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 Recentaapc
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)
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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 
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-4.2 (-5.1, -3.6) |
| United States | N/A | No | 32.4 (32.3, 32.5) | N/A | 136,831 |
falling
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-4.3 (-4.4, -4.1) |
| Richmond County | Rural | No | 59.4 (50.8, 69.1) | 1 (1, 33) | 36 |
stable 
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4.0 (-1.7, 14.1) |
| 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) |
| Scotland County | Rural | No | 56.2 (46.7, 67.1) | 4 (1, 55) | 26 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.2, 0.9) |
| Tyrrell County | Rural | No | 57.4 (33.9, 96.3) | 2 (1, 100) | 4 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-2.2, 1.9) |
| Sampson County | Rural | No | 55.2 (48.1, 63.2) | 6 (1, 44) | 45 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.9, 0.3) |
| Swain County | Rural | No | 53.1 (39.7, 70.2) | 8 (1, 86) | 11 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.7, 1.2) |
| McDowell County | Rural | No | 51.1 (43.8, 59.4) | 10 (1, 58) | 36 |
stable
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-0.6 (-1.2, 0.0) |
| Yadkin County | Urban | No | 49.6 (41.8, 58.7) | 15 (1, 70) | 29 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.4, 0.4) |
| Anson County | Urban | No | 40.3 (30.9, 52.0) | 60 (3, 98) | 13 |
stable
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-0.8 (-2.0, 0.4) |
| Jones County | Rural | No | 42.3 (28.7, 61.7) | 50 (1, 100) | 7 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.5, 0.9) |
| Caswell County | Rural | No | 48.2 (38.7, 59.9) | 19 (1, 84) | 19 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-1.9, 0.1) |
| Graham County | Rural | No | 56.9 (40.5, 79.5) | 3 (1, 90) | 8 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.4, 0.7) |
| Robeson County | Rural | No | 52.7 (47.4, 58.4) | 9 (1, 40) | 76 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-5.1, -0.3) |
| Stanly County | Rural | No | 44.4 (38.3, 51.2) | 32 (5, 82) | 40 |
falling
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-0.9 (-1.6, -0.2) |
| Gates County | Urban | No | 44.9 (31.3, 63.7) | 30 (1, 99) | 7 |
stable
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-1.0 (-2.6, 0.8) |
| Halifax County | Rural | No | 50.0 (43.0, 58.0) | 12 (1, 65) | 39 |
falling
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-1.0 (-1.7, -0.4) |
| Mitchell County | Rural | No | 41.2 (31.1, 54.5) | 56 (2, 98) | 12 |
stable
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-1.0 (-2.1, 0.3) |
| Bladen County | Rural | No | 45.1 (37.1, 54.6) | 29 (2, 85) | 24 |
falling
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-1.1 (-2.0, -0.1) |
| Rutherford County | Rural | No | 42.8 (37.2, 49.0) | 42 (8, 81) | 45 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-2.0, -0.1) |
| Onslow County | Urban | No | 55.8 (50.6, 61.4) | 5 (1, 26) | 87 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.6) |
| Pasquotank County | Rural | No | 42.5 (35.0, 51.2) | 47 (4, 91) | 24 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.1, -0.3) |
| Wayne County | Urban | No | 48.1 (43.2, 53.4) | 20 (3, 60) | 73 |
falling
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-1.2 (-1.7, -0.7) |
| Alleghany County | Rural | No | 37.9 (27.2, 53.1) | 68 (2, 100) | 9 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.4, -0.1) |
| Lenoir County | Rural | No | 44.2 (38.0, 51.3) | 33 (5, 80) | 38 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.9, -0.6) |
| Northampton County | Rural | No | 44.6 (34.1, 58.0) | 31 (1, 93) | 15 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.3, -0.2) |
| Ashe County | Rural | No | 35.8 (29.0, 44.4) | 77 (17, 98) | 20 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.4, -0.3) |
| Chowan County | Rural | No | 34.2 (25.0, 47.0) | 83 (13, 100) | 9 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.7, -0.2) |
| Columbus County | Rural | No | 48.4 (41.6, 56.1) | 18 (1, 69) | 38 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.2, -0.7) |
| Harnett County | Rural | No | 46.7 (41.8, 52.1) | 27 (4, 68) | 67 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.8, -0.8) |
| Duplin County | Rural | No | 42.4 (35.9, 50.0) | 49 (5, 85) | 31 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.3, -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) |
| Wilson County | Rural | No | 42.6 (37.3, 48.6) | 44 (10, 80) | 47 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.1, -0.9) |
| Person County | Urban | No | 42.6 (35.5, 51.0) | 43 (6, 89) | 27 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.7, -0.3) |
| Washington County | Rural | No | 35.6 (24.8, 50.9) | 79 (3, 100) | 7 |
stable
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-1.6 (-3.7, 0.3) |
| Yancey County | Rural | No | 44.0 (34.5, 56.0) | 35 (1, 91) | 15 |
stable
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-1.6 (-13.6, 0.4) |
| Alamance County | Urban | No | 45.6 (41.7, 49.8) | 28 (9, 63) | 103 |
falling
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-1.8 (-5.7, -1.3) |
| Carteret County | Rural | No | 42.5 (37.4, 48.4) | 46 (12, 82) | 54 |
falling
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-1.8 (-2.5, -1.0) |
| Johnston County | Urban | No | 46.9 (42.9, 51.1) | 26 (7, 58) | 109 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.6, -1.3) |
| Watauga County | Rural | No | 27.0 (21.4, 33.8) | 95 (67, 100) | 17 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.9, -0.8) |
| Bertie County | Rural | No | 40.9 (30.9, 53.9) | 57 (2, 98) | 12 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.0, -0.9) |
| Cherokee County | Rural | No | 39.3 (32.5, 47.7) | 65 (10, 93) | 25 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.2, -0.8) |
| Montgomery County | Rural | No | 34.3 (26.6, 43.9) | 82 (18, 100) | 14 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.9, -1.2) |
| Polk County | Rural | No | 29.6 (22.3, 39.5) | 93 (32, 100) | 13 |
falling
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-2.0 (-3.2, -0.9) |
| Rockingham County | Urban | No | 49.7 (44.6, 55.3) | 14 (2, 51) | 72 |
falling
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-2.0 (-4.4, -1.3) |
| Transylvania County | Rural | No | 30.7 (25.1, 37.6) | 90 (50, 100) | 23 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.9, -1.0) |
| Martin County | Rural | No | 44.1 (35.1, 55.3) | 34 (2, 92) | 17 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-3.2, -1.1) |
| Hertford County | Rural | No | 46.9 (36.9, 59.2) | 25 (1, 87) | 16 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-3.5, -1.1) |
| Perquimans County | Rural | No | 37.5 (27.9, 50.9) | 70 (5, 99) | 10 |
falling
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-2.2 (-3.5, -0.8) |
| Pitt County | Urban | No | 35.9 (32.1, 40.1) | 75 (43, 92) | 67 |
falling
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-2.2 (-2.8, -1.6) |
| Craven County | Rural | No | 47.0 (42.0, 52.4) | 24 (4, 64) | 69 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-9.2, -1.0) |
| Cumberland County | Urban | No | 43.7 (40.5, 47.0) | 37 (17, 65) | 144 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-5.6, -2.0) |
| Currituck County | Urban | No | 42.0 (32.9, 53.1) | 53 (3, 95) | 16 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-3.4, -1.1) |
| Pamlico County | Rural | No | 36.6 (26.2, 51.4) | 74 (4, 100) | 9 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-3.5, -1.0) |
| Beaufort County | Rural | No | 42.0 (35.7, 49.3) | 54 (8, 86) | 33 |
falling
|
-2.6 (-4.2, -2.0) |
| Dare County | Rural | No | 36.6 (29.8, 44.9) | 73 (16, 97) | 22 |
falling
|
-2.6 (-3.6, -1.6) |
| Haywood County | Rural | No | 39.9 (34.8, 45.7) | 63 (19, 87) | 46 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-7.8, -1.5) |
| Camden County | Urban | No | 35.5 (22.2, 54.3) | 80 (2, 100) | 5 |
falling
|
-2.8 (-4.8, -0.7) |
| Lincoln County | Urban | No | 39.9 (35.0, 45.4) | 62 (19, 86) | 50 |
falling
|
-3.0 (-12.7, -1.4) |
| Stokes County | Urban | No | 43.5 (37.0, 51.1) | 38 (7, 84) | 33 |
falling
|
