Volume 2 • 2006
Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Public Health
State Center for Health Statistics
February 2008
North Carolina
Vital Statistics
Leading Causes of Death
Publications of the
State Center for Health Statistics
All of these publications are available online at www.schs.state.nc.us/SCHS
North Carolina Health Statistics Pocket Guide (Biennial):
Data for the U.S., N.C., and N.C. counties are presented in tabular and narrative forms with more than 7,000 calculations
depicting patterns of births, deaths, abortions, diseases, health care resources, and other data from state and national re-porting
systems and surveys. This composite of information, contained in a compact foldout, will serve the needs of many
health data users.
North Carolina Vital Statistics, Volume 1: Population, Births, Deaths, Marriages, Divorces (Annual):
For the state and each Perinatal Care Region (PCR) and county, one-page tables summarize annual and 5-year data by race
and selected variables. Maps, graphs, and narrative describe geographical patterns and statewide trends.
North Carolina Vital Statistics, Volume 2: Leading Causes of Death (Annual):
For the state and counties, cause-specific annual and 5-year data are given in the form of numbers of deaths, unadjusted death
rates, and age-adjusted death rates. For each cause, maps depict 5-year adjusted and unadjusted county rates. Infant mortality
data are also tabulated and mapped.
Basic Automated Birth Yearbook, North Carolina Residents (Annual):
Known as the BABY BOOK, this report is comprised of multiple cross-tabulations of various maternal and infant variables
such as age, race, birth order, birth weight, and number of prenatal visits as well as medical conditions of the mother, the
labor/delivery, and the newborn. State and county data are available on the SCHS web site.
Detailed Mortality Statistics, North Carolina Residents (Annual):
This report provides annual counts of deaths specific for detailed underlying cause of death (4 digits) and age-race-sex groups.
State and county data are available on the SCHS web site.
North Carolina Reported Pregnancies (Annual):
For the state, PCRs, and counties, annual estimates of pregnancy rates, live birth rates, and abortion rates by age and race
are followed by one-page tables displaying counts of pregnancies (abortions, live births, and fetal deaths) by race and age
for total and unmarried women. Data are available on the SCHS web site.
Cancer Incidence in North Carolina (Annual):
This report summarizes the information collected on cancer diagnosed among North Carolina residents. Cancer incidence
numbers and rates for specific sites and total cancer are provided by sex, race, and county. Data are available on the SCHS
web site.
North Carolina Cancer Facts and Figures (Biennial):
This collaborative report with the American Cancer Society is prepared specifically for use by the public. It contains tabular,
graphic, and narrative materials regarding cancer in North Carolina. Information about cancer control activities and agencies
in the state is also given.
Cancer Profiles (Biennial):
These are general fact sheets about cancer. They are published in odd-numbered years and are available for each county and
for the state.
SCHS Studies (Intermittent):
Studies on health topics of current interest are presented in newsletter form.
Statistical Brief (Intermittent):
These shorter reports on health topics are designed to provide quick information for health decision makers.
Statistical Primer (Intermittent):
Short tutorials on statistical methods are presented in newsletter form.
North Carolina
Leading Causes of Death
North Carolina
Vital Statistics
Volume 2 – 2006
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Public Health
State Center for Health Statistics
1908 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1908
(919) 733-4728
www.schs.state.nc.us/SCHS
State of North Carolina
Michael F. Easley, Governor
Department of Health and Human Services
Dempsey Benton, Secretary
Division of Public Health
Leah Devlin, D.D.S., M.P.H., Health Director
Chronic Disease and Injury Section
Marcus Plescia, M.D., M.P.H., Chief
State Center for Health Statistics
Paul A. Buescher, Ph.D., Director
Contributors:
Roy Clark
Reginald Daye
Kathleen Jones-Vessey
Matt Avery
Jean Stafford
Jessica Collins
Ann H. Farmer
February 2008
The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services does not discriminate on the basis of race,
color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in employment or the provision of services.
600 copies of this public document were printed at a cost of $2,104.62 or $3.51 per copy. 2/08
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
NORTH CAROLINA'S LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
STATE AND COUNTY MORTALITY TABLES AND FIGURES
Mortality Statistics Summary for 2002-2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Sex-Specific Mortality Statistics Summary for 2002-2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Total Deaths – All Causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Heart Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Cerebrovascular Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Cancer of Colon, Rectum, and Anus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Cancer of Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Cancer of Breast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Cancer of Prostate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Diabetes Mellitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Pneumonia and Influenza. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Motor Vehicle Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
All Other Unintentional Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Suicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Homicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Alzheimer's Disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Infant Mortality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
TECHNICAL NOTES
Computation of Death Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Interpretation of Death Rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Caution About Use of Rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A – Comparability Ratios for the Major Causes of Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
APPENDIX B – List of Selected Causes of Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
APPENDIX C – List of 51 Selected Causes of Death. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
APPENDIX D – List of 72 Selected Causes of Infant Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
APPENDIX E – Statistical Primer: Age-Adjusted Death Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
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Introduction
North Carolina Vital Statistics, Volume 2: Leading Causes of Death describes North Carolina’s total
and cause-specific deaths at the state and county level. More than a dozen of North Carolina’s lead-ing
causes of death are depicted in tables and maps. In addition, major site-specific cancer deaths and
total infant deaths are tabulated and mapped.
This edition includes the number of deaths and unadjusted death rates for 2006 and the number of
deaths and unadjusted and age-adjusted death rates for 2002-2006. Beginning in 1999, causes of
death were coded using the tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10).
For the years 1979 through 1998, the ninth revision of the ICD was used. We have not combined
mortality data across these two revisions of the ICD due to comparability problems. “Comparability
ratios” for the United States have been provided by the National Center for Health Statistics, provid-ing
numerical adjustments for comparing data across the ICD revisions. Appendix A shows these
comparability ratios for the major causes of death presented in this volume.
Be sure to read the Technical Notes section of this publication. This section explains some of the
limitations of the data and addresses issues of interpretation. Many of the deaths rates presented here
are based on small numbers and should be interpreted with caution.
A detailed breakout of cause-specific deaths by age, race, sex, and county of residence can be found
in the companion publication North Carolina Detailed Mortality Statistics. This and other publica-tions
(listed and described on the inside front cover of this publication) are available from the State
Center for Health Statistics. Most are available through our Web site (shown below) and some are
also available in printed form. Contact us at:
State Center for Health Statistics
Division of Public Health
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
1908 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1908
(919) 733-4728
www.schs.state.nc.us/SCHS
NORTH CAROLINA’S
LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH
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TABLE A:
Leading Causes of Death* by Age Group
North Carolina Residents, 2006
* Leading causes of death are generated from a list of 51 causes of death categories developed by the National Center for Health Statistics to promote
comparability in analyses of mortality. For deaths under one year of age, a list of 72 causes of death was used. See Appendices for the ICD-10 codes
for these lists of causes.
ALL AGES
Rank Cause Number
1 Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,267
2 Diseases of the heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,189
3 Cerebrovascular disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,551
4 Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . 4,004
5 Other unintentional injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,425
6 Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,258
7 Diabetes mellitus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,230
8 Pneumonia and influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,699
9 Motor vehicle injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,666
10 Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, nephrosis . . . . . 1,631
All other causes (Residual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,499
Total Deaths — All Causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,419
INFANTS (AGE <1)
Rank Cause Number
1 Short gestation — low birthweight . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
2 Congenital anomalies (birth defects) . . . . . . . . . . 176
3 SIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
4 Maternal complications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
5 Bacterial sepsis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
6 Complications of the placenta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
7 Other unintentional injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
8 Diseases of the circulatory system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
9 Necrotizing enterocolitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
10 Respiratory distress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
All other causes (Residual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Total Deaths — All Causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,033
1–4 YEARS
Rank Cause Number
1 Motor vehicle injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
2 Other unintentional injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3 Congenital anomalies (birth defects) . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Homicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5 Diseases of the heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6 Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
7 Pneumonia and influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8 Cerebrovascular disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
9 Septicemia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
In-situ/benign neoplasms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, nephrosis . . . . . . . . 1
All other causes (Residual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Total Deaths — All Causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
5–14 YEARS
Rank Cause Number
1 Motor vehicle injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
2 Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3 Other unintentional injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
4 Homicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5 Diseases of the heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6 Congenital anomalies (birth defects) . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
7 Suicide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
8 In-situ/benign neoplasms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
9 Pneumonia and influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
10 Septicemia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
All other causes (Residual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Total Deaths — All Causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
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TABLE A: (cont.)
Leading Causes of Death* by Age Group
North Carolina Residents, 2006
* Leading causes of death are generated from a list of 51 causes of death categories developed by the National Center for Health Statistics to promote
comparability in analyses of mortality. For deaths under one year of age, a list of 72 causes of death was used. See Appendices for the ICD-10 codes
for these lists of causes.
15–24 YEARS
Rank Cause Number
1 Motor vehicle injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
2 Other unintentional injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
3 Homicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
4 Suicide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
5 Diseases of the heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
6 Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
7 Congenital anomalies (birth defects) . . . . . . . . . . . 18
8 Cerebrovascular disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Pneumonia and influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
10 HIV disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
All other causes (Residual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Total Deaths — All Causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,130
25–44 YEARS
Rank Cause Number
1 Other unintentional injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606
2 Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586
3 Diseases of the heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
4 Motor vehicle injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524
5 Suicide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
6 Homicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
7 HIV disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
8 Cerebrovascular disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
9 Diabetes mellitus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
10 Chronic liver disease/cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
All other causes (Residual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847
Total Deaths — All Causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,228
45–64 YEARS
Rank Cause Number
1 Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,012
2 Diseases of the heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,381
3 Cerebrovascular disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627
4 Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . 620
5 Other unintentional injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610
6 Diabetes mellitus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605
7 Chronic liver disease/cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
8 Suicide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
9 Motor vehicle injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
10 Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, nephrosis . . . . . . 285
All other causes (Residual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,256
Total Deaths — All Causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,622
AGES 65 & OVER
Rank Cause Number
1 Diseases of the heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,185
2 Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,594
3 Cerebrovascular disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,789
4 Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . 3,336
5 Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,231
6 Diabetes mellitus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,517
7 Pneumonia and influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,443
8 Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, nephrosis . . . . . . 1,286
9 Other unintentional injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 960
10 Septicemia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 908
All other causes (Residual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,811
Total Deaths — All Causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,060
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TABLE B:
Leading Causes of Death by Race*
North Carolina Residents, 2006
* Racial group totals will not add up to overall total because deaths occurring among other races are not included here. Caution should be taken
when comparing the number of deaths across racial groupings. Population size varies considerably from one racial group to another. The number of
deaths for each group is to a large extent a reflection of that population size.
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Rank Cause Number
1 Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,503
2 Diseases of the heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,421
3 Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . 3,572
4 Cerebrovascular disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,425
5 Other unintentional injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,980
6 Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,938
7 Pneumonia and influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,432
8 Diabetes mellitus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,427
9 Motor vehicle injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,255
10 Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, nephrosis . . . . . . 1,057
All other causes (Residual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,557
Total Deaths — All Causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,567
BLACK
Rank Cause Number
1 Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,544
2 Diseases of the heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,542
3 Cerebrovascular disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,063
4 Diabetes mellitus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751
5 Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, nephrosis . . . . . . 552
6 Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
7 Other unintentional injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
8 Motor vehicle injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
9 Homicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
10 HIV disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
All other causes (Residual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,562
Total Deaths — All Causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,829
AMERICAN INDIAN
Rank Cause Number
1 Diseases of the heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
2 Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
3 Motor vehicle injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
4 Diabetes mellitus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Cerebrovascular disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
6 Other unintentional injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
7 Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Homicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
9 Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, nephrosis . . . . . . . 17
10 Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
All other causes (Residual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Total Deaths —All Causes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692
Note: Hispanic and Non-Hispanic deaths are in Table D on page 8.
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TABLE C:
Leading Causes of Death by Sex
North Carolina Residents, 2006
TABLE D:
Leading Causes of Death by Hispanicity
North Carolina Residents, 2006
FEMALE
Rank Cause Number
1 Diseases of the heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,286
2 Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,140
3 Cerebrovascular disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,725
4 Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . 2,100
5 Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,619
6 Diabetes mellitus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,145
7 Pneumonia and influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 992
8 Other unintentional injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 929
9 Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, nephrosis . . . . . . 875
10 Septicemia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676
All other causes (Residual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,052
Total Deaths — All Causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,539
MALE
Rank Cause Number
1 Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,127
2 Diseases of the heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,901
3 Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . 1,904
4 Cerebrovascular disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,825
5 Other unintentional injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,495
6 Motor vehicle injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,164
7 Diabetes mellitus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,085
8 Suicide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846
9 Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, nephrosis . . . . . . 756
10 Pneumonia & influenza. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707
All other causes (Residual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,065
Total Deaths — All Causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,875
HISPANIC
Rank Cause Number
1 Motor vehicle injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
2 Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
3 Diseases of the heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
4 Homicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
5 Conditions originating in perinatal period . . . . . . . 61
6 Other unintentional injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
7 Congenital anomalies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
8 Cerebrovascular disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
9 Suicide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
10 HIV disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
All other causes (Residual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Total Deaths — All Causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 761
NON-HISPANIC
Rank Cause Number
1 Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,177
2 Diseases of the heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,109
3 Cerebrovascular disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,525
4 Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . 3,995
5 Other unintentional injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,366
6 Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,254
7 Diabetes mellitus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,217
8 Pneumonia and influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,693
9 Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, nephrosis . . . . . 1,618
10 Motor vehicle injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,538
All other causes (Residual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,166
Total Deaths — All Causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,658
NOTE: Overall totals may not add up to the sum of the individual categories due to records with unknown gender or ethnicity.
STATE AND
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TABLES FOR 2006
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NOTES: All death rates are per 100,000 population. The Sex-specific death rates cannot be compared to the other leading causes of death because
the denominators are sex-specific. Therefore, in ranking the causes of death — for example, in ranking the leading cancer sites — one must use the
observed numbers of deaths. Breast cancer includes a few deaths to males, while the denominator of the rate is the female population, the primary
population at risk. See Appendices for cause of death codes.
TABLE E:
North Carolina Resident Mortality Statistics Summary for 2002-2006
Number of Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
Deaths Death Rate Deaths Death Rate Death Rate
Leading Causes of Death 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006 2002-2006
Diseases of Heart 17,189 194.0 89,516 209.0 217.9
Acute Myocardial Infarction 3,760 42.4 21,023 49.1 51.0
Other Ischemic Heart Disease 7,352 83.0 39,105 91.3 95.1
Hypertension 714 8.1 3,549 8.3 8.7
Cerebrovascular Disease 4,551 51.4 24,770 57.8 61.1
Atherosclerosis 222 2.5 1,369 3.2 3.4
Cancer 17,267 194.9 82,648 193.0 196.4
Lip, Oral cavity, and Pharynx 221 2.5 1,206 2.8 2.8
Stomach 288 3.3 1,540 3.6 3.7
Colon, Rectum, and Anus 1,518 17.1 7,609 17.8 18.2
Liver 448 5.1 1,925 4.5 4.5
Pancreas 1,012 11.4 4,638 10.8 11.0
Larynx 112 1.3 616 1.4 1.4
Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung 5,356 60.4 25,325 59.1 59.8
Malignant Melanoma of Skin 290 3.3 1,252 2.9 2.9
Bladder 355 4.0 1,700 4.0 4.1
Brain Tumors 344 3.9 1,812 4.2 4.2
Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma 588 6.6 2,919 6.8 7.0
Leukemia 644 7.3 2,956 6.9 7.1
Diabetes Mellitus 2,230 25.2 11,323 26.4 27.1
Pneumonia and Influenza 1,699 19.2 9,087 21.2 22.5
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 4,004 45.2 19,293 45.1 47.1
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 799 9.0 3,841 9.0 8.8
Septicemia 1,190 13.4 5,944 13.9 14.4
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis 1,631 18.4 7,465 17.4 18.2
Unintentional Motor Vehicle Injuries 1,666 18.8 8,248 19.3 19.1
All Other Unintentional Injuries 2,425 27.4 11,320 26.4 27.0
Suicide 1,093 12.3 5,027 11.7 11.6
Homicide 611 6.9 3,107 7.3 7.2
Alzheimer’s Disease 2,258 25.5 10,959 25.6 27.7
HIV Disease 425 4.8 2,183 5.1 5.1
Total Deaths — All Causes 74,419 839.9 365,996 854.6 885.2
TABLE F:
North Carolina Resident Sex-Specific Mortality Statistics Summary for 2002-2006
Sex-Specific Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
Causes of Number of Death Rate Deaths Death Rate Death Rate
Cancer Death Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006 2002-2006
----Breast 1,252 27.9 6,172 28.4 25.7
----Cervix Uteri 106 2.4 572 2.6 2.5
----Ovary 418 9.3 2,116 9.7 8.8
----Prostate 902 20.6 4,330 20.5 29.1
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NORTH CAROLINA 74,419 839.9 365,996 854.6 885.2
Alamance 1,343 960.8 6,624 962.8 884.4
Alexander 335 923.0 1,492 847.3 882.3
Alleghany 126 1144.2 687 1262.4 884.7
Anson 298 1174.6 1,415 1110.3 975.6
Ashe 276 1070.8 1,492 1182.3 847.7
Avery 181 995.9 991 1098.1 904.3
Beaufort 566 1221.2 2,703 1177.9 963.8
Bertie 239 1234.8 1,215 1235.6 998.2
Bladen 362 1101.3 1,968 1198.7 1080.6
Brunswick 917 965.6 4,142 962.5 828.8
Buncombe 2,190 989.5 10,892 1012.3 836.8
Burke 849 957.6 4,277 963.3 899.8
Cabarrus 1,270 808.0 6,151 833.6 919.3
Caldwell 866 1092.1 3,975 1012.2 935.1
Camden 78 840.2 332 790.7 789.0
Carteret 677 1065.2 3,481 1127.2 861.9
Caswell 221 939.5 1,229 1038.1 981.6
Catawba 1,351 893.9 6,597 890.3 906.6
Chatham 497 861.2 2,463 895.4 747.7
Cherokee 318 1185.9 1,590 1232.1 854.0
Chowan 172 1172.9 928 1284.0 918.7
Clay 120 1183.0 584 1211.1 718.2
Cleveland 1,064 1100.2 5,046 1038.3 964.3
Columbus 684 1251.5 3,177 1162.9 1077.8
Craven 905 947.1 4,425 952.0 918.1
Cumberland 2,094 683.1 10,250 667.2 975.6
Currituck 187 795.1 865 796.4 832.9
Dare 231 666.2 1,316 777.7 760.5
Davidson 1,511 972.7 7,274 950.1 925.1
Davie 378 948.9 1,724 904.1 830.3
Duplin 512 971.4 2,553 991.5 1007.1
Durham 1,731 701.3 8,450 705.6 846.6
Edgecombe 573 1088.4 2,983 1110.5 1080.4
Forsyth 2,824 851.0 14,017 869.8 857.2
Franklin 444 802.7 2,191 829.0 930.9
Gaston 1,929 978.0 9,619 995.5 988.0
Gates 113 974.0 586 1058.7 932.4
Graham 104 1282.5 495 1226.0 890.1
Granville 498 925.0 2,292 867.8 938.5
Greene 170 816.0 929 925.7 944.3
Guilford 3,532 786.5 17,758 812.7 846.8
Halifax 635 1142.0 3,269 1157.9 997.4
Harnett 809 780.0 3,873 776.3 950.3
Haywood 658 1161.3 3,339 1189.6 847.6
Henderson 1,300 1298.6 6,040 1254.4 801.5
Hertford 251 1051.2 1,446 1214.2 1003.1
Hoke 251 594.8 1,294 665.2 1042.9
Hyde 53 961.7 330 1165.8 880.8
Iredell 1,284 884.1 5,926 865.6 897.2
Jackson 327 900.5 1,587 897.5 846.9
TABLE 1: TOTAL, ALL CAUSES
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
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Johnston 1,023 674.9 5,154 727.7 933.2
Jones 103 998.3 549 1071.6 881.6
Lee 469 848.4 2,368 914.9 914.4
Lenoir 665 1143.2 3,476 1185.6 1043.2
Lincoln 622 872.3 3,016 879.6 939.5
McDowell 471 1079.5 2,217 1025.9 918.7
Macon 420 1269.8 2,049 1283.0 820.1
Madison 209 1021.8 1,112 1103.3 863.3
Martin 307 1258.4 1,623 1312.2 1096.1
Mecklenburg 4,817 582.5 23,696 611.3 825.6
Mitchell 219 1376.8 1,013 1272.0 919.0
Montgomery 249 905.3 1,422 1040.8 943.6
Moore 914 1110.7 4,665 1171.7 769.6
Nash 908 984.6 4,542 1002.0 1004.9
New Hanover 1,517 823.9 7,281 833.1 818.3
Northampton 260 1208.0 1,432 1323.1 1001.4
Onslow 819 508.0 4,004 508.1 918.1
Orange 650 525.2 3,457 569.2 749.9
Pamlico 122 931.5 731 1120.2 819.2
Pasquotank 345 863.4 1,797 952.3 846.3
Pender 451 925.6 1,967 865.6 825.2
Perquimans 147 1181.5 739 1236.7 870.5
Person 389 1038.8 1,905 1028.1 958.3
Pitt 1,081 738.4 5,379 759.7 934.6
Polk 272 1425.6 1,388 1463.9 798.6
Randolph 1,223 882.5 5,829 856.6 876.9
Richmond 538 1152.0 2,623 1125.6 1056.5
Robeson 1,208 936.1 5,843 921.5 1098.0
Rockingham 1,122 1221.8 5,300 1150.2 980.0
Rowan 1,342 997.5 6,637 995.0 911.8
Rutherford 819 1296.3 3,858 1219.0 976.1
Sampson 570 889.8 3,051 970.9 983.3
Scotland 374 1011.0 1,793 985.3 1021.7
Stanly 655 1107.8 3,038 1029.3 935.8
Stokes 435 938.8 2,148 936.3 940.0
Surry 845 1157.7 3,985 1099.9 901.8
Swain 182 1305.8 862 1274.5 1076.2
Transylvania 309 1017.8 1,808 1214.9 774.5
Tyrrell 25 589.6 199 947.0 794.0
Union 1,044 606.7 4,749 617.6 843.3
Vance 422 960.8 2,382 1084.6 1086.4
Wake 3,735 472.8 17,863 489.7 754.5
Warren 220 1101.7 1,145 1141.4 902.0
Washington 130 973.1 741 1100.6 880.2
Watauga 321 739.5 1,512 703.7 777.7
Wayne 1,061 923.2 5,300 924.0 996.0
Wilkes 671 1002.6 3,357 1004.0 891.2
Wilson 822 1061.1 3,837 1005.1 980.1
Yadkin 377 997.1 1,891 1016.4 929.8
Yancey 216 1176.0 981 1084.4 764.2
Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
TABLE 1: TOTAL, ALL CAUSES
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Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 1.A
Total Deaths - All Causes
North Carolina
Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 1.B
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1198.8 - 1463.9
1058.8 - 1198.7
904.2 - 1058.7
705.7 - 904.1
489.7 - 705.6
Mortality Rates Per 100,000 Population
Age Adjusted Mortality Rates
Per 100,000 Population
1021.8 - 1098.0
944.4 - 1021.7
877.0 - 944.3
801.6 - 876.9
718.2 - 801.5
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TABLE 2: HEART DISEASE
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
* Death rates with a small number of deaths in the numerator should be interpreted with caution. SEE TECHNICAL NOTES.
NORTH CAROLINA 17,189 194.0 89,516 209.0 217.9
Alamance 296 211.8 1,553 225.7 205.4
Alexander 70 192.9 362 205.6 216.6
Alleghany 36 326.9 185 339.9 237.2
Anson 79 311.4 379 297.4 256.8
Ashe 84 325.9 384 304.3 207.5
Avery 45 247.6 264 292.5 240.4
Beaufort 152 328.0 806 351.2 281.1
Bertie 50 258.3 285 289.8 231.5
Bladen 94 286.0 520 316.7 282.9
Brunswick 208 219.0 1,059 246.1 212.6
Buncombe 496 224.1 2,683 249.4 201.3
Burke 233 262.8 1,138 256.3 237.9
Cabarrus 251 159.7 1,463 198.3 220.4
Caldwell 212 267.3 971 247.3 226.3
Camden 25 269.3 96 228.6 228.9
Carteret 152 239.2 909 294.3 221.4
Caswell 57 242.3 305 257.6 245.9
Catawba 284 187.9 1,456 196.5 200.9
Chatham 99 171.6 606 220.3 179.9
Cherokee 95 354.3 421 326.2 210.9
Chowan 45 306.9 236 326.5 225.3
Clay 29 285.9 131 271.7 148.5
Cleveland 260 268.8 1,386 285.2 262.1
Columbus 169 309.2 955 349.6 319.9
Craven 208 217.7 1,038 223.3 216.2
Cumberland 473 154.3 2,538 165.2 261.6
Currituck 51 216.9 201 185.1 193.3
Dare 52 150.0 274 161.9 156.0
Davidson 380 244.6 1,932 252.3 246.3
Davie 79 198.3 410 215.0 195.3
Duplin 131 248.5 635 246.6 251.8
Durham 361 146.3 1,783 148.9 182.3
Edgecombe 149 283.0 762 283.7 275.6
Forsyth 554 166.9 2,997 186.0 182.8
Franklin 102 184.4 511 193.4 220.2
Gaston 429 217.5 2,399 248.3 247.7
Gates 25 215.5 138 249.3 214.3
Graham 30 370.0 143 354.2 242.6
Granville 109 202.5 527 199.5 219.6
Greene 43 206.4 210 209.3 213.0
Guilford 730 162.6 4,036 184.7 193.0
Halifax 166 298.5 845 299.3 251.3
Harnett 196 189.0 976 195.6 245.0
Haywood 160 282.4 856 305.0 210.2
Henderson 297 296.7 1,445 300.1 181.9
Hertford 64 268.0 342 287.2 230.6
Hoke 61 144.5 318 163.5 278.7
Hyde 11 199.6 91 321.5 225.7
Iredell 325 223.8 1,603 234.1 244.9
Jackson 83 228.6 377 213.2 200.6
Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
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Johnston 300 197.9 1,501 211.9 282.7
Jones 29 281.1 146 285.0 230.2
Lee 112 202.6 596 230.3 231.1
Lenoir 178 306.0 952 324.7 282.9
Lincoln 174 244.0 817 238.3 258.7
McDowell 99 226.9 532 246.2 219.2
Macon 103 311.4 528 330.6 197.4
Madison 49 239.6 268 265.9 202.0
Martin 82 336.1 450 363.8 297.4
Mecklenburg 952 115.1 5,017 129.4 181.6
Mitchell 57 358.4 237 297.6 206.9
Montgomery 69 250.9 369 270.1 242.7
Moore 198 240.6 1,125 282.6 176.9
Nash 184 199.5 1,016 224.1 225.2
New Hanover 385 209.1 1,897 217.1 216.1
Northampton 75 348.4 400 369.6 273.1
Onslow 190 117.9 899 114.1 226.4
Orange 142 114.7 719 118.4 159.1
Pamlico 28 213.8 163 249.8 177.4
Pasquotank 89 222.7 455 241.1 211.7
Pender 111 227.8 495 217.8 211.8
Perquimans 33 265.2 198 331.4 220.2
Person 96 256.4 464 250.4 231.1
Pitt 246 168.0 1,285 181.5 228.1
Polk 57 298.7 343 361.8 193.6
Randolph 312 225.1 1,450 213.1 219.7
Richmond 154 329.8 826 354.4 330.9
Robeson 314 243.3 1,531 241.5 297.9
Rockingham 253 275.5 1,310 284.3 238.3
Rowan 333 247.5 1,888 283.0 255.0
Rutherford 171 270.7 965 304.9 237.2
Sampson 129 201.4 721 229.4 233.2
Scotland 91 246.0 468 257.2 269.5
Stanly 196 331.5 865 293.1 263.5
Stokes 100 215.8 506 220.6 222.6
Surry 203 278.1 1,033 285.1 228.1
Swain 40 287.0 207 306.1 253.7
Transylvania 68 224.0 434 291.6 172.5
Tyrrell 10 235.8 53 252.2 206.8
Union 224 130.2 1,155 150.2 214.2
Vance 95 216.3 609 277.3 277.5
Wake 792 100.3 4,014 110.0 180.2
Warren 66 330.5 337 336.0 253.6
Washington 51 381.7 270 401.0 311.7
Watauga 66 152.0 382 177.8 195.9
Wayne 227 197.5 1,310 228.4 249.8
Wilkes 152 227.1 772 230.9 203.0
Wilson 185 238.8 909 238.1 232.2
Yadkin 80 211.6 427 229.5 208.1
Yancey 49 266.8 262 289.6 195.2
Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
TABLE 2: HEART DISEASE
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Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 2.A
Heart Disease
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Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 2.B
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316.8 - 401.0
270.2 - 316.7
231.0 - 270.1
186.1 - 230.9
110.0 - 186.0
Mortality Rates Per 100,000 Population
Age Adjusted Mortality Rates
Per 100,000 Population
269.6 - 330.9
233.3 - 269.5
213.1 - 233.2
182.9 - 213.0
148.5 - 182.8
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NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
* Death rates with a small number of deaths in the numerator should be interpreted with caution. SEE TECHNICAL NOTES.
NORTH CAROLINA 4,551 51.4 24,770 57.8 61.1
Alamance 100 71.5 519 75.4 68.0
Alexander 17 46.8 98 55.7 61.4
Alleghany 12 109.0 53 97.4 65.5
Anson 26 102.5 129 101.2 84.2
Ashe 11 42.7 99 78.4 53.3
Avery 5 27.5 50 55.4 44.8
Beaufort 43 92.8 191 83.2 67.0
Bertie 15 77.5 81 82.4 64.2
Bladen 29 88.2 159 96.8 86.9
Brunswick 59 62.1 239 55.5 51.2
Buncombe 152 68.7 681 63.3 50.6
Burke 46 51.9 288 64.9 60.6
Cabarrus 69 43.9 388 52.6 59.4
Caldwell 42 53.0 294 74.9 70.3
Camden 1 10.8 11 26.2 29.4
Carteret 43 67.7 238 77.1 58.1
Caswell 12 51.0 85 71.8 70.2
Catawba 94 62.2 460 62.1 64.5
Chatham 35 60.7 188 68.3 55.1
Cherokee 25 93.2 92 71.3 45.1
Chowan 13 88.7 86 119.0 82.3
Clay 10 98.6 40 82.9 43.5
Cleveland 59 61.0 312 64.2 59.6
Columbus 44 80.5 183 67.0 62.6
Craven 45 47.1 267 57.4 55.9
Cumberland 112 36.5 548 35.7 57.1
Currituck 12 51.0 59 54.3 59.6
Dare 8 23.1 73 43.1 44.9
Davidson 94 60.5 455 59.4 58.9
Davie 22 55.2 107 56.1 51.1
Duplin 39 74.0 215 83.5 87.0
Durham 95 38.5 557 46.5 57.0
Edgecombe 54 102.6 290 108.0 106.4
Forsyth 198 59.7 1,012 62.8 62.2
Franklin 24 43.4 124 46.9 55.0
Gaston 115 58.3 541 56.0 56.7
Gates 9 77.6 44 79.5 69.4
Graham 9 111.0 34 84.2 57.1
Granville 26 48.3 162 61.3 70.2
Greene 11 52.8 63 62.8 64.4
Guilford 214 47.7 1,170 53.5 56.3
Halifax 33 59.3 255 90.3 75.7
Harnett 35 33.7 259 51.9 67.7
Haywood 32 56.5 191 68.0 46.7
Henderson 85 84.9 387 80.4 47.4
Hertford 8 33.5 105 88.2 71.1
Hoke 17 40.3 72 37.0 67.5
Hyde 8 145.2 21 74.2 55.1
Iredell 81 55.8 395 57.7 61.8
Jackson 14 38.6 81 45.8 43.7
Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
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TABLE 3: CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
* Death rates with a small number of deaths in the numerator should be interpreted with caution. SEE TECHNICAL NOTES.
Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
Johnston 44 29.0 284 40.1 54.9
Jones 5 48.5 34 66.4 52.3
Lee 25 45.2 139 53.7 54.7
Lenoir 39 67.0 228 77.8 67.7
Lincoln 40 56.1 178 51.9 58.2
McDowell 33 75.6 163 75.4 68.3
Macon 29 87.7 129 80.8 47.3
Madison 13 63.6 82 81.4 61.9
Martin 17 69.7 102 82.5 67.8
Mecklenburg 277 33.5 1,516 39.1 55.7
Mitchell 16 100.6 70 87.9 61.2
Montgomery 16 58.2 92 67.3 61.4
Moore 70 85.1 366 91.9 55.5
Nash 55 59.6 352 77.7 79.1
New Hanover 77 41.8 471 53.9 54.0
Northampton 16 74.3 98 90.5 64.9
Onslow 52 32.3 250 31.7 66.0
Orange 36 29.1 239 39.4 54.5
Pamlico 7 53.4 63 96.5 69.2
Pasquotank 17 42.5 113 59.9 52.5
Pender 23 47.2 141 62.0 63.1
Perquimans 11 88.4 66 110.5 73.7
Person 34 90.8 184 99.3 94.4
Pitt 75 51.2 386 54.5 70.0
Polk 17 89.1 108 113.9 54.0
Randolph 64 46.2 372 54.7 57.5
Richmond 38 81.4 183 78.5 73.7
Robeson 77 59.7 377 59.5 74.5
Rockingham 69 75.1 399 86.6 72.4
Rowan 95 70.6 427 64.0 56.8
Rutherford 56 88.6 292 92.3 71.1
Sampson 35 54.6 268 85.3 87.2
Scotland 21 56.8 153 84.1 88.7
Stanly 35 59.2 225 76.2 68.8
Stokes 39 84.2 199 86.7 90.9
Surry 53 72.6 282 77.8 61.8
Swain 8 57.4 47 69.5 56.6
Transylvania 35 115.3 145 97.4 56.8
Tyrrell 2 47.2 18 85.7 71.5
Union 51 29.6 281 36.5 55.1
Vance 36 82.0 223 101.5 103.8
Wake 218 27.6 1,323 36.3 61.2
Warren 13 65.1 78 77.8 59.1
Washington 6 44.9 39 57.9 47.2
Watauga 19 43.8 97 45.1 51.3
Wayne 70 60.9 380 66.2 74.8
Wilkes 37 55.3 211 63.1 56.1
Wilson 39 50.3 247 64.7 63.3
Yadkin 20 52.9 145 77.9 71.0
Yancey 9 49.0 54 59.7 41.7
23 Vital Statistics – Volume 2 • 2006 Division of Public Health
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Cerebrovascular Disease
North Carolina
Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 3.A
Cerebrovascular Disease
North Carolina
Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 3.B
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90.6 - 119.0
71.9 - 90.5
60.0 - 71.8
47.0 - 59.9
26.2 - 46.9
Mortality Rates Per 100,000 Population
Age Adjusted Mortality Rates
Per 100,000 Population
79.2 - 106.4
66.1 - 79.1
58.3 - 66.0
47.5 - 58.2
29.4 - 47.4
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* Death rates with a small number of deaths in the numerator should be interpreted with caution. SEE TECHNICAL NOTES.
NORTH CAROLINA 17,267 194.9 82,648 193.0 196.4
Alamance 313 223.9 1,494 217.2 200.9
Alexander 92 253.5 347 197.1 193.8
Alleghany 25 227.0 134 246.2 163.8
Anson 55 216.8 271 212.6 189.0
Ashe 72 279.4 336 266.2 186.3
Avery 44 242.1 224 248.2 198.8
Beaufort 127 274.0 615 268.0 210.6
Bertie 70 361.7 282 286.8 229.6
Bladen 59 179.5 383 233.3 205.2
Brunswick 228 240.1 1,089 253.1 190.1
Buncombe 532 240.4 2,454 228.1 189.2
Burke 181 204.1 993 223.7 202.8
Cabarrus 277 176.2 1,353 183.4 199.8
Caldwell 205 258.5 903 229.9 206.0
Camden 17 183.1 102 242.9 229.6
Carteret 187 294.2 870 281.7 202.0
Caswell 58 246.6 296 250.0 225.2
Catawba 324 214.4 1,472 198.7 196.6
Chatham 123 213.1 569 206.9 171.8
Cherokee 70 261.0 377 292.1 192.2
Chowan 36 245.5 204 282.3 199.1
Clay 28 276.0 138 286.2 162.0
Cleveland 225 232.6 1,065 219.1 200.9
Columbus 138 252.5 630 230.6 208.0
Craven 212 221.9 1,051 226.1 209.4
Cumberland 475 155.0 2,203 143.4 201.7
Currituck 48 204.1 218 200.7 198.9
Dare 56 161.5 373 220.4 195.7
Davidson 368 236.9 1,660 216.8 204.0
Davie 89 223.4 374 196.1 175.3
Duplin 107 203.0 546 212.0 212.3
Durham 389 157.6 1,946 162.5 199.1
Edgecombe 131 248.8 658 245.0 232.4
Forsyth 673 202.8 3,255 202.0 197.8
Franklin 101 182.6 526 199.0 220.1
Gaston 444 225.1 2,118 219.2 210.8
Gates 29 250.0 128 231.3 203.0
Graham 19 234.3 89 220.4 153.3
Granville 154 286.0 601 227.5 235.8
Greene 38 182.4 201 200.3 204.2
Guilford 770 171.5 3,845 176.0 183.5
Halifax 160 287.7 720 255.0 216.9
Harnett 194 187.1 885 177.4 213.1
Haywood 161 284.1 766 272.9 187.6
Henderson 276 275.7 1,320 274.1 177.0
Hertford 63 263.8 322 270.4 220.5
Hoke 44 104.3 271 139.3 215.0
Hyde 12 217.7 78 275.6 216.8
Iredell 278 191.4 1,275 186.2 186.9
Jackson 79 217.6 347 196.3 177.9
TABLE 4: CANCER — ALL SITES
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
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* Death rates with a small number of deaths in the numerator should be interpreted with caution. SEE TECHNICAL NOTES.
Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
TABLE 4: CANCER — ALL SITES
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
Johnston 246 162.3 1,166 164.6 202.2
Jones 21 203.5 115 224.5 184.5
Lee 106 191.7 537 207.5 203.0
Lenoir 164 281.9 754 257.2 219.4
Lincoln 138 193.5 654 190.7 195.2
McDowell 118 270.4 512 236.9 205.1
Macon 86 260.0 453 283.6 177.6
Madison 49 239.6 266 263.9 207.6
Martin 66 270.5 334 270.0 219.7
Mecklenburg 1,108 134.0 5,248 135.4 182.8
Mitchell 50 314.3 225 282.5 195.2
Montgomery 56 203.6 286 209.3 185.0
Moore 229 278.3 1,199 301.1 196.5
Nash 198 214.7 974 214.9 209.3
New Hanover 383 208.0 1,765 202.0 192.5
Northampton 51 236.9 317 292.9 217.2
Onslow 202 125.3 971 123.2 214.3
Orange 168 135.7 861 141.8 184.3
Pamlico 36 274.9 176 269.7 187.8
Pasquotank 91 227.8 423 224.2 201.1
Pender 119 244.2 519 228.4 203.1
Perquimans 33 265.2 166 277.8 192.8
Person 89 237.7 426 229.9 208.6
Pitt 231 157.8 1,189 167.9 206.3
Polk 51 267.3 281 296.4 168.2
Randolph 283 204.2 1,359 199.7 199.0
Richmond 119 254.8 526 225.7 206.5
Robeson 215 166.6 1,186 187.0 218.4
Rockingham 253 275.5 1,204 261.3 218.8
Rowan 287 213.3 1,385 207.6 192.7
Rutherford 173 273.8 805 254.4 203.4
Sampson 146 227.9 667 212.3 212.7
Scotland 106 286.5 403 221.5 225.1
Stanly 158 267.2 696 235.8 210.2
Stokes 101 218.0 517 225.4 217.1
Surry 195 267.2 908 250.6 204.6
Swain 36 258.3 153 226.2 185.0
Transylvania 61 200.9 384 258.0 162.6
Tyrrell 6 141.5 60 285.5 236.0
Union 266 154.6 1,148 149.3 192.0
Vance 93 211.7 503 229.0 224.4
Wake 954 120.8 4,355 119.4 178.3
Warren 40 200.3 258 257.2 200.1
Washington 32 239.5 171 254.0 198.8
Watauga 92 211.9 362 168.5 180.9
Wayne 253 220.1 1,203 209.7 217.1
Wilkes 136 203.2 760 227.3 193.7
Wilson 181 233.6 825 216.1 204.7
Yadkin 86 227.5 410 220.4 196.7
Yancey 50 272.2 206 227.7 160.8
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Cancer - All Sites
North Carolina
Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 4.A
Cancer - All Sites
North Carolina
Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 4.B
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266.3 - 301.1
237.0 - 266.2
209.8 - 236.9
168.6 - 209.7
119.4 - 168.5
Mortality Rates Per 100,000 Population
Age Adjusted Mortality Rates
Per 100,000 Population
215.1 - 236.0
204.3 - 215.0
193.9 - 204.2
178.4 - 193.8
153.3 - 178.3
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* Death rates with a small number of deaths in the numerator should be interpreted with caution. SEE TECHNICAL NOTES.
NORTH CAROLINA 1,518 17.1 7,609 17.8 18.2
Alamance 28 20.0 128 18.6 17.0
Alexander 6 16.5 31 17.6 17.5
Alleghany 4 36.3 10 18.4 12.7
Anson 6 23.6 30 23.5 20.6
Ashe 8 31.0 36 28.5 19.9
Avery 0 0.0 20 22.2 18.2
Beaufort 9 19.4 53 23.1 18.6
Bertie 8 41.3 32 32.5 26.6
Bladen 4 12.2 34 20.7 18.2
Brunswick 19 20.0 95 22.1 17.5
Buncombe 40 18.1 215 20.0 16.6
Burke 23 25.9 98 22.1 20.0
Cabarrus 31 19.7 107 14.5 15.6
Caldwell 20 25.2 85 21.6 19.5
Camden 0 0.0 7 16.7 15.7
Carteret 16 25.2 75 24.3 17.6
Caswell 6 25.5 29 24.5 21.8
Catawba 38 25.1 159 21.5 21.2
Chatham 12 20.8 57 20.7 17.2
Cherokee 6 22.4 42 32.5 21.3
Chowan 6 40.9 23 31.8 21.6
Clay 2 19.7 13 27.0 14.9
Cleveland 20 20.7 114 23.5 21.4
Columbus 11 20.1 56 20.5 18.5
Craven 21 22.0 112 24.1 22.3
Cumberland 38 12.4 211 13.7 19.6
Currituck 4 17.0 16 14.7 15.4
Dare 1 2.9 19 11.2 9.4
Davidson 34 21.9 139 18.2 17.3
Davie 9 22.6 33 17.3 15.4
Duplin 10 19.0 43 16.7 16.7
Durham 23 9.3 160 13.4 16.1
Edgecombe 11 20.9 58 21.6 20.4
Forsyth 61 18.4 314 19.5 19.1
Franklin 10 18.1 53 20.1 22.6
Gaston 38 19.3 178 18.4 17.8
Gates 4 34.5 12 21.7 19.2
Graham 0 0.0 10 24.8 17.1
Granville 15 27.9 55 20.8 21.9
Greene 3 14.4 23 22.9 23.5
Guilford 51 11.4 350 16.0 16.7
Halifax 12 21.6 62 22.0 18.8
Harnett 13 12.5 82 16.4 20.3
Haywood 12 21.2 66 23.5 16.2
Henderson 31 31.0 122 25.3 15.9
Hertford 7 29.3 39 32.7 26.4
Hoke 2 4.7 20 10.3 14.7
Hyde 3 54.4 12 42.4 32.6
Iredell 28 19.3 125 18.3 18.4
Jackson 8 22.0 37 20.9 19.2
TABLE 5: CANCER — COLON, RECTUM, AND ANUS
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
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TABLE 5: CANCER — COLON, RECTUM, AND ANUS
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
* Death rates with a small number of deaths in the numerator should be interpreted with caution. SEE TECHNICAL NOTES.
Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
Johnston 21 13.9 99 14.0 17.1
Jones 0 0.0 13 25.4 20.9
Lee 8 14.5 54 20.9 20.3
Lenoir 14 24.1 71 24.2 20.7
Lincoln 7 9.8 59 17.2 18.1
McDowell 11 25.2 41 19.0 16.4
Macon 6 18.1 46 28.8 17.7
Madison 1 4.9 14 13.9 10.5
Martin 8 32.8 40 32.3 26.9
Mecklenburg 100 12.1 488 12.6 17.2
Mitchell 4 25.1 21 26.4 18.3
Montgomery 6 21.8 35 25.6 22.9
Moore 16 19.4 109 27.4 18.2
Nash 16 17.3 100 22.1 21.6
New Hanover 37 20.1 147 16.8 16.1
Northampton 6 27.9 32 29.6 21.6
Onslow 22 13.6 76 9.6 17.7
Orange 11 8.9 66 10.9 13.8
Pamlico 4 30.5 15 23.0 15.4
Pasquotank 6 15.0 35 18.5 16.6
Pender 5 10.3 41 18.0 15.7
Perquimans 4 32.1 17 28.4 21.5
Person 5 13.4 37 20.0 18.0
Pitt 20 13.7 115 16.2 20.0
Polk 9 47.2 31 32.7 18.3
Randolph 21 15.2 133 19.5 19.8
Richmond 13 27.8 58 24.9 22.9
Robeson 25 19.4 109 17.2 20.1
Rockingham 27 29.4 123 26.7 22.3
Rowan 22 16.4 117 17.5 16.2
Rutherford 15 23.7 97 30.6 24.6
Sampson 12 18.7 65 20.7 20.9
Scotland 5 13.5 34 18.7 18.6
Stanly 13 22.0 56 19.0 16.9
Stokes 8 17.3 49 21.4 21.0
Surry 25 34.3 70 19.3 15.8
Swain 2 14.3 12 17.7 15.0
Transylvania 3 9.9 23 15.5 10.5
Tyrrell 0 0.0 6 28.6 22.8
Union 22 12.8 107 13.9 17.8
Vance 11 25.0 59 26.9 26.6
Wake 96 12.2 386 10.6 15.9
Warren 4 20.0 30 29.9 23.4
Washington 4 29.9 19 28.2 21.8
Watauga 10 23.0 36 16.8 18.4
Wayne 21 18.3 111 19.4 20.5
Wilkes 9 13.4 77 23.0 19.2
Wilson 23 29.7 72 18.9 17.8
Yadkin 6 15.9 40 21.5 19.3
Yancey 2 10.9 18 19.9 13.8
31 Vital Statistics – Volume 2 • 2006 Division of Public Health
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Cancer - Colon, Rectum, and Anus
North Carolina
Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 5.A
Cancer - Colon, Rectum, and Anus
North Carolina
Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 5.B
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30.0 - 42.4
23.6 - 29.9
19.6 - 23.5
14.8 - 19.5
9.6 - 14.7
Mortality Rates Per 100,000 Population
Age Adjusted Mortality Rates
Per 100,000 Population
24.7 - 32.6
19.9 - 24.6
17.0 - 19.8
12.8 - 16.9
9.4 - 12.7
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* Death rates with a small number of deaths in the numerator should be interpreted with caution. SEE TECHNICAL NOTES.
NORTH CAROLINA 5,356 60.4 25,325 59.1 59.8
Alamance 94 67.2 463 67.3 62.4
Alexander 36 99.2 140 79.5 75.9
Alleghany 5 45.4 38 69.8 44.6
Anson 17 67.0 77 60.4 53.9
Ashe 15 58.2 97 76.9 53.4
Avery 11 60.5 65 72.0 56.9
Beaufort 42 90.6 197 85.8 65.7
Bertie 18 93.0 81 82.4 66.2
Bladen 21 63.9 120 73.1 63.3
Brunswick 71 74.8 357 83.0 58.4
Buncombe 167 75.5 764 71.0 59.1
Burke 55 62.0 330 74.3 66.9
Cabarrus 81 51.5 418 56.7 62.0
Caldwell 68 85.8 305 77.7 68.4
Camden 6 64.6 36 85.7 79.9
Carteret 57 89.7 274 88.7 62.0
Caswell 19 80.8 106 89.5 78.1
Catawba 93 61.5 447 60.3 59.0
Chatham 41 71.0 163 59.3 49.3
Cherokee 24 89.5 130 100.7 64.6
Chowan 9 61.4 54 74.7 52.5
Clay 9 88.7 46 95.4 55.3
Cleveland 75 77.5 338 69.5 63.1
Columbus 32 58.5 201 73.6 64.9
Craven 59 61.7 311 66.9 61.0
Cumberland 145 47.3 688 44.8 62.3
Currituck 17 72.3 77 70.9 67.3
Dare 21 60.6 122 72.1 63.4
Davidson 123 79.2 562 73.4 67.8
Davie 37 92.9 119 62.4 55.2
Duplin 37 70.2 152 59.0 57.9
Durham 117 47.4 596 49.8 62.0
Edgecombe 43 81.7 189 70.4 66.1
Forsyth 217 65.4 980 60.8 59.4
Franklin 30 54.2 156 59.0 64.7
Gaston 158 80.1 734 76.0 72.2
Gates 10 86.2 42 75.9 66.0
Graham 5 61.7 23 57.0 39.3
Granville 47 87.3 189 71.6 73.4
Greene 12 57.6 60 59.8 61.1
Guilford 245 54.6 1,192 54.5 57.2
Halifax 50 89.9 213 75.4 63.1
Harnett 54 52.1 268 53.7 63.7
Haywood 54 95.3 254 90.5 61.8
Henderson 90 89.9 390 81.0 51.7
Hertford 24 100.5 78 65.5 53.5
Hoke 12 28.4 99 50.9 79.0
Hyde 3 54.4 18 63.6 51.2
Iredell 88 60.6 397 58.0 57.9
Jackson 17 46.8 89 50.3 45.1
TABLE 6: CANCER —TRACHEA, BRONCHUS, AND LUNG
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
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* Death rates with a small number of deaths in the numerator should be interpreted with caution. SEE TECHNICAL NOTES.
Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
TABLE 6: CANCER —TRACHEA, BRONCHUS, AND LUNG
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
Johnston 87 57.4 397 56.1 68.1
Jones 10 96.9 39 76.1 60.9
Lee 30 54.3 166 64.1 62.4
Lenoir 55 94.5 220 75.0 62.9
Lincoln 59 82.7 222 64.7 65.0
McDowell 42 96.3 171 79.1 67.6
Macon 22 66.5 120 75.1 47.6
Madison 17 83.1 86 85.3 68.3
Martin 22 90.2 99 80.0 64.5
Mecklenburg 303 36.6 1,438 37.1 51.0
Mitchell 16 100.6 72 90.4 62.9
Montgomery 24 87.3 95 69.5 61.2
Moore 65 79.0 378 94.9 61.3
Nash 62 67.2 271 59.8 58.0
New Hanover 127 69.0 561 64.2 60.8
Northampton 15 69.7 81 74.8 55.3
Onslow 60 37.2 340 43.1 74.3
Orange 44 35.6 246 40.5 53.2
Pamlico 9 68.7 52 79.7 55.1
Pasquotank 26 65.1 121 64.1 58.1
Pender 34 69.8 153 67.3 59.2
Perquimans 3 24.1 36 60.2 40.0
Person 28 74.8 121 65.3 58.9
Pitt 63 43.0 320 45.2 55.7
Polk 13 68.1 71 74.9 44.1
Randolph 98 70.7 440 64.7 63.5
Richmond 41 87.8 177 76.0 68.5
Robeson 76 58.9 383 60.4 68.9
Rockingham 78 84.9 389 84.4 70.4
Rowan 96 71.4 447 67.0 62.4
Rutherford 53 83.9 212 67.0 53.4
Sampson 50 78.1 200 63.6 62.8
Scotland 34 91.9 131 72.0 72.6
Stanly 51 86.3 213 72.2 63.8
Stokes 38 82.0 175 76.3 71.5
Surry 62 84.9 281 77.6 63.3
Swain 14 100.4 43 63.6 51.1
Transylvania 22 72.5 111 74.6 45.2
Tyrrell 2 47.2 16 76.1 62.2
Union 96 55.8 378 49.2 62.8
Vance 28 63.8 164 74.7 73.0
Wake 252 31.9 1,211 33.2 50.3
Warren 5 25.0 54 53.8 41.7
Washington 6 44.9 48 71.3 54.5
Watauga 30 69.1 95 44.2 47.4
Wayne 70 60.9 372 64.9 65.5
Wilkes 39 58.3 232 69.4 58.7
Wilson 49 63.3 236 61.8 57.9
Yadkin 28 74.1 132 70.9 62.0
Yancey 21 114.3 64 70.7 49.8
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Cancer - Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung
North Carolina
Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 6.A
Cancer - Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung
North Carolina
Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 6.B
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83.1 - 100.7
73.7 - 83.0
65.6 - 73.6
51.0 - 65.5
33.2 - 50.9
Mortality Rates Per 100,000 Population
Age Adjusted Mortality Rates
Per 100,000 Population
70.5 - 79.9
65.0 - 70.4
59.3 - 64.9
51.3 - 59.2
39.3 - 51.2
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* Death rates with a small number of deaths in the numerator should be interpreted with caution. SEE TECHNICAL NOTES.
NORTH CAROLINA 1,252 27.9 6,172 28.4 25.7
Alamance 14 19.4 100 28.1 23.7
Alexander 5 27.5 20 22.7 19.6
Alleghany 1 18.1 9 32.8 22.4
Anson 3 23.8 22 34.5 26.7
Ashe 4 31.0 19 29.9 19.7
Avery 5 60.1 12 28.8 18.8
Beaufort 7 29.0 43 35.9 27.1
Bertie 11 107.4 25 48.0 36.2
Bladen 7 41.5 44 52.0 41.4
Brunswick 15 31.1 68 31.1 22.7
Buncombe 44 38.4 183 32.8 24.3
Burke 17 38.7 81 36.7 28.8
Cabarrus 17 21.5 92 24.7 23.7
Caldwell 10 25.0 49 24.7 19.7
Camden 1 21.2 5 23.5 20.0
Carteret 10 30.8 58 36.8 25.2
Caswell 4 35.1 28 48.5 39.5
Catawba 28 36.9 117 31.3 26.9
Chatham 4 13.7 37 26.6 19.6
Cherokee 6 43.7 25 37.8 25.8
Chowan 4 51.6 13 34.0 25.9
Clay 1 19.3 10 40.5 23.3
Cleveland 9 18.0 81 32.2 26.8
Columbus 11 39.2 43 30.5 26.2
Craven 14 29.6 70 30.4 26.9
Cumberland 45 29.5 201 26.4 30.3
Currituck 0 0.0 9 16.4 15.3
Dare 7 40.9 34 40.6 32.6
Davidson 26 32.8 110 28.2 24.3
Davie 5 24.8 26 26.9 21.3
Duplin 9 34.4 46 35.8 31.4
Durham 35 27.5 143 23.1 24.5
Edgecombe 14 50.1 61 42.7 36.7
Forsyth 50 29.0 239 28.5 25.5
Franklin 4 14.4 27 20.3 19.0
Gaston 22 21.7 132 26.5 23.0
Gates 3 50.7 8 28.4 23.7
Graham 4 96.1 8 38.6 23.7
Granville 9 36.1 39 31.7 28.5
Greene 3 30.1 19 39.3 33.2
Guilford 67 28.8 306 27.0 25.1
Halifax 18 61.9 59 39.9 31.9
Harnett 9 17.3 66 26.3 27.0
Haywood 15 51.0 57 39.1 26.5
Henderson 12 23.4 90 36.4 23.2
Hertford 4 30.9 30 46.5 35.7
Hoke 4 19.2 16 16.7 21.8
Hyde 0 0.0 5 38.9 25.8
Iredell 24 32.6 94 27.0 24.5
Jackson 5 27.1 33 36.7 30.2
TABLE 7: CANCER — BREAST
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
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* Death rates with a small number of deaths in the numerator should be interpreted with caution. SEE TECHNICAL NOTES.
Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
TABLE 7: CANCER — BREAST
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
Johnston 15 19.9 77 21.8 22.8
Jones 0 0.0 6 22.8 22.7
Lee 10 36.2 28 21.5 18.8
Lenoir 9 29.7 66 43.1 33.8
Lincoln 5 14.0 32 18.6 16.4
McDowell 10 46.2 27 25.1 18.7
Macon 6 34.9 31 37.3 22.6
Madison 4 38.7 23 45.1 32.8
Martin 5 38.0 22 33.0 24.7
Mecklenburg 91 21.8 475 24.2 27.1
Mitchell 4 49.7 10 24.8 16.2
Montgomery 7 51.7 21 31.2 25.3
Moore 14 33.0 75 36.5 22.0
Nash 16 33.7 76 32.5 28.5
New Hanover 26 27.5 153 34.0 29.5
Northampton 3 26.7 24 42.5 31.1
Onslow 12 16.6 64 18.1 23.8
Orange 21 32.7 77 24.3 27.4
Pamlico 2 31.5 13 40.8 27.1
Pasquotank 10 49.3 40 41.6 34.4
Pender 11 46.0 39 34.8 28.4
Perquimans 3 46.0 16 51.1 38.3
Person 8 41.5 24 25.1 20.7
Pitt 11 14.3 98 26.4 28.9
Polk 4 40.1 19 38.3 17.7
Randolph 16 23.0 98 28.6 25.4
Richmond 6 25.4 37 31.4 26.7
Robeson 12 18.3 87 26.9 27.3
Rockingham 20 42.4 81 34.2 25.9
Rowan 14 20.8 86 25.6 21.9
Rutherford 15 45.9 54 33.0 24.8
Sampson 13 40.9 57 36.4 31.9
Scotland 12 61.3 34 35.2 32.2
Stanly 8 27.0 52 35.1 28.5
Stokes 5 21.2 37 31.6 27.7
Surry 15 40.7 80 43.5 31.9
Swain 1 13.8 11 31.5 23.2
Transylvania 2 12.6 25 32.3 21.6
Tyrrell 0 0.0 6 63.8 51.2
Union 14 16.4 83 21.7 23.5
Vance 2 8.7 28 24.3 21.1
Wake 78 19.7 337 18.4 22.0
Warren 5 49.8 23 45.5 32.7
Washington 3 42.6 15 42.2 33.0
Watauga 2 9.2 23 21.4 20.8
Wayne 19 32.5 102 35.0 32.2
Wilkes 6 17.8 48 28.4 21.5
Wilson 21 52.4 78 39.4 34.0
Yadkin 6 31.3 25 26.5 22.0
Yancey 4 42.9 17 36.9 26.8
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Cancer - Breast
North Carolina
Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 7.A
Cancer - Breast
North Carolina
Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 7.B
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43.6 - 63.8
36.0 - 43.5
28.9 - 35.9
22.9 - 28.8
16.4 - 22.8
Mortality Rates Per
100,000 Female Population
Age Adjusted Mortality Rates
Per 100,000 Female Population
36.8 - 51.2
29.6 - 36.7
24.8 - 29.5
20.1 - 24.7
15.3 - 20.0
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TABLE 8: CANCER — PROSTATE
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
* Death rates with a small number of deaths in the numerator should be interpreted with caution. SEE TECHNICAL NOTES.
NORTH CAROLINA 902 20.6 4,330 20.5 29.1
Alamance 22 32.5 93 28.0 33.9
Alexander 4 22.1 16 18.2 24.0
Alleghany 4 73.0 10 37.1 30.5
Anson 4 31.4 22 34.6 42.6
Ashe 8 62.2 23 36.7 31.8
Avery 5 50.7 10 20.6 24.1
Beaufort 8 36.0 38 34.6 35.1
Bertie 0 0.0 13 28.1 29.2
Bladen 1 6.2 16 20.1 25.5
Brunswick 9 19.3 49 23.1 25.8
Buncombe 25 23.4 108 20.8 22.0
Burke 2 4.5 35 15.7 20.2
Cabarrus 10 12.8 68 18.6 29.9
Caldwell 7 17.8 39 20.1 24.1
Camden 1 21.8 5 24.2 24.1
Carteret 13 41.8 45 29.8 24.8
Caswell 4 33.0 15 24.7 26.6
Catawba 19 25.3 70 19.0 27.3
Chatham 7 24.5 39 28.7 30.1
Cherokee 3 22.9 15 23.9 17.4
Chowan 1 14.5 14 41.1 32.6
Clay 1 20.2 9 38.3 23.3
Cleveland 14 30.0 52 22.2 27.4
Columbus 11 41.4 27 20.4 24.7
Craven 12 24.8 53 22.6 29.2
Cumberland 20 13.0 113 14.6 34.6
Currituck 3 25.8 12 22.3 32.2
Dare 4 22.8 15 17.6 20.5
Davidson 12 15.8 61 16.3 21.9
Davie 5 25.4 16 17.0 17.1
Duplin 6 22.6 38 29.4 43.7
Durham 20 16.7 125 21.6 36.4
Edgecombe 6 24.3 39 31.0 41.7
Forsyth 38 23.8 171 22.1 29.3
Franklin 10 36.3 30 22.8 39.4
Gaston 20 20.9 90 19.2 26.2
Gates 4 70.4 12 44.2 42.5
Graham 0 0.0 5 25.4 20.2
Granville 9 31.1 33 23.4 36.0
Greene 2 18.4 7 13.4 17.3
Guilford 38 17.5 195 18.5 26.0
Halifax 12 45.2 40 29.7 34.2
Harnett 11 21.3 47 19.0 34.5
Haywood 7 25.7 44 32.6 27.7
Henderson 9 18.4 67 28.6 20.5
Hertford 4 36.5 23 42.1 45.3
Hoke 1 4.7 13 13.2 29.8
Hyde 0 0.0 4 25.9 26.4
Iredell 12 16.7 71 21.1 30.2
Jackson 5 28.0 17 19.6 22.9
Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
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* Death rates with a small number of deaths in the numerator should be interpreted with caution. SEE TECHNICAL NOTES.
Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
TABLE 8: CANCER — PROSTATE
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
Johnston 16 21.0 54 15.2 30.2
Jones 1 19.8 9 36.1 42.3
Lee 3 10.9 28 21.7 31.3
Lenoir 6 21.5 34 24.3 29.0
Lincoln 8 22.4 31 18.1 27.8
McDowell 5 22.8 22 20.3 24.0
Macon 4 25.2 28 36.5 24.7
Madison 2 19.8 14 28.1 25.9
Martin 5 44.4 27 47.3 57.1
Mecklenburg 67 16.3 282 14.7 31.0
Mitchell 5 63.6 17 43.3 41.7
Montgomery 3 21.5 12 17.3 21.5
Moore 18 45.2 63 32.7 22.8
Nash 7 15.7 55 25.1 33.3
New Hanover 15 16.7 77 18.1 22.6
Northampton 5 48.6 38 73.5 67.0
Onslow 10 11.3 38 8.7 25.8
Orange 13 21.9 60 20.6 42.3
Pamlico 2 29.7 11 33.0 32.8
Pasquotank 3 15.2 32 34.6 43.4
Pender 8 32.3 39 33.9 47.8
Perquimans 7 118.2 18 63.2 51.7
Person 4 22.0 28 31.2 42.0
Pitt 17 24.4 61 18.1 32.2
Polk 1 11.0 9 19.9 11.0
Randolph 7 10.1 52 15.4 22.4
Richmond 11 47.7 33 28.7 34.1
Robeson 15 23.6 78 25.1 44.1
Rockingham 11 24.6 63 28.2 30.8
Rowan 15 22.3 74 22.3 25.8
Rutherford 8 26.2 37 24.2 24.6
Sampson 12 37.2 47 29.8 43.4
Scotland 7 40.2 22 25.7 35.7
Stanly 6 20.3 35 23.8 29.0
Stokes 5 22.0 24 21.3 28.4
Surry 9 24.9 39 21.8 24.0
Swain 2 29.8 8 24.5 24.0
Transylvania 2 13.8 16 22.4 16.0
Tyrrell 0 0.0 5 43.0 50.1
Union 7 8.1 41 10.6 21.4
Vance 3 14.4 23 22.1 32.7
Wake 41 10.4 241 13.3 32.3
Warren 6 60.4 18 36.2 35.8
Washington 2 31.7 10 31.5 31.0
Watauga 3 13.8 17 15.8 23.1
Wayne 19 33.6 72 25.5 39.9
Wilkes 7 21.1 44 26.6 31.4
Wilson 9 24.1 41 22.3 30.3
Yadkin 4 21.4 19 20.7 26.1
Yancey 3 33.2 12 27.0 22.3
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Cancer - Prostate
North Carolina
Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 8.A
Cancer - Prostate
North Carolina
Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 8.B
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47.4 - 73.5
34.0 - 47.3
26.0 - 33.9
19.3 - 25.9
8.7 - 19.2
Mortality Rates Per
100,000 Male Population
Age Adjusted Mortality Rates
Per 100,000 Male Population
40.0 - 67.0
31.9 - 39.9
26.7 - 31.8
21.6 - 26.6
11.0 - 21.5
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TABLE 9: HIV DISEASE
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
* Death rates with a small number of deaths in the numerator should be interpreted with caution. SEE TECHNICAL NOTES.
NORTH CAROLINA 425 4.8 2,183 5.1 5.1
Alamance 10 7.2 28 4.1 4.1
Alexander 0 0.0 3 1.7 1.5
Alleghany 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Anson 1 3.9 5 3.9 4.0
Ashe 0 0.0 1 0.8 0.7
Avery 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Beaufort 4 8.6 12 5.2 4.8
Bertie 1 5.2 12 12.2 12.3
Bladen 1 3.0 11 6.7 7.1
Brunswick 2 2.1 10 2.3 2.2
Buncombe 5 2.3 28 2.6 2.4
Burke 0 0.0 4 0.9 0.9
Cabarrus 3 1.9 19 2.6 2.5
Caldwell 1 1.3 3 0.8 0.7
Camden 0 0.0 3 7.1 7.0
Carteret 1 1.6 4 1.3 1.4
Caswell 0 0.0 2 1.7 1.5
Catawba 3 2.0 12 1.6 1.6
Chatham 1 1.7 8 2.9 2.5
Cherokee 2 7.5 4 3.1 3.7
Chowan 0 0.0 3 4.2 4.3
Clay 0 0.0 2 4.1 4.6
Cleveland 14 14.5 35 7.2 7.3
Columbus 4 7.3 19 7.0 6.9
Craven 3 3.1 25 5.4 5.7
Cumberland 26 8.5 125 8.1 8.7
Currituck 0 0.0 1 0.9 0.8
Dare 1 2.9 4 2.4 1.7
Davidson 4 2.6 17 2.2 2.2
Davie 1 2.5 4 2.1 2.2
Duplin 4 7.6 19 7.4 7.5
Durham 21 8.5 102 8.5 8.9
Edgecombe 8 15.2 31 11.5 11.7
Forsyth 7 2.1 101 6.3 6.2
Franklin 1 1.8 7 2.6 2.6
Gaston 11 5.6 68 7.0 6.8
Gates 0 0.0 1 1.8 1.7
Graham 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Granville 3 5.6 10 3.8 3.5
Greene 3 14.4 6 6.0 5.8
Guilford 22 4.9 125 5.7 5.7
Halifax 1 1.8 18 6.4 6.6
Harnett 3 2.9 14 2.8 2.9
Haywood 1 1.8 3 1.1 0.8
Henderson 5 5.0 12 2.5 2.6
Hertford 2 8.4 10 8.4 8.0
Hoke 2 4.7 16 8.2 8.7
Hyde 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Iredell 5 3.4 17 2.5 2.4
Jackson 0 0.0 2 1.1 1.3
Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
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* Death rates with a small number of deaths in the numerator should be interpreted with caution. SEE TECHNICAL NOTES.
Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
TABLE 9: HIV DISEASE
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
Johnston 6 4.0 41 5.8 5.6
Jones 0 0.0 4 7.8 7.6
Lee 0 0.0 4 1.5 1.6
Lenoir 3 5.2 29 9.9 10.3
Lincoln 0 0.0 7 2.0 1.9
McDowell 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Macon 1 3.0 2 1.3 0.9
Madison 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Martin 2 8.2 17 13.7 13.8
Mecklenburg 84 10.2 445 11.5 11.3
Mitchell 0 0.0 1 1.3 1.5
Montgomery 1 3.6 4 2.9 3.2
Moore 3 3.6 16 4.0 4.0
Nash 9 9.8 34 7.5 7.5
New Hanover 5 2.7 37 4.2 4.2
Northampton 4 18.6 12 11.1 10.2
Onslow 3 1.9 17 2.2 2.8
Orange 2 1.6 11 1.8 1.9
Pamlico 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Pasquotank 3 7.5 10 5.3 5.4
Pender 2 4.1 4 1.8 1.6
Perquimans 0 0.0 2 3.3 3.6
Person 0 0.0 5 2.7 2.6
Pitt 8 5.5 59 8.3 9.0
Polk 0 0.0 1 1.1 0.7
Randolph 3 2.2 10 1.5 1.5
Richmond 6 12.8 13 5.6 5.7
Robeson 11 8.5 54 8.5 8.9
Rockingham 4 4.4 16 3.5 3.5
Rowan 5 3.7 22 3.3 3.3
Rutherford 2 3.2 3 0.9 1.0
Sampson 4 6.2 16 5.1 5.3
Scotland 1 2.7 9 4.9 5.3
Stanly 0 0.0 7 2.4 2.3
Stokes 0 0.0 1 0.4 0.4
Surry 0 0.0 7 1.9 1.9
Swain 0 0.0 2 3.0 2.4
Transylvania 1 3.3 6 4.0 3.9
Tyrrell 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Union 3 1.7 17 2.2 2.2
Vance 1 2.3 16 7.3 7.6
Wake 36 4.6 150 4.1 4.0
Warren 0 0.0 6 6.0 5.3
Washington 2 15.0 3 4.5 5.1
Watauga 0 0.0 2 0.9 1.1
Wayne 12 10.4 48 8.4 8.3
Wilkes 0 0.0 3 0.9 0.8
Wilson 11 14.2 40 10.5 10.4
Yadkin 0 0.0 4 2.1 1.8
Yancey 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
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HIV Disease
North Carolina
Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 9.A
HIV Disease
North Carolina
Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 9.B
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8.6 - 13.7
6.1 - 8.5
3.6 - 6.0
1.6 - 3.5
0.0 - 1.5
Mortality Rates Per 100,000 Population
Age Adjusted Mortality Rates
Per 100,000 Population
8.4 - 13.8
5.5 - 8.3
3.0 - 5.4
1.2 - 2.9
0.0 - 1.1
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TABLE 10: SEPTICEMIA
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
* Death rates with a small number of deaths in the numerator should be interpreted with caution. SEE TECHNICAL NOTES.
NORTH CAROLINA 1,190 13.4 5,944 13.9 14.4
Alamance 19 13.6 80 11.6 10.9
Alexander 1 2.8 17 9.7 10.4
Alleghany 4 36.3 8 14.7 9.8
Anson 8 31.5 36 28.2 23.7
Ashe 5 19.4 24 19.0 13.2
Avery 0 0.0 7 7.8 6.5
Beaufort 5 10.8 30 13.1 11.2
Bertie 4 20.7 24 24.4 18.8
Bladen 10 30.4 42 25.6 21.8
Brunswick 19 20.0 85 19.8 18.5
Buncombe 19 8.6 147 13.7 11.0
Burke 17 19.2 70 15.8 14.8
Cabarrus 22 14.0 95 12.9 14.4
Caldwell 10 12.6 59 15.0 13.9
Camden 1 10.8 5 11.9 12.3
Carteret 7 11.0 47 15.2 11.2
Caswell 1 4.3 22 18.6 17.3
Catawba 15 9.9 85 11.5 11.5
Chatham 10 17.3 39 14.2 11.6
Cherokee 7 26.1 24 18.6 12.7
Chowan 5 34.1 20 27.7 19.4
Clay 1 9.9 5 10.4 5.6
Cleveland 14 14.5 65 13.4 12.3
Columbus 13 23.8 71 26.0 23.9
Craven 13 13.6 81 17.4 17.0
Cumberland 42 13.7 196 12.8 19.1
Currituck 1 4.3 11 10.1 10.2
Dare 3 8.7 24 14.2 13.6
Davidson 32 20.6 109 14.2 14.1
Davie 5 12.6 29 15.2 14.0
Duplin 8 15.2 44 17.1 17.2
Durham 40 16.2 176 14.7 17.6
Edgecombe 5 9.5 47 17.5 16.9
Forsyth 41 12.4 233 14.5 14.2
Franklin 6 10.8 41 15.5 17.6
Gaston 31 15.7 148 15.3 15.2
Gates 2 17.2 15 27.1 24.1
Graham 0 0.0 11 27.2 18.6
Granville 14 26.0 48 18.2 19.7
Greene 2 9.6 19 18.9 19.7
Guilford 62 13.8 354 16.2 17.0
Halifax 11 19.8 64 22.7 19.4
Harnett 12 11.6 65 13.0 16.2
Haywood 13 22.9 46 16.4 11.8
Henderson 18 18.0 87 18.1 11.8
Hertford 7 29.3 34 28.5 22.9
Hoke 4 9.5 24 12.3 20.0
Hyde 0 0.0 1 3.5 2.7
Iredell 20 13.8 91 13.3 14.0
Jackson 5 13.8 35 19.8 18.8
Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
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Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
TABLE 10: SEPTICEMIA
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
Johnston 14 9.2 70 9.9 12.9
Jones 1 9.7 8 15.6 12.2
Lee 7 12.7 33 12.8 12.5
Lenoir 9 15.5 60 20.5 17.8
Lincoln 9 12.6 46 13.4 14.6
McDowell 5 11.5 38 17.6 15.9
Macon 2 6.0 21 13.1 8.7
Madison 6 29.3 43 42.7 32.0
Martin 7 28.7 45 36.4 29.2
Mecklenburg 78 9.4 351 9.1 12.3
Mitchell 0 0.0 9 11.3 7.6
Montgomery 5 18.2 21 15.4 14.0
Moore 10 12.2 56 14.1 8.8
Nash 22 23.9 85 18.8 18.9
New Hanover 11 6.0 81 9.3 9.1
Northampton 8 37.2 33 30.5 22.4
Onslow 17 10.5 79 10.0 19.9
Orange 9 7.3 57 9.4 12.7
Pamlico 2 15.3 9 13.8 10.4
Pasquotank 6 15.0 27 14.3 12.6
Pender 7 14.4 29 12.8 11.8
Perquimans 3 24.1 11 18.4 12.5
Person 11 29.4 39 21.0 19.4
Pitt 20 13.7 98 13.8 17.4
Polk 1 5.2 9 9.5 5.3
Randolph 28 20.2 142 20.9 21.5
Richmond 8 17.1 38 16.3 15.3
Robeson 22 17.0 104 16.4 19.3
Rockingham 19 20.7 102 22.1 18.6
Rowan 16 11.9 87 13.0 12.0
Rutherford 16 25.3 60 19.0 15.0
Sampson 9 14.0 31 9.9 10.0
Scotland 3 8.1 20 11.0 11.7
Stanly 10 16.9 33 11.2 10.0
Stokes 10 21.6 38 16.6 16.8
Surry 10 13.7 47 13.0 10.4
Swain 3 21.5 17 25.1 20.9
Transylvania 2 6.6 17 11.4 7.3
Tyrrell 1 23.6 4 19.0 15.8
Union 18 10.5 70 9.1 12.8
Vance 15 34.2 59 26.9 26.9
Wake 43 5.4 236 6.5 10.4
Warren 3 15.0 16 16.0 12.5
Washington 1 7.5 14 20.8 16.3
Watauga 2 4.6 20 9.3 10.3
Wayne 20 17.4 91 15.9 17.6
Wilkes 9 13.4 56 16.7 14.8
Wilson 22 28.4 92 24.1 23.7
Yadkin 12 31.7 39 21.0 19.3
Yancey 4 21.8 13 14.4 10.0
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Septicemia
North Carolina
Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 10.A
Septicemia
North Carolina
Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 10.B
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24.5 - 42.7
17.7 - 24.4
13.9 - 17.6
10.5 - 13.8
3.5 - 10.4
Mortality Rates Per 100,000 Population
Age Adjusted Mortality Rates
Per 100,000 Population
21.9 - 32.0
16.4 - 21.8
13.0 - 16.3
7.7 - 12.9
2.7 - 7.6
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TABLE 11: DIABETES MELLITUS
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
* Death rates with a small number of deaths in the numerator should be interpreted with caution. SEE TECHNICAL NOTES.
NORTH CAROLINA 2,230 25.2 11,323 26.4 27.1
Alamance 40 28.6 207 30.1 27.7
Alexander 8 22.0 31 17.6 18.1
Alleghany 0 0.0 14 25.7 18.2
Anson 13 51.2 69 54.1 47.4
Ashe 6 23.3 38 30.1 21.6
Avery 2 11.0 21 23.3 18.2
Beaufort 17 36.7 73 31.8 25.8
Bertie 9 46.5 68 69.2 54.4
Bladen 19 57.8 91 55.4 49.6
Brunswick 19 20.0 112 26.0 20.7
Buncombe 39 17.6 209 19.4 16.1
Burke 20 22.6 105 23.6 21.9
Cabarrus 28 17.8 142 19.2 21.0
Caldwell 23 29.0 116 29.5 26.5
Camden 2 21.5 6 14.3 13.5
Carteret 15 23.6 78 25.3 18.7
Caswell 5 21.3 68 57.4 54.2
Catawba 44 29.1 227 30.6 30.5
Chatham 18 31.2 81 29.4 24.7
Cherokee 4 14.9 38 29.4 19.7
Chowan 10 68.2 40 55.3 39.4
Clay 2 19.7 13 27.0 15.4
Cleveland 36 37.2 156 32.1 29.6
Columbus 18 32.9 84 30.7 27.8
Craven 27 28.3 141 30.3 29.2
Cumberland 106 34.6 447 29.1 43.0
Currituck 0 0.0 20 18.4 18.6
Dare 7 20.2 29 17.1 16.2
Davidson 34 21.9 229 29.9 28.5
Davie 10 25.1 49 25.7 23.3
Duplin 20 37.9 88 34.2 34.0
Durham 68 27.5 286 23.9 29.2
Edgecombe 11 20.9 87 32.4 31.2
Forsyth 83 25.0 460 28.5 28.0
Franklin 21 38.0 68 25.7 27.4
Gaston 56 28.4 275 28.5 27.7
Gates 8 69.0 37 66.8 58.6
Graham 3 37.0 15 37.2 24.8
Granville 24 44.6 102 38.6 42.8
Greene 7 33.6 47 46.8 48.3
Guilford 92 20.5 451 20.6 21.7
Halifax 21 37.8 127 45.0 38.6
Harnett 21 20.2 117 23.5 28.9
Haywood 15 26.5 78 27.8 19.7
Henderson 21 21.0 111 23.1 14.9
Hertford 12 50.3 72 60.5 48.4
Hoke 9 21.3 49 25.2 40.7
Hyde 4 72.6 29 102.5 82.2
Iredell 33 22.7 171 25.0 25.6
Jackson 6 16.5 60 33.9 31.2
Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
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Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
TABLE 11: DIABETES MELLITUS
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
Johnston 28 18.5 144 20.3 26.5
Jones 2 19.4 12 23.4 18.6
Lee 14 25.3 90 34.8 34.7
Lenoir 30 51.6 143 48.8 42.1
Lincoln 15 21.0 77 22.5 23.6
McDowell 19 43.5 63 29.2 26.1
Macon 13 39.3 73 45.7 28.1
Madison 3 14.7 12 11.9 9.4
Martin 15 61.5 75 60.6 49.4
Mecklenburg 126 15.2 621 16.0 21.5
Mitchell 5 31.4 26 32.6 23.9
Montgomery 7 25.4 62 45.4 40.1
Moore 22 26.7 102 25.6 16.9
Nash 32 34.7 157 34.6 34.1
New Hanover 42 22.8 203 23.2 22.4
Northampton 9 41.8 51 47.1 35.3
Onslow 30 18.6 142 18.0 34.4
Orange 14 11.3 77 12.7 17.1
Pamlico 2 15.3 16 24.5 16.6
Pasquotank 7 17.5 53 28.1 26.0
Pender 24 49.3 75 33.0 30.1
Perquimans 2 16.1 12 20.1 12.8
Person 10 26.7 54 29.1 26.5
Pitt 39 26.6 201 28.4 35.2
Polk 9 47.2 27 28.5 15.0
Randolph 38 27.4 174 25.6 25.5
Richmond 17 36.4 90 38.6 35.5
Robeson 72 55.8 316 49.8 60.1
Rockingham 47 51.2 177 38.4 32.2
Rowan 46 34.2 256 38.4 35.2
Rutherford 19 30.1 80 25.3 20.4
Sampson 17 26.5 136 43.3 43.5
Scotland 11 29.7 82 45.1 45.4
Stanly 23 38.9 101 34.2 30.8
Stokes 12 25.9 45 19.6 19.0
Surry 25 34.3 104 28.7 23.4
Swain 9 64.6 37 54.7 45.4
Transylvania 5 16.5 49 32.9 22.1
Tyrrell 0 0.0 5 23.8 19.8
Union 14 8.1 121 15.7 21.5
Vance 12 27.3 67 30.5 30.6
Wake 99 12.5 562 15.4 23.8
Warren 6 30.0 27 26.9 20.3
Washington 4 29.9 25 37.1 28.4
Watauga 13 29.9 30 14.0 15.2
Wayne 39 33.9 211 36.8 39.0
Wilkes 15 22.4 90 26.9 23.5
Wilson 40 51.6 147 38.5 37.2
Yadkin 8 21.2 53 28.5 25.8
Yancey 4 21.8 38 42.0 28.9
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Diabetes Mellitus
North Carolina
Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 11.A
Diabetes Mellitus
North Carolina
Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 11.B
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69.3 - 102.5
43.4 - 69.2
30.8 - 43.3
20.7 - 30.7
11.9 - 20.6
Mortality Rates Per 100,000 Population
Age Adjusted Mortality Rates
Per 100,000 Population
60.2 - 82.2
43.6 - 60.1
32.3 - 43.5
22.5 - 32.2
9.4 - 22.4
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TABLE 12: PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
* Death rates with a small number of deaths in the numerator should be interpreted with caution. SEE TECHNICAL NOTES.
NORTH CAROLINA 1,699 19.2 9,087 21.2 22.5
Alamance 22 15.7 115 16.7 15.1
Alexander 12 33.1 67 38.0 43.3
Alleghany 3 27.2 17 31.2 20.6
Anson 9 35.5 37 29.0 24.5
Ashe 4 15.5 39 30.9 20.5
Avery 9 49.5 42 46.5 38.0
Beaufort 6 12.9 41 17.9 14.4
Bertie 3 15.5 31 31.5 24.2
Bladen 4 12.2 36 21.9 19.8
Brunswick 19 20.0 77 17.9 17.5
Buncombe 50 22.6 303 28.2 22.4
Burke 23 25.9 111 25.0 23.5
Cabarrus 43 27.4 204 27.6 31.2
Caldwell 14 17.7 78 19.9 18.8
Camden 3 32.3 9 21.4 21.4
Carteret 17 26.7 70 22.7 17.7
Caswell 5 21.3 21 17.7 17.3
Catawba 37 24.5 197 26.6 28.2
Chatham 8 13.9 57 20.7 16.6
Cherokee 8 29.8 65 50.4 32.4
Chowan 0 0.0 23 31.8 20.7
Clay 3 29.6 12 24.9 12.8
Cleveland 25 25.8 96 19.8 18.2
Columbus 14 25.6 75 27.5 25.9
Craven 33 34.5 135 29.0 29.4
Cumberland 37 12.1 233 15.2 25.5
Currituck 6 25.5 42 38.7 45.0
Dare 13 37.5 85 50.2 60.6
Davidson 46 29.6 198 25.9 26.0
Davie 6 15.1 43 22.6 20.8
Duplin 9 17.1 61 23.7 24.4
Durham 43 17.4 236 19.7 24.3
Edgecombe 6 11.4 51 19.0 18.8
Forsyth 53 16.0 272 16.9 16.7
Franklin 10 18.1 67 25.4 29.7
Gaston 62 31.4 283 29.3 30.2
Gates 0 0.0 5 9.0 7.9
Graham 1 12.3 9 22.3 15.0
Granville 8 14.9 48 18.2 20.5
Greene 1 4.8 17 16.9 17.9
Guilford 100 22.3 525 24.0 25.2
Halifax 13 23.4 70 24.8 20.8
Harnett 10 9.6 79 15.8 21.0
Haywood 16 28.2 121 43.1 28.8
Henderson 41 41.0 200 41.5 24.4
Hertford 1 4.2 36 30.2 24.9
Hoke 3 7.1 23 11.8 20.5
Hyde 0 0.0 5 17.7 13.8
Iredell 38 26.2 180 26.3 28.2
Jackson 7 19.3 40 22.6 21.5
Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
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Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
TABLE 12: PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
Johnston 13 8.6 119 16.8 23.3
Jones 3 29.1 12 23.4 18.6
Lee 9 16.3 60 23.2 23.5
Lenoir 7 12.0 65 22.2 20.1
Lincoln 16 22.4 89 26.0 29.5
McDowell 12 27.5 63 29.2 26.8
Macon 12 36.3 47 29.4 17.5
Madison 7 34.2 41 40.7 29.9
Martin 5 20.5 38 30.7 24.8
Mecklenburg 96 11.6 494 12.7 18.4
Mitchell 5 31.4 34 42.7 30.1
Montgomery 7 25.4 54 39.5 35.5
Moore 15 18.2 96 24.1 15.1
Nash 18 19.5 132 29.1 29.8
New Hanover 21 11.4 146 16.7 17.0
Northampton 4 18.6 25 23.1 16.8
Onslow 18 11.2 83 10.5 22.3
Orange 13 10.5 99 16.3 22.1
Pamlico 3 22.9 22 33.7 24.7
Pasquotank 11 27.5 88 46.6 39.3
Pender 9 18.5 40 17.6 18.1
Perquimans 4 32.1 24 40.2 26.6
Person 23 61.4 66 35.6 33.9
Pitt 10 6.8 76 10.7 13.7
Polk 7 36.7 34 35.9 16.3
Randolph 36 26.0 174 25.6 26.9
Richmond 9 19.3 55 23.6 22.2
Robeson 14 10.8 93 14.7 19.2
Rockingham 27 29.4 147 31.9 26.8
Rowan 49 36.4 219 32.8 29.4
Rutherford 24 38.0 114 36.0 27.5
Sampson 4 6.2 54 17.2 17.7
Scotland 2 5.4 26 14.3 14.8
Stanly 26 44.0 103 34.9 31.8
Stokes 10 21.6 46 20.1 21.0
Surry 24 32.9 111 30.6 24.4
Swain 5 35.9 35 51.7 42.7
Transylvania 9 29.6 36 24.2 14.2
Tyrrell 0 0.0 6 28.6 23.2
Union 18 10.5 78 10.1 15.4
Vance 19 43.3 77 35.1 35.7
Wake 58 7.3 310 8.5 14.4
Warren 17 85.1 61 60.8 45.6
Washington 5 37.4 15 22.3 16.2
Watauga 5 11.5 51 23.7 26.6
Wayne 17 14.8 92 16.0 18.1
Wilkes 26 38.8 99 29.6 26.5
Wilson 24 31.0 82 21.5 21.4
Yadkin 10 26.4 44 23.6 22.0
Yancey 9 49.0 25 27.6 18.8
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Pneumonia and Influenza
North Carolina
Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 12.A
Pnumonia and Influenza
North Carolina
Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 12.B
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40.8 - 60.8
28.7 - 40.7
20.8 - 28.6
12.8 - 20.7
8.5 - 12.7
Mortality Rates Per 100,000 Population
Age Adjusted Mortality Rates
Per 100,000 Population
39.4 - 60.6
28.9 - 39.3
22.5 - 28.8
17.1 - 22.4
7.9 - 17.0
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TABLE 13: CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
* Death rates with a small number of deaths in the numerator should be interpreted with caution. SEE TECHNICAL NOTES.
NORTH CAROLINA 4,004 45.2 19,293 45.1 47.1
Alamance 73 52.2 370 53.8 49.3
Alexander 17 46.8 82 46.6 47.5
Alleghany 11 99.9 47 86.4 58.0
Anson 11 43.4 56 43.9 38.4
Ashe 14 54.3 109 86.4 59.1
Avery 14 77.0 77 85.3 68.6
Beaufort 29 62.6 128 55.8 45.1
Bertie 7 36.2 46 46.8 36.5
Bladen 27 82.1 118 71.9 63.3
Brunswick 74 77.9 283 65.8 54.0
Buncombe 136 61.4 690 64.1 52.8
Burke 53 59.8 242 54.5 50.0
Cabarrus 74 47.1 334 45.3 51.1
Caldwell 72 90.8 308 78.4 71.2
Camden 3 32.3 12 28.6 30.8
Carteret 37 58.2 169 54.7 39.5
Caswell 14 59.5 64 54.1 50.5
Catawba 83 54.9 402 54.3 55.2
Chatham 22 38.1 102 37.1 30.7
Cherokee 19 70.9 89 69.0 43.5
Chowan 9 61.4 37 51.2 34.8
Clay 7 69.0 32 66.4 37.7
Cleveland 41 42.4 222 45.7 41.9
Columbus 35 64.0 164 60.0 54.8
Craven 58 60.7 249 53.6 49.9
Cumberland 99 32.3 556 36.2 56.4
Currituck 11 46.8 53 48.8 50.2
Dare 12 34.6 50 29.5 28.8
Davidson 84 54.1 427 55.8 53.4
Davie 24 60.2 105 55.1 50.2
Duplin 14 26.6 108 41.9 42.0
Durham 65 26.3 315 26.3 33.4
Edgecombe 25 47.5 124 46.2 44.8
Forsyth 170 51.2 792 49.1 48.9
Franklin 14 25.3 96 36.3 41.6
Gaston 122 61.9 614 63.5 62.1
Gates 3 25.9 23 41.6 35.7
Graham 3 37.0 30 74.3 50.9
Granville 23 42.7 109 41.3 45.9
Greene 7 33.6 37 36.9 38.9
Guilford 197 43.9 952 43.6 46.2
Halifax 29 52.2 180 63.8 53.5
Harnett 48 46.3 243 48.7 61.4
Haywood 39 68.8 216 77.0 51.4
Henderson 79 78.9 417 86.6 53.2
Hertford 6 25.1 69 57.9 46.1
Hoke 13 30.8 59 30.3 53.0
Hyde 2 36.3 19 67.1 47.0
Iredell 74 51.0 306 44.7 46.2
Jackson 24 66.1 104 58.8 54.4
Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
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* Death rates with a small number of deaths in the numerator should be interpreted with caution. SEE TECHNICAL NOTES.
Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
TABLE 13: CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
Johnston 47 31.0 262 37.0 49.4
Jones 8 77.5 42 82.0 65.3
Lee 28 50.6 138 53.3 53.7
Lenoir 28 48.1 156 53.2 45.6
Lincoln 38 53.3 188 54.8 59.0
McDowell 35 80.2 140 64.8 56.6
Macon 19 57.4 112 70.1 41.6
Madison 15 73.3 59 58.5 45.6
Martin 11 45.1 51 41.2 33.7
Mecklenburg 232 28.1 1,060 27.3 40.2
Mitchell 21 132.0 83 104.2 71.4
Montgomery 13 47.3 86 62.9 55.9
Moore 55 66.8 270 67.8 41.1
Nash 51 55.3 264 58.2 58.9
New Hanover 71 38.6 339 38.8 38.0
Northampton 9 41.8 66 61.0 43.4
Onslow 40 24.8 219 27.8 54.7
Orange 30 24.2 143 23.5 33.6
Pamlico 5 38.2 37 56.7 38.5
Pasquotank 17 42.5 102 54.1 48.0
Pender 19 39.0 97 42.7 39.5
Perquimans 8 64.3 29 48.5 32.0
Person 23 61.4 114 61.5 56.7
Pitt 42 28.7 230 32.5 42.0
Polk 18 94.3 80 84.4 44.9
Randolph 70 50.5 332 48.8 50.2
Richmond 28 60.0 127 54.5 50.5
Robeson 43 33.3 216 34.1 42.0
Rockingham 79 86.0 333 72.3 60.3
Rowan 75 55.7 324 48.6 44.5
Rutherford 65 102.9 232 73.3 57.6
Sampson 29 45.3 132 42.0 43.1
Scotland 18 48.7 68 37.4 39.8
Stanly 24 40.6 117 39.6 35.6
Stokes 28 60.4 136 59.3 59.2
Surry 55 75.4 234 64.6 52.1
Swain 14 100.4 48 71.0 59.0
Transylvania 20 65.9 107 71.9 42.2
Tyrrell 0 0.0 9 42.8 34.5
Union 54 31.4 227 29.5 41.3
Vance 21 47.8 116 52.8 53.0
Wake 154 19.5 752 20.6 35.0
Warren 10 50.1 55 54.8 40.9
Washington 5 37.4 27 40.1 32.6
Watauga 15 34.6 93 43.3 48.2
Wayne 47 40.9 253 44.1 47.8
Wilkes 52 77.7 200 59.8 51.3
Wilson 40 51.6 154 40.3 39.3
Yadkin 31 82.0 122 65.6 58.8
Yancey 17 92.6 76 84.0 58.0
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Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases
North Carolina
Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 13.A
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases
North Carolina
Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 13.B
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74.4 - 104.2
60.1 - 74.3
46.9 - 60.0
34.2 - 46.8
20.6 - 34.1
Mortality Rates Per 100,000 Population
Age Adjusted Mortality Rates
Per 100,000 Population
61.5 - 71.4
52.2 - 61.4
44.6 - 52.1
36.6 - 44.5
28.8 - 36.5
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TABLE 14: CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
* Death rates with a small number of deaths in the numerator should be interpreted with caution. SEE TECHNICAL NOTES.
NORTH CAROLINA 799 9.0 3,841 9.0 8.8
Alamance 14 10.0 68 9.9 9.4
Alexander 2 5.5 13 7.4 7.2
Alleghany 2 18.2 12 22.1 18.1
Anson 5 19.7 15 11.8 10.6
Ashe 2 7.8 17 13.5 10.4
Avery 3 16.5 13 14.4 11.7
Beaufort 6 12.9 24 10.5 8.4
Bertie 2 10.3 6 6.1 4.7
Bladen 6 18.3 20 12.2 10.4
Brunswick 12 12.6 42 9.8 7.5
Buncombe 27 12.2 121 11.2 9.7
Burke 9 10.2 37 8.3 7.7
Cabarrus 9 5.7 50 6.8 7.2
Caldwell 5 6.3 39 9.9 8.6
Camden 2 21.5 3 7.1 6.1
Carteret 13 20.5 52 16.8 11.8
Caswell 1 4.3 7 5.9 4.8
Catawba 15 9.9 68 9.2 8.7
Chatham 2 3.5 11 4.0 3.4
Cherokee 4 14.9 18 13.9 9.8
Chowan 1 6.8 8 11.1 7.8
Clay 0 0.0 6 12.4 8.7
Cleveland 13 13.4 60 12.3 11.3
Columbus 10 18.3 34 12.4 11.3
Craven 14 14.7 57 12.3 11.5
Cumberland 27 8.8 133 8.7 10.8
Currituck 4 17.0 10 9.2 8.3
Dare 3 8.7 19 11.2 9.6
Davidson 13 8.4 63 8.2 7.5
Davie 0 0.0 10 5.2 4.6
Duplin 3 5.7 21 8.2 8.0
Durham 18 7.3 69 5.8 6.5
Edgecombe 4 7.6 36 13.4 12.4
Forsyth 29 8.7 129 8.0 7.7
Franklin 2 3.6 20 7.6 7.7
Gaston 34 17.2 128 13.2 12.5
Gates 4 34.5 7 12.6 10.8
Graham 0 0.0 4 9.9 7.8
Granville 6 11.1 26 9.8 9.6
Greene 0 0.0 8 8.0 8.2
Guilford 42 9.4 213 9.7 9.9
Halifax 9 16.2 54 19.1 17.1
Harnett 5 4.8 27 5.4 5.9
Haywood 8 14.1 38 13.5 10.0
Henderson 8 8.0 51 10.6 7.4
Hertford 4 16.8 14 11.8 9.9
Hoke 9 21.3 23 11.8 14.6
Hyde 0 0.0 1 3.5 3.0
Iredell 11 7.6 54 7.9 7.6
Jackson 4 11.0 30 17.0 15.0
Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
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Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
TABLE 14: CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
Johnston 10 6.6 45 6.4 7.1
Jones 0 0.0 3 5.9 4.7
Lee 4 7.2 37 14.3 13.5
Lenoir 5 8.6 30 10.2 9.0
Lincoln 9 12.6 39 11.4 10.4
McDowell 3 6.9 25 11.6 9.8
Macon 6 18.1 28 17.5 13.9
Madison 3 14.7 8 7.9 6.7
Martin 1 4.1 20 16.2 13.4
Mecklenburg 49 5.9 264 6.8 8.0
Mitchell 0 0.0 7 8.8 6.0
Montgomery 4 14.5 16 11.7 10.8
Moore 3 3.6 32 8.0 6.2
Nash 6 6.5 50 11.0 10.3
New Hanover 20 10.9 83 9.5 8.7
Northampton 3 13.9 20 18.5 14.6
Onslow 11 6.8 52 6.6 10.3
Orange 4 3.2 27 4.4 5.3
Pamlico 3 22.9 12 18.4 12.4
Pasquotank 2 5.0 14 7.4 6.9
Pender 8 16.4 26 11.4 9.8
Perquimans 2 16.1 9 15.1 11.0
Person 4 10.7 27 14.6 13.0
Pitt 14 9.6 56 7.9 9.1
Polk 0 0.0 5 5.3 3.8
Randolph 11 7.9 47 6.9 6.6
Richmond 7 15.0 25 10.7 10.0
Robeson 10 7.7 66 10.4 11.1
Rockingham 15 16.3 58 12.6 10.7
Rowan 10 7.4 56 8.4 7.9
Rutherford 4 6.3 31 9.8 8.1
Sampson 7 10.9 33 10.5 10.5
Scotland 10 27.0 31 17.0 17.0
Stanly 3 5.1 28 9.5 9.0
Stokes 8 17.3 29 12.6 12.0
Surry 8 11.0 36 9.9 8.9
Swain 3 21.5 19 28.1 25.5
Transylvania 5 16.5 19 12.8 10.2
Tyrrell 0 0.0 1 4.8 3.9
Union 6 3.5 40 5.2 5.8
Vance 12 27.3 41 18.7 18.0
Wake 45 5.7 174 4.8 6.0
Warren 5 25.0 14 14.0 11.0
Washington 0 0.0 5 7.4 5.5
Watauga 1 2.3 14 6.5 6.7
Wayne 7 6.1 53 9.2 9.2
Wilkes 7 10.5 29 8.7 7.5
Wilson 7 9.0 38 10.0 9.3
Yadkin 5 13.2 21 11.3 10.3
Yancey 3 16.3 9 9.9 7.3
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Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis
North Carolina
Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 14.A
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis
North Carolina
Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 14.B
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15.2 - 28.1
11.7 - 15.1
8.9 - 11.6
6.5 - 8.8
3.5 - 6.4
Mortality Rates Per 100,000 Population
Age Adjusted Mortality Rates
Per 100,000 Population
15.1 - 25.5
11.6 - 15.0
8.8 - 11.5
6.3 - 8.7
3.0 - 6.2
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TABLE 15: NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME, AND NEPHROSIS
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
* Death rates with a small number of deaths in the numerator should be interpreted with caution. SEE TECHNICAL NOTES.
NORTH CAROLINA 1,631 18.4 7,465 17.4 18.2
Alamance 37 26.5 162 23.5 21.4
Alexander 5 13.8 21 11.9 12.6
Alleghany 3 27.2 9 16.5 10.3
Anson 7 27.6 27 21.2 18.4
Ashe 6 23.3 25 19.8 13.2
Avery 5 27.5 16 17.7 15.2
Beaufort 10 21.6 40 17.4 13.9
Bertie 5 25.8 19 19.3 15.2
Bladen 7 21.3 41 25.0 22.1
Brunswick 24 25.3 82 19.1 17.3
Buncombe 41 18.5 226 21.0 17.0
Burke 17 19.2 68 15.3 14.3
Cabarrus 42 26.7 155 21.0 23.6
Caldwell 17 21.4 81 20.6 18.9
Camden 0 0.0 4 9.5 10.8
Carteret 17 26.7 61 19.8 14.8
Caswell 5 21.3 30 25.3 24.4
Catawba 25 16.5 136 18.4 18.8
Chatham 12 20.8 50 18.2 14.9
Cherokee 4 14.9 21 16.3 11.2
Chowan 2 13.6 15 20.8 14.6
Clay 5 49.3 16 33.2 19.7
Cleveland 19 19.6 92 18.9 17.5
Columbus 24 43.9 105 38.4 35.1
Craven 23 24.1 87 18.7 17.9
Cumberland 58 18.9 227 14.8 23.0
Currituck 1 4.3 11 10.1 11.7
Dare 4 11.5 18 10.6 10.5
Davidson 35 22.5 140 18.3 17.8
Davie 6 15.1 31 16.3 14.9
Duplin 11 20.9 76 29.5 29.5
Durham 45 18.2 194 16.2 19.9
Edgecombe 10 19.0 72 26.8 26.3
Forsyth 55 16.6 293 18.2 18.0
Franklin 9 16.3 40 15.1 17.0
Gaston 61 30.9 197 20.4 20.4
Gates 5 43.1 12 21.7 18.1
Graham 3 37.0 9 22.3 15.2
Granville 9 16.7 31 11.7 13.7
Greene 1 4.8 19 18.9 19.0
Guilford 86 19.2 363 16.6 17.3
Halifax 13 23.4 71 25.1 21.6
Harnett 20 19.3 75 15.0 18.8
Haywood 10 17.6 66 23.5 15.7
Henderson 29 29.0 109 22.6 13.5
Hertford 9 37.7 42 35.3 28.2
Hoke 9 21.3 30 15.4 27.7
Hyde 0 0.0 9 31.8 22.3
Iredell 29 20.0 114 16.7 17.5
Jackson 4 11.0 24 13.6 12.7
Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
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Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
TABLE 15: NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME, AND NEPHROSIS
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
Johnston 27 17.8 91 12.8 17.4
Jones 5 48.5 17 33.2 26.0
Lee 7 12.7 52 20.1 20.3
Lenoir 23 39.5 94 32.1 28.3
Lincoln 19 26.6 74 21.6 24.4
McDowell 9 20.6 27 12.5 11.2
Macon 7 21.2 39 24.4 14.7
Madison 4 19.6 19 18.9 13.9
Martin 8 32.8 35 28.3 23.3
Mecklenburg 107 12.9 507 13.1 18.5
Mitchell 3 18.9 15 18.8 13.5
Montgomery 4 14.5 29 21.2 19.1
Moore 21 25.5 74 18.6 12.1
Nash 26 28.2 99 21.8 22.1
New Hanover 32 17.4 154 17.6 17.4
Northampton 5 23.2 27 24.9 17.9
Onslow 15 9.3 76 9.6 18.2
Orange 6 4.8 60 9.9 13.4
Pamlico 2 15.3 22 33.7 24.7
Pasquotank 9 22.5 24 12.7 11.3
Pender 10 20.5 49 21.6 21.5
Perquimans 4 32.1 12 20.1 13.1
Person 9 24.0 42 22.7 21.0
Pitt 16 10.9 122 17.2 21.5
Polk 5 26.2 23 24.3 13.1
Randolph 22 15.9 111 16.3 16.9
Richmond 13 27.8 63 27.0 25.0
Robeson 23 17.8 133 21.0 25.8
Rockingham 23 25.0 121 26.3 21.6
Rowan 19 14.1 114 17.1 15.5
Rutherford 20 31.7 78 24.6 19.6
Sampson 9 14.0 63 20.0 20.6
Scotland 9 24.3 26 14.3 14.6
Stanly 9 15.2 53 18.0 16.3
Stokes 9 19.4 33 14.4 14.7
Surry 12 16.4 66 18.2 14.1
Swain 7 50.2 17 25.1 19.7
Transylvania 3 9.9 21 14.1 9.6
Tyrrell 0 0.0 4 19.0 15.3
Union 17 9.9 103 13.4 19.1
Vance 15 34.2 63 28.7 29.1
Wake 83 10.5 370 10.1 16.7
Warren 7 35.1 36 35.9 28.1
Washington 2 15.0 8 11.9 9.4
Watauga 3 6.9 27 12.6 14.2
Wayne 28 24.4 132 23.0 24.8
Wilkes 11 16.4 61 18.2 16.3
Wilson 14 18.1 68 17.8 17.6
Yadkin 5 13.2 36 19.3 18.0
Yancey 1 5.4 13 14.4 9.7
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Nephritis and Nephrosis
North Carolina
Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 15.A
Nephritis and Nephrosis
North Carolina
Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 15.B
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28.8 - 38.4
22.4 - 28.7
17.9 - 22.3
13.7 - 17.8
9.5 - 13.6
Mortality Rates Per 100,000 Population
Age Adjusted Mortality Rates
Per 100,000 Population
25.1 - 35.1
20.4 - 25.0
15.8 - 20.3
12.2 - 15.7
9.4 - 12.1
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TABLE 16: MOTOR VEHICLE INJURIES
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
* Death rates with a small number of deaths in the numerator should be interpreted with caution. SEE TECHNICAL NOTES.
NORTH CAROLINA 1,666 18.8 8,248 19.3 19.1
Alamance 21 15.0 111 16.1 15.8
Alexander 10 27.6 41 23.3 23.0
Alleghany 0 0.0 9 16.5 17.4
Anson 6 23.6 33 25.9 25.8
Ashe 2 7.8 27 21.4 22.2
Avery 2 11.0 9 10.0 8.8
Beaufort 12 25.9 66 28.8 29.8
Bertie 11 56.8 49 49.8 49.4
Bladen 10 30.4 55 33.5 34.3
Brunswick 33 34.8 115 26.7 28.4
Buncombe 31 14.0 146 13.6 13.2
Burke 16 18.0 98 22.1 21.9
Cabarrus 18 11.5 107 14.5 14.9
Caldwell 18 22.7 82 20.9 21.3
Camden 1 10.8 5 11.9 11.1
Carteret 11 17.3 65 21.0 21.0
Caswell 5 21.3 29 24.5 24.7
Catawba 29 19.2 134 18.1 18.3
Chatham 15 26.0 86 31.3 32.1
Cherokee 4 14.9 31 24.0 27.4
Chowan 4 27.3 23 31.8 32.0
Clay 1 9.9 11 22.8 24.4
Cleveland 17 17.6 101 20.8 20.8
Columbus 33 60.4 120 43.9 44.0
Craven 13 13.6 87 18.7 18.7
Cumberland 63 20.6 303 19.7 20.3
Currituck 7 29.8 23 21.2 22.7
Dare 7 20.2 41 24.2 24.0
Davidson 27 17.4 162 21.2 21.3
Davie 9 22.6 45 23.6 24.8
Duplin 15 28.5 80 31.1 31.2
Durham 32 13.0 154 12.9 12.8
Edgecombe 16 30.4 64 23.8 24.1
Forsyth 47 14.2 216 13.4 13.4
Franklin 16 28.9 78 29.5 30.5
Gaston 29 14.7 159 16.5 16.7
Gates 0 0.0 16 28.9 28.3
Graham 1 12.3 10 24.8 28.3
Granville 12 22.3 56 21.2 21.0
Greene 5 24.0 33 32.9 32.9
Guilford 55 12.2 289 13.2 13.1
Halifax 21 37.8 83 29.4 30.0
Harnett 29 28.0 119 23.9 23.9
Haywood 11 19.4 57 20.3 19.7
Henderson 15 15.0 85 17.7 17.5
Hertford 7 29.3 36 30.2 30.9
Hoke 10 23.7 59 30.3 30.7
Hyde 1 18.1 5 17.7 16.8
Iredell 29 20.0 144 21.0 21.4
Jackson 7 19.3 35 19.8 18.9
Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
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Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
TABLE 16: MOTOR VEHICLE INJURIES
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
Johnston 31 20.5 182 25.7 26.6
Jones 2 19.4 15 29.3 30.9
Lee 14 25.3 84 32.5 32.5
Lenoir 11 18.9 66 22.5 22.1
Lincoln 14 19.6 78 22.7 23.3
McDowell 6 13.8 34 15.7 15.2
Macon 5 15.1 26 16.3 14.9
Madison 2 9.8 22 21.8 21.9
Martin 3 12.3 43 34.8 36.7
Mecklenburg 107 12.9 436 11.2 11.4
Mitchell 6 37.7 16 20.1 18.7
Montgomery 15 54.5 47 34.4 34.4
Moore 22 26.7 108 27.1 27.8
Nash 22 23.9 112 24.7 25.2
New Hanover 23 12.5 106 12.1 11.7
Northampton 3 13.9 27 24.9 23.8
Onslow 30 18.6 166 21.1 20.0
Orange 19 15.4 74 12.2 11.9
Pamlico 4 30.5 16 24.5 23.2
Pasquotank 4 10.0 24 12.7 12.5
Pender 8 16.4 54 23.8 24.6
Perquimans 4 32.1 17 28.4 31.2
Person 8 21.4 48 25.9 26.3
Pitt 26 17.8 134 18.9 19.6
Polk 4 21.0 21 22.1 21.9
Randolph 22 15.9 143 21.0 21.2
Richmond 7 15.0 54 23.2 23.0
Robeson 61 47.3 272 42.9 43.3
Rockingham 23 25.0 126 27.3 28.3
Rowan 25 18.6 126 18.9 18.7
Rutherford 18 28.5 76 24.0 24.8
Sampson 18 28.1 105 33.4 33.5
Scotland 11 29.7 45 24.7 24.8
Stanly 15 25.4 78 26.4 26.7
Stokes 14 30.2 54 23.5 23.9
Surry 14 19.2 85 23.5 23.1
Swain 5 35.9 22 32.5 31.2
Transylvania 6 19.8 33 22.2 22.9
Tyrrell 1 23.6 4 19.0 18.3
Union 29 16.9 143 18.6 19.7
Vance 8 18.2 41 18.7 19.0
Wake 106 13.4 444 12.2 12.2
Warren 9 45.1 41 40.9 43.0
Washington 1 7.5 15 22.3 24.7
Watauga 9 20.7 31 14.4 15.7
Wayne 30 26.1 132 23.0 23.0
Wilkes 14 20.9 78 23.3 24.1
Wilson 20 25.8 91 23.8 23.9
Yadkin 10 26.4 47 25.3 24.9
Yancey 3 16.3 14 15.5 13.0
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Motor Vehicle Injuries
North Carolina
Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 16.A
Motor Vehicle Injuries
North Carolina
Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 16.B
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34.9 - 49.8
27.4 - 34.8
22.4 - 27.3
16.6 - 22.3
10.0 - 16.5
Mortality Rates Per 100,000 Population
Age Adjusted Mortality Rates
Per 100,000 Population
36.8 - 49.4
27.5 - 36.7
21.5 - 27.4
15.9 - 21.4
8.8 - 15.8
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TABLE 17: ALL OTHER UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
* Death rates with a small number of deaths in the numerator should be interpreted with caution. SEE TECHNICAL NOTES.
NORTH CAROLINA 2,425 27.4 11,320 26.4 27.0
Alamance 40 28.6 198 28.8 27.2
Alexander 14 38.6 51 29.0 30.8
Alleghany 4 36.3 19 34.9 28.6
Anson 8 31.5 46 36.1 33.7
Ashe 8 31.0 49 38.8 33.1
Avery 7 38.5 33 36.6 33.6
Beaufort 21 45.3 71 30.9 28.7
Bertie 4 20.7 33 33.6 27.3
Bladen 14 42.6 56 34.1 33.8
Brunswick 35 36.9 133 30.9 32.3
Buncombe 67 30.3 373 34.7 31.4
Burke 34 38.3 167 37.6 37.0
Cabarrus 52 33.1 243 32.9 35.2
Caldwell 34 42.9 134 34.1 33.3
Camden 3 32.3 9 21.4 21.4
Carteret 28 44.1 136 44.0 41.0
Caswell 10 42.5 36 30.4 29.1
Catawba 39 25.8 213 28.7 29.1
Chatham 22 38.1 75 27.3 24.2
Cherokee 10 37.3 67 51.9 50.8
Chowan 6 40.9 24 33.2 26.1
Clay 3 29.6 17 35.3 30.6
Cleveland 43 44.5 168 34.6 33.4
Columbus 26 47.6 109 39.9 39.0
Craven 23 24.1 129 27.8 28.1
Cumberland 52 17.0 271 17.6 22.5
Currituck 6 25.5 25 23.0 23.2
Dare 11 31.7 70 41.4 40.1
Davidson 55 35.4 248 32.4 32.0
Davie 14 35.1 57 29.9 29.4
Duplin 13 24.7 72 28.0 28.3
Durham 51 20.7 264 22.0 24.2
Edgecombe 13 24.7 60 22.3 21.8
Forsyth 97 29.2 405 25.1 25.1
Franklin 16 28.9 59 22.3 23.5
Gaston 62 31.4 350 36.2 36.2
Gates 1 8.6 13 23.5 20.3
Graham 1 12.3 12 29.7 28.8
Granville 12 22.3 43 16.3 17.5
Greene 3 14.4 24 23.9 24.4
Guilford 119 26.5 619 28.3 29.2
Halifax 21 37.8 80 28.3 26.0
Harnett 25 24.1 116 23.3 26.3
Haywood 25 44.1 121 43.1 38.5
Henderson 45 45.0 220 45.7 35.6
Hertford 4 16.8 31 26.0 23.4
Hoke 9 21.3 37 19.0 24.7
Hyde 1 18.1 6 21.2 19.9
Iredell 46 31.7 196 28.6 29.1
Jackson 13 35.8 61 34.5 35.3
Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
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Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
TABLE 17: ALL OTHER UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
Johnston 39 25.7 153 21.6 26.1
Jones 2 19.4 16 31.2 27.5
Lee 16 28.9 62 24.0 24.4
Lenoir 20 34.4 82 28.0 25.7
Lincoln 19 26.6 84 24.5 25.1
McDowell 13 29.8 71 32.9 31.8
Macon 28 84.7 90 56.4 50.2
Madison 7 34.2 34 33.7 28.9
Martin 5 20.5 30 24.3 20.5
Mecklenburg 122 14.8 654 16.9 19.7
Mitchell 12 75.4 45 56.5 54.7
Montgomery 7 25.4 42 30.7 30.1
Moore 25 30.4 118 29.6 27.1
Nash 32 34.7 117 25.8 26.0
New Hanover 51 27.7 237 27.1 26.4
Northampton 2 9.3 20 18.5 16.1
Onslow 25 15.5 138 17.5 25.2
Orange 20 16.2 103 17.0 20.2
Pamlico 2 15.3 15 23.0 21.1
Pasquotank 10 25.0 38 20.1 19.0
Pender 13 26.7 47 20.7 20.8
Perquimans 6 48.2 19 31.8 27.4
Person 11 29.4 56 30.2 29.7
Pitt 39 26.6 161 22.7 25.9
Polk 10 52.4 41 43.2 34.6
Randolph 51 36.8 177 26.0 26.6
Richmond 12 25.7 72 30.9 31.2
Robeson 28 21.7 133 21.0 23.2
Rockingham 34 37.0 170 36.9 34.2
Rowan 39 29.0 232 34.8 33.3
Rutherford 30 47.5 139 43.9 39.8
Sampson 20 31.2 96 30.6 31.2
Scotland 8 21.6 36 19.8 20.6
Stanly 13 22.0 81 27.4 26.0
Stokes 16 34.5 73 31.8 32.5
Surry 35 48.0 149 41.1 37.6
Swain 6 43.0 35 51.7 51.8
Transylvania 14 46.1 66 44.3 36.1
Tyrrell 1 23.6 3 14.3 11.8
Union 44 25.6 128 16.6 19.7
Vance 17 38.7 75 34.2 34.7
Wake 134 17.0 572 15.7 20.7
Warren 2 10.0 29 28.9 24.8
Washington 3 22.5 11 16.3 13.6
Watauga 13 29.9 54 25.1 28.4
Wayne 17 14.8 99 17.3 18.3
Wilkes 38 56.8 158 47.3 45.2
Wilson 24 31.0 103 27.0 27.0
Yadkin 11 29.1 72 38.7 37.6
Yancey 9 49.0 35 38.7 33.0
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All Other Unintentional Injuries
North Carolina
Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 17.A
All Other Unintentional Injuries
North Carolina
Resident Data
2002-2006
Figure 17.B
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40.0 - 56.5
32.5 - 39.9
26.1 - 32.4
20.2 - 26.0
14.3 - 20.1
Mortality Rates Per 100,000 Population
Age Adjusted Mortality Rates
Per 100,000 Population
41.1 - 54.7
34.3 - 41.0
28.2 - 34.2
21.9 - 28.1
11.8 - 21.8
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TABLE 18: SUICIDE
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
* Death rates with a small number of deaths in the numerator should be interpreted with caution. SEE TECHNICAL NOTES.
NORTH CAROLINA 1,093 12.3 5,027 11.7 11.6
Alamance 19 13.6 68 9.9 9.7
Alexander 12 33.1 32 18.2 18.1
Alleghany 1 9.1 8 14.7 12.7
Anson 4 15.8 9 7.1 7.2
Ashe 8 31.0 35 27.7 25.9
Avery 0 0.0 15 16.6 15.8
Beaufort 11 23.7 32 13.9 13.8
Bertie 1 5.2 8 8.1 7.8
Bladen 3 9.1 21 12.8 12.7
Brunswick 15 15.8 54 12.5 12.0
Buncombe 30 13.6 141 13.1 12.5
Burke 17 19.2 77 17.3 17.3
Cabarrus 19 12.1 81 11.0 11.0
Caldwell 16 20.2 60 15.3 14.7
Camden 2 21.5 6 14.3 11.9
Carteret 9 14.2 56 18.1 17.2
Caswell 2 8.5 11 9.3 9.2
Catawba 22 14.6 99 13.4 13.2
Chatham 4 6.9 28 10.2 9.5
Cherokee 7 26.1 19 14.7 14.4
Chowan 1 6.8 6 8.3 8.4
Clay 2 19.7 8 16.6 17.2
Cleveland 13 13.4 67 13.8 13.3
Columbus 2 3.7 31 11.3 10.8
Craven 16 16.7 56 12.0 12.0
Cumberland 32 10.4 177 11.5 11.8
Currituck 4 17.0 14 12.9 11.7
Dare 3 8.7 19 11.2 10.1
Davidson 21 13.5 105 13.7 13.7
Davie 8 20.1 30 15.7 15.2
Duplin 4 7.6 33 12.8 13.0
Durham 20 8.1 108 9.0 9.3
Edgecombe 5 9.5 30 11.2 11.1
Forsyth 38 11.5 176 10.9 10.7
Franklin 7 12.7 38 14.4 14.1
Gaston 33 16.7 153 15.8 15.5
Gates 3 25.9 6 10.8 11.0
Graham 1 12.3 5 12.4 14.7
Granville 4 7.4 19 7.2 6.9
Greene 2 9.6 10 10.0 9.6
Guilford 56 12.5 226 10.3 10.2
Halifax 7 12.6 30 10.6 10.9
Harnett 9 8.7 49 9.8 10.1
Haywood 10 17.6 53 18.9 18.1
Henderson 18 18.0 61 12.7 11.2
Hertford 3 12.6 9 7.6 6.9
Hoke 2 4.7 12 6.2 6.7
Hyde 1 18.1 4 14.1 12.5
Iredell 20 13.8 85 12.4 12.4
Jackson 6 16.5 27 15.3 15.6
Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
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Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
TABLE 18: SUICIDE
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
Johnston 9 5.9 82 11.6 11.8
Jones 1 9.7 5 9.8 9.4
Lee 6 10.9 26 10.0 10.1
Lenoir 8 13.8 30 10.2 10.2
Lincoln 12 16.8 50 14.6 14.2
McDowell 2 4.6 37 17.1 16.2
Macon 6 18.1 30 18.8 19.1
Madison 1 4.9 15 14.9 14.2
Martin 0 0.0 9 7.3 6.9
Mecklenburg 81 9.8 374 9.6 9.8
Mitchell 3 18.9 18 22.6 21.7
Montgomery 4 14.5 18 13.2 12.6
Moore 13 15.8 54 13.6 12.8
Nash 12 13.0 50 11.0 11.0
New Hanover 31 16.8 112 12.8 12.1
Northampton 2 9.3 8 7.4 7.6
Onslow 17 10.5 84 10.7 12.1
Orange 14 11.3 64 10.5 10.0
Pamlico 4 30.5 9 13.8 13.1
Pasquotank 6 15.0 16 8.5 8.2
Pender 4 8.2 32 14.1 13.0
Perquimans 0 0.0 7 11.7 10.7
Person 5 13.4 28 15.1 14.1
Pitt 11 7.5 70 9.9 10.5
Polk 4 21.0 23 24.3 20.0
Randolph 23 16.6 95 14.0 13.8
Richmond 8 17.1 29 12.4 12.7
Robeson 15 11.6 64 10.1 10.5
Rockingham 15 16.3 67 14.5 13.8
Rowan 31 23.0 113 16.9 16.8
Rutherford 8 12.7 52 16.4 16.6
Sampson 2 3.1 28 8.9 9.0
Scotland 5 13.5 17 9.3 9.9
Stanly 8 13.5 48 16.3 15.7
Stokes 8 17.3 38 16.6 16.0
Surry 17 23.3 73 20.1 19.5
Swain 0 0.0 10 14.8 14.0
Transylvania 6 19.8 22 14.8 15.8
Tyrrell 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Union 19 11.0 68 8.8 9.1
Vance 0 0.0 21 9.6 10.0
Wake 58 7.3 289 7.9 8.3
Warren 2 10.0 8 8.0 7.8
Washington 2 15.0 7 10.4 9.6
Watauga 9 20.7 30 14.0 15.4
Wayne 15 13.1 61 10.6 10.7
Wilkes 11 16.4 53 15.9 15.4
Wilson 10 12.9 36 9.4 9.3
Yadkin 9 23.8 27 14.5 14.5
Yancey 3 16.3 13 14.4 13.0
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Resident Data
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Figure 18.A
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Resident Data
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20.2 - 27.7
15.4 - 20.1
12.1 - 15.3
8.6 - 12.0
0.0 - 8.5
Mortality Rates Per 100,000 Population
Age Adjusted Mortality Rates
Per 100,000 Population
16.9 - 25.9
13.4 - 16.8
11.3 - 13.3
8.5 - 11.2
0.0 - 8.4
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TABLE 19: HOMICIDE
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
* Death rates with a small number of deaths in the numerator should be interpreted with caution. SEE TECHNICAL NOTES.
NORTH CAROLINA 611 6.9 3,107 7.3 7.2
Alamance 7 5.0 39 5.7 5.7
Alexander 3 8.3 7 4.0 4.0
Alleghany 1 9.1 3 5.5 5.7
Anson 6 23.6 19 14.9 15.2
Ashe 0 0.0 8 6.3 6.5
Avery 1 5.5 7 7.8 7.2
Beaufort 1 2.2 10 4.4 4.5
Bertie 2 10.3 6 6.1 6.5
Bladen 3 9.1 15 9.1 9.4
Brunswick 6 6.3 24 5.6 6.5
Buncombe 9 4.1 63 5.9 5.9
Burke 3 3.4 27 6.1 6.2
Cabarrus 6 3.8 29 3.9 3.9
Caldwell 5 6.3 16 4.1 4.1
Camden 1 10.8 3 7.1 6.1
Carteret 2 3.1 10 3.2 3.4
Caswell 0 0.0 5 4.2 4.2
Catawba 6 4.0 40 5.4 5.4
Chatham 3 5.2 18 6.5 6.3
Cherokee 0 0.0 7 5.4 5.9
Chowan 0 0.0 7 9.7 10.6
Clay 0 0.0 2 4.1 4.7
Cleveland 10 10.3 64 13.2 13.6
Columbus 5 9.1 43 15.7 16.3
Craven 5 5.2 22 4.7 5.0
Cumberland 31 10.1 147 9.6 9.3
Currituck 0 0.0 2 1.8 2.0
Dare 1 2.9 5 3.0 3.1
Davidson 10 6.4 37 4.8 4.9
Davie 1 2.5 5 2.6 2.6
Duplin 4 7.6 30 11.7 11.9
Durham 23 9.3 145 12.1 10.9
Edgecombe 5 9.5 35 13.0 13.7
Forsyth 23 6.9 114 7.1 7.1
Franklin 2 3.6 11 4.2 4.1
Gaston 7 3.5 51 5.3 5.3
Gates 0 0.0 6 10.8 9.7
Graham 4 49.3 5 12.4 15.1
Granville 5 9.3 22 8.3 8.1
Greene 2 9.6 7 7.0 6.8
Guilford 35 7.8 176 8.1 7.8
Halifax 2 3.6 31 11.0 11.4
Harnett 4 3.9 29 5.8 5.6
Haywood 1 1.8 7 2.5 2.8
Henderson 7 7.0 21 4.4 4.9
Hertford 0 0.0 10 8.4 8.7
Hoke 2 4.7 20 10.3 9.6
Hyde 0 0.0 2 7.1 6.7
Iredell 5 3.4 32 4.7 4.7
Jackson 1 2.8 6 3.4 3.8
Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
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Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
TABLE 19: HOMICIDE
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
Johnston 12 7.9 43 6.1 6.0
Jones 1 9.7 3 5.9 6.4
Lee 6 10.9 35 13.5 13.6
Lenoir 7 12.0 35 11.9 12.8
Lincoln 4 5.6 16 4.7 4.8
McDowell 1 2.3 11 5.1 5.0
Macon 2 6.0 7 4.4 3.9
Madison 0 0.0 5 5.0 5.5
Martin 0 0.0 12 9.7 10.4
Mecklenburg 82 9.9 384 9.9 9.2
Mitchell 0 0.0 2 2.5 3.0
Montgomery 0 0.0 10 7.3 7.8
Moore 8 9.7 27 6.8 7.9
Nash 14 15.2 50 11.0 11.4
New Hanover 12 6.5 45 5.1 4.9
Northampton 3 13.9 11 10.2 11.3
Onslow 9 5.6 32 4.1 4.1
Orange 3 2.4 28 4.6 4.7
Pamlico 1 7.6 5 7.7 6.7
Pasquotank 6 15.0 13 6.9 6.8
Pender 2 4.1 11 4.8 5.1
Perquimans 1 8.0 5 8.4 8.5
Person 3 8.0 13 7.0 7.1
Pitt 16 10.9 56 7.9 7.3
Polk 1 5.2 6 6.3 7.3
Randolph 6 4.3 33 4.8 4.8
Richmond 6 12.8 27 11.6 12.1
Robeson 32 24.8 134 21.1 20.8
Rockingham 6 6.5 40 8.7 8.7
Rowan 9 6.7 42 6.3 6.3
Rutherford 6 9.5 32 10.1 10.4
Sampson 6 9.4 37 11.8 11.8
Scotland 3 8.1 21 11.5 11.8
Stanly 4 6.8 20 6.8 7.0
Stokes 0 0.0 14 6.1 6.1
Surry 1 1.4 19 5.2 5.4
Swain 3 21.5 9 13.3 13.7
Transylvania 1 3.3 4 2.7 3.6
Tyrrell 0 0.0 2 9.5 10.9
Union 15 8.7 39 5.1 5.1
Vance 6 13.7 21 9.6 9.5
Wake 24 3.0 138 3.8 3.5
Warren 8 40.1 16 16.0 16.1
Washington 1 7.5 4 5.9 6.9
Watauga 0 0.0 5 2.3 3.0
Wayne 10 8.7 58 10.1 10.0
Wilkes 5 7.5 20 6.0 6.1
Wilson 5 6.5 49 12.8 13.1
Yadkin 0 0.0 6 3.2 3.4
Yancey 0 0.0 2 2.2 2.2
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Resident Data
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Figure 19.A
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12.5 - 21.1
8.8 - 12.4
6.1 - 8.7
3.9 - 6.0
1.8 - 3.8
Mortality Rates Per 100,000 Population
Age Adjusted Mortality Rates
Per 100,000 Population
12.9 - 20.8
8.8 - 12.8
6.3 - 8.7
4.3 - 6.2
2.0 - 4.2
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TABLE 20: ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
* Death rates with a small number of deaths in the numerator should be interpreted with caution. SEE TECHNICAL NOTES.
NORTH CAROLINA 2,258 25.5 10,959 25.6 27.7
Alamance 53 37.9 219 31.8 28.1
Alexander 11 30.3 47 26.7 31.3
Alleghany 4 36.3 32 58.8 38.2
Anson 5 19.7 27 21.2 17.7
Ashe 1 3.9 46 36.5 24.3
Avery 8 44.0 33 36.6 30.0
Beaufort 16 34.5 80 34.9 28.5
Bertie 1 5.2 24 24.4 18.6
Bladen 12 36.5 37 22.5 20.7
Brunswick 8 8.4 45 10.5 11.0
Buncombe 92 41.6 422 39.2 30.6
Burke 23 25.9 117 26.4 25.0
Cabarrus 53 33.7 213 28.9 33.2
Caldwell 36 45.4 148 37.7 36.4
Camden 1 10.8 5 11.9 13.9
Carteret 23 36.2 111 35.9 28.4
Caswell 2 8.5 21 17.7 17.7
Catawba 46 30.4 247 33.3 36.0
Chatham 14 24.3 60 21.8 17.4
Cherokee 11 41.0 55 42.6 26.7
Chowan 2 13.6 17 23.5 15.2
Clay 1 9.9 15 31.1 14.8
Cleveland 43 44.5 179 36.8 34.1
Columbus 16 29.3 41 15.0 14.2
Craven 20 20.9 94 20.2 20.8
Cumberland 39 12.7 180 11.7 21.7
Currituck 6 25.5 20 18.4 23.2
Dare 7 20.2 27 16.0 18.4
Davidson 50 32.2 238 31.1 32.0
Davie 13 32.6 78 40.9 37.9
Duplin 14 26.6 64 24.9 26.3
Durham 33 13.4 202 16.9 20.9
Edgecombe 11 20.9 65 24.2 24.5
Forsyth 81 24.4 570 35.4 35.0
Franklin 4 7.2 35 13.2 16.3
Gaston 46 23.3 242 25.0 26.4
Gates 1 8.6 9 16.3 13.8
Graham 4 49.3 15 37.2 25.0
Granville 10 18.6 89 33.7 40.7
Greene 1 4.8 13 13.0 13.1
Guilford 170 37.9 731 33.5 35.2
Halifax 10 18.0 34 12.0 9.9
Harnett 21 20.2 74 14.8 20.0
Haywood 20 35.3 98 34.9 23.3
Henderson 61 60.9 296 61.5 34.5
Hertford 4 16.8 33 27.7 21.6
Hoke 5 11.8 21 10.8 22.4
Hyde 0 0.0 4 14.1 9.0
Iredell 67 46.1 250 36.5 40.2
Jackson 13 35.8 77 43.5 43.2
Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
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Number of Unadjusted Age-Adjusted
GEOGRAPHICAL Number of Death Rate* Deaths Death Rate Death Rate*
AREA: Deaths 2006 2006 2002-2006 2002-2006* 2002-2006
TABLE 20: ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
Johnston 16 10.6 96 13.6 20.1
Jones 1 9.7 4 7.8 6.2
Lee 11 19.9 56 21.6 22.5
Lenoir 4 6.9 27 9.2 8.1
Lincoln 11 15.4 62 18.1 21.0
McDowell 20 45.8 82 37.9 34.5
Macon 17 51.4 76 47.6 27.2
Madison 8 39.1 55 54.6 41.5
Martin 8 32.8 30 24.3 19.9
Mecklenburg 257 31.1 1,187 30.6 46.3
Mitchell 7 44.0 44 55.3 38.0
Montgomery 10 36.4 42 30.7 27.8
Moore 46 55.9 229 57.5 32.6
Nash 17 18.4 105 23.2 24.2
New Hanover 27 14.7 101 11.6 11.8
Northampton 8 37.2 33 30.5 20.7
Onslow 7 4.3 55 7.0 17.8
Orange 11 8.9 88 14.5 20.8
Pamlico 1 7.6 12 18.4 13.2
Pasquotank 8 20.0 28 14.8 12.5
Pender 5 10.3 16 7.0 7.2
Perquimans 8 64.3 15 25.1 16.3
Person 2 5.3 23 12.4 11.7
Pitt 32 21.9 111 15.7 20.7
Polk 23 120.5 106 111.8 48.7
Randolph 35 25.3 173 25.4 27.3
Richmond 4 8.6 25 10.7 10.1
Robeson 26 20.1 112 17.7 24.6
Rockingham 22 24.0 116 25.2 20.8
Rowan 40 29.7 203 30.4 26.7
Rutherford 26 41.2 137 43.3 32.2
Sampson 15 23.4 68 21.6 22.3
Scotland 7 18.9 41 22.5 24.7
Stanly 11 18.6 66 22.4 20.2
Stokes 8 17.3 38 16.6 17.8
Surry 31 42.5 150 41.4 31.8
Swain 6 43.0 19 28.1 23.4
Transylvania 11 36.2 99 66.5 37.2
Tyrrell 1 23.6 2 9.5 7.7
Union 50 29.1 239 31.1 50.8
Vance 3 6.8 22 10.0 10.3
Wake 103 13.0 457 12.5 22.9
Warren 1 5.0 7 7.0 5.2
Washington 0 0.0 11 16.3 12.2
Watauga 10 23.0 36 16.8 18.7
Wayne 29 25.2 135 23.5 28.7
Wilkes 27 40.3 121 36.2 32.6
Wilson 17 21.9 99 25.9 26.1
Yadkin 7 18.5 59 31.7 29.4
Yancey 10 54.4 41 45.3 29.6
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47.7 - 111.8
29.0 - 47.6
20.3 - 28.9
13.3 - 20.2
7.0 - 13.2
Mortality Rates Per 100,000 Population
Age Adjusted Mortality Rates
Per 100,000 Population
38.3 - 50.8
30.1 - 38.2
22.6 - 30.0
14.9 - 22.5
5.2 - 14.8
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TABLE 21: INFANT DEATHS (PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS)
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT MORTALITY STATISTICS SUMMARY FOR 2006
* Death rates with a small number of deaths in the numerator should be interpreted with caution. SEE TECHNICAL NOTES.
NORTH CAROLINA 1,033 8.1 5,084 8.4
Alamance 13 6.8 83 9.1
Alexander 2 4.8 18 8.8
Alleghany 0 0.0 5 10.2
Anson 4 12.2 20 12.5
Ashe 0 0.0 10 7.6
Avery 0 0.0 4 4.8
Beaufort 5 8.4 25 8.5
Bertie 1 4.0 13 10.8
Bladen 7 14.6 31 13.7
Brunswick 6 5.6 31 6.7
Buncombe 16 5.8 95 7.3
Burke 9 8.8 41 8.2
Cabarrus 17 6.8 88 7.6
Caldwell 5 5.3 41 8.8
Camden 1 9.3 1 2.0
Carteret 6 9.1 22 7.0
Caswell 2 9.7 8 6.7
Catawba 14 6.8 70 6.9
Chatham 4 5.3 28 7.8
Cherokee 6 19.9 16 11.7
Chowan 1 5.4 8 9.2
Clay 1 11.1 4 9.0
Cleveland 5 4.3 53 9.0
Columbus 9 12.4 42 11.2
Craven 12 7.4 51 6.5
Cumberland 59 10.6 305 11.3
Currituck 4 16.5 11 9.1
Dare 0 0.0 14 6.4
Davidson 20 10.4 82 8.6
Davie 2 4.2 18 8.2
Duplin 3 3.6 29 7.3
Durham 30 7.2 133 6.7
Edgecombe 6 8.6 43 11.8
Forsyth 57 11.4 220 9.4
Franklin 6 8.1 23 6.6
Gaston 33 11.8 116 8.9
Gates 3 22.2 6 10.2
Graham 0 0.0 2 3.9
Granville 6 9.1 22 7.1
Greene 0 0.0 19 15.2
Guilford 65 10.6 283 9.5
Halifax 13 18.6 53 14.7
Harnett 16 10.2 71 9.7
Haywood 6 10.7 20 7.0
Henderson 7 5.7 37 6.4
Hertford 5 16.4 23 15.2
Hoke 2 2.3 35 9.4
Hyde 0 0.0 1 3.3
Iredell 17 8.5 73 7.8
Jackson 3 7.3 12 6.4
GEOGRAPHICAL 2006 Death Rate* 2002-2006 Death Rate*
AREA: Infant Deaths 2006 Infant Deaths 2002-2006
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