2017 State of North Carolina and 2015-2017 County Life Expectancy at Birth
  
  Sex Race
  Total Male Female White African American
Geographic Area L.E. C.I. (95%) L.E. C.I. (95%) L.E. C.I. (95%) L.E. C.I. (95%) L.E. C.I. (95%)
State of North Carolina 77.0 76.9-77.1 74.4 74.2-74.5 79.6 79.5-79.7 77.9 77.8-78.0 74.5 74.3-74.7
Alamance County 77.3 76.9-77.8 74.7 74.1-75.3 79.8 79.2-80.4 78.4 78.0-78.9 74.4 73.4-75.4
Alexander County 76.8 75.8-77.7 74.4 73.1-75.7 79.3 78.0-80.6 77.0 76.0-77.9 79.9 76.8-83.0
Alleghany County 78.4 76.7-80.2 76.9 74.3-79.4 80.5 78.2-82.8 78.6 76.9-80.3 N/A     N/A    
Anson County 73.8 72.7-75.0 73.0 71.6-74.5 74.5 72.7-76.3 76.0 74.7-77.3 72.4 70.7-74.1
Ashe County 78.5 77.4-79.6 76.0 74.4-77.6 81.1 79.7-82.5 78.5 77.4-79.6 N/A     N/A    
Avery County 77.5 76.1-78.8 77.2 75.4-79.0 77.8 75.6-79.9 77.2 75.8-78.7 N/A     N/A    
Beaufort County 75.6 74.8-76.5 71.7 70.3-73.1 79.6 78.6-80.6 76.8 75.8-77.8 72.5 70.8-74.3
Bertie County 76.3 74.9-77.8 73.4 71.4-75.5 79.1 77.0-81.2 78.0 76.0-80.0 75.6 73.6-77.5
Bladen County 74.5 73.5-75.6 71.6 70.0-73.2 77.5 76.0-78.9 76.2 75.0-77.5 72.5 70.6-74.5
Brunswick County 78.3 77.8-78.9 75.4 74.6-76.3 81.3 80.6-82.0 78.3 77.7-78.9 77.8 76.2-79.3
Buncombe County 78.5 78.1-78.8 75.8 75.3-76.3 80.9 80.5-81.4 78.8 78.4-79.1 73.9 72.6-75.3
Burke County 76.4 75.8-77.0 74.0 73.2-74.9 78.8 77.9-79.6 76.3 75.7-77.0 76.1 74.0-78.3
Cabarrus County 78.0 77.6-78.4 75.8 75.3-76.4 80.0 79.5-80.5 78.6 78.2-79.0 76.3 75.3-77.3
Caldwell County 75.6 75.0-76.3 73.0 72.0-73.9 78.4 77.7-79.2 75.7 75.1-76.4 75.2 72.3-78.1
Camden County 78.8 77.2-80.4 75.7 73.5-78.0 82.2 80.0-84.4 79.2 77.4-80.9 76.0 71.5-80.6
Carteret County 78.3 77.6-79.0 75.4 74.4-76.5 81.3 80.4-82.3 78.2 77.5-79.0 79.9 77.1-82.7
Caswell County 76.5 75.3-77.7 74.0 72.4-75.6 79.2 77.5-80.9 76.3 74.9-77.7 77.2 74.9-79.5
Catawba County 76.2 75.7-76.6 73.5 72.9-74.2 78.9 78.3-79.4 76.7 76.2-77.1 73.2 71.6-74.8
Chatham County 81.2 80.5-81.9 78.4 77.4-79.5 84.0 83.1-84.9 82.3 81.6-83.0 77.9 76.0-79.8
Cherokee County 76.7 75.4-77.9 74.4 72.6-76.1 79.0 77.3-80.8 76.7 75.4-78.0 N/A     N/A    
Chowan County 75.6 74.0-77.2 71.8 69.5-74.1 79.5 77.4-81.5 75.6 73.6-77.6 75.6 72.9-78.4
Clay County 77.0 75.0-79.0 73.4 70.4-76.5 80.7 78.3-83.1 77.1 75.2-79.1 N/A     N/A    
Cleveland County 74.5 74.0-75.1 72.1 71.2-72.9 77.0 76.3-77.7 75.2 74.6-75.8 72.4 71.1-73.7
