| 2015 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT DEATHS BY DISPOSITION OF THE BODY AND MONTH |
| TOTAL | MONTH OF DEATH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |||||||||||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| Total | 89,130 | 100.0 | 8,711 | 9.8 | 7,607 | 8.5 | 8,098 | 9.1 | 7,143 | 8.0 | 7,164 | 8.0 | 6,996 | 7.8 | 7,130 | 8.0 | 6,958 | 7.8 | 6,928 | 7.8 | 7,336 | 8.2 | 7,299 | 8.2 | 7,760 | 8.7 |
| DISPOSITION OF THE BODY: | 47,544 | 53.3 | 4,769 | 10.0 | 4,194 | 8.8 | 4,388 | 9.2 | 3,868 | 8.1 | 3,851 | 8.1 | 3,694 | 7.8 | 3,780 | 8.0 | 3,616 | 7.6 | 3,625 | 7.6 | 3,938 | 8.3 | 3,747 | 7.9 | 4,074 | 8.6 |
| Burial | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cremation | 37,456 | 42.0 | 3,551 | 9.5 | 3,075 | 8.2 | 3,354 | 9.0 | 2,921 | 7.8 | 2,971 | 7.9 | 3,009 | 8.0 | 3,014 | 8.0 | 2,997 | 8.0 | 2,985 | 8.0 | 3,050 | 8.1 | 3,199 | 8.5 | 3,330 | 8.9 |
| Donation | 659 | 0.7 | 57 | 8.6 | 49 | 7.4 | 60 | 9.1 | 56 | 8.5 | 54 | 8.2 | 41 | 6.2 | 53 | 8.0 | 64 | 9.7 | 43 | 6.5 | 56 | 8.5 | 66 | 10.0 | 60 | 9.1 |
| Entombment | 1,280 | 1.4 | 140 | 10.9 | 112 | 8.8 | 120 | 9.4 | 109 | 8.5 | 110 | 8.6 | 84 | 6.6 | 105 | 8.2 | 100 | 7.8 | 87 | 6.8 | 97 | 7.6 | 111 | 8.7 | 105 | 8.2 |
| Other | 114 | 0.1 | 10 | 8.8 | 15 | 13.2 | 9 | 7.9 | 10 | 8.8 | 9 | 7.9 | 6 | 5.3 | 4 | 3.5 | 13 | 11.4 | 13 | 11.4 | 17 | 14.9 | 3 | 2.6 | 5 | 4.4 |
| Removal from state | 1,973 | 2.2 | 175 | 8.9 | 156 | 7.9 | 159 | 8.1 | 173 | 8.8 | 161 | 8.2 | 158 | 8.0 | 166 | 8.4 | 160 | 8.1 | 165 | 8.4 | 164 | 8.3 | 163 | 8.3 | 173 | 8.8 |
| Unknown | 104 | 0.1 | 9 | 8.7 | 6 | 5.8 | 8 | 7.7 | 6 | 5.8 | 8 | 7.7 | 4 | 3.8 | 8 | 7.7 | 8 | 7.7 | 10 | 9.6 | 14 | 13.5 | 10 | 9.6 | 13 | 12.5 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |