| CY2017 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 | 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 |
| MEDICAL CERTIFIER TYPE: | 67,282 | 72.2 | 6,250 | 9.3 | 5,586 | 8.3 | 6,416 | 9.5 | 5,470 | 8.1 | 5,537 | 8.2 | 5,128 | 7.6 | 5,256 | 7.8 | 5,299 | 7.9 | 5,214 | 7.7 | 5,467 | 8.1 | 5,468 | 8.1 | 6,191 | 9.2 |
| Physician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medical Examiner | 11,795 | 12.7 | 950 | 8.1 | 956 | 8.1 | 1,007 | 8.5 | 961 | 8.1 | 997 | 8.5 | 979 | 8.3 | 993 | 8.4 | 1,068 | 9.1 | 963 | 8.2 | 977 | 8.3 | 954 | 8.1 | 990 | 8.4 |
| Physician Assistant | 2,549 | 2.7 | 191 | 7.5 | 214 | 8.4 | 233 | 9.1 | 201 | 7.9 | 188 | 7.4 | 181 | 7.1 | 209 | 8.2 | 200 | 7.8 | 210 | 8.2 | 209 | 8.2 | 233 | 9.1 | 280 | 11.0 |
| Nurse Practitioner/Family Nurse Practitioner | 10,196 | 10.9 | 938 | 9.2 | 796 | 7.8 | 970 | 9.5 | 857 | 8.4 | 809 | 7.9 | 746 | 7.3 | 805 | 7.9 | 796 | 7.8 | 776 | 7.6 | 858 | 8.4 | 847 | 8.3 | 998 | 9.8 |
| Unknown | 1,380 | 1.5 | 125 | 9.1 | 96 | 7.0 | 145 | 10.5 | 111 | 8.0 | 123 | 8.9 | 141 | 10.2 | 117 | 8.5 | 105 | 7.6 | 115 | 8.3 | 112 | 8.1 | 95 | 6.9 | 95 | 6.9 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |