Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2012
Updated on January 26, 2024.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, the Death Rate per 1K for North Carolina was 8.2. Among all North Carolina counties, Yancey County had the highest death rate (13.42), followed by Clay County (13.31), and Martin County (13.03).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all North Carolina counties.
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Related Topics: North Carolina Census Vintage Data Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage), 2012 Census.
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Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2012
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| Rank | County | Death Rate |
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| 1 | Yancey County | 13.42 |
| 2 | Clay County | 13.31 |
| 3 | Martin County | 13.03 |
| 4 | Cherokee County | 13.02 |
| 5 | Polk County | 12.83 |
| 6 | Mitchell County | 12.39 |
| 7 | Macon County | 12.32 |
| 8 | Caswell County | 12.3 |
| 9 | Jones County | 12.23 |
| 10 | Graham County | 12.22 |
| 11 | Haywood County | 11.96 |
| 12 | Ashe County | 11.84 |
| 13 | Halifax County | 11.77 |
| 14 | Rutherford County | 11.73 |
| 15 | Northampton County | 11.62 |
| 16 | Henderson County | 11.6 |
| 17 | Beaufort County | 11.5 |
| 18 | Swain County | 11.48 |
| 19 | Cleveland County | 11.47 |
| 20 | Stanly County | 11.39 |
| 21 | Richmond County | 11.33 |
| 22 | Rockingham County | 11.3 |
| 23 | Lenoir County | 11.25 |
| 24 | Transylvania County | 11.21 |
| 25 | Moore County | 11.2 |
| 26 | Washington County | 11.19 |
| 27 | Carteret County | 11.18 |
| 28 | Bladen County | 11.17 |
| 29 | Hyde County | 11.14 |
| 30 | Alleghany County | 11.11 |
| 31 | McDowell County | 11.1 |
| 32 | Bertie County | 10.93 |
| 33 | Burke County | 10.9 |
| 34 | Surry County | 10.89 |
| 35 | Tyrrell County | 10.88 |
| 36 | Brunswick County | 10.83 |
| 37 | Scotland County | 10.81 |
| 38 | Avery County | 10.68 |
| 39 | Chowan County | 10.58 |
| 40 | Edgecombe County | 10.51 |
| 41 | Rowan County | 10.47 |
| 42 | Hertford County | 10.38 |
| 43 | Anson County | 10.37 |
| 44 | Wilkes County | 10.3 |
| 45 | Caldwell County | 10.28 |
| 46 | Columbus County | 10.26 |
| 47 | Gaston County | 10.23 |
| 48 | Stokes County | 10.17 |
| 49 | Nash County | 10.14 |
| 50 | Perquimans County | 10.12 |
| 51 | Catawba County | 9.98 |
| 52 | Person County | 9.94 |
| 53 | Montgomery County | 9.93 |
| 54 | Pamlico County | 9.9 |
| 55 | Alexander County | 9.87 |
| 55 | Warren County | 9.87 |
| 56 | Davidson County | 9.82 |
| 57 | Pasquotank County | 9.81 |
| 58 | Chatham County | 9.79 |
| 59 | Alamance County | 9.76 |
| 60 | Davie County | 9.71 |
| 61 | Yadkin County | 9.67 |
| 62 | Currituck County | 9.6 |
| 63 | Vance County | 9.58 |
| 64 | Sampson County | 9.56 |
| 65 | Buncombe County | 9.39 |
| 66 | Randolph County | 9.24 |
| 67 | Wilson County | 9.17 |
| 68 | Craven County | 9.11 |
| 68 | Gates County | 9.11 |
| 69 | Robeson County | 9.06 |
| 70 | Wayne County | 8.98 |
| 71 | Madison County | 8.95 |
| 72 | Dare County | 8.9 |
| 73 | Iredell County | 8.87 |
| 74 | Lee County | 8.66 |
| 75 | Lincoln County | 8.6 |
| 76 | Pender County | 8.55 |
| 77 | Franklin County | 8.53 |
| 78 | Forsyth County | 8.52 |
| 79 | Duplin County | 8.39 |
| 80 | Granville County | 8.15 |
| 81 | Jackson County | 8.11 |
| 82 | New Hanover County | 8.07 |
| 83 | Greene County | 7.82 |
| 84 | Cabarrus County | 7.7 |
| 85 | Guilford County | 7.66 |
| 86 | Camden County | 7.09 |
| 87 | Harnett County | 6.93 |
| 88 | Cumberland County | 6.92 |
| 89 | Johnston County | 6.9 |
| 90 | Pitt County | 6.89 |
| 91 | Watauga County | 6.06 |
| 92 | Durham County | 6.05 |
| 93 | Hoke County | 5.96 |
| 94 | Union County | 5.6 |
| 95 | Mecklenburg County | 5.37 |
| 96 | Orange County | 5.25 |
| 97 | Onslow County | 4.92 |
| 98 | Wake County | 4.84 |