Columbus County 74.0 73.2-74.8 71.2 70.0-72.3 76.9 75.9-77.9 74.2 73.2-75.1 73.6 72.1-75.0
Craven County 76.4 75.9-77.0 73.8 73.0-74.6 79.1 78.4-79.9 77.2 76.5-77.8 73.9 72.7-75.1
Cumberland County 76.4 76.1-76.8 73.6 73.1-74.0 79.1 78.7-79.6 77.1 76.7-77.6 75.6 75.1-76.2
Currituck County 78.2 77.2-79.3 76.7 75.1-78.2 79.8 78.4-81.1 78.6 77.6-79.7 73.1 68.6-77.7
Dare County 79.1 78.2-79.9 76.5 75.2-77.7 81.8 80.6-83.0 79.1 78.2-80.0 N/A     N/A    
Davidson County 76.2 75.8-76.7 73.8 73.2-74.4 78.7 78.1-79.2 76.5 76.0-76.9 75.7 74.3-77.2
Davie County 78.0 77.1-78.8 75.6 74.4-76.9 80.3 79.1-81.4 78.1 77.2-79.0 75.6 72.7-78.5
Duplin County 78.8 78.0-79.5 75.9 74.8-77.0 81.6 80.6-82.7 80.2 79.3-81.0 76.3 74.8-77.9
Durham County 80.0 79.7-80.3 77.2 76.7-77.6 82.5 82.1-82.9 82.2 81.8-82.5 76.8 76.3-77.4
Edgecombe County 74.3 73.5-75.1 70.7 69.4-71.9 77.7 76.6-78.8 75.3 74.1-76.5 74.1 72.9-75.2
Forsyth County 77.9 77.7-78.2 75.5 75.1-75.9 80.2 79.8-80.6 79.1 78.7-79.4 75.5 74.9-76.0
Franklin County 78.0 77.2-78.7 75.1 74.0-76.1 80.9 80.0-81.9 78.8 78.0-79.6 76.2 74.7-77.7
Gaston County 75.6 75.2-76.0 73.1 72.6-73.7 77.9 77.4-78.4 75.8 75.4-76.2 74.6 73.6-75.5
Gates County 76.9 75.0-78.7 72.9 70.1-75.7 81.1 79.0-83.2 77.2 75.1-79.3 76.9 73.7-80.2
Graham County 78.8 77.0-80.7 77.4 74.7-80.2 80.8 78.2-83.3 79.2 77.4-81.1 N/A     N/A    
Granville County 78.2 77.5-78.9 76.4 75.4-77.4 80.0 79.0-81.0 79.1 78.3-80.0 76.7 75.4-77.9
Greene County 77.7 76.6-78.9 74.9 73.5-76.3 80.6 78.8-82.4 78.6 77.3-80.0 76.6 74.7-78.5
Guilford County 78.4 78.2-78.7 75.7 75.4-76.1 80.9 80.6-81.3 79.7 79.4-80.0 76.1 75.7-76.5
Halifax County 75.4 74.6-76.2 71.7 70.5-72.9 79.2 78.1-80.2 76.7 75.5-77.9 74.6 73.5-75.8
Harnett County 76.8 76.4-77.3 74.6 73.9-75.3 79.0 78.4-79.7 77.2 76.7-77.8 76.1 74.9-77.2
Haywood County 77.4 76.7-78.2 74.9 73.9-75.9 79.9 79.0-80.9 77.6 76.9-78.3 78.5 71.8-85.3
Henderson County 79.2 78.7-79.7 77.0 76.2-77.7 81.3 80.7-82.0 79.3 78.8-79.8 75.3 72.6-78.0
Hertford County 77.3 76.1-78.6 74.0 72.3-75.7 80.7 78.9-82.4 79.6 77.8-81.3 76.2 74.6-77.8
Hoke County 76.8 76.1-77.6 74.1 73.0-75.3 79.6 78.5-80.6 78.0 77.0-79.1 76.0 74.6-77.4
Hyde County 76.5 74.2-78.8 74.4 72.1-76.7 79.1 75.1-83.1 77.1 74.6-79.5 74.0 67.9-80.0
Iredell County 77.3 76.9-77.7 75.5 74.9-76.1 79.0 78.4-79.6 77.8 77.3-78.2 74.8 73.5-76.0
Jackson County 77.8 76.9-78.7 75.5 74.2-76.8 80.0 78.8-81.3 78.8 77.8-79.7 N/A     N/A    
Johnston County 77.7 77.3-78.1 75.5 74.9-76.0 79.7 79.2-80.3 78.1 77.7-78.5 77.4 76.3-78.5
Jones County 77.0 75.4-78.6 73.8 71.4-76.2 80.3 78.3-82.3 77.3 75.5-79.1 76.1 72.7-79.5
Lee County 75.9 75.1-76.7 73.0 71.9-74.1 78.7 77.7-79.8 77.8 77.0-78.6 71.1 69.4-72.9
Lenoir County 75.1 74.4-75.9 72.4 71.3-73.5 77.8 76.9-78.8 76.2 75.3-77.2 73.6 72.4-74.8
Lincoln County 77.2 76.6-77.8 75.0 74.1-75.8 79.5 78.7-80.2 77.5 76.9-78.1 76.0 73.0-79.0
McDowell County 76.7 75.9-77.5 74.0 72.9-75.2 79.4 78.2-80.6 76.6 75.8-77.5 77.3 73.7-80.8
Macon County 77.5 76.5-78.5 74.9 73.4-76.4 80.1 78.8-81.4 77.4 76.4-78.4 N/A     N/A    
Madison County 77.9 76.8-79.1 74.3 72.5-76.2 81.8 80.5-83.0 77.9 76.7-79.0 N/A     N/A    
Martin County 75.1 73.9-76.3 73.3 71.7-74.9 76.9 75.1-78.6 75.7 74.2-77.2 74.6 72.7-76.6
Mecklenburg County 80.3 80.1-80.5 77.8 77.5-78.0 82.5 82.3-82.7 82.2 82.0-82.4 77.1 76.7-77.4
Mitchell County 76.3 75.0-77.6 73.2 71.2-75.1 79.8 78.1-81.5 76.4 75.0-77.7 N/A     N/A    
Montgomery County 77.8 76.8-78.8 75.8 74.3-77.2 79.9 78.6-81.2 79.1 78.1-80.2 74.5 72.1-76.9
Moore County 79.1 78.5-79.7 76.1 75.2-77.0 82.2 81.4-82.9 80.0 79.4-80.7 74.3 72.5-76.0
Nash County 75.3 74.7-75.9 72.4 71.5-73.2 78.1 77.4-78.9 76.4 75.7-77.2 74.1 73.1-75.0
New Hanover County 78.9 78.5-79.3 76.1 75.6-76.7 81.5 81.0-82.0 80.0 79.6-80.4 73.0 72.0-74.1
Northampton County 75.8 74.3-77.3 73.5 71.5-75.6 78.1 76.0-80.1 79.0 76.8-81.1 74.0 72.1-76.0
Onslow County 76.8 76.4-77.3 74.6 74.0-75.2 78.9 78.3-79.5 77.1 76.6-77.6 76.2 75.1-77.4
Orange County 82.0 81.5-82.4 80.0 79.3-80.6 83.8 83.2-84.4 82.8 82.4-83.3 75.5 74.1-76.9
Pamlico County 77.3 75.4-79.1 74.7 72.0-77.3 80.1 77.7-82.6 77.7 75.8-79.7 74.3 69.8-78.8
Pasquotank County 76.4 75.6-77.3 74.3 73.2-75.5 78.5 77.3-79.7 77.0 76.0-78.1 75.5 74.1-76.9
Pender County 76.7 75.9-77.5 73.6 72.5-74.8 80.0 79.0-81.1 77.5 76.6-78.3 72.9 70.8-75.0
Perquimans County 78.6 77.1-80.1 77.3 75.1-79.4 79.9 77.9-82.0 78.6 76.8-80.4 77.9 75.0-80.8
Person County 76.8 75.8-77.7 74.4 73.1-75.7 79.0 77.6-80.3 78.0 77.0-79.0 74.0 72.1-76.0
Pitt County 78.1 77.7-78.6 75.2 74.5-75.8 80.8 80.2-81.5 80.2 79.7-80.7 74.9 74.1-75.7
Polk County 79.7 78.4-81.0 77.7 75.8-79.5 81.6 79.9-83.4 79.6 78.3-81.0 79.7 73.4-86.1
Randolph County 76.0 75.6-76.5 74.2 73.5-74.8 77.9 77.3-78.5 76.2 75.7-76.7 74.5 72.7-76.4
Richmond County 73.4 72.5-74.2 70.5 69.3-71.7 76.3 75.2-77.4 74.1 73.1-75.1 71.7 70.2-73.3
Robeson County 73.5 73.0-74.0 70.1 69.4-70.9 76.9 76.3-77.6 74.8 74.0-75.6 72.6 71.5-73.6
Rockingham County 75.7 75.1-76.3 73.1 72.2-74.0 78.2 77.4-79.0 76.3 75.7-77.0 73.3 71.9-74.7
Rowan County 75.1 74.6-75.6 72.4 71.8-73.1 77.8 77.2-78.4 75.4 74.9-75.9 73.8 72.6-75.0
Rutherford County 75.4 74.7-76.1 72.7 71.7-73.7 78.1 77.2-79.0 75.8 75.1-76.5 73.3 71.1-75.5
Sampson County 75.5 74.8-76.2 72.1 71.1-73.2 78.9 78.0-79.8 76.2 75.4-77.1 73.8 72.4-75.3
Scotland County 74.4 73.4-75.4 72.0 70.7-73.3 76.6 75.2-78.1 75.4 74.0-76.9 73.0 71.4-74.6
Stanly County 75.8 75.1-76.5 73.3 72.3-74.3 78.4 77.5-79.4 75.8 75.0-76.5 75.4 73.2-77.6
Stokes County 75.7 74.8-76.6 73.0 71.7-74.3 78.5 77.5-79.5 75.7 74.9-76.6 78.3 74.4-82.2
Surry County 75.5 74.9-76.2 73.0 72.1-73.9 78.1 77.2-79.0 75.6 74.9-76.3 74.8 71.9-77.7
Swain County 74.3 72.9-75.7 71.1 69.2-73.1 77.7 75.8-79.6 76.3 74.7-77.9 N/A     N/A    
Transylvania County 80.2 79.2-81.2 77.7 76.3-79.2 82.7 81.4-84.0 80.4 79.4-81.4 73.9 70.0-77.9
Tyrrell County 78.3 75.8-80.8 77.8 74.5-81.1 78.5 74.7-82.4 75.9 72.7-79.2 82.5 78.7-86.4
Union County 79.6 79.2-79.9 77.6 77.1-78.1 81.4 80.9-81.9 80.1 79.8-80.5 76.8 75.7-77.9
Vance County 73.7 72.8-74.6 69.9 68.6-71.2 77.5 76.3-78.6 75.3 74.0-76.6 72.1 70.9-73.4
Wake County 81.6 81.4-81.7 79.5 79.2-79.7 83.5 83.3-83.7 82.5 82.3-82.7 77.9 77.5-78.3
Warren County 77.0 75.7-78.4 75.0 73.1-76.9 79.3 77.5-81.1 77.7 75.5-79.9 76.2 74.5-78.0
Washington County 76.0 74.1-77.8 72.9 70.3-75.5 78.9 76.3-81.5 77.4 74.8-80.0 74.5 71.7-77.2
Watauga County 81.7 80.9-82.6 79.5 78.3-80.7 84.0 82.8-85.1 81.8 80.9-82.6 N/A     N/A    
Wayne County 76.7 76.2-77.2 73.8 73.1-74.5 79.6 78.9-80.2 78.2 77.6-78.7 74.6 73.6-75.5
Wilkes County 76.4 75.7-77.0 73.5 72.6-74.5 79.3 78.3-80.3 76.5 75.9-77.2 74.9 71.7-78.0
Wilson County 76.3 75.6-76.9 73.2 72.2-74.1 79.1 78.3-80.0 78.3 77.5-79.0 74.6 73.5-75.7
Yadkin County 76.9 76.0-77.8 73.9 72.5-75.2 79.9 78.8-81.1 77.1 76.2-78.0 77.9 72.6-83.1
Yancey County 78.2 77.0-79.4 76.7 74.9-78.5 79.7 78.1-81.4 78.5 77.2-79.7 N/A     N/A    
 
L.E.: Life Expectancy at Birth.
C.I.(95%): 95 percent Confidence Interval
 
Life expectancy is the average number of additional years that someone at a given age would be expected to live if
current mortality conditions remained constant throughout their lifetime