POISONING MORTALITY RATES (PER 100,000)*
2019-2023 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT DEATHS

County Total Deaths Age-Adjusted
Rate
Alamance 266 32.5
Alexander 41 24.8
Alleghany 13 **
Anson 30 27
Ashe 29 26.4
Avery 20 22.9
Beaufort 93 53.8
Bertie 34 45.3
Bladen 91 67.7
Brunswick 273 50.4
Buncombe 638 48
Burke 231 57.5
Cabarrus 326 28.1
Caldwell 180 50.2
Camden 10 **
Carteret 157 53.8
Caswell 35 31.6
Catawba 314 42.5
Chatham 103 32.4
Cherokee 79 69.2
Chowan 32 51
Clay 18 **
Cleveland 151 33.6
Columbus 121 52.7
Craven 332 74.5
Cumberland 850 53.6
Currituck 41 26.3
Dare 73 45.4
Davidson 469 60.9
Davie 76 38.1
Duplin 75 32.8
Durham 503 29.8
Edgecombe 120 52.9
Forsyth 722 39.6
Franklin 122 34.7
Gaston 454 40.7
Gates 17 **
Graham 18 **
Granville 97 32.6
Greene 23 22.2
Guilford 1,012 38.2
Halifax 89 42.7
Harnett 292 43
Haywood 139 46.4
Henderson 164 32.6
Hertford 26 30.5
Hoke 99 36.3
Hyde 10 **
Iredell 211 23.6
Jackson 101 55.6
Johnston 309 27.3
Jones 18 **
Lee 160 53.1
Lenoir 99 42.3
Lincoln 140 33.7
McDowell 91 43.8
Macon 78 50.4
Madison 41 42
Martin 40 38.4
Mecklenburg 1,334 22.4
Mitchell 23 34.5
Montgomery 66 60.9
Moore 169 36.3
Nash 160 37.5
New Hanover 467 42.3
Northampton 20 25.3
Onslow 354 40.2
Orange 141 20.4
Pamlico 50 94.1
Pasquotank 91 49.1
Pender 102 34.2
Perquimans 28 51
Person 58 31.1
Pitt 331 41.7
Polk 29 40.2
Randolph 442 64.7
Richmond 151 78.6
Robeson 508 91.8
Rockingham 278 68.3
Rowan 440 61.5
Rutherford 161 55.4
Sampson 86 31.6
Scotland 81 51.2
Stanly 127 43.2
Stokes 119 59.3
Surry 138 44.4
Swain 53 82
Transylvania 36 26.3
Tyrrell 8 **
Union 238 21.9
Vance 97 48
Wake 1,042 17.6
Warren 29 33
Washington 16 **
Watauga 54 23.2
Wayne 173 30.8
Wilkes 119 41.7
Wilson 162 46
Yadkin 80 50.3
Yancey 24 25.6
North Carolina 18,481 36

*Poisoning Totals Include all poisonings, regardless of manner