POISONING MORTALITY RATES (PER 100,000)*
2018-2022 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT DEATHS

County Total Deaths Age-Adjusted
Rate
Alamance 250 31.2
Alexander 32 20.4
Alleghany 10 **
Anson 31 27.7
Ashe 23 20.2
Avery 14 **
Beaufort 84 47.5
Bertie 27 34.1
Bladen 80 55.8
Brunswick 234 44.5
Buncombe 587 44.8
Burke 190 46.2
Cabarrus 323 28.7
Caldwell 150 41
Camden 10 **
Carteret 153 52.4
Caswell 28 25.4
Catawba 256 34.9
Chatham 96 31.4
Cherokee 62 52.2
Chowan 21 35.6
Clay 17 **
Cleveland 113 25.5
Columbus 103 43.9
Craven 285 64.2
Cumberland 748 47.5
Currituck 45 29.8
Dare 85 52.2
Davidson 412 54.4
Davie 68 34.9
Duplin 66 27.2
Durham 421 25.4
Edgecombe 100 44
Forsyth 672 36.9
Franklin 115 33.7
Gaston 365 33.1
Gates 15 **
Graham 13 **
Granville 81 27.8
Greene 22 21.1
Guilford 898 34
Halifax 88 42.3
Harnett 255 38
Haywood 127 43.3
Henderson 152 30.1
Hertford 28 29.4
Hoke 85 31.6
Hyde 9 **
Iredell 179 20.6
Jackson 96 51.5
Johnston 259 23.9
Jones 16 **
Lee 141 47.4
Lenoir 81 34.2
Lincoln 125 31.1
McDowell 76 36.1
Macon 64 43.2
Madison 35 35.8
Martin 41 42.1
Mecklenburg 1,187 20.2
Mitchell 23 34.9
Montgomery 52 47.6
Moore 133 30.1
Nash 151 35.3
New Hanover 446 40.8
Northampton 21 27.6
Onslow 313 36.1
Orange 134 19.4
Pamlico 47 87
Pasquotank 82 44.4
Pender 97 33.4
Perquimans 29 52.8
Person 58 31.8
Pitt 297 37.4
Polk 30 40
Randolph 396 59.1
Richmond 116 59
Robeson 420 74.6
Rockingham 250 61.5
Rowan 362 51.4
Rutherford 131 45.3
Sampson 78 28.4
Scotland 68 44
Stanly 122 42.7
Stokes 110 54.5
Surry 130 40.9
Swain 41 65.5
Transylvania 30 21
Tyrrell 9 **
Union 211 20.1
Vance 80 40.1
Wake 945 16.1
Warren 25 30
Washington 14 **
Watauga 47 19.6
Wayne 161 28.7
Wilkes 111 37.9
Wilson 126 35.5
Yadkin 72 45.1
Yancey 21 24
North Carolina 16,338 32.2

North Carolina County Health Data Book - 2024 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