| 2016 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 | 90,498 | 100.0 | 8,295 | 9.2 | 7,642 | 8.4 | 8,002 | 8.8 | 7,364 | 8.1 | 7,422 | 8.2 | 7,002 | 7.7 | 7,197 | 8.0 | 7,138 | 7.9 | 7,008 | 7.7 | 7,597 | 8.4 | 7,608 | 8.4 | 8,223 | 9.1 |
| DISPOSITION OF THE BODY: | 45,898 | 50.7 | 4,334 | 9.4 | 3,972 | 8.7 | 4,092 | 8.9 | 3,828 | 8.3 | 3,803 | 8.3 | 3,530 | 7.7 | 3,647 | 7.9 | 3,532 | 7.7 | 3,479 | 7.6 | 3,835 | 8.4 | 3,745 | 8.2 | 4,101 | 8.9 |
| Burial | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cremation | 40,382 | 44.6 | 3,566 | 8.8 | 3,297 | 8.2 | 3,529 | 8.7 | 3,200 | 7.9 | 3,271 | 8.1 | 3,147 | 7.8 | 3,244 | 8.0 | 3,283 | 8.1 | 3,180 | 7.9 | 3,428 | 8.5 | 3,500 | 8.7 | 3,737 | 9.3 |
| Donation | 738 | 0.8 | 57 | 7.7 | 53 | 7.2 | 61 | 8.3 | 54 | 7.3 | 69 | 9.3 | 54 | 7.3 | 67 | 9.1 | 73 | 9.9 | 54 | 7.3 | 63 | 8.5 | 63 | 8.5 | 70 | 9.5 |
| Entombment | 1,207 | 1.3 | 115 | 9.5 | 119 | 9.9 | 108 | 8.9 | 95 | 7.9 | 83 | 6.9 | 88 | 7.3 | 71 | 5.9 | 89 | 7.4 | 103 | 8.5 | 107 | 8.9 | 119 | 9.9 | 110 | 9.1 |
| Other | 108 | 0.1 | 5 | 4.6 | 13 | 12.0 | 3 | 2.8 | 8 | 7.4 | 16 | 14.8 | 6 | 5.6 | 10 | 9.3 | 13 | 12.0 | 11 | 10.2 | 6 | 5.6 | 7 | 6.5 | 10 | 9.3 |
| Removal from state | 2,069 | 2.3 | 205 | 9.9 | 182 | 8.8 | 199 | 9.6 | 169 | 8.2 | 171 | 8.3 | 174 | 8.4 | 148 | 7.2 | 139 | 6.7 | 173 | 8.4 | 155 | 7.5 | 165 | 8.0 | 189 | 9.1 |
| Unknown | 96 | 0.1 | 13 | 13.5 | 6 | 6.3 | 10 | 10.4 | 10 | 10.4 | 9 | 9.4 | 3 | 3.1 | 10 | 10.4 | 9 | 9.4 | 8 | 8.3 | 3 | 3.1 | 9 | 9.4 | 6 | 6.3 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |