RESIDENCE	2002 DEATHS NUMBER	2002 DEATHS RATE	1998-2002 DEATHS NUMBER	1998-2002 DEATHS RATE
NORTH CAROLINA	71,780	862.4	351,352	871.6
Alamance	1,283	942.4	6,426	979.5
Alexander	262	765.5	1,408	840.9
Alleghany	157	1,445.7	701	1,314.9
Anson	307	1,210.7	1,424	1,126.1
Ashe	292	1,180.6	1,453	1,190.3
Avery	201	1,120.0	912	1,071.5
Beaufort	526	1,151.7	2,704	1,202.5
Bertie	262	1,322.8	1,343	1,353.8
Bladen	393	1,203.5	1,952	1,210.2
Brunswick	729	922.2	3,520	953.4
Buncombe	2,193	1,041.6	10,975	1,064.8
Burke	792	886.4	4,126	930.7
Cabarrus	1,150	820.4	5,530	837.6
Caldwell	789	1,008.5	3,729	964.2
Camden	68	927.9	332	962.4
Carteret	671	1,117.1	3,287	1,107.1
Caswell	260	1,096.2	1,247	1,061.5
Catawba	1,260	859.8	6,371	897.2
Chatham	479	911.0	2,390	960.5
Cherokee	325	1,295.9	1,525	1,254.1
Chowan	193	1,349.3	907	1,256.5
Clay	106	1,150.2	539	1,222.9
Cleveland	978	1,005.4	4,941	1,028.7
Columbus	643	1,171.4	3,139	1,151.0
Craven	825	897.7	4,100	897.7
Cumberland	1,999	653.6	9,735	643.7
Currituck	159	809.9	816	887.1
Dare	286	888.8	1,217	804.5
Davidson	1,431	948.9	6,533	886.8
Davie	348	946.4	1,709	974.2
Duplin	491	970.1	2,530	1,030.0
Durham	1,696	726.2	8,507	758.1
Edgecombe	617	1,122.9	3,118	1,123.8
Forsyth	2,772	880.4	13,613	887.1
Franklin	417	828.6	2,110	885.9
Gaston	1,920	1,000.7	9,661	1,016.6
Gates	130	1,214.0	603	1,148.5
Graham	98	1,220.4	518	1,302.4
Granville	441	855.6	2,204	901.4
Greene	175	898.8	833	876.2
Guilford	3,504	817.2	17,142	816.8
Halifax	689	1,206.5	3,304	1,152.9
Harnett	721	749.9	3,620	792.0
Haywood	656	1,190.3	3,195	1,182.4
Henderson	1,144	1,230.3	5,354	1,197.4
Hertford	293	1,227.8	1,418	1,235.8
Hoke	262	727.8	1,167	690.0
Hyde	64	1,094.8	336	1,152.7
Iredell	1,098	842.3	5,397	874.2
Jackson	321	940.5	1,530	925.2
Johnston	986	743.3	4,824	784.9
Jones	130	1,269.2	604	1,177.8
Lee	450	903.4	2,367	965.8
Lenoir	695	1,172.1	3,510	1,180.2
Lincoln	594	891.9	2,735	854.6
McDowell	459	1,068.4	2,169	1,027.1
Macon	402	1,299.5	1,853	1,241.7
Madison	228	1,148.3	1,085	1,108.7
Martin	333	1,327.6	1,568	1,234.7
Mecklenburg	4,659	634.4	22,414	643.1
Mitchell	197	1,236.3	984	1,254.5
Montgomery	296	1,085.0	1,329	993.3
Moore	923	1,192.1	4,287	1,146.6
Nash	907	1,017.0	4,312	984.8
New Hanover	1,417	853.2	6,823	849.5
Northampton	284	1,304.4	1,408	1,282.7
Onslow	753	494.0	3,797	504.8
Orange	678	566.2	3,468	590.4
Pamlico	157	1,205.5	751	1,174.7
Pasquotank	337	940.9	1,785	1,016.3
Pender	381	883.3	1,837	893.7
Perquimans	158	1,361.2	734	1,285.5
Person	357	971.1	1,781	998.8
Pitt	1,059	767.9	5,133	772.7
Polk	283	1,500.1	1,358	1,481.6
Randolph	1,132	845.8	5,440	834.6
Richmond	549	1,175.1	2,616	1,123.2
Robeson	1,138	908.9	5,879	956.0
Rockingham	1,048	1,131.9	5,086	1,107.8
Rowan	1,361	1,023.9	6,750	1,036.4
Rutherford	767	1,210.8	3,680	1,171.8
Sampson	613	992.4	3,112	1,038.0
Scotland	312	872.3	1,739	969.1
Stanly	614	1,041.1	3,014	1,042.6
Stokes	411	906.2	1,994	893.9
Surry	792	1,099.6	3,855	1,086.3
Swain	162	1,219.2	762	1,174.6
Transylvania	387	1,316.3	1,733	1,186.9
Tyrrell	61	1,462.8	244	1,181.6
Union	942	678.0	4,199	666.6
Vance	481	1,083.9	2,364	1,095.5
Wake	3,360	494.5	16,372	516.0
Warren	228	1,140.0	1,138	1,143.5
Washington	147	1,080.9	848	1,237.4
Watauga	308	718.1	1,445	678.7
Wayne	1,032	906.5	5,251	926.9
Wilkes	673	1,009.6	3,282	999.8
Wilson	707	938.0	3,744	1,013.9
Yadkin	389	1,052.5	1,832	1,009.6
Yancey	167	930.7	906	1,021.3

PREPARED BY NC-DHHS STATE CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (www.schs.state.nc.us/SCHS/)

NOTE: RATES BASED ON SMALL NUMBERS (FEWER THAN 20 CASES)

ARE UNSTABLE AND SHOULD BE INTERPRETED WITH CAUTION