| 2015 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT DEATHS BY MEDICAL CERTIFIER TYPE 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 |
| MEDICAL CERTIFIER TYPE: | 67,081 | 75.3 | 6,768 | 10.1 | 5,892 | 8.8 | 6,237 | 9.3 | 5,399 | 8.0 | 5,356 | 8.0 | 5,223 | 7.8 | 5,373 | 8.0 | 5,136 | 7.7 | 5,167 | 7.7 | 5,483 | 8.2 | 5,339 | 8.0 | 5,708 | 8.5 |
| Physician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medical Examiner | 10,488 | 11.8 | 951 | 9.1 | 855 | 8.2 | 891 | 8.5 | 820 | 7.8 | 895 | 8.5 | 879 | 8.4 | 873 | 8.3 | 880 | 8.4 | 842 | 8.0 | 851 | 8.1 | 857 | 8.2 | 894 | 8.5 |
| Physician Assistant | 1,615 | 1.8 | 151 | 9.3 | 135 | 8.4 | 146 | 9.0 | 137 | 8.5 | 104 | 6.4 | 129 | 8.0 | 137 | 8.5 | 130 | 8.0 | 99 | 6.1 | 130 | 8.0 | 152 | 9.4 | 165 | 10.2 |
| Nurse Practitioner/Family Nurse Practitioner | 8,277 | 9.3 | 691 | 8.3 | 581 | 7.0 | 698 | 8.4 | 672 | 8.1 | 682 | 8.2 | 646 | 7.8 | 616 | 7.4 | 619 | 7.5 | 671 | 8.1 | 753 | 9.1 | 808 | 9.8 | 840 | 10.1 |
| Unknown | 1,669 | 1.9 | 150 | 9.0 | 144 | 8.6 | 126 | 7.5 | 115 | 6.9 | 127 | 7.6 | 119 | 7.1 | 131 | 7.8 | 193 | 11.6 | 149 | 8.9 | 119 | 7.1 | 143 | 8.6 | 153 | 9.2 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |