CY2017 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT DEATHS BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY |
TOTAL | DISPOSITION OF THE BODY: | |||||||||||||||
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Burial | Cremation | Donation | Entombment | Other | Removal from state | Unknown | ||||||||||
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
TOTAL | 93,202 | 100.0 | 45,536 | 48.9 | 43,474 | 46.6 | 747 | 0.8 | 1,130 | 1.2 | 80 | 0.1 | 2,173 | 2.3 | 62 | 0.1 |
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: | 1,690 | 1.8 | 872 | 51.6 | 744 | 44.0 | 12 | 0.7 | 45 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.1 |
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ALEXANDER | 445 | 0.5 | 253 | 56.9 | 183 | 41.1 | 3 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
ALLEGHANY | 138 | 0.1 | 83 | 60.1 | 49 | 35.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 3.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
ANSON | 302 | 0.3 | 216 | 71.5 | 83 | 27.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.3 |
ASHE | 319 | 0.3 | 194 | 60.8 | 113 | 35.4 | 7 | 2.2 | 3 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
AVERY | 212 | 0.2 | 126 | 59.4 | 81 | 38.2 | 3 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.5 |
BEAUFORT | 610 | 0.7 | 356 | 58.4 | 246 | 40.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
BERTIE | 251 | 0.3 | 182 | 72.5 | 63 | 25.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2.0 | 1 | 0.4 |
BLADEN | 406 | 0.4 | 321 | 79.1 | 80 | 19.7 | 1 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
BRUNSWICK | 1,541 | 1.7 | 464 | 30.1 | 1,014 | 65.8 | 15 | 1.0 | 17 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 30 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
BUNCOMBE | 2,753 | 3.0 | 1,060 | 38.5 | 1,594 | 57.9 | 34 | 1.2 | 25 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 37 | 1.3 | 2 | 0.1 |
BURKE | 1,023 | 1.1 | 536 | 52.4 | 444 | 43.4 | 4 | 0.4 | 33 | 3.2 | 2 | 0.2 | 4 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
CABARRUS | 1,665 | 1.8 | 730 | 43.8 | 837 | 50.3 | 10 | 0.6 | 19 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 66 | 4.0 | 3 | 0.2 |
CALDWELL | 974 | 1.0 | 513 | 52.7 | 440 | 45.2 | 2 | 0.2 | 6 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 1.1 | 2 | 0.2 |
CAMDEN | 82 | 0.1 | 32 | 39.0 | 43 | 52.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 8.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
CARTERET | 785 | 0.8 | 255 | 32.5 | 506 | 64.5 | 10 | 1.3 | 9 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
CASWELL | 275 | 0.3 | 157 | 57.1 | 93 | 33.8 | 1 | 0.4 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 8.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
CATAWBA | 1,787 | 1.9 | 825 | 46.2 | 920 | 51.5 | 10 | 0.6 | 16 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
CHATHAM | 704 | 0.8 | 322 | 45.7 | 353 | 50.1 | 9 | 1.3 | 6 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
CHEROKEE | 414 | 0.4 | 174 | 42.0 | 229 | 55.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
CHOWAN | 206 | 0.2 | 116 | 56.3 | 73 | 35.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 7.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
CLAY | 179 | 0.2 | 73 | 40.8 | 102 | 57.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
CLEVELAND | 1,197 | 1.3 | 722 | 60.3 | 440 | 36.8 | 9 | 0.8 | 11 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | 14 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
COLUMBUS | 748 | 0.8 | 554 | 74.1 | 178 | 23.8 | 3 | 0.4 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
CRAVEN | 1,081 | 1.2 | 416 | 38.5 | 615 | 56.9 | 4 | 0.4 | 21 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 2.2 | 1 | 0.1 |
CUMBERLAND | 2,578 | 2.8 | 1,260 | 48.9 | 1,231 | 47.8 | 8 | 0.3 | 22 | 0.9 | 8 | 0.3 | 49 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
CURRITUCK | 223 | 0.2 | 68 | 30.5 | 119 | 53.4 | 4 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
DARE | 363 | 0.4 | 53 | 14.6 | 258 | 71.1 | 3 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 48 | 13.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
DAVIDSON | 1,885 | 2.0 | 985 | 52.3 | 819 | 43.4 | 27 | 1.4 | 28 | 1.5 | 2 | 0.1 | 24 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
DAVIE | 468 | 0.5 | 235 | 50.2 | 215 | 45.9 | 11 | 2.4 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
DUPLIN | 531 | 0.6 | 394 | 74.2 | 114 | 21.5 | 4 | 0.8 | 15 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
DURHAM | 2,103 | 2.3 | 990 | 47.1 | 1,018 | 48.4 | 22 | 1.0 | 7 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 59 | 2.8 | 7 | 0.3 |
EDGECOMBE | 639 | 0.7 | 420 | 65.7 | 196 | 30.7 | 3 | 0.5 | 13 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.3 |
FORSYTH | 3,617 | 3.9 | 1,608 | 44.5 | 1,779 | 49.2 | 66 | 1.8 | 76 | 2.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 87 | 2.4 | 1 | 0.0 |
FRANKLIN | 601 | 0.6 | 331 | 55.1 | 234 | 38.9 | 4 | 0.7 | 13 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
GASTON | 2,361 | 2.5 | 1,169 | 49.5 | 1,099 | 46.5 | 19 | 0.8 | 45 | 1.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 27 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.0 |
GATES | 143 | 0.2 | 72 | 50.3 | 47 | 32.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 16.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
GRAHAM | 102 | 0.1 | 65 | 63.7 | 32 | 31.4 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.0 |
GRANVILLE | 586 | 0.6 | 345 | 58.9 | 229 | 39.1 | 1 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
GREENE | 215 | 0.2 | 156 | 72.6 | 56 | 26.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
GUILFORD | 4,598 | 4.9 | 2,004 | 43.6 | 2,404 | 52.3 | 50 | 1.1 | 70 | 1.5 | 3 | 0.1 | 63 | 1.4 | 4 | 0.1 |
HALIFAX | 661 | 0.7 | 495 | 74.9 | 145 | 21.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 19 | 2.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
HARNETT | 1,006 | 1.1 | 543 | 54.0 | 423 | 42.0 | 6 | 0.6 | 13 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 20 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
HAYWOOD | 821 | 0.9 | 327 | 39.8 | 413 | 50.3 | 7 | 0.9 | 16 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 57 | 6.9 | 1 | 0.1 |
HENDERSON | 1,387 | 1.5 | 407 | 29.3 | 897 | 64.7 | 29 | 2.1 | 25 | 1.8 | 2 | 0.1 | 27 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
HERTFORD | 266 | 0.3 | 172 | 64.7 | 82 | 30.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.1 | 8 | 3.0 | 1 | 0.4 |
HOKE | 384 | 0.4 | 228 | 59.4 | 144 | 37.5 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
HYDE | 74 | 0.1 | 37 | 50.0 | 36 | 48.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
IREDELL | 1,649 | 1.8 | 787 | 47.7 | 801 | 48.6 | 15 | 0.9 | 7 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 36 | 2.2 | 2 | 0.1 |
JACKSON | 404 | 0.4 | 170 | 42.1 | 220 | 54.5 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
JOHNSTON | 1,452 | 1.6 | 748 | 51.5 | 625 | 43.0 | 6 | 0.4 | 32 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 40 | 2.8 | 1 | 0.1 |
JONES | 150 | 0.2 | 96 | 64.0 | 50 | 33.3 | 2 | 1.3 | 2 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
LEE | 652 | 0.7 | 329 | 50.5 | 300 | 46.0 | 3 | 0.5 | 5 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.2 | 13 | 2.0 | 1 | 0.2 |
LENOIR | 761 | 0.8 | 515 | 67.7 | 228 | 30.0 | 6 | 0.8 | 8 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
LINCOLN | 798 | 0.9 | 383 | 48.0 | 396 | 49.6 | 6 | 0.8 | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 9 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
MCDOWELL | 515 | 0.6 | 295 | 57.3 | 217 | 42.1 | 2 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
MACON | 486 | 0.5 | 177 | 36.4 | 280 | 57.6 | 4 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 4.7 | 2 | 0.4 |
MADISON | 262 | 0.3 | 152 | 58.0 | 106 | 40.5 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
MARTIN | 332 | 0.4 | 237 | 71.4 | 91 | 27.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
MECKLENBURG | 6,161 | 6.6 | 2,448 | 39.7 | 3,346 | 54.3 | 26 | 0.4 | 49 | 0.8 | 16 | 0.3 | 271 | 4.4 | 5 | 0.1 |
MITCHELL | 215 | 0.2 | 147 | 68.4 | 62 | 28.8 | 2 | 0.9 | 3 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
MONTGOMERY | 315 | 0.3 | 200 | 63.5 | 106 | 33.7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 4 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.3 |
MOORE | 1,163 | 1.2 | 409 | 35.2 | 715 | 61.5 | 12 | 1.0 | 7 | 0.6 | 5 | 0.4 | 13 | 1.1 | 2 | 0.2 |
NASH | 1,154 | 1.2 | 693 | 60.1 | 415 | 36.0 | 6 | 0.5 | 27 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
NEW HANOVER | 1,928 | 2.1 | 634 | 32.9 | 1,221 | 63.3 | 17 | 0.9 | 22 | 1.1 | 2 | 0.1 | 31 | 1.6 | 1 | 0.1 |
NORTHAMPTON | 255 | 0.3 | 169 | 66.3 | 76 | 29.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
ONSLOW | 1,181 | 1.3 | 503 | 42.6 | 619 | 52.4 | 9 | 0.8 | 12 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.2 | 36 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
ORANGE | 818 | 0.9 | 272 | 33.3 | 512 | 62.6 | 11 | 1.3 | 5 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 17 | 2.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
PAMLICO | 182 | 0.2 | 69 | 37.9 | 110 | 60.4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 |
PASQUOTANK | 430 | 0.5 | 205 | 47.7 | 176 | 40.9 | 4 | 0.9 | 8 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 37 | 8.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
PENDER | 564 | 0.6 | 238 | 42.2 | 305 | 54.1 | 4 | 0.7 | 9 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
PERQUIMANS | 163 | 0.2 | 68 | 41.7 | 70 | 42.9 | 2 | 1.2 | 2 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 12.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
PERSON | 423 | 0.5 | 257 | 60.8 | 150 | 35.5 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 2.6 | 1 | 0.2 |
PITT | 1,331 | 1.4 | 711 | 53.4 | 541 | 40.6 | 11 | 0.8 | 32 | 2.4 | 4 | 0.3 | 31 | 2.3 | 1 | 0.1 |
POLK | 311 | 0.3 | 75 | 24.1 | 215 | 69.1 | 9 | 2.9 | 2 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
RANDOLPH | 1,630 | 1.7 | 895 | 54.9 | 684 | 42.0 | 19 | 1.2 | 20 | 1.2 | 1 | 0.1 | 11 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
RICHMOND | 598 | 0.6 | 353 | 59.0 | 227 | 38.0 | 3 | 0.5 | 14 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
ROBESON | 1,416 | 1.5 | 1,030 | 72.7 | 356 | 25.1 | 4 | 0.3 | 14 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
ROCKINGHAM | 1,121 | 1.2 | 693 | 61.8 | 394 | 35.1 | 5 | 0.4 | 14 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
ROWAN | 1,691 | 1.8 | 809 | 47.8 | 814 | 48.1 | 20 | 1.2 | 25 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.1 |
RUTHERFORD | 869 | 0.9 | 441 | 50.7 | 414 | 47.6 | 6 | 0.7 | 3 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
SAMPSON | 709 | 0.8 | 525 | 74.0 | 163 | 23.0 | 2 | 0.3 | 9 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
SCOTLAND | 425 | 0.5 | 275 | 64.7 | 143 | 33.6 | 3 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
STANLY | 759 | 0.8 | 418 | 55.1 | 316 | 41.6 | 7 | 0.9 | 9 | 1.2 | 1 | 0.1 | 6 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.3 |
STOKES | 597 | 0.6 | 364 | 61.0 | 213 | 35.7 | 7 | 1.2 | 5 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 1.2 | 1 | 0.2 |
SURRY | 978 | 1.0 | 614 | 62.8 | 327 | 33.4 | 9 | 0.9 | 15 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 11 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.1 |
SWAIN | 203 | 0.2 | 122 | 60.1 | 79 | 38.9 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
TRANSYLVANIA | 421 | 0.5 | 145 | 34.4 | 264 | 62.7 | 5 | 1.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1.2 | 1 | 0.2 |
TYRRELL | 43 | 0.0 | 27 | 62.8 | 14 | 32.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.3 | 1 | 2.3 |
UNION | 1,505 | 1.6 | 680 | 45.2 | 757 | 50.3 | 12 | 0.8 | 12 | 0.8 | 3 | 0.2 | 41 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
VANCE | 572 | 0.6 | 382 | 66.8 | 174 | 30.4 | 3 | 0.5 | 5 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 1.2 | 1 | 0.2 |
WAKE | 5,751 | 6.2 | 2,055 | 35.7 | 3,169 | 55.1 | 32 | 0.6 | 98 | 1.7 | 3 | 0.1 | 390 | 6.8 | 4 | 0.1 |
WARREN | 259 | 0.3 | 171 | 66.0 | 81 | 31.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
WASHINGTON | 170 | 0.2 | 118 | 69.4 | 51 | 30.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
WATAUGA | 360 | 0.4 | 172 | 47.8 | 177 | 49.2 | 4 | 1.1 | 4 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
WAYNE | 1,244 | 1.3 | 784 | 63.0 | 413 | 33.2 | 10 | 0.8 | 20 | 1.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 16 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
WILKES | 830 | 0.9 | 532 | 64.1 | 262 | 31.6 | 10 | 1.2 | 18 | 2.2 | 1 | 0.1 | 7 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
WILSON | 917 | 1.0 | 609 | 66.4 | 270 | 29.4 | 3 | 0.3 | 17 | 1.9 | 8 | 0.9 | 9 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.1 |
YADKIN | 465 | 0.5 | 304 | 65.4 | 153 | 32.9 | 2 | 0.4 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
YANCEY | 215 | 0.2 | 115 | 53.5 | 93 | 43.3 | 4 | 1.9 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |