| UNADJUSTED DEATH RATES PER 100,000 POPULATION 2021 AND 2017-2021 |
| RESIDENCE | 2021 DEATHS NUMBER |
2021 DEATHS RATE |
2017-2021 DEATHS NUMBER |
2017-2021 DEATHS RATE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH CAROLINA | 118,040 | 1,118.7 | 510,875 | 979.7 |
| Alamance | 2,032 | 1,168.6 | 9,305 | 1,101.2 |
| Alexander | 623 | 1,700.1 | 2,374 | 1,282.9 |
| Alleghany | 176 | 1,592.9 | 777 | 1,407.3 |
| Anson | 420 | 1,903.9 | 1,685 | 1,430.0 |
| Ashe | 444 | 1,662.2 | 1,873 | 1,393.9 |
| Avery | 252 | 1,410.7 | 1,164 | 1,318.8 |
| Beaufort | 697 | 1,567.4 | 3,184 | 1,383.3 |
| Bertie | 323 | 1,845.2 | 1,384 | 1,493.4 |
| Bladen | 591 | 2,001.7 | 2,339 | 1,476.3 |
| Brunswick | 2,035 | 1,411.1 | 8,487 | 1,224.9 |
| Buncombe | 3,179 | 1,170.8 | 14,322 | 1,086.1 |
| Burke | 1,329 | 1,516.9 | 5,700 | 1,277.4 |
| Cabarrus | 1,979 | 855.7 | 8,726 | 798.1 |
| Caldwell | 1,331 | 1,654.2 | 5,484 | 1,347.0 |
| Camden | 105 | 969.1 | 485 | 909.8 |
| Carteret | 1,075 | 1,568.4 | 4,585 | 1,332.7 |
| Caswell | 364 | 1,602.5 | 1,551 | 1,369.4 |
| Catawba | 2,343 | 1,448.8 | 9,526 | 1,192.9 |
| Chatham | 848 | 1,088.7 | 3,912 | 1,048.0 |
| Cherokee | 552 | 1,892.5 | 2,212 | 1,547.6 |
| Chowan | 241 | 1,756.3 | 1,073 | 1,545.6 |
| Clay | 194 | 1,715.4 | 831 | 1,489.6 |
| Cleveland | 1,518 | 1,512.6 | 6,727 | 1,365.4 |
| Columbus | 918 | 1,832.6 | 3,972 | 1,482.2 |
| Craven | 1,342 | 1,333.0 | 6,064 | 1,193.2 |
| Cumberland | 3,673 | 1,094.8 | 14,697 | 880.2 |
| Currituck | 337 | 1,136.5 | 1,333 | 958.3 |
| Dare | 418 | 1,105.1 | 1,915 | 1,037.1 |
| Davidson | 2,417 | 1,416.5 | 10,236 | 1,220.1 |
| Davie | 591 | 1,357.6 | 2,531 | 1,182.4 |
| Duplin | 763 | 1,572.7 | 3,084 | 1,126.1 |
| Durham | 2,390 | 732.8 | 11,182 | 697.9 |
| Edgecombe | 743 | 1,536.4 | 3,658 | 1,444.3 |
| Forsyth | 4,238 | 1,099.3 | 18,841 | 988.7 |
| Franklin | 769 | 1,072.5 | 3,418 | 992.9 |
| Gaston | 3,105 | 1,345.0 | 13,165 | 1,169.2 |
| Gates | 163 | 1,572.4 | 723 | 1,303.7 |
| Graham | 132 | 1,641.2 | 602 | 1,451.1 |
| Granville | 724 | 1,168.0 | 3,150 | 1,040.2 |
| Greene | 272 | 1,332.2 | 1,148 | 1,103.9 |
| Guilford | 5,797 | 1,068.7 | 24,948 | 930.3 |
| Halifax | 882 | 1,827.1 | 3,766 | 1,514.1 |
| Harnett | 1,467 | 1,078.9 | 5,849 | 869.8 |
| Haywood | 995 | 1,592.6 | 4,464 | 1,440.8 |
| Henderson | 1,675 | 1,433.7 | 7,507 | 1,288.9 |
| Hertford | 315 | 1,480.4 | 1,526 | 1,336.2 |
| Hoke | 518 | 975.3 | 2,119 | 786.6 |
| Hyde | 54 | 1,197.9 | 314 | 1,294.3 |
| Iredell | 2,102 | 1,095.0 | 8,804 | 961.8 |
| Jackson | 475 | 1,094.2 | 2,136 | 982.9 |
| Johnston | 2,148 | 948.3 | 8,593 | 816.4 |
| Jones | 172 | 1,858.5 | 721 | 1,533.5 |
| Lee | 808 | 1,259.8 | 3,413 | 1,097.7 |
| Lenoir | 964 | 1,762.1 | 4,087 | 1,468.8 |
| Lincoln | 1,083 | 1,207.8 | 4,582 | 1,066.5 |
| McDowell | 694 | 1,552.0 | 2,935 | 1,301.2 |
| Macon | 637 | 1,695.8 | 2,612 | 1,448.5 |
| Madison | 300 | 1,395.2 | 1,394 | 1,294.4 |
| Martin | 404 | 1,857.1 | 1,756 | 1,574.0 |
| Mecklenburg | 7,951 | 708.5 | 34,675 | 627.8 |
| Mitchell | 275 | 1,837.9 | 1,222 | 1,633.8 |
| Montgomery | 406 | 1,573.8 | 1,752 | 1,316.9 |
| Moore | 1,410 | 1,372.1 | 6,180 | 1,236.0 |
| Nash | 1,262 | 1,326.0 | 5,874 | 1,242.9 |
| New Hanover | 2,415 | 1,054.5 | 10,797 | 938.4 |
| Northampton | 327 | 1,909.0 | 1,464 | 1,563.5 |
| Onslow | 1,681 | 815.4 | 6,859 | 685.3 |
| Orange | 952 | 639.4 | 4,357 | 590.6 |
| Pamlico | 213 | 1,725.5 | 939 | 1,499.5 |
| Pasquotank | 538 | 1,317.9 | 2,376 | 1,186.5 |
| Pender | 780 | 1,241.7 | 3,273 | 1,058.6 |
| Perquimans | 196 | 1,492.8 | 915 | 1,377.8 |
| Person | 556 | 1,421.0 | 2,481 | 1,262.4 |
| Pitt | 1,698 | 986.2 | 7,365 | 835.4 |
| Polk | 356 | 1,811.2 | 1,611 | 1,595.3 |
| Randolph | 2,060 | 1,419.0 | 8,762 | 1,217.9 |
| Richmond | 738 | 1,727.4 | 3,117 | 1,415.9 |
| Robeson | 1,945 | 1,672.0 | 8,059 | 1,283.6 |
| Rockingham | 1,529 | 1,675.3 | 6,534 | 1,436.8 |
| Rowan | 2,167 | 1,462.7 | 9,130 | 1,270.3 |
| Rutherford | 1,126 | 1,743.4 | 4,785 | 1,452.9 |
| Sampson | 905 | 1,534.2 | 3,783 | 1,227.6 |
| Scotland | 552 | 1,612.8 | 2,362 | 1,364.6 |
| Stanly | 938 | 1,478.9 | 3,990 | 1,276.7 |
| Stokes | 684 | 1,535.3 | 3,086 | 1,366.1 |
| Surry | 1,102 | 1,548.8 | 5,160 | 1,440.3 |
| Swain | 251 | 1,775.6 | 1,142 | 1,608.4 |
| Transylvania | 514 | 1,549.8 | 2,247 | 1,333.5 |
| Tyrrell | 50 | 1,536.6 | 236 | 1,255.5 |
| Union | 2,008 | 824.1 | 8,239 | 692.4 |
| Vance | 640 | 1,517.1 | 2,923 | 1,339.8 |
| Wake | 7,036 | 611.7 | 31,377 | 564.5 |
| Warren | 312 | 1,662.9 | 1,390 | 1,436.6 |
| Washington | 220 | 2,019.8 | 915 | 1,601.3 |
| Watauga | 471 | 868.5 | 2,022 | 733.4 |
| Wayne | 1,548 | 1,324.9 | 7,076 | 1,172.6 |
| Wilkes | 1,064 | 1,616.9 | 4,589 | 1,361.2 |
| Wilson | 1,198 | 1,528.7 | 5,152 | 1,282.2 |
| Yadkin | 519 | 1,395.5 | 2,410 | 1,288.0 |
| Yancey | 311 | 1,658.0 | 1,298 | 1,428.4 |
| PREPARED BY NC-DHHS STATE CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS |