POISONING MORTALITY RATES (PER 100,000)*
2017-2021 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT DEATHS

County Total Deaths Age-Adjusted
Rate
Alamance 238 29.7
Alexander 27 16.7
Alleghany 8 **
Anson 27 24.2
Ashe 20 16.9
Avery 10 **
Beaufort 80 43.9
Bertie 25 30.2
Bladen 68 46.8
Brunswick 220 42.6
Buncombe 551 42.7
Burke 179 43
Cabarrus 324 29.7
Caldwell 133 34.9
Camden 9 **
Carteret 135 45.5
Caswell 28 25.9
Catawba 234 32.1
Chatham 81 26.8
Cherokee 56 49.2
Chowan 20 33.8
Clay 18 **
Cleveland 89 19.5
Columbus 94 40
Craven 237 53.8
Cumberland 668 41.9
Currituck 46 33
Dare 80 49.7
Davidson 367 48.9
Davie 56 30.2
Duplin 55 21.9
Durham 343 20.9
Edgecombe 85 36.2
Forsyth 571 31.7
Franklin 97 29.4
Gaston 275 25
Gates 15 **
Graham 12 **
Granville 70 24.7
Greene 19 **
Guilford 793 30.1
Halifax 73 34.6
Harnett 229 34.3
Haywood 111 37.8
Henderson 145 27.9
Hertford 25 26.1
Hoke 68 24.8
Hyde 11 **
Iredell 170 19.9
Jackson 86 43.7
Johnston 228 21.9
Jones 16 **
Lee 124 43.5
Lenoir 78 31.6
Lincoln 105 26.8
McDowell 70 33
Macon 55 38.4
Madison 25 25.3
Martin 36 37.1
Mecklenburg 1,076 18.6
Mitchell 20 32.6
Montgomery 41 37.3
Moore 99 22.6
Nash 125 28.4
New Hanover 440 40.5
Northampton 23 26.8
Onslow 259 30.9
Orange 111 15.8
Pamlico 40 74
Pasquotank 77 42.4
Pender 91 32.1
Perquimans 21 39.8
Person 55 29.5
Pitt 258 32
Polk 26 31.5
Randolph 338 50.5
Richmond 87 43.9
Robeson 332 57.1
Rockingham 208 51.4
Rowan 327 46.8
Rutherford 107 36
Sampson 72 25.6
Scotland 52 33.7
Stanly 122 43.8
Stokes 108 52.3
Surry 119 36.5
Swain 33 52.1
Transylvania 31 19.8
Tyrrell 7 **
Union 196 19
Vance 74 37.3
Wake 857 14.9
Warren 19 **
Washington 13 **
Watauga 36 14.5
Wayne 156 27.7
Wilkes 107 35.5
Wilson 111 30.5
Yadkin 61 38
Yancey 20 24.4
North Carolina 14,473 28.7

North Carolina County Health Data Book - 2022 Division of Public Health
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services State Center for Health Statistics
*Poisoning Totals Include all poisonings, regardless of manner