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Death Rate Report for North Carolina by County

Brain & ONS, 2018-2022

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

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County
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
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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 N/A *** 4.1 (4.0, 4.3) N/A 530 stable stable trend -1.0 (-2.8, 0.0)
United States N/A *** 4.4 (4.4, 4.4) N/A 17,637 stable stable trend -0.4 (-1.2, 0.1)
Robeson County Rural *** 2.7 (1.6, 4.3) 52 (17, 52) 4 stable stable trend -1.4 (-3.0, 0.3)
Harnett County Rural *** 2.9 (1.7, 4.5) 51 (14, 52) 4
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Guilford County Urban *** 3.3 (2.7, 4.0) 50 (25, 52) 20 falling falling trend -2.2 (-3.2, -1.3)
Durham County Urban *** 3.4 (2.6, 4.4) 49 (18, 52) 12 stable stable trend -0.7 (-2.2, 1.1)
Rockingham County Urban *** 3.4 (2.1, 5.3) 48 (7, 52) 5 falling falling trend -2.2 (-4.3, -0.1)
Caldwell County Urban *** 3.4 (2.0, 5.5) 47 (6, 52) 4 falling falling trend -2.0 (-3.7, -0.3)
Wilson County Rural *** 3.5 (2.0, 5.7) 46 (5, 52) 4
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Iredell County Urban *** 3.5 (2.5, 4.8) 45 (12, 52) 8 falling falling trend -2.2 (-3.7, -0.4)
Mecklenburg County Urban *** 3.6 (3.1, 4.1) 44 (23, 50) 39 falling falling trend -1.5 (-2.2, -0.6)
Cumberland County Urban *** 3.6 (2.7, 4.7) 43 (13, 52) 12 falling falling trend -1.5 (-2.8, -0.1)
Haywood County Rural *** 3.6 (2.1, 6.0) 42 (5, 52) 4
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Forsyth County Urban *** 3.7 (3.0, 4.6) 41 (14, 51) 18 stable stable trend -1.3 (-2.4, 0.0)
Cabarrus County Urban *** 3.7 (2.7, 5.0) 40 (8, 52) 9 stable stable trend -1.7 (-3.1, 0.0)
Burke County Urban *** 3.7 (2.5, 5.6) 39 (7, 52) 5 stable stable trend -1.3 (-3.1, 0.6)
Johnston County Urban *** 3.8 (2.7, 5.1) 38 (9, 52) 9 stable stable trend -1.6 (-3.2, 0.3)
Orange County Urban *** 3.8 (2.6, 5.4) 37 (7, 52) 7
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Brunswick County Urban *** 3.9 (2.8, 5.3) 36 (8, 52) 11
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Catawba County Urban *** 3.9 (2.8, 5.4) 35 (6, 52) 8 falling falling trend -1.6 (-3.0, -0.1)
Wilkes County Rural *** 3.9 (2.3, 6.4) 34 (3, 52) 4 stable stable trend -0.7 (-2.3, 1.3)
Granville County Rural *** 4.0 (2.2, 6.8) 33 (2, 52) 3
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Chatham County Urban *** 4.1 (2.7, 6.2) 32 (3, 52) 6
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New Hanover County Urban *** 4.1 (3.1, 5.4) 31 (7, 51) 12 stable stable trend -0.8 (-2.4, 1.2)
Surry County Rural *** 4.3 (2.6, 6.7) 30 (1, 52) 4 stable stable trend -1.6 (-3.7, 0.5)
Wake County Urban *** 4.3 (3.8, 4.9) 29 (12, 42) 50 stable stable trend -0.3 (-1.0, 0.5)
Pender County Urban *** 4.3 (2.5, 7.0) 28 (1, 52) 4
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Franklin County Urban *** 4.3 (2.6, 6.9) 27 (1, 52) 4
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Davidson County Urban *** 4.3 (3.1, 5.8) 26 (4, 51) 10 stable stable trend -0.1 (-1.5, 1.7)
Lincoln County Urban *** 4.4 (2.8, 6.5) 25 (2, 52) 5
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Alamance County Urban *** 4.4 (3.2, 6.0) 24 (4, 51) 9 stable stable trend -0.2 (-1.4, 1.4)
Randolph County Urban *** 4.5 (3.2, 6.1) 23 (3, 51) 8 stable stable trend -1.4 (-2.8, 0.1)
Cleveland County Rural *** 4.5 (3.0, 6.6) 22 (2, 52) 6 stable stable trend -0.8 (-2.7, 1.2)
Wayne County Urban *** 4.6 (3.1, 6.6) 21 (2, 52) 6 stable stable trend -0.2 (-1.7, 1.4)
Nash County Urban *** 4.6 (3.0, 6.7) 20 (2, 52) 6 stable stable trend -0.9 (-2.4, 0.8)
Gaston County Urban *** 4.6 (3.5, 5.9) 19 (4, 49) 12 stable stable trend -0.7 (-1.6, 0.3)
Columbus County Rural *** 4.6 (2.6, 7.7) 18 (1, 52) 3
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Union County Urban *** 4.6 (3.5, 6.0) 17 (4, 49) 12 stable stable trend -1.3 (-2.7, 0.5)
Moore County Urban *** 4.6 (3.1, 6.8) 16 (2, 52) 7 stable stable trend -0.2 (-1.6, 1.5)
Buncombe County Urban *** 4.8 (3.8, 6.0) 15 (4, 43) 18 stable stable trend -0.9 (-2.1, 0.6)
Onslow County Urban *** 4.9 (3.5, 6.8) 14 (1, 50) 8 stable stable trend -0.4 (-2.0, 1.7)
Watauga County Rural *** 5.1 (2.8, 8.8) 13 (1, 52) 3
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Pitt County Urban *** 5.2 (3.7, 6.9) 12 (1, 48) 9 stable stable trend 0.1 (-1.7, 2.5)
Beaufort County Rural *** 5.3 (3.1, 8.6) 11 (1, 52) 4
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Stanly County Rural *** 5.3 (3.2, 8.2) 10 (1, 52) 4 stable stable trend -0.8 (-2.8, 1.5)
Sampson County Rural *** 5.6 (3.4, 8.6) 9 (1, 52) 4
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Duplin County Rural *** 5.8 (3.2, 9.7) 8 (1, 52) 3
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Rowan County Urban *** 5.9 (4.4, 7.8) 7 (1, 40) 11 stable stable trend 0.2 (-0.9, 1.4)
Rutherford County Rural *** 6.0 (3.8, 9.1) 6 (1, 50) 5
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Craven County Rural *** 6.1 (4.3, 8.4) 5 (1, 44) 8 stable stable trend 0.8 (-1.2, 3.7)
Stokes County Urban *** 6.2 (3.6, 10.2) 4 (1, 52) 4
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Person County Urban *** 6.4 (3.7, 10.6) 3 (1, 52) 4
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Carteret County Rural *** 6.6 (4.3, 9.8) 2 (1, 44) 7 rising rising trend 3.2 (1.2, 10.4)
Henderson County Urban *** 6.7 (4.9, 9.0) 1 (1, 32) 11 stable stable trend 0.5 (-0.9, 2.2)
Alexander County Urban ***
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Alleghany County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Anson County Urban ***
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3 or fewer
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Ashe County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Avery County Rural ***
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Bertie County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Bladen County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Camden County Urban ***
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Caswell County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Cherokee County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Chowan County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Clay County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Currituck County Urban ***
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Dare County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Davie County Urban ***
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Edgecombe County Urban ***
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Gates County Urban ***
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Graham County Rural ***
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Greene County Rural ***
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Halifax County Rural ***
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Hertford County Rural ***
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Hoke County Urban ***
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Hyde County Rural ***
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Jackson County Rural ***
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Jones County Rural ***
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Lee County Rural ***
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Lenoir County Rural ***
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Macon County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Madison County Urban ***
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3 or fewer
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Martin County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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McDowell County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Mitchell County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Montgomery County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Northampton County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Pamlico County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Pasquotank County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Perquimans County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Polk County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Richmond County Rural ***
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Scotland County Rural ***
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3 or fewer
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Swain County Rural ***
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Transylvania County Rural ***
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Tyrrell County Rural ***
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Vance County Rural ***
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Warren County Rural ***
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Washington County Rural ***
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Yadkin County Urban ***
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Yancey County Rural ***
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 12/02/2024 2:11 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.

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.

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