5, 0.5) |
| Surry County | *** | 58.8 (52.4, 65.7) | 3 (1, 33) | 65 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.7, 0.7) |
| Scotland County | *** | 53.6 (44.7, 63.9) | 11 (1, 76) | 27 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.3, 0.8) |
| Swain County | *** | 51.5 (38.3, 68.3) | 14 (1, 94) | 11 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.6, 1.1) |
| Davidson County | *** | 55.4 (51.1, 59.9) | 7 (1, 35) | 128 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.9, 0.3) |
| Jones County | *** | 53.5 (38.1, 74.4) | 12 (1, 96) | 9 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.7, 1.0) |
| McDowell County | *** | 51.0 (43.5, 59.6) | 16 (2, 79) | 34 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.1, 0.2) |
| Wilkes County | *** | 48.4 (42.6, 54.9) | 31 (4, 80) | 52 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.1, 0.4) |
| Sampson County | *** | 54.2 (47.4, 61.8) | 10 (1, 58) | 47 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.1, 0.1) |
| Yadkin County | *** | 54.6 (46.3, 64.3) | 9 (1, 70) | 31 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.5, 0.5) |
| Macon County | *** | 39.0 (32.7, 46.7) | 77 (19, 97) | 28 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.6, 0.3) |
| Mitchell County | *** | 44.6 (34.2, 58.2) | 55 (2, 98) | 13 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.7, 0.3) |
| Robeson County | *** | 56.2 (50.9, 61.8) | 5 (1, 38) | 88 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.3, 0.0) |
| Ashe County | *** | 44.3 (36.4, 54.1) | 57 (4, 93) | 22 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-1.8, 0.0) |
| Craven County | *** | 49.6 (44.4, 55.2) | 23 (4, 69) | 70 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.5, -0.4) |
| Nash County | *** | 47.9 (42.5, 53.7) | 36 (7, 78) | 62 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.4) |
| Pasquotank County | *** | 49.7 (41.3, 59.4) | 22 (1, 83) | 26 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.7, -0.2) |
| Stanly County | *** | 44.7 (38.6, 51.7) | 54 (9, 88) | 39 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.7, -0.1) |
| Caswell County | *** | 56.0 (45.5, 68.6) | 6 (1, 75) | 21 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.1, 0.1) |
| Chowan County | *** | 49.4 (37.5, 64.7) | 25 (1, 94) | 12 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.2, 0.1) |
| Gates County | *** | 46.9 (32.9, 65.7) | 44 (1, 99) | 8 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.7, 0.8) |
| Greene County | *** | 39.6 (29.4, 52.4) | 75 (4, 99) | 11 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.3, 0.3) |
| Jackson County | *** | 42.1 (34.7, 50.8) | 67 (10, 96) | 24 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.0, 0.0) |
| Onslow County | *** | 63.9 (58.0, 70.1) | 2 (1, 14) | 89 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.6) |
| Alamance County | *** | 47.4 (43.3, 51.8) | 38 (10, 71) | 101 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.6) |
| Lenoir County | *** | 45.6 (39.4, 52.7) | 52 (7, 84) | 39 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.9, -0.4) |
| Lincoln County | *** | 47.3 (41.7, 53.6) | 39 (6, 78) | 53 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.8, -0.3) |
| Pender County | *** | 48.1 (41.5, 55.5) | 35 (4, 82) | 40 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.8, -0.3) |
| Rutherford County | *** | 43.4 (37.8, 49.6) | 61 (16, 87) | 46 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-2.0, -0.2) |
| Alleghany County | *** | 38.1 (26.8, 54.0) | 80 (3, 99) | 8 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-2.6, 0.3) |
| Bladen County | *** | 48.8 (40.5, 58.5) | 29 (2, 85) | 26 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.1, -0.3) |
| Halifax County | *** | 47.3 (40.7, 54.9) | 40 (4, 81) | 38 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.9, -0.5) |
| Harnett County | *** | 50.6 (45.2, 56.5) | 19 (3, 65) | 66 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.8, -0.7) |
| Franklin County | *** | 46.1 (39.8, 53.2) | 50 (7, 85) | 40 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.0, -0.5) |
| Person County | *** | 43.7 (36.3, 52.4) | 58 (6, 93) | 26 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.3, -0.2) |
| Wayne County | *** | 47.9 (43.0, 53.1) | 37 (8, 74) | 74 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.9, -0.8) |
| Carteret County | *** | 48.8 (43.3, 55.0) | 30 (5, 73) | 60 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.2, -0.9) |
| Clay County | *** | 36.9 (26.7, 51.7) | 84 (8, 99) | 9 |
stable
|
-1.5 (-2.9, 0.0) |
| Columbus County | *** | 46.1 (39.8, 53.3) | 51 (7, 85) | 39 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.2, -0.8) |
| Gaston County | *** | 55.0 (51.1, 59.2) | 8 (2, 36) | 152 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.0, -1.0) |
| Lee County | *** | 47.0 (40.3, 54.5) | 43 (4, 85) | 36 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.2, -0.8) |
| Northampton County | *** | 39.6 (30.5, 51.4) | 74 (5, 99) | 14 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.6, -0.4) |
| Vance County | *** | 51.0 (43.2, 59.9) | 17 (1, 78) | 31 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.3, -0.7) |
| Wilson County | *** | 43.5 (38.1, 49.5) | 60 (16, 87) | 49 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.1, -0.9) |
| Edgecombe County | *** | 46.3 (39.5, 54.0) | 49 (5, 85) | 35 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.3, -0.9) |
| Stokes County | *** | 50.3 (43.2, 58.5) | 20 (2, 77) | 36 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.6, -0.7) |
| Cherokee County | *** | 44.4 (36.6, 54.0) | 56 (4, 93) | 25 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.8, -0.6) |
| Iredell County | *** | 43.0 (39.1, 47.2) | 63 (27, 83) | 93 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.2, -1.3) |
| Johnston County | *** | 51.5 (47.1, 56.2) | 15 (3, 57) | 107 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.3, -1.1) |
| Graham County | *** | 49.2 (34.8, 69.4) | 26 (1, 98) | 8 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-3.4, -0.1) |
| Montgomery County | *** | 39.0 (30.8, 49.1) | 78 (12, 99) | 16 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.6, -1.0) |
| Polk County | *** | 30.4 (22.6, 40.9) | 95 (38, 99) | 13 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.8, -0.8) |
| Watauga County | *** | 29.4 (23.6, 36.3) | 98 (72, 99) | 19 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.9, -0.6) |
| Currituck County | *** | 49.8 (39.5, 62.2) | 21 (1, 91) | 18 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-3.2, -0.7) |
| Guilford County | *** | 39.9 (37.6, 42.2) | 73 (55, 85) | 244 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.2, -1.5) |
| Union County | *** | 36.0 (32.5, 39.7) | 85 (62, 95) | 83 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.6, -1.1) |
| Bertie County | *** | 48.3 (37.9, 61.3) | 33 (1, 92) | 16 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.0, -1.1) |
| Brunswick County | *** | 42.0 (38.2, 46.1) | 68 (32, 85) | 110 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.6, -1.4) |
| Transylvania County | *** | 33.1 (27.3, 40.3) | 91 (55, 99) | 24 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.0, -1.1) |
| Duplin County | *** | 41.7 (35.6, 48.7) | 70 (14, 92) | 34 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-2.9, -1.3) |
| Pamlico County | *** | 47.0 (35.4, 62.8) | 41 (1, 97) | 12 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-3.3, -0.8) |
| Washington County | *** | 38.2 (27.2, 53.5) | 79 (5, 99) | 8 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-3.8, -0.3) |
| Cumberland County | *** | 47.0 (43.6, 50.6) | 42 (15, 68) | 147 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-2.7, -1.9) |
| Avery County | *** | 29.5 (21.0, 41.0) | 96 (47, 99) | 8 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-3.7, -1.1) |
| Beaufort County | *** | 49.5 (42.8, 57.3) | 24 (2, 78) | 40 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-3.2, -1.6) |
| Martin County | *** | 45.3 (36.0, 56.8) | 53 (2, 95) | 17 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-3.4, -1.4) |
| Moore County | *** | 35.6 (31.6, 40.1) | 87 (57, 97) | 60 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-3.4, -1.5) |
| Pitt County | *** | 35.0 (31.1, 39.2) | 88 (63, 97) | 63 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-3.1, -1.8) |
| Dare County | *** | 46.7 (38.7, 56.0) | 46 (3, 87) | 26 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-3.7, -1.4) |
| Perquimans County | *** | 33.7 (23.9, 47.5) | 90 (11, 99) | 9 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-3.9, -1.1) |
| Rockingham County | *** | 49.0 (43.9, 54.7) | 28 (5, 71) | 69 |
falling
|
-2.6 (-3.8, -1.5) |
| Haywood County | *** | 42.9 (37.5, 49.1) | 64 (16, 89) | 47 |
falling
|
-2.9 (-4.4, -1.4) |
| Hertford County | *** | 37.3 (28.7, 48.0) | 82 (16, 99) | 13 |
falling
|
-2.9 (-4.0, -1.8) |
| Richmond County | *** | 50.7 (43.0, 59.6) | 18 (1, 79) | 32 |
falling
|
-3.0 (-5.0, -0.9) |
| Forsyth County | *** | 42.6 (39.9, 45.4) | 65 (37, 80) | 195 |
falling
|
-3.1 (-4.2, -2.0) |
| Madison County | *** | 53.1 (42.3, 66.2) | 13 (1, 87) | 18 |
stable
|
-3.2 (-6.9, 0.6) |
| Orange County | *** | 32.7 (28.5, 37.2) | 92 (72, 99) | 48 |
falling
|
-3.5 (-4.7, -2.3) |
| Catawba County | *** | 43.5 (39.6, 47.7) | 59 (23, 82) | 93 |
falling
|
-3.7 (-5.7, -1.7) |
| Granville County | *** | 46.8 (40.1, 54.5) | 45 (4, 83) | 36 |
falling
|
-3.9 (-6.2, -1.4) |
| Cleveland County | *** | 46.3 (41.2, 52.0) | 48 (9, 79) | 62 |
falling
|
-4.4 (-6.9, -1.9) |
| Alexander County | *** | 43.0 (35.6, 51.8) | 62 (5, 94) | 24 |
falling
|
-4.6 (-7.1, -2.0) |
| Wake County | *** | 29.5 (27.9, 31.1) | 97 (88, 99) | 279 |
falling
|
-4.6 (-5.6, -3.6) |
| Durham County | *** | 31.8 (29.0, 34.9) | 93 (80, 99) | 97 |
falling
|
-4.9 (-6.0, -3.8) |
| Burke County | *** | 46.5 (41.5, 52.0) | 47 (10, 80) | 64 |
falling
|
-5.4 (-8.6, -2.2) |
| Mecklenburg County | *** | 31.1 (29.5, 32.8) | 94 (86, 98) | 296 |
falling
|
-5.5 (-6.6, -4.3) |
| Cabarrus County | *** | 37.2 (33.6, 41.1) | 83 (54, 94) | 80 |
falling
|
-6.4 (-8.7, -4.1) |
| Rowan County | *** | 48.3 (43.8, 53.1) | 34 (8, 70) | 90 |
falling
|
-7.2 (-11.9, -2.4) |
| Warren County | *** | 41.1 (32.1, 52.6) | 71 (6, 98) | 15 |
falling
|
-9.8 (-15.0, -4.4) |
| Buncombe County | *** | 39.6 (36.7, 42.6) | 76 (52, 87) | 148 |
stable
|
-10.0 (-20.1, 1.5) |
| Caldwell County | *** | 49.2 (43.7, 55.3) | 27 (4, 71) | 60 |
falling
|
-10.1 (-15.7, -4.1) |
| New Hanover County | *** | 40.2 (37.0, 43.6) | 72 (45, 87) | 119 |
falling
|
-11.2 (-21.0, -0.3) |
| Henderson County | *** | 34.8 (31.3, 38.8) | 89 (67, 97) | 73 |
falling
|
-12.4 (-21.4, -2.2) |
| Chatham County | *** | 26.1 (22.1, 30.7) | 99 (89, 99) | 32 |
falling
|
-13.5 (-23.7, -2.0) |
| Anson County | *** | 35.7 (27.2, 46.3) | 86 (18, 99) | 12 |
stable
|
-14.0 (-26.7, 0.9) |
| Hoke County | *** | 41.9 (33.4, 51.9) | 69 (7, 97) | 18 |
falling
|
-14.0 (-25.1, -1.4) |
| Hyde County | *** | 65.4 (42.0, 99.5) | 1 (1, 97) | 5 |
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| Tyrrell County | *** |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/05/2022 12:28 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 2020 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 1969-2018 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.
*** No Healthy People 2020 Objective for this cancer.
Healthy People 2020 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 07/05/2022 12:28 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 2020 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 1969-2018 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.
*** No Healthy People 2020 Objective for this cancer.
Healthy People 2020 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.