| 2016 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT DEATHS BY AGE AND TOBACCO LISTED AS A CONTRIBUTING CAUSE OF DEATH (DECEDENTS AGES 18 & OVER) |
| TOTAL | TOBACCO CONTRIBUTING TO DEATH: | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Not on Certificate | No | Probably | Yes | ||||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| TOTAL | 89,138 | 100.0 | 38,440 | 43.1 | 6,200 | 7.0 | 31,959 | 35.9 | 5,552 | 6.2 | 6,987 | 7.8 |
| AGE OF DECEDENT: | 940 | 1.1 | 237 | 25.2 | 53 | 5.6 | 641 | 68.2 | 5 | 0.5 | 4 | 0.4 |
| 18-24 | ||||||||||||
| 25-34 | 1,869 | 2.1 | 563 | 30.1 | 131 | 7.0 | 1,131 | 60.5 | 26 | 1.4 | 18 | 1.0 |
| 35-44 | 2,673 | 3.0 | 994 | 37.2 | 219 | 8.2 | 1,249 | 46.7 | 109 | 4.1 | 102 | 3.8 |
| 45-54 | 6,102 | 6.8 | 2,510 | 41.1 | 447 | 7.3 | 2,111 | 34.6 | 448 | 7.3 | 586 | 9.6 |
| 55-64 | 12,710 | 14.3 | 5,385 | 42.4 | 913 | 7.2 | 3,551 | 27.9 | 1,177 | 9.3 | 1,684 | 13.2 |
| 65-74 | 18,409 | 20.7 | 8,122 | 44.1 | 1,300 | 7.1 | 5,157 | 28.0 | 1,593 | 8.7 | 2,237 | 12.2 |
| 75-84 | 21,365 | 24.0 | 9,577 | 44.8 | 1,511 | 7.1 | 7,212 | 33.8 | 1,398 | 6.5 | 1,667 | 7.8 |
| 85+ | 25,070 | 28.1 | 11,052 | 44.1 | 1,626 | 6.5 | 10,907 | 43.5 | 796 | 3.2 | 689 | 2.7 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |