| CY2017 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 | 91,889 | 100.0 | 40,516 | 44.1 | 5,119 | 5.6 | 33,402 | 36.4 | 5,835 | 6.4 | 7,017 | 7.6 |
| AGE OF DECEDENT: | 973 | 1.1 | 257 | 26.4 | 34 | 3.5 | 671 | 69.0 | 9 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.2 |
| 18-24 | ||||||||||||
| 25-34 | 2,077 | 2.3 | 689 | 33.2 | 57 | 2.7 | 1,281 | 61.7 | 28 | 1.3 | 22 | 1.1 |
| 35-44 | 2,829 | 3.1 | 1,111 | 39.3 | 104 | 3.7 | 1,417 | 50.1 | 93 | 3.3 | 104 | 3.7 |
| 45-54 | 5,962 | 6.5 | 2,571 | 43.1 | 310 | 5.2 | 2,185 | 36.6 | 404 | 6.8 | 492 | 8.3 |
| 55-64 | 12,968 | 14.1 | 5,625 | 43.4 | 712 | 5.5 | 3,730 | 28.8 | 1,270 | 9.8 | 1,631 | 12.6 |
| 65-74 | 19,091 | 20.8 | 8,455 | 44.3 | 1,124 | 5.9 | 5,458 | 28.6 | 1,733 | 9.1 | 2,321 | 12.2 |
| 75-84 | 22,319 | 24.3 | 10,203 | 45.7 | 1,338 | 6.0 | 7,554 | 33.8 | 1,489 | 6.7 | 1,735 | 7.8 |
| 85+ | 25,670 | 27.9 | 11,605 | 45.2 | 1,440 | 5.6 | 11,106 | 43.3 | 809 | 3.2 | 710 | 2.8 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |