| 2016 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT DEATHS BY UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH CATEGORY AND SEX OF DECEDENT |
| TOTAL | SEX | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | Missing/Unknown | ||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| TOTAL | 90,498 | 100.0 | 44,887 | 49.6 | 45,607 | 50.4 | 4 | 0.0 |
| UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH CATEGORY: | 18,276 | 20.2 | 8,414 | 46.0 | 9,862 | 54.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Diseases of Heart | ||||||||
| Hypertension | 995 | 1.1 | 558 | 56.1 | 437 | 43.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 4,941 | 5.5 | 2,843 | 57.5 | 2,098 | 42.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Atherosclerosis | 141 | 0.2 | 67 | 47.5 | 74 | 52.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cancer | 19,526 | 21.6 | 9,174 | 47.0 | 10,352 | 53.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 2,813 | 3.1 | 1,303 | 46.3 | 1,510 | 53.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pneumonia and Influenza | 1,896 | 2.1 | 1,018 | 53.7 | 878 | 46.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases | 5,317 | 5.9 | 2,800 | 52.7 | 2,517 | 47.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis | 1,252 | 1.4 | 454 | 36.3 | 798 | 63.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Septicemia | 1,559 | 1.7 | 845 | 54.2 | 714 | 45.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Nephritis, Nephrosis, & Nephrotic Syn. | 2,002 | 2.2 | 1,023 | 51.1 | 979 | 48.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Unintentional Motor Vehicle Injuries | 1,541 | 1.7 | 455 | 29.5 | 1,086 | 70.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Unintentional Poisonings | 1,822 | 2.0 | 650 | 35.7 | 1,172 | 64.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| All Other Unintentional Injuries | 2,128 | 2.4 | 963 | 45.3 | 1,165 | 54.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Suicide | 1,373 | 1.5 | 359 | 26.1 | 1,014 | 73.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Homicide | 736 | 0.8 | 169 | 23.0 | 565 | 76.8 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Alzheimer's disease | 4,152 | 4.6 | 2,953 | 71.1 | 1,199 | 28.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HIV disease | 209 | 0.2 | 54 | 25.8 | 155 | 74.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| All Other Causes of Death | 19,819 | 21.9 | 10,785 | 54.4 | 9,032 | 45.6 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |