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Death Rate Report for North Carolina by County

Brain & ONS, 2016-2020

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

Sorted by CI*Rank
County
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Met Healthy People Objective of ***?
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 *** 4.1 (3.9, 4.2) N/A 506 falling falling trend -1.8 (-3.0, -0.6)
United States *** 4.4 (4.4, 4.4) N/A 17,206 rising rising trend 0.3 (0.1, 0.5)
Haywood County *** 3.0 (1.7, 5.1) 46 (10, 46) 3
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Cumberland County *** 3.2 (2.3, 4.2) 45 (18, 46) 10 falling falling trend -2.1 (-3.4, -0.8)
Forsyth County *** 3.2 (2.5, 4.1) 44 (21, 46) 14 falling falling trend -1.9 (-3.0, -0.7)
New Hanover County *** 3.3 (2.3, 4.4) 43 (15, 46) 9 stable stable trend -1.4 (-2.9, 0.2)
Guilford County *** 3.3 (2.6, 4.0) 42 (21, 46) 19 falling falling trend -2.3 (-3.2, -1.5)
Brunswick County *** 3.3 (2.3, 4.7) 41 (12, 46) 9
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Cabarrus County *** 3.4 (2.4, 4.7) 40 (11, 46) 8 falling falling trend -2.0 (-3.6, -0.4)
Robeson County *** 3.5 (2.3, 5.2) 39 (7, 46) 5 stable stable trend -1.3 (-2.8, 0.1)
Catawba County *** 3.5 (2.5, 5.0) 38 (9, 46) 7 falling falling trend -2.1 (-3.5, -0.6)
Johnston County *** 3.6 (2.6, 5.0) 37 (9, 46) 8 stable stable trend -1.6 (-3.3, 0.1)
Mecklenburg County *** 3.7 (3.1, 4.2) 36 (19, 44) 38 falling falling trend -1.5 (-2.3, -0.6)
Burke County *** 3.7 (2.4, 5.7) 35 (4, 46) 5 stable stable trend -1.5 (-3.3, 0.4)
Wilson County *** 3.7 (2.1, 6.0) 34 (3, 46) 4
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Sampson County *** 3.9 (2.3, 6.4) 33 (2, 46) 3
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Harnett County *** 3.9 (2.5, 5.8) 32 (3, 46) 5
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Chatham County *** 3.9 (2.6, 6.0) 31 (4, 46) 5
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Lincoln County *** 3.9 (2.5, 6.1) 30 (2, 46) 5
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Wayne County *** 3.9 (2.6, 5.7) 29 (4, 46) 6 stable stable trend -0.4 (-1.8, 1.1)
Halifax County *** 4.0 (2.3, 6.8) 28 (1, 46) 3
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Iredell County *** 4.0 (2.9, 5.5) 27 (5, 46) 9 falling falling trend -2.3 (-4.0, -0.5)
Alamance County *** 4.1 (2.9, 5.6) 26 (4, 46) 8 stable stable trend 0.1 (-1.4, 1.6)
Orange County *** 4.2 (2.8, 5.9) 25 (2, 46) 7
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Caldwell County *** 4.4 (2.7, 6.8) 24 (1, 46) 5 falling falling trend -1.9 (-3.5, -0.2)
Durham County *** 4.4 (3.4, 5.6) 23 (4, 43) 14 stable stable trend -0.4 (-1.9, 1.1)
Moore County *** 4.4 (2.9, 6.6) 22 (1, 46) 6 stable stable trend -0.2 (-1.7, 1.3)
Wake County *** 4.5 (4.0, 5.1) 21 (8, 34) 50 stable stable trend -0.2 (-0.9, 0.6)
Gaston County *** 4.6 (3.5, 5.9) 20 (3, 43) 12 stable stable trend -0.7 (-1.7, 0.3)
Nash County *** 4.6 (3.0, 6.8) 19 (1, 46) 6 stable stable trend -1.1 (-2.6, 0.4)
Union County *** 4.6 (3.5, 6.0) 18 (2, 43) 11 stable stable trend -1.5 (-3.1, 0.1)
Surry County *** 4.7 (2.9, 7.2) 17 (1, 46) 5 stable stable trend -1.5 (-3.4, 0.4)
Cleveland County *** 4.7 (3.0, 6.9) 16 (1, 46) 6 stable stable trend -0.7 (-2.6, 1.3)
Buncombe County *** 4.7 (3.8, 5.9) 15 (3, 39) 17 stable stable trend -1.0 (-2.3, 0.2)
Randolph County *** 4.9 (3.5, 6.7) 14 (1, 44) 9 falling falling trend -1.6 (-3.0, -0.2)
Lee County *** 4.9 (2.9, 7.8) 13 (1, 46) 4
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Onslow County *** 4.9 (3.4, 6.8) 12 (1, 44) 7 stable stable trend -0.6 (-2.2, 1.1)
Carteret County *** 5.0 (3.1, 7.9) 11 (1, 46) 5 stable stable trend 0.5 (-1.3, 2.3)
Wilkes County *** 5.2 (3.3, 7.8) 10 (1, 46) 5 stable stable trend -0.4 (-2.1, 1.4)
Stanly County *** 5.2 (3.2, 8.1) 9 (1, 46) 4 stable stable trend -1.0 (-2.9, 0.9)
Davidson County *** 5.5 (4.1, 7.2) 8 (1, 36) 12 stable stable trend -26.6 (-58.9, 31.3)
Pitt County *** 5.5 (4.0, 7.3) 7 (1, 38) 10 stable stable trend 0.1 (-1.8, 2.1)
Henderson County *** 5.6 (4.0, 7.8) 6 (1, 38) 9 stable stable trend -0.1 (-1.4, 1.3)
Rutherford County *** 5.7 (3.7, 8.6) 5 (1, 44) 6
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Stokes County *** 5.8 (3.3, 9.5) 4 (1, 46) 4
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Craven County *** 5.9 (4.2, 8.1) 3 (1, 40) 8 stable stable trend 0.4 (-1.9, 2.7)
Rowan County *** 6.2 (4.6, 8.2) 2 (1, 31) 11 stable stable trend 0.3 (-0.8, 1.4)
Transylvania County *** 6.6 (3.6, 11.4) 1 (1, 46) 4
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Alexander County ***
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Alleghany County ***
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Anson County ***
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Ashe County ***
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Avery County ***
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Beaufort County ***
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Bertie County ***
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Bladen County ***
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Camden County ***
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Caswell County ***
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Cherokee County ***
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Chowan County ***
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Clay County ***
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Columbus County ***
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Currituck County ***
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Dare County ***
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Davie County ***
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Duplin County ***
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Edgecombe County ***
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Franklin County ***
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Gates County ***
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Graham County ***
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Granville County ***
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Greene County ***
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Hertford County ***
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Hoke County ***
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Hyde County ***
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Jackson County ***
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Jones County ***
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Lenoir County ***
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Macon County ***
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Madison County ***
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Martin County ***
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McDowell County ***
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Mitchell County ***
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Montgomery County ***
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Northampton County ***
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Pamlico County ***
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Pasquotank County ***
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Pender County ***
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Perquimans County ***
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Person County ***
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Polk County ***
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Richmond County ***
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Rockingham County ***
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Scotland County ***
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Swain County ***
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Tyrrell County ***
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Vance County ***
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Warren County ***
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Washington County ***
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Watauga County ***
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Yadkin County ***
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Yancey County ***
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/28/2024 11:07 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.

*** No Healthy People 2030 Objective for this cancer.
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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