2019 State of North Carolina and 2017-2019 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 78.2 78.1-78.3 75.6 75.5-75.7 80.8 80.7-80.9 79.1 79.0-79.2 75.7 75.5-75.9
Alamance County 77.3 76.9-77.7 74.7 74.1-75.3 79.8 79.2-80.3 78.2 77.7-78.6 74.7 73.8-75.6
Alexander County 77.1 76.2-78.0 74.9 73.6-76.1 79.5 78.2-80.8 77.5 76.5-78.4 74.9 71.6-78.2
Alleghany County 77.8 75.9-79.7 75.4 72.5-78.2 80.7 78.3-83.1 78.4 76.6-80.3 N/A     N/A    
Anson County 74.2 73.0-75.4 71.2 69.6-72.8 77.4 75.8-79.1 75.3 73.7-76.9 73.7 71.9-75.4
Ashe County 79.3 78.3-80.3 75.9 74.4-77.3 82.9 81.7-84.1 79.4 78.4-80.4 N/A     N/A    
Avery County 77.5 76.3-78.7 76.5 74.8-78.2 78.4 76.7-80.2 77.4 76.2-78.6 N/A     N/A    
Beaufort County 76.2 75.3-77.0 72.9 71.6-74.2 79.4 78.2-80.5 77.2 76.2-78.2 74.1 72.3-75.9
Bertie County 76.8 75.4-78.1 73.2 71.3-75.1 80.6 78.9-82.3 77.7 75.8-79.7 76.2 74.4-77.9
Bladen County 75.5 74.5-76.6 72.7 71.2-74.2 78.3 76.9-79.7 77.1 75.8-78.3 72.9 71.0-74.8
Brunswick County 78.9 78.4-79.5 75.9 75.1-76.7 81.9 81.3-82.6 79.2 78.6-79.8 76.5 75.1-77.9
Buncombe County 78.7 78.4-79.0 75.8 75.3-76.3 81.5 81.1-81.9 79.0 78.6-79.3 74.9 73.5-76.2
Burke County 76.8 76.2-77.4 73.9 73.0-74.8 79.8 79.0-80.6 76.9 76.2-77.6 75.3 72.9-77.7
Cabarrus County 78.5 78.1-78.8 76.3 75.7-76.8 80.5 80.0-81.0 78.9 78.5-79.3 76.9 75.9-77.8
Caldwell County 76.0 75.4-76.6 73.6 72.7-74.5 78.5 77.7-79.3 76.2 75.6-76.8 74.1 71.2-77.1
Camden County 80.4 78.9-81.8 77.9 75.8-79.9 83.0 80.8-85.1 80.2 78.6-81.8 82.2 77.1-87.3
Carteret County 77.8 77.1-78.4 75.1 74.1-76.2 80.5 79.6-81.4 77.7 77.0-78.5 77.1 74.4-79.7
Caswell County 75.6 74.2-76.9 72.3 70.6-74.1 79.2 77.3-81.1 75.8 74.3-77.2 75.7 73.0-78.4
Catawba County 77.0 76.6-77.4 74.5 73.9-75.1 79.5 78.9-80.0 77.6 77.2-78.0 73.9 72.4-75.4
Chatham County 81.2 80.5-81.8 78.6 77.6-79.7 83.6 82.7-84.5 82.3 81.6-83.0 76.6 74.7-78.6
Cherokee County 76.0 74.7-77.3 73.8 72.0-75.7 78.2 76.6-79.9 76.0 74.7-77.3 N/A     N/A    
Chowan County 75.1 73.5-76.7 71.6 69.1-74.1 78.6 76.7-80.6 76.3 74.5-78.2 73.1 70.1-76.1
Clay County 76.5 74.5-78.4 73.3 70.4-76.2 79.8 77.5-82.1 76.5 74.6-78.5 N/A     N/A    
Cleveland County 74.6 74.1-75.2 72.1 71.3-72.9 77.1 76.4-77.8 75.1 74.5-75.7 72.7 71.5-74.0
Columbus County 74.5 73.7-75.2 71.3 70.3-72.4 77.8 76.7-78.9 75.1 74.1-76.0 73.6 72.1-75.1
Craven County 76.6 76.0-77.1 73.9 73.1-74.6 79.4 78.6-80.2 77.4 76.8-78.1 73.5 72.2-74.7
Cumberland County 76.3 76.0-76.6 73.2 72.8-73.7 79.2 78.8-79.7 76.9 76.5-77.3 75.8 75.3-76.3
Currituck County 78.4 77.4-79.4 76.4 74.8-78.0 80.8 79.6-82.0 78.8 77.8-79.8 73.0 67.5-78.5
Dare County 79.0 78.2-79.8 76.4 75.2-77.6 81.7 80.6-82.8 78.9 78.1-79.7 N/A     N/A    
Davidson County 76.4 76.0-76.8 73.8 73.2-74.4 79.0 78.4-79.5 76.6 76.1-77.0 75.9 74.5-77.2
Davie County 78.9 78.0-79.7 75.8 74.6-77.1 82.0 80.8-83.1 79.1 78.2-80.0 75.2 71.7-78.7
Duplin County 79.6 78.8-80.4 77.8 76.7-79.0 81.4 80.3-82.5 81.0 80.1-81.8 77.2 75.6-78.8
Durham County 80.2 79.9-80.5 77.5 77.0-77.9 82.7 82.3-83.1 82.6 82.2-82.9 77.0 76.5-77.6
Edgecombe County 73.2 72.4-74.1 69.0 67.8-70.2 77.3 76.1-78.4 74.6 73.4-75.7 73.0 71.8-74.2
Forsyth County 77.9 77.6-78.2 74.9 74.5-75.4 80.6 80.2-81.0 79.3 78.9-79.6 74.9 74.3-75.5
Franklin County 77.5 76.8-78.2 74.5 73.5-75.5 80.6 79.7-81.5 78.5 77.7-79.2 75.7 74.3-77.1
Gaston County 75.6 75.2-75.9 72.8 72.2-73.3 78.3 77.9-78.8 75.8 75.4-76.2 74.6 73.7-75.5
Gates County 74.6 72.5-76.6 71.1 68.2-74.1 78.3 75.6-81.0 74.7 72.3-77.1 73.5 69.5-77.5
Graham County 77.0 75.1-79.0 75.4 73.0-77.8 78.6 75.5-81.8 77.6 75.5-79.6 N/A     N/A    
Granville County 78.0 77.3-78.7 76.1 75.1-77.1 80.0 79.0-81.0 78.7 77.8-79.6 77.0 75.7-78.3
Greene County 77.3 76.1-78.5 74.6 72.9-76.2 80.1 78.3-81.8 78.4 76.9-79.8 75.6 73.2-78.0
Guilford County 78.0 77.8-78.3 75.4 75.1-75.8 80.4 80.1-80.8 79.3 79.0-79.6 75.7 75.3-76.2
Halifax County 74.5 73.6-75.3 71.2 70.0-72.4 77.8 76.7-78.8 75.3 73.9-76.7 73.7 72.6-74.8
Harnett County 76.8 76.4-77.3 74.4 73.7-75.1 79.2 78.6-79.9 77.6 77.1-78.2 74.8 73.7-75.9
Haywood County 77.1 76.4-77.8 74.6 73.6-75.6 79.6 78.7-80.5 77.1 76.4-77.8 77.7 72.2-83.2
Henderson County 79.4 78.9-79.9 77.0 76.3-77.8 81.7 81.1-82.4 79.6 79.0-80.1 77.2 74.7-79.6
Hertford County 76.9 75.7-78.0 74.2 72.5-75.9 79.7 78.1-81.2 76.6 74.8-78.5 77.1 75.6-78.6
Hoke County 76.0 75.2-76.8 73.7 72.5-74.9 78.4 77.3-79.4 77.9 76.8-78.9 74.9 73.5-76.3
Hyde County 75.5 72.9-78.1 72.0 68.4-75.6 79.2 75.3-83.1 76.4 73.4-79.3 73.4 68.6-78.3
Iredell County 77.9 77.4-78.3 75.8 75.2-76.4 79.8 79.3-80.4 78.5 78.0-78.9 74.5 73.2-75.7
Jackson County 78.6 77.7-79.4 76.6 75.4-77.8 80.5 79.2-81.8 80.1 79.2-80.9 N/A     N/A    
Johnston County 78.1 77.7-78.5 75.9 75.4-76.5 80.2 79.7-80.7 78.7 78.3-79.1 77.4 76.4-78.4
Jones County 75.9 74.0-77.8 72.1 69.4-74.9 79.9 77.3-82.5 76.0 73.9-78.1 75.9 72.1-79.7
Lee County 76.5 75.8-77.3 73.2 72.1-74.3 79.9 78.9-80.9 78.5 77.7-79.3 71.3 69.5-73.1
Lenoir County 74.7 73.9-75.5 71.0 69.9-72.2 78.4 77.4-79.3 75.6 74.7-76.6 73.9 72.6-75.1
Lincoln County 77.6 77.0-78.2 75.1 74.2-76.0 80.2 79.4-80.9 77.9 77.3-78.5 75.1 72.1-78.1
McDowell County 76.9 76.1-77.8 74.6 73.5-75.7 79.3 78.2-80.5 76.9 76.1-77.7 78.2 74.8-81.5
Macon County 77.9 76.9-78.9 75.7 74.3-77.2 80.0 78.8-81.3 77.9 76.9-78.9 N/A     N/A    
Madison County 77.2 76.1-78.3 74.6 72.9-76.3 79.9 78.5-81.4 77.2 76.1-78.4 N/A     N/A    
Martin County 75.2 74.0-76.5 72.3 70.5-74.1 78.1 76.3-79.8 76.1 74.6-77.7 74.0 72.0-76.1
Mecklenburg County 80.6 80.4-80.8 78.0 77.7-78.2 83.0 82.7-83.2 82.6 82.4-82.8 77.2 76.9-77.5
Mitchell County 75.7 74.3-77.1 73.0 71.0-75.0 78.6 76.7-80.5 75.6 74.2-77.1 N/A     N/A    
Montgomery County 76.4 75.3-77.5 73.5 71.9-75.2 79.4 78.0-80.8 77.6 76.4-78.8 73.0 70.4-75.5
Moore County 79.5 78.9-80.1 77.4 76.6-78.3 81.5 80.7-82.3 80.2 79.6-80.8 75.9 74.2-77.6
Nash County 75.2 74.7-75.8 72.2 71.4-73.1 78.2 77.4-79.0 75.6 74.9-76.4 75.2 74.2-76.1
New Hanover County 79.4 79.1-79.8 77.0 76.4-77.5 81.8 81.3-82.2 80.2 79.8-80.6 75.3 74.2-76.4
Northampton County 77.6 76.2-78.9 74.0 71.9-76.0 81.1 79.4-82.9 80.4 78.4-82.3 76.0 74.1-77.8
Onslow County 76.7 76.3-77.1 74.3 73.7-74.9 79.1 78.5-79.7 76.9 76.4-77.4 76.5 75.4-77.6
Orange County 82.2 81.7-82.6 79.9 79.2-80.6 84.3 83.7-84.8 83.1 82.6-83.5 76.4 74.8-77.9
Pamlico County 76.1 73.9-78.2 71.2 67.9-74.6 81.8 79.5-84.2 76.5 74.1-78.8 72.6 67.0-78.2
Pasquotank County 76.0 75.1-76.8 73.2 72.0-74.5 78.7 77.6-79.8 76.1 75.0-77.2 75.4 73.9-76.8
Pender County 77.3 76.5-78.0 74.4 73.3-75.5 80.3 79.3-81.3 77.9 77.1-78.6 73.8 71.6-76.0
Perquimans County 78.9 77.4-80.4 75.9 73.4-78.4 81.9 80.2-83.7 79.2 77.5-80.9 77.3 74.0-80.6
Person County 76.0 75.0-76.9 73.2 71.9-74.5 78.7 77.4-80.1 77.4 76.4-78.4 72.8 70.7-74.8
Pitt County 78.4 77.9-78.8 75.2 74.5-75.8 81.3 80.7-81.9 80.6 80.1-81.1 75.2 74.4-76.0
Polk County 79.6 78.3-80.8 76.4 74.5-78.2 82.8 81.2-84.4 80.0 78.7-81.2 75.7 69.0-82.4
Randolph County 75.6 75.1-76.0 73.1 72.4-73.8 78.1 77.5-78.8 75.9 75.4-76.4 72.0 70.1-73.9
Richmond County 74.0 73.1-74.8 71.3 70.1-72.6 76.6 75.6-77.7 74.7 73.7-75.7 72.6 71.0-74.1
Robeson County 72.8 72.2-73.3 68.9 68.1-69.6 76.8 76.1-77.5 74.5 73.6-75.4 71.4 70.3-72.5
Rockingham County 75.4 74.8-76.0 72.2 71.3-73.1 78.7 78.0-79.5 76.0 75.3-76.6 73.8 72.4-75.3
Rowan County 75.4 74.9-75.9 72.5 71.8-73.2 78.4 77.8-79.0 75.7 75.2-76.2 73.6 72.5-74.8
Rutherford County 76.2 75.5-76.9 73.9 73.0-74.9 78.4 77.5-79.3 76.6 75.9-77.3 73.5 71.3-75.6
Sampson County 76.3 75.6-77.0 72.9 71.9-73.9 79.7 78.8-80.6 76.5 75.6-77.3 76.4 75.1-77.8
Scotland County 74.6 73.6-75.6 72.7 71.4-74.1 76.4 74.9-77.9 76.5 75.1-77.8 72.9 71.2-74.6
Stanly County 75.5 74.8-76.3 73.3 72.3-74.4 77.8 76.9-78.8 75.6 74.8-76.4 75.5 73.2-77.7
Stokes County 76.9 76.1-77.7 74.2 73.1-75.4 79.6 78.6-80.7 76.9 76.1-77.7 77.1 73.0-81.3
Surry County 75.0 74.3-75.7 72.4 71.5-73.4 77.6 76.8-78.5 74.9 74.2-75.6 76.5 73.8-79.2
Swain County 71.3 69.6-72.9 68.5 66.1-70.8 74.1 71.8-76.4 73.8 71.8-75.8 N/A     N/A    
Transylvania County 80.8 79.7-81.8 77.5 75.8-79.1 84.3 83.1-85.4 80.7 79.6-81.8 78.7 74.6-82.8
Tyrrell County 79.4 77.1-81.7 77.5 74.5-80.6 81.5 78.2-84.9 76.9 73.8-79.9 83.7 80.2-87.1
Union County 80.0 79.7-80.4 77.6 77.1-78.1 82.4 82.0-82.9 80.6 80.3-81.0 77.8 76.7-78.9
Vance County 73.8 72.8-74.7 69.5 68.1-70.9 77.8 76.6-79.0 75.5 74.1-76.8 72.0 70.7-73.3
Wake County 81.8 81.6-81.9 79.5 79.3-79.7 83.8 83.6-84.0 82.8 82.6-82.9 78.2 77.8-78.6
Warren County 77.8 76.5-79.1 74.2 72.3-76.0 81.9 80.3-83.5 79.7 78.0-81.4 77.1 75.4-78.9
Washington County 75.5 73.6-77.4 71.1 68.2-74.0 80.1 77.8-82.3 77.8 75.3-80.3 73.8 70.9-76.6
Watauga County 81.3 80.5-82.2 79.0 77.8-80.2 83.7 82.6-84.9 81.3 80.5-82.2 N/A     N/A    
Wayne County 75.7 75.2-76.2 73.1 72.3-73.8 78.3 77.6-79.0 76.9 76.3-77.4 74.3 73.3-75.2
Wilkes County 76.7 76.0-77.4 73.5 72.5-74.5 80.0 79.1-80.9 76.9 76.2-77.6 72.4 68.9-75.9
Wilson County 75.6 74.9-76.2 72.9 71.9-73.8 78.1 77.3-79.0 77.8 77.0-78.5 73.8 72.8-74.9
Yadkin County 76.5 75.6-77.4 73.8 72.4-75.2 79.2 78.1-80.4 76.8 75.9-77.8 74.6 69.8-79.5
Yancey County 78.8 77.6-79.9 76.9 75.3-78.5 80.6 79.0-82.1 78.8 77.6-79.9 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