2010 Homicide rate
Summary Information
| Range in North Carolina (Min-Max): | 1-22 |
| Overall in North Carolina: | 7 |
| Target Value: | 4 (90th percentile) |
Ranking Methodology
| Summary Measure: | Health Factors - Social & Economic Factors (Community Safety) |
| Weight in Health Factors: | 5% |
| Years of Data Used: | 2000-2006 |
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Homicide is represented as a crude death rate due to murder or non-negligent manslaughter per 100,000 population.
Homicide data at the county level are present for select U.S. states that do not have easily accessible, reliable violent crime data (AK, AZ, AR, CO, CT, GA, ID, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MN, MS, MT, NE, NH, NM, NC, ND, OH, SD, UT, and WV). These data were calculated for the County Health Rankings by National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) using data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS). NCHS used data from 2000–2006 to create more robust estimates of cause-specific mortality, particularly for counties with smaller populations.
Because homicide is one of the five offenses that comprise violent crime, we use homicide rate as a proxy when violent crime data are not available.
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| Homicide Rate | Age-adjusted homicide rate per 100,000 |
| Error Margin | 95% confidence interval reported by National Center for Health Statistics |
| Z-Score | (Measure - Average of NC counties)/(Standard Deviation) |
| Place | Homicide Rate | Error Margin | Z-Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alamance | 6 | 4-7 | -0.52 |
| Alexander* | 4 | 2-8 | -0.90 |
| Alleghany* | 4 | 1-12 | -0.93 |
| Anson | 15 | 9-21 | 1.99 |
| Ashe* | 6 | 3-11 | -0.46 |
| Avery* | 7 | 3-14 | -0.03 |
| Beaufort* | 6 | 3-9 | -0.46 |
| Bertie* | 8 | 4-15 | 0.22 |
| Bladen | 9 | 6-14 | 0.52 |
| Brunswick | 8 | 6-11 | 0.03 |
| Buncombe | 5 | 4-6 | -0.60 |
| Burke | 6 | 4-8 | -0.49 |
| Cabarrus | 4 | 3-6 | -0.84 |
| Caldwell | 5 | 3-7 | -0.68 |
| Camden* | 5 | 1-16 | -0.54 |
| Carteret* | 3 | 1-5 | -1.25 |
| Caswell* | 4 | 2-9 | -0.84 |
| Catawba | 6 | 4-7 | -0.46 |
| Chatham | 7 | 4-9 | -0.19 |
| Cherokee* | 3 | 1-7 | -1.09 |
| Chowan* | 10 | 5-18 | 0.71 |
| Clay* | 5 | 1-13 | -0.76 |
| Cleveland | 14 | 12-17 | 1.75 |
| Columbus | 16 | 13-21 | 2.43 |
| Craven | 6 | 5-9 | -0.27 |
| Cumberland | 11 | 9-12 | 0.93 |
| Currituck* | 1 | 0-5 | -1.63 |
| Dare* | 4 | 2-8 | -0.93 |
| Davidson | 5 | 4-7 | -0.57 |
| Davie* | 3 | 1-6 | -1.28 |
| Duplin | 10 | 7-13 | 0.74 |
| Durham | 12 | 10-13 | 1.26 |
| Edgecombe | 12 | 9-17 | 1.37 |
| Forsyth | 7 | 6-9 | -0.03 |
| Franklin* | 4 | 3-7 | -0.82 |
| Gaston | 6 | 5-7 | -0.38 |
| Gates* | 12 | 6-23 | 1.23 |
| Graham* | 14 | 6-28 | 1.88 |
| Granville | 7 | 4-10 | -0.13 |
| Greene* | 6 | 3-12 | -0.43 |
| Guilford | 8 | 7-9 | 0.17 |
| Halifax | 11 | 8-15 | 1.04 |
| Harnett | 6 | 4-8 | -0.41 |
| Haywood* | 2 | 1-4 | -1.53 |
| Henderson | 5 | 3-7 | -0.76 |
| Hertford* | 6 | 3-11 | -0.33 |
| Hoke | 11 | 6-14 | 0.93 |
| Hyde* | 5 | 1-19 | -0.60 |
| Iredell | 5 | 4-7 | -0.57 |
| Jackson* | 4 | 2-7 | -1.01 |
| Johnston | 6 | 5-8 | -0.27 |
| Jones* | 7 | 2-16 | -0.11 |
| Lee | 12 | 9-17 | 1.37 |
| Lenoir | 12 | 9-16 | 1.12 |
| Lincoln | 5 | 3-8 | -0.57 |
| Macon* | 4 | 2-7 | -1.01 |
| Madison* | 5 | 2-10 | -0.65 |
| Martin | 12 | 8-19 | 1.31 |
| McDowell* | 5 | 3-8 | -0.65 |
| Mecklenburg | 10 | 9-11 | 0.74 |
| Mitchell* | 2 | 0-7 | -1.53 |
| Montgomery* | 8 | 5-14 | 0.27 |
| Moore | 7 | 5-10 | -0.08 |
| Nash | 10 | 8-13 | 0.82 |
| New Hanover | 6 | 4-7 | -0.38 |
| Northampton* | 10 | 6-17 | 0.71 |
| Onslow | 5 | 3-5 | -0.73 |
| Orange | 4 | 3-6 | -0.82 |
| Pamlico* | 6 | 2-13 | -0.49 |
| Pasquotank* | 7 | 4-11 | -0.22 |
| Pender | 7 | 4-10 | -0.16 |
| Perquimans* | 7 | 3-16 | 0.00 |
| Person* | 7 | 4-11 | -0.08 |
| Pitt | 8 | 5-9 | 0.06 |
| Polk* | 5 | 2-10 | -0.76 |
| Randolph | 5 | 3-6 | -0.73 |
| Richmond | 11 | 8-15 | 0.93 |
| Robeson | 22 | 18-24 | 3.98 |
| Rockingham | 9 | 6-11 | 0.30 |
| Rowan | 6 | 5-8 | -0.35 |
| Rutherford | 10 | 7-13 | 0.57 |
| Sampson | 10 | 7-14 | 0.77 |
| Scotland | 12 | 8-17 | 1.34 |
| Stanly | 7 | 5-10 | -0.08 |
| Stokes* | 6 | 3-9 | -0.46 |
| Surry | 6 | 4-9 | -0.27 |
| Swain* | 13 | 7-23 | 1.56 |
| Transylvania* | 2 | 1-6 | -1.36 |
| Tyrrell* | 10 | 2-30 | 0.79 |
| Union | 5 | 4-6 | -0.68 |
| Vance | 12 | 8-16 | 1.31 |
| Wake | 4 | 3-4 | -0.93 |
| Warren | 15 | 9-23 | 2.13 |
| Washington* | 10 | 4-18 | 0.60 |
| Watauga* | 2 | 1-5 | -1.39 |
| Wayne | 10 | 7-12 | 0.57 |
| Wilkes | 5 | 3-8 | -0.54 |
| Wilson | 13 | 10-16 | 1.42 |
| Yadkin* | 4 | 2-7 | -0.95 |
| Yancey* | 4 | 1-9 | -0.93 |
*Unreliable estimates
