2016 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT DEATHS BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY

  TOTAL DISPOSITION OF THE BODY:
Burial Cremation Donation Entombment Other Removal from state Unknown
# % # % # % # % # % # % # % # %
TOTAL 90,498 100.0 45,898 50.7 40,382 44.6 738 0.8 1,207 1.3 108 0.1 2,069 2.3 96 0.1
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: 1,638 1.8 906 55.3 673 41.1 9 0.5 29 1.8 2 0.1 18 1.1 1 0.1
ALAMANCE
ALEXANDER 378 0.4 220 58.2 154 40.7 2 0.5 0 0.0 1 0.3 1 0.3 0 0.0
ALLEGHANY 150 0.2 99 66.0 45 30.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 4.0 0 0.0
ANSON 321 0.4 231 72.0 81 25.2 2 0.6 3 0.9 0 0.0 4 1.2 0 0.0
ASHE 328 0.4 221 67.4 91 27.7 9 2.7 4 1.2 0 0.0 3 0.9 0 0.0
AVERY 193 0.2 105 54.4 81 42.0 4 2.1 1 0.5 1 0.5 1 0.5 0 0.0
BEAUFORT 616 0.7 346 56.2 258 41.9 3 0.5 5 0.8 0 0.0 4 0.6 0 0.0
BERTIE 241 0.3 182 75.5 45 18.7 1 0.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 13 5.4 0 0.0
BLADEN 417 0.5 309 74.1 99 23.7 1 0.2 3 0.7 0 0.0 4 1.0 1 0.2
BRUNSWICK 1,397 1.5 457 32.7 886 63.4 13 0.9 12 0.9 2 0.1 26 1.9 1 0.1
BUNCOMBE 2,613 2.9 1,019 39.0 1,510 57.8 28 1.1 13 0.5 2 0.1 36 1.4 5 0.2
BURKE 1,046 1.2 542 51.8 459 43.9 7 0.7 34 3.3 2 0.2 2 0.2 0 0.0
CABARRUS 1,498 1.7 730 48.7 679 45.3 11 0.7 22 1.5 2 0.1 47 3.1 7 0.5
CALDWELL 989 1.1 501 50.7 463 46.8 3 0.3 17 1.7 1 0.1 4 0.4 0 0.0
CAMDEN 96 0.1 40 41.7 44 45.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 12 12.5 0 0.0
CARTERET 805 0.9 295 36.6 478 59.4 11 1.4 12 1.5 0 0.0 9 1.1 0 0.0
CASWELL 290 0.3 170 58.6 95 32.8 0 0.0 1 0.3 0 0.0 24 8.3 0 0.0
CATAWBA 1,647 1.8 798 48.5 807 49.0 10 0.6 19 1.2 1 0.1 10 0.6 2 0.1
CHATHAM 675 0.7 298 44.1 341 50.5 17 2.5 3 0.4 2 0.3 14 2.1 0 0.0
CHEROKEE 333 0.4 159 47.7 150 45.0 1 0.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 22 6.6 1 0.3
CHOWAN 183 0.2 99 54.1 69 37.7 1 0.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 14 7.7 0 0.0
CLAY 143 0.2 61 42.7 76 53.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 4.2 0 0.0
CLEVELAND 1,242 1.4 760 61.2 457 36.8 8 0.6 6 0.5 0 0.0 10 0.8 1 0.1
COLUMBUS 714 0.8 539 75.5 155 21.7 4 0.6 3 0.4 1 0.1 12 1.7 0 0.0
CRAVEN 1,137 1.3 459 40.4 626 55.1 9 0.8 26 2.3 2 0.2 15 1.3 0 0.0
CUMBERLAND 2,561 2.8 1,386 54.1 1,093 42.7 9 0.4 19 0.7 3 0.1 50 2.0 1 0.0
CURRITUCK 225 0.2 63 28.0 118 52.4 3 1.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 41 18.2 0 0.0
DARE 367 0.4 69 18.8 219 59.7 7 1.9 2 0.5 0 0.0 70 19.1 0 0.0
DAVIDSON 1,740 1.9 977 56.1 695 39.9 21 1.2 33 1.9 2 0.1 11 0.6 1 0.1
DAVIE 509 0.6 248 48.7 238 46.8 7 1.4 9 1.8 0 0.0 7 1.4 0 0.0
DUPLIN 551 0.6 411 74.6 122 22.1 3 0.5 7 1.3 1 0.2 7 1.3 0 0.0
DURHAM 1,980 2.2 928 46.9 955 48.2 22 1.1 22 1.1 0 0.0 52 2.6 1 0.1
EDGECOMBE 670 0.7 473 70.6 173 25.8 4 0.6 12 1.8 0 0.0 7 1.0 1 0.1
FORSYTH 3,300 3.6 1,536 46.5 1,613 48.9 39 1.2 60 1.8 0 0.0 51 1.5 1 0.0
FRANKLIN 575 0.6 304 52.9 225 39.1 5 0.9 11 1.9 1 0.2 28 4.9 1 0.2
GASTON 2,291 2.5 1,193 52.1 1,012 44.2 14 0.6 52 2.3 2 0.1 17 0.7 1 0.0
GATES 119 0.1 62 52.1 33 27.7 1 0.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 23 19.3 0 0.0
GRAHAM 103 0.1 64 62.1 36 35.0 2 1.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 0.0
GRANVILLE 534 0.6 316 59.2 194 36.3 2 0.4 9 1.7 0 0.0 11 2.1 2 0.4
GREENE 204 0.2 153 75.0 45 22.1 3 1.5 1 0.5 0 0.0 1 0.5 1 0.5
GUILFORD 4,375 4.8 1,974 45.1 2,189 50.0 57 1.3 79 1.8 11 0.3 62 1.4 3 0.1
HALIFAX 657 0.7 476 72.5 160 24.4 1 0.2 6 0.9 1 0.2 13 2.0 0 0.0
HARNETT 984 1.1 560 56.9 381 38.7 8 0.8 8 0.8 0 0.0 26 2.6 1 0.1
HAYWOOD 763 0.8 319 41.8 369 48.4 7 0.9 17 2.2 0 0.0 51 6.7 0 0.0
HENDERSON 1,380 1.5 420 30.4 905 65.6 16 1.2 18 1.3 1 0.1 17 1.2 3 0.2
HERTFORD 263 0.3 180 68.4 69 26.2 2 0.8 2 0.8 0 0.0 9 3.4 1 0.4
HOKE 316 0.3 191 60.4 117 37.0 1 0.3 2 0.6 1 0.3 3 0.9 1 0.3
HYDE 67 0.1 44 65.7 21 31.3 0 0.0 1 1.5 0 0.0 1 1.5 0 0.0
IREDELL 1,566 1.7 812 51.9 683 43.6 24 1.5 22 1.4 2 0.1 23 1.5 0 0.0
JACKSON 417 0.5 188 45.1 214 51.3 2 0.5 0 0.0 2 0.5 10 2.4 1 0.2
JOHNSTON 1,496 1.7 809 54.1 591 39.5 8 0.5 47 3.1 2 0.1 39 2.6 0 0.0
JONES 106 0.1 70 66.0 33 31.1 1 0.9 2 1.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
LEE 539 0.6 261 48.4 250 46.4 4 0.7 6 1.1 0 0.0 18 3.3 0 0.0
LENOIR 714 0.8 496 69.5 195 27.3 5 0.7 11 1.5 1 0.1 5 0.7 1 0.1
LINCOLN 818 0.9 452 55.3 344 42.1 3 0.4 5 0.6 2 0.2 12 1.5 0 0.0
MCDOWELL 540 0.6 305 56.5 228 42.2 2 0.4 4 0.7 0 0.0 1 0.2 0 0.0
MACON 490 0.5 172 35.1 284 58.0 9 1.8 1 0.2 0 0.0 23 4.7 1 0.2
MADISON 248 0.3 153 61.7 89 35.9 2 0.8 1 0.4 0 0.0 2 0.8 1 0.4
MARTIN 313 0.3 232 74.1 73 23.3 2 0.6 3 1.0 0 0.0 2 0.6 1 0.3
MECKLENBURG 6,204 6.9 2,550 41.1 3,275 52.8 39 0.6 57 0.9 18 0.3 236 3.8 29 0.5
MITCHELL 221 0.2 142 64.3 71 32.1 1 0.5 5 2.3 0 0.0 2 0.9 0 0.0
MONTGOMERY 293 0.3 204 69.6 87 29.7 0 0.0 2 0.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
MOORE 1,159 1.3 453 39.1 649 56.0 19 1.6 13 1.1 10 0.9 12 1.0 3 0.3
NASH 1,058 1.2 638 60.3 388 36.7 8 0.8 15 1.4 0 0.0 9 0.9 0 0.0
NEW HANOVER 2,007 2.2 686 34.2 1,235 61.5 16 0.8 27 1.3 4 0.2 38 1.9 1 0.0
NORTHAMPTON 288 0.3 196 68.1 83 28.8 0 0.0 1 0.3 1 0.3 6 2.1 1 0.3
ONSLOW 1,196 1.3 518 43.3 628 52.5 4 0.3 9 0.8 4 0.3 32 2.7 1 0.1
ORANGE 826 0.9 334 40.4 449 54.4 18 2.2 3 0.4 1 0.1 21 2.5 0 0.0
PAMLICO 166 0.2 88 53.0 77 46.4 0 0.0 1 0.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
PASQUOTANK 428 0.5 193 45.1 182 42.5 5 1.2 4 0.9 0 0.0 44 10.3 0 0.0
PENDER 606 0.7 259 42.7 319 52.6 7 1.2 9 1.5 0 0.0 12 2.0 0 0.0
PERQUIMANS 176 0.2 85 48.3 71 40.3 3 1.7 1 0.6 0 0.0 16 9.1 0 0.0
PERSON 437 0.5 265 60.6 160 36.6 3 0.7 2 0.5 0 0.0 7 1.6 0 0.0
PITT 1,248 1.4 755 60.5 431 34.5 11 0.9 29 2.3 2 0.2 18 1.4 2 0.2
POLK 300 0.3 92 30.7 189 63.0 4 1.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 15 5.0 0 0.0
RANDOLPH 1,518 1.7 865 57.0 601 39.6 8 0.5 32 2.1 2 0.1 10 0.7 0 0.0
RICHMOND 564 0.6 351 62.2 199 35.3 1 0.2 6 1.1 0 0.0 6 1.1 1 0.2
ROBESON 1,434 1.6 1,093 76.2 314 21.9 2 0.1 16 1.1 0 0.0 9 0.6 0 0.0
ROCKINGHAM 1,165 1.3 750 64.4 386 33.1 8 0.7 12 1.0 1 0.1 8 0.7 0 0.0
ROWAN 1,628 1.8 816 50.1 734 45.1 13 0.8 47 2.9 2 0.1 15 0.9 1 0.1
RUTHERFORD 847 0.9 457 54.0 380 44.9 6 0.7 0 0.0 1 0.1 3 0.4 0 0.0
SAMPSON 716 0.8 540 75.4 158 22.1 1 0.1 6 0.8 1 0.1 10 1.4 0 0.0
SCOTLAND 423 0.5 272 64.3 144 34.0 2 0.5 1 0.2 1 0.2 1 0.2 2 0.5
STANLY 712 0.8 424 59.6 273 38.3 6 0.8 4 0.6 0 0.0 4 0.6 1 0.1
STOKES 565 0.6 338 59.8 211 37.3 3 0.5 1 0.2 0 0.0 10 1.8 2 0.4
SURRY 905 1.0 591 65.3 283 31.3 7 0.8 15 1.7 0 0.0 9 1.0 0 0.0
SWAIN 178 0.2 98 55.1 73 41.0 1 0.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 2.8 1 0.6
TRANSYLVANIA 458 0.5 155 33.8 287 62.7 5 1.1 4 0.9 2 0.4 5 1.1 0 0.0
TYRRELL 44 0.0 30 68.2 13 29.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 2.3 0 0.0
UNION 1,430 1.6 693 48.5 661 46.2 12 0.8 19 1.3 1 0.1 40 2.8 4 0.3
VANCE 545 0.6 373 68.4 156 28.6 2 0.4 6 1.1 0 0.0 8 1.5 0 0.0
WAKE 5,558 6.1 1,940 34.9 3,052 54.9 44 0.8 99 1.8 4 0.1 417 7.5 2 0.0
WARREN 275 0.3 183 66.5 89 32.4 1 0.4 1 0.4 0 0.0 1 0.4 0 0.0
WASHINGTON 159 0.2 106 66.7 52 32.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.6 0 0.0
WATAUGA 319 0.4 156 48.9 149 46.7 3 0.9 8 2.5 0 0.0 3 0.9 0 0.0
WAYNE 1,262 1.4 824 65.3 395 31.3 4 0.3 30 2.4 1 0.1 8 0.6 0 0.0
WILKES 860 1.0 557 64.8 257 29.9 12 1.4 23 2.7 1 0.1 8 0.9 2 0.2
WILSON 797 0.9 537 67.4 237 29.7 4 0.5 12 1.5 0 0.0 7 0.9 0 0.0
YADKIN 431 0.5 305 70.8 118 27.4 5 1.2 2 0.5 0 0.0 1 0.2 0 0.0
YANCEY 221 0.2 143 64.7 78 35.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics