| UNADJUSTED DEATH RATES PER 100,000 POPULATION 2020 AND 2016-2020 |
| RESIDENCE | 2020 DEATHS NUMBER |
2020 DEATHS RATE |
2016-2020 DEATHS NUMBER |
2016-2020 DEATHS RATE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH CAROLINA | 109,677 | 1,034.6 | 483,333 | 930.7 |
| Alamance | 2,050 | 1,196.4 | 8,911 | 1,072.7 |
| Alexander | 502 | 1,340.8 | 2,129 | 1,142.4 |
| Alleghany | 158 | 1,411.5 | 751 | 1,355.0 |
| Anson | 340 | 1,411.0 | 1,586 | 1,298.4 |
| Ashe | 400 | 1,472.4 | 1,757 | 1,302.5 |
| Avery | 246 | 1,400.0 | 1,105 | 1,262.2 |
| Beaufort | 668 | 1,419.1 | 3,103 | 1,315.9 |
| Bertie | 302 | 1,613.9 | 1,302 | 1,364.7 |
| Bladen | 492 | 1,494.9 | 2,165 | 1,303.8 |
| Brunswick | 1,784 | 1,197.0 | 7,849 | 1,143.3 |
| Buncombe | 3,040 | 1,153.8 | 13,756 | 1,059.9 |
| Burke | 1,238 | 1,369.2 | 5,417 | 1,201.8 |
| Cabarrus | 1,881 | 849.3 | 8,245 | 779.3 |
| Caldwell | 1,166 | 1,420.2 | 5,142 | 1,253.3 |
| Camden | 114 | 1,037.9 | 476 | 893.6 |
| Carteret | 883 | 1,269.4 | 4,315 | 1,245.3 |
| Caswell | 336 | 1,497.1 | 1,477 | 1,306.0 |
| Catawba | 2,034 | 1,268.8 | 8,830 | 1,114.2 |
| Chatham | 853 | 1,126.1 | 3,739 | 1,026.4 |
| Cherokee | 430 | 1,479.0 | 1,993 | 1,402.9 |
| Chowan | 220 | 1,592.5 | 1,015 | 1,450.5 |
| Clay | 140 | 1,216.9 | 780 | 1,399.1 |
| Cleveland | 1,487 | 1,501.5 | 6,451 | 1,319.7 |
| Columbus | 887 | 1,620.0 | 3,768 | 1,354.0 |
| Craven | 1,362 | 1,345.4 | 5,859 | 1,145.6 |
| Cumberland | 3,070 | 912.7 | 13,585 | 812.1 |
| Currituck | 306 | 1,053.3 | 1,221 | 897.5 |
| Dare | 382 | 1,017.4 | 1,864 | 1,015.9 |
| Davidson | 2,208 | 1,304.7 | 9,559 | 1,145.9 |
| Davie | 525 | 1,212.9 | 2,449 | 1,151.3 |
| Duplin | 704 | 1,197.4 | 2,872 | 974.1 |
| Durham | 2,435 | 744.0 | 10,772 | 678.2 |
| Edgecombe | 806 | 1,585.7 | 3,585 | 1,377.0 |
| Forsyth | 3,993 | 1,040.3 | 17,903 | 946.0 |
| Franklin | 717 | 997.8 | 3,224 | 947.9 |
| Gaston | 2,788 | 1,230.5 | 12,351 | 1,112.1 |
| Gates | 139 | 1,212.5 | 679 | 1,178.9 |
| Graham | 139 | 1,640.3 | 573 | 1,348.1 |
| Granville | 704 | 1,163.9 | 2,960 | 989.6 |
| Greene | 248 | 1,185.0 | 1,080 | 1,029.2 |
| Guilford | 5,208 | 963.5 | 23,526 | 882.8 |
| Halifax | 819 | 1,655.2 | 3,541 | 1,397.4 |
| Harnett | 1,254 | 914.9 | 5,366 | 799.4 |
| Haywood | 965 | 1,532.4 | 4,232 | 1,368.2 |
| Henderson | 1,536 | 1,296.8 | 7,212 | 1,240.3 |
| Hertford | 369 | 1,596.8 | 1,474 | 1,241.2 |
| Hoke | 474 | 849.0 | 1,917 | 702.3 |
| Hyde | 59 | 1,218.3 | 327 | 1,285.1 |
| Iredell | 1,886 | 1,015.2 | 8,268 | 924.6 |
| Jackson | 457 | 1,037.9 | 2,078 | 956.8 |
| Johnston | 1,823 | 843.0 | 7,941 | 781.2 |
| Jones | 166 | 1,794.6 | 655 | 1,385.7 |
| Lee | 748 | 1,199.6 | 3,144 | 1,029.4 |
| Lenoir | 897 | 1,609.8 | 3,837 | 1,361.8 |
| Lincoln | 1,016 | 1,153.3 | 4,317 | 1,020.8 |
| McDowell | 633 | 1,382.6 | 2,781 | 1,225.0 |
| Macon | 536 | 1,489.1 | 2,465 | 1,401.7 |
| Madison | 282 | 1,297.1 | 1,342 | 1,242.1 |
| Martin | 401 | 1,808.1 | 1,665 | 1,470.6 |
| Mecklenburg | 7,647 | 677.4 | 32,928 | 601.3 |
| Mitchell | 251 | 1,686.7 | 1,168 | 1,561.6 |
| Montgomery | 370 | 1,358.4 | 1,639 | 1,204.1 |
| Moore | 1,326 | 1,283.0 | 5,929 | 1,194.6 |
| Nash | 1,246 | 1,313.5 | 5,670 | 1,202.7 |
| New Hanover | 2,339 | 988.5 | 10,389 | 897.7 |
| Northampton | 355 | 1,859.8 | 1,425 | 1,448.8 |
| Onslow | 1,436 | 704.1 | 6,374 | 642.6 |
| Orange | 915 | 613.8 | 4,231 | 578.2 |
| Pamlico | 189 | 1,486.4 | 892 | 1,407.7 |
| Pasquotank | 519 | 1,285.5 | 2,266 | 1,139.4 |
| Pender | 679 | 1,049.9 | 3,099 | 1,001.4 |
| Perquimans | 224 | 1,639.0 | 895 | 1,324.7 |
| Person | 536 | 1,342.5 | 2,362 | 1,194.1 |
| Pitt | 1,651 | 902.6 | 6,915 | 768.5 |
| Polk | 319 | 1,516.9 | 1,555 | 1,503.7 |
| Randolph | 1,870 | 1,293.6 | 8,220 | 1,146.0 |
| Richmond | 660 | 1,488.8 | 2,943 | 1,315.0 |
| Robeson | 1,758 | 1,352.3 | 7,548 | 1,146.6 |
| Rockingham | 1,452 | 1,590.6 | 6,170 | 1,355.3 |
| Rowan | 1,975 | 1,386.0 | 8,591 | 1,218.8 |
| Rutherford | 1,053 | 1,569.9 | 4,506 | 1,350.3 |
| Sampson | 771 | 1,216.4 | 3,594 | 1,135.8 |
| Scotland | 574 | 1,657.2 | 2,233 | 1,278.9 |
| Stanly | 856 | 1,353.6 | 3,764 | 1,213.2 |
| Stokes | 658 | 1,438.5 | 2,967 | 1,298.8 |
| Surry | 1,096 | 1,529.0 | 4,963 | 1,380.5 |
| Swain | 254 | 1,791.4 | 1,069 | 1,501.3 |
| Transylvania | 448 | 1,298.6 | 2,191 | 1,287.3 |
| Tyrrell | 50 | 1,324.9 | 230 | 1,156.4 |
| Union | 1,680 | 686.9 | 7,661 | 649.9 |
| Vance | 670 | 1,498.3 | 2,828 | 1,267.8 |
| Wake | 6,714 | 593.0 | 29,899 | 547.7 |
| Warren | 311 | 1,593.1 | 1,353 | 1,370.4 |
| Washington | 196 | 1,706.6 | 854 | 1,448.9 |
| Watauga | 438 | 776.0 | 1,870 | 671.8 |
| Wayne | 1,569 | 1,265.7 | 6,790 | 1,097.1 |
| Wilkes | 988 | 1,452.0 | 4,385 | 1,282.7 |
| Wilson | 1,133 | 1,382.1 | 4,751 | 1,164.8 |
| Yadkin | 521 | 1,384.7 | 2,322 | 1,235.5 |
| Yancey | 274 | 1,513.9 | 1,208 | 1,352.0 |
| PREPARED BY NC-DHHS STATE CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS |
| NOTE: RATES BASED ON SMALL NUMBERS (FEWER THAN 20 CASES) |
| ARE UNSTABLE AND SHOULD BE INTERPRETED WITH CAUTION |