North Carolina Death Rate By County in 2019

Updated on June 26, 2022.

According to the US Census Bureau estimates, in 2019, the death rate for North Carolina was 9.11, and the top three counties that had the highest death rate were:

  1. Mitchell County: 15.24
  2. Swain County: 15.19
  3. Edgecombe County: 14.66

On the other hand, the top 3 counties that had the lowest death rate were:

  1. Wake County: 5.45
  2. Orange County: 5.64
  3. Mecklenburg County: 5.99

Use the interactive visualization and the table below to explore the death rate for each North Carolina county in 2019. You can also find links to the historical death rate for each county below.

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North Carolina Death Rate By County in 2019
North Carolina Death Rate By County in 2019
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County Death Rate
Alamance 10.75
Alexander 10.23
Alleghany 13.01
Anson 13.54
Ashe 12.44
Avery 11.14
Beaufort 12.76
Bertie 14.09
Bladen 12.72
Brunswick 10.87
Buncombe 10.21
Burke 11.54
Cabarrus 7.54
Caldwell 12.41
Camden 7.86
Carteret 13
Caswell 12.94
Catawba 10.64
Chatham 10.27
Cherokee 12.22
Chowan 12.96
Clay 11.86
Cleveland 13.14
Columbus 12.55
Craven 11.01
Cumberland 8.15
Currituck 6.98
Dare 9.7
Davidson 11.09
Davie 11.08
Duplin 9.24
Durham 6.79
Edgecombe 14.66
Forsyth 9.25
Franklin 9.62
Gaston 11.08
Gates 8.59
Graham 13.33
Granville 9.65
Greene 9.63
Guilford 8.82
Halifax 13.83
Harnett 8.29
Haywood 13.51
Henderson 12.24
Hertford 11.32
Hoke 6.23
Hyde 10.47
Iredell 8.94
Jackson 8.87
Johnston 7.9
Jones 11.01
Lee 10
Lenoir 13.57
Lincoln 9.93
McDowell 11.92
Macon 12.91
Madison 12.61
Martin 14.27
Mecklenburg 5.99
Mitchell 15.24
Montgomery 11.53
Moore 11.79
Nash 12.07
New Hanover 8.99
Northampton 13.3
Onslow 6.31
Orange 5.64
Pamlico 13.07
Pasquotank 10.27
Pender 10.24
Perquimans 9.78
Person 11.67
Pitt 7.6
Polk 13.19
Randolph 11.18
Richmond 12.54
Robeson 11.49
Rockingham 13.57
Rowan 11.73
Rutherford 12.2
Sampson 11.29
Scotland 11.69
Stanly 11.1
Stokes 12.25
Surry 13.51
Swain 15.19
Transylvania 12.01
Tyrrell 10.6
Union 6.61
Vance 11.72
Wake 5.45
Warren 12.91
Washington 14.17
Watauga 6.78
Wayne 11.12
Wilkes 12.4
Wilson 11.9
Yadkin 11.91
Yancey 13.46

Historical Death Rate for Counties in North Carolina

Use the links below to find the historical death rate for each county in North Carolina.