RESIDENCE	2003 DEATHS NUMBER	2003 DEATHS RATE	1999-2003 DEATHS NUMBER	1999-2003 DEATHS RATE
NORTH CAROLINA	73,230	869.9	356,784	870.9
Alamance	1,368	1,003.1	6,565	984.5
Alexander	284	822.4	1,412	832.3
Alleghany	129	1,195.6	701	1,304.8
Anson	293	1,161.6	1,462	1,156.1
Ashe	308	1,227.8	1,475	1,196.6
Avery	208	1,149.6	929	1,060.4
Beaufort	522	1,145.0	2,690	1,188.0
Bertie	219	1,105.3	1,300	1,312.9
Bladen	400	1,220.1	1,977	1,217.6
Brunswick	778	951.0	3,636	950.4
Buncombe	2,164	1,019.6	11,026	1,057.8
Burke	880	991.1	4,133	928.5
Cabarrus	1,252	872.9	5,701	837.6
Caldwell	776	993.2	3,841	987.8
Camden	60	764.9	326	906.8
Carteret	757	1,249.7	3,443	1,152.8
Caswell	243	1,024.5	1,233	1,044.1
Catawba	1,333	910.2	6,482	899.5
Chatham	495	922.1	2,424	949.0
Cherokee	324	1,281.6	1,559	1,263.1
Chowan	169	1,176.4	913	1,271.1
Clay	116	1,238.3	554	1,230.4
Cleveland	1,013	1,038.5	4,995	1,032.8
Columbus	608	1,114.4	3,148	1,151.0
Craven	900	971.0	4,183	910.7
Cumberland	2,115	687.0	10,024	659.1
Currituck	173	839.9	834	876.1
Dare	254	762.1	1,265	809.7
Davidson	1,456	958.3	6,819	914.9
Davie	330	886.6	1,704	949.4
Duplin	528	1,039.9	2,570	1,032.1
Durham	1,711	724.7	8,490	742.2
Edgecombe	607	1,122.5	3,081	1,118.5
Forsyth	2,802	882.1	13,708	882.3
Franklin	450	871.2	2,149	877.9
Gaston	1,918	1,002.9	9,753	1,021.9
Gates	116	1,070.7	614	1,156.8
Graham	95	1,181.0	536	1,338.0
Granville	451	860.0	2,199	877.4
Greene	212	1,066.3	885	919.5
Guilford	3,531	818.9	17,401	819.1
Halifax	643	1,130.6	3,297	1,153.5
Harnett	783	800.7	3,658	780.8
Haywood	648	1,160.8	3,259	1,192.6
Henderson	1,174	1,242.4	5,496	1,204.8
Hertford	309	1,300.8	1,454	1,253.7
Hoke	248	670.5	1,203	688.0
Hyde	65	1,136.4	341	1,174.6
Iredell	1,168	876.4	5,516	868.0
Jackson	314	897.4	1,548	918.1
Johnston	1,020	748.3	4,867	762.1
Jones	116	1,139.0	599	1,164.8
Lee	476	956.0	2,371	959.9
Lenoir	753	1,278.4	3,577	1,205.5
Lincoln	572	848.7	2,808	860.3
McDowell	416	965.6	2,169	1,017.4
Macon	391	1,246.2	1,895	1,246.3
Madison	218	1,091.3	1,098	1,112.3
Martin	307	1,231.5	1,582	1,251.4
Mecklenburg	4,763	634.9	22,926	639.9
Mitchell	222	1,394.0	1,024	1,295.5
Montgomery	263	962.2	1,344	994.6
Moore	909	1,162.0	4,337	1,139.9
Nash	893	996.4	4,385	993.1
New Hanover	1,441	852.4	7,006	857.2
Northampton	286	1,312.0	1,448	1,319.6
Onslow	774	493.1	3,832	505.8
Orange	706	584.0	3,523	593.0
Pamlico	137	1,054.5	726	1,122.9
Pasquotank	382	1,048.5	1,842	1,039.8
Pender	370	846.7	1,864	885.9
Perquimans	138	1,178.3	737	1,280.7
Person	418	1,130.3	1,875	1,037.1
Pitt	1,083	779.1	5,212	769.5
Polk	283	1,497.7	1,392	1,497.3
Randolph	1,131	837.9	5,582	844.2
Richmond	536	1,152.9	2,662	1,142.9
Robeson	1,243	990.0	5,994	965.6
Rockingham	1,094	1,183.7	5,176	1,123.9
Rowan	1,284	964.4	6,655	1,012.1
Rutherford	737	1,161.9	3,719	1,177.9
Sampson	648	1,041.6	3,131	1,027.5
Scotland	383	1,078.7	1,757	981.6
Stanly	615	1,041.3	3,000	1,026.8
Stokes	462	1,013.1	2,076	921.8
Surry	753	1,046.1	3,861	1,079.8
Swain	195	1,460.3	817	1,244.6
Transylvania	391	1,326.9	1,800	1,227.3
Tyrrell	34	804.5	228	1,093.1
Union	876	605.4	4,272	646.3
Vance	501	1,142.3	2,379	1,092.2
Wake	3,576	511.2	16,725	509.1
Warren	251	1,251.6	1,149	1,149.1
Washington	146	1,084.1	836	1,227.2
Watauga	310	724.8	1,465	686.0
Wayne	1,046	917.6	5,285	931.1
Wilkes	682	1,019.3	3,320	1,003.5
Wilson	735	971.4	3,732	1,001.2
Yadkin	366	994.0	1,864	1,019.0
Yancey	198	1,104.5	948	1,060.4

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