-3.0 (-13.6, -1.7) |
| Forsyth County | Urban | No | 38.0 (35.6, 40.6) | 66 (45, 82) | 181 |
falling
|
-3.2 (-4.5, -2.4) |
| Alexander County | Urban | No | 43.1 (35.7, 51.8) | 39 (4, 89) | 24 |
falling
|
-3.4 (-10.8, -1.5) |
| Henderson County | Urban | No | 32.1 (28.8, 35.8) | 87 (64, 96) | 71 |
falling
|
-3.4 (-8.4, -2.1) |
| Guilford County | Urban | No | 35.9 (33.8, 38.0) | 76 (56, 86) | 231 |
falling
|
-3.5 (-8.1, -2.1) |
| Madison County | Urban | No | 42.6 (33.1, 54.4) | 45 (2, 94) | 15 |
falling
|
-3.6 (-15.5, -1.0) |
| Moore County | Urban | No | 31.4 (27.6, 35.6) | 89 (64, 98) | 54 |
falling
|
-3.7 (-7.2, -2.4) |
| Catawba County | Urban | No | 37.9 (34.3, 41.8) | 67 (37, 87) | 85 |
falling
|
-3.8 (-6.7, -2.6) |
| Cleveland County | Rural | No | 42.4 (37.7, 47.7) | 48 (14, 79) | 60 |
falling
|
-3.8 (-6.9, -2.2) |
| Granville County | Rural | No | 39.7 (33.7, 46.5) | 64 (14, 90) | 33 |
falling
|
-3.9 (-8.2, -2.2) |
| Cabarrus County | Urban | No | 33.1 (29.9, 36.6) | 85 (62, 94) | 79 |
falling
|
-4.0 (-5.0, -3.1) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 37.3 (31.5, 43.8) | 72 (19, 94) | 31 |
falling
|
-4.0 (-13.6, -2.0) |
| Union County | Urban | No | 32.0 (28.9, 35.4) | 88 (68, 95) | 80 |
falling
|
-4.0 (-7.2, -2.7) |
| Orange County | Urban | Yes | 24.3 (21.0, 28.1) | 99 (88, 100) | 39 |
falling
|
-4.1 (-6.8, -3.1) |
| Brunswick County | Urban | No | 37.8 (34.5, 41.5) | 69 (39, 85) | 113 |
falling
|
-4.4 (-9.6, -2.3) |
| Greene County | Rural | No | 40.1 (29.8, 53.2) | 61 (2, 99) | 10 |
falling
|
-4.5 (-17.4, -1.6) |
| Iredell County | Urban | No | 37.3 (33.9, 41.0) | 71 (39, 87) | 90 |
falling
|
-4.5 (-8.4, -3.0) |
| Wake County | Urban | No | 25.8 (24.4, 27.3) | 98 (90, 100) | 276 |
falling
|
-4.5 (-5.3, -3.9) |
| Gaston County | Urban | No | 47.7 (44.2, 51.4) | 23 (7, 51) | 142 |
falling
|
-4.6 (-9.8, -1.8) |
| Wilkes County | Rural | No | 43.8 (38.4, 50.0) | 36 (8, 78) | 48 |
falling
|
-4.8 (-14.3, -1.3) |
| Burke County | Urban | No | 41.6 (37.0, 46.8) | 55 (15, 81) | 60 |
falling
|
-4.9 (-8.6, -3.0) |
| Hoke County | Urban | No | 43.0 (34.5, 52.9) | 40 (3, 92) | 19 |
falling
|
-4.9 (-16.5, -2.1) |
| Macon County | Rural | No | 34.6 (28.7, 41.6) | 81 (32, 98) | 26 |
falling
|
-5.0 (-14.5, -2.0) |
| Davidson County | Urban | No | 49.8 (45.8, 54.0) | 13 (3, 44) | 121 |
falling
|
-5.2 (-12.8, -1.2) |
| Mecklenburg County | Urban | No | 26.5 (25.1, 28.0) | 97 (89, 99) | 272 |
falling
|
-5.3 (-6.3, -4.5) |
| Durham County | Urban | No | 26.7 (24.3, 29.4) | 96 (87, 100) | 91 |
falling
|
-5.5 (-7.0, -4.5) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 30.3 (21.4, 43.9) | 92 (27, 100) | 8 |
falling
|
-5.8 (-25.7, -2.2) |
| Rowan County | Urban | No | 42.0 (38.0, 46.4) | 52 (19, 79) | 84 |
falling
|
-6.0 (-10.3, -3.7) |
| Pender County | Urban | No | 42.1 (36.1, 49.0) | 51 (10, 84) | 37 |
falling
|
-6.5 (-14.8, -1.5) |
| Chatham County | Urban | Yes | 22.2 (18.9, 26.2) | 100 (91, 100) | 32 |
falling
|
-6.6 (-15.8, -3.4) |
| Avery County | Rural | No | 27.2 (19.3, 38.2) | 94 (45, 100) | 8 |
falling
|
-6.7 (-20.3, -3.5) |
| Warren County | Rural | No | 35.8 (27.5, 46.6) | 78 (13, 100) | 13 |
falling
|
-7.9 (-13.2, -4.2) |
| New Hanover County | Urban | No | 32.4 (29.6, 35.4) | 86 (67, 94) | 102 |
falling
|
-8.1 (-17.2, -3.0) |
| Buncombe County | Urban | No | 30.4 (28.0, 33.0) | 91 (76, 96) | 124 |
falling
|
-8.4 (-14.5, -4.9) |
| Randolph County | Urban | No | 50.8 (46.4, 55.5) | 11 (2, 42) | 103 |
falling
|
-9.4 (-17.1, -1.1) |
| Surry County | Rural | No | 54.4 (48.4, 61.1) | 7 (1, 35) | 61 |
falling
|
-9.4 (-17.8, -0.4) |
| 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) |
| Jackson County | Rural | No | 33.8 (27.5, 41.3) | 84 (32, 99) | 21 |
falling
|
-20.5 (-33.9, -2.8) |
| Hyde County | Rural | No | 43.0 (24.8, 73.3) | 41 (1, 100) | 3 |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/09/2025 11:08 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.
⋔ 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 07/09/2025 11:08 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.
⋔ 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.