| CY2017 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 | 93,202 | 100.0 | 8,454 | 9.1 | 7,648 | 8.2 | 8,771 | 9.4 | 7,600 | 8.2 | 7,654 | 8.2 | 7,175 | 7.7 | 7,380 | 7.9 | 7,468 | 8.0 | 7,278 | 7.8 | 7,623 | 8.2 | 7,597 | 8.2 | 8,554 | 9.2 |
| DISPOSITION OF THE BODY: | 45,536 | 48.9 | 4,224 | 9.3 | 3,837 | 8.4 | 4,355 | 9.6 | 3,798 | 8.3 | 3,684 | 8.1 | 3,457 | 7.6 | 3,637 | 8.0 | 3,551 | 7.8 | 3,421 | 7.5 | 3,741 | 8.2 | 3,739 | 8.2 | 4,092 | 9.0 |
| Burial | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cremation | 43,474 | 46.6 | 3,824 | 8.8 | 3,448 | 7.9 | 3,984 | 9.2 | 3,478 | 8.0 | 3,615 | 8.3 | 3,411 | 7.8 | 3,420 | 7.9 | 3,607 | 8.3 | 3,517 | 8.1 | 3,543 | 8.1 | 3,532 | 8.1 | 4,095 | 9.4 |
| Donation | 747 | 0.8 | 71 | 9.5 | 73 | 9.8 | 63 | 8.4 | 59 | 7.9 | 65 | 8.7 | 64 | 8.6 | 66 | 8.8 | 41 | 5.5 | 65 | 8.7 | 60 | 8.0 | 53 | 7.1 | 67 | 9.0 |
| Entombment | 1,130 | 1.2 | 83 | 7.3 | 103 | 9.1 | 112 | 9.9 | 80 | 7.1 | 107 | 9.5 | 74 | 6.5 | 93 | 8.2 | 97 | 8.6 | 100 | 8.8 | 90 | 8.0 | 90 | 8.0 | 101 | 8.9 |
| Other | 80 | 0.1 | 10 | 12.5 | 7 | 8.8 | 8 | 10.0 | 1 | 1.3 | 10 | 12.5 | 5 | 6.3 | 9 | 11.3 | 11 | 13.8 | 4 | 5.0 | 4 | 5.0 | 4 | 5.0 | 7 | 8.8 |
| Removal from state | 2,173 | 2.3 | 235 | 10.8 | 176 | 8.1 | 246 | 11.3 | 175 | 8.1 | 166 | 7.6 | 153 | 7.0 | 153 | 7.0 | 157 | 7.2 | 170 | 7.8 | 182 | 8.4 | 177 | 8.1 | 183 | 8.4 |
| Unknown | 62 | 0.1 | 7 | 11.3 | 4 | 6.5 | 3 | 4.8 | 9 | 14.5 | 7 | 11.3 | 11 | 17.7 | 2 | 3.2 | 4 | 6.5 | 1 | 1.6 | 3 | 4.8 | 2 | 3.2 | 9 | 14.5 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |