| 2015 DEATHS OCCURRING* IN NORTH CAROLINA BY MEDICAL CERTIFIER TYPE AND MONTH |
| TOTAL | MONTH OF DEATH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |||||||||||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| Total | 90,028 | 100.0 | 8,758 | 9.7 | 7,669 | 8.5 | 8,162 | 9.1 | 7,227 | 8.0 | 7,260 | 8.1 | 7,059 | 7.8 | 7,177 | 8.0 | 7,056 | 7.8 | 6,993 | 7.8 | 7,468 | 8.3 | 7,373 | 8.2 | 7,826 | 8.7 |
| MEDICAL CERTIFIER TYPE: | 68,552 | 76.1 | 6,894 | 10.1 | 6,024 | 8.8 | 6,348 | 9.3 | 5,512 | 8.0 | 5,497 | 8.0 | 5,334 | 7.8 | 5,475 | 8.0 | 5,270 | 7.7 | 5,304 | 7.7 | 5,624 | 8.2 | 5,448 | 7.9 | 5,822 | 8.5 |
| Physician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medical Examiner | 10,959 | 12.2 | 980 | 8.9 | 883 | 8.1 | 928 | 8.5 | 865 | 7.9 | 943 | 8.6 | 920 | 8.4 | 908 | 8.3 | 928 | 8.5 | 881 | 8.0 | 902 | 8.2 | 902 | 8.2 | 919 | 8.4 |
| Physician Assistant | 1,646 | 1.8 | 153 | 9.3 | 137 | 8.3 | 148 | 9.0 | 141 | 8.6 | 106 | 6.4 | 131 | 8.0 | 141 | 8.6 | 131 | 8.0 | 101 | 6.1 | 134 | 8.1 | 154 | 9.4 | 169 | 10.3 |
| Nurse Practitioner/Family Nurse Practitioner | 8,485 | 9.4 | 713 | 8.4 | 598 | 7.0 | 718 | 8.5 | 688 | 8.1 | 694 | 8.2 | 662 | 7.8 | 634 | 7.5 | 633 | 7.5 | 685 | 8.1 | 769 | 9.1 | 834 | 9.8 | 857 | 10.1 |
| Unknown | 386 | 0.4 | 18 | 4.7 | 27 | 7.0 | 20 | 5.2 | 21 | 5.4 | 20 | 5.2 | 12 | 3.1 | 19 | 4.9 | 94 | 24.4 | 22 | 5.7 | 39 | 10.1 | 35 | 9.1 | 59 | 15.3 |
| *Data include deaths occurring in North Carolina, regardless of place of residence. |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |