| 2016 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 | 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 |
| MEDICAL CERTIFIER TYPE: | 66,347 | 73.3 | 6,204 | 9.4 | 5,601 | 8.4 | 5,852 | 8.8 | 5,411 | 8.2 | 5,389 | 8.1 | 5,086 | 7.7 | 5,251 | 7.9 | 5,211 | 7.9 | 5,086 | 7.7 | 5,541 | 8.4 | 5,613 | 8.5 | 6,102 | 9.2 |
| Physician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medical Examiner | 11,411 | 12.6 | 950 | 8.3 | 906 | 7.9 | 1,002 | 8.8 | 942 | 8.3 | 997 | 8.7 | 926 | 8.1 | 908 | 8.0 | 936 | 8.2 | 934 | 8.2 | 984 | 8.6 | 922 | 8.1 | 1,004 | 8.8 |
| Physician Assistant | 2,095 | 2.3 | 165 | 7.9 | 171 | 8.2 | 191 | 9.1 | 171 | 8.2 | 147 | 7.0 | 181 | 8.6 | 198 | 9.5 | 160 | 7.6 | 167 | 8.0 | 191 | 9.1 | 176 | 8.4 | 177 | 8.4 |
| Nurse Practitioner/Family Nurse Practitioner | 9,249 | 10.2 | 831 | 9.0 | 845 | 9.1 | 856 | 9.3 | 743 | 8.0 | 765 | 8.3 | 689 | 7.4 | 711 | 7.7 | 732 | 7.9 | 696 | 7.5 | 774 | 8.4 | 780 | 8.4 | 827 | 8.9 |
| Unknown | 1,396 | 1.5 | 145 | 10.4 | 119 | 8.5 | 101 | 7.2 | 97 | 6.9 | 124 | 8.9 | 120 | 8.6 | 129 | 9.2 | 99 | 7.1 | 125 | 9.0 | 107 | 7.7 | 117 | 8.4 | 113 | 8.1 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |