CY2018 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 | 94,005 | 100.0 | 44,208 | 47.0 | 45,221 | 48.1 | 742 | 0.8 | 1,224 | 1.3 | 87 | 0.1 | 2,431 | 2.6 | 92 | 0.1 |
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: | 1,696 | 1.8 | 870 | 51.3 | 750 | 44.2 | 20 | 1.2 | 31 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 1.2 | 5 | 0.3 |
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ALEXANDER | 395 | 0.4 | 223 | 56.5 | 164 | 41.5 | 3 | 0.8 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
ALLEGHANY | 147 | 0.2 | 84 | 57.1 | 52 | 35.4 | 2 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 5.4 | 1 | 0.7 |
ANSON | 319 | 0.3 | 218 | 68.3 | 98 | 30.7 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
ASHE | 340 | 0.4 | 197 | 57.9 | 134 | 39.4 | 4 | 1.2 | 3 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
AVERY | 212 | 0.2 | 106 | 50.0 | 97 | 45.8 | 4 | 1.9 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.5 |
BEAUFORT | 625 | 0.7 | 342 | 54.7 | 271 | 43.4 | 5 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
BERTIE | 253 | 0.3 | 178 | 70.4 | 68 | 26.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.4 | 6 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
BLADEN | 429 | 0.5 | 308 | 71.8 | 110 | 25.6 | 1 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.5 | 6 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
BRUNSWICK | 1,506 | 1.6 | 431 | 28.6 | 1,005 | 66.7 | 17 | 1.1 | 15 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 38 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
BUNCOMBE | 2,739 | 2.9 | 987 | 36.0 | 1,655 | 60.4 | 27 | 1.0 | 18 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 47 | 1.7 | 4 | 0.1 |
BURKE | 1,040 | 1.1 | 475 | 45.7 | 524 | 50.4 | 7 | 0.7 | 25 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.1 |
CABARRUS | 1,565 | 1.7 | 688 | 44.0 | 771 | 49.3 | 11 | 0.7 | 16 | 1.0 | 5 | 0.3 | 73 | 4.7 | 1 | 0.1 |
CALDWELL | 962 | 1.0 | 442 | 45.9 | 491 | 51.0 | 2 | 0.2 | 19 | 2.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 7 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
CAMDEN | 87 | 0.1 | 29 | 33.3 | 44 | 50.6 | 1 | 1.1 | 2 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 12.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
CARTERET | 951 | 1.0 | 307 | 32.3 | 605 | 63.6 | 9 | 0.9 | 16 | 1.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 12 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.1 |
CASWELL | 280 | 0.3 | 155 | 55.4 | 97 | 34.6 | 3 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 8.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
CATAWBA | 1,719 | 1.8 | 779 | 45.3 | 894 | 52.0 | 7 | 0.4 | 15 | 0.9 | 3 | 0.2 | 21 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
CHATHAM | 738 | 0.8 | 312 | 42.3 | 395 | 53.5 | 6 | 0.8 | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 20 | 2.7 | 1 | 0.1 |
CHEROKEE | 404 | 0.4 | 171 | 42.3 | 220 | 54.5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 2.2 | 2 | 0.5 |
CHOWAN | 179 | 0.2 | 92 | 51.4 | 74 | 41.3 | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 6.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
CLAY | 162 | 0.2 | 61 | 37.7 | 91 | 56.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 5.6 | 1 | 0.6 |
CLEVELAND | 1,249 | 1.3 | 718 | 57.5 | 493 | 39.5 | 10 | 0.8 | 18 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
COLUMBUS | 661 | 0.7 | 485 | 73.4 | 167 | 25.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
CRAVEN | 1,148 | 1.2 | 461 | 40.2 | 627 | 54.6 | 12 | 1.0 | 31 | 2.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 14 | 1.2 | 2 | 0.2 |
CUMBERLAND | 2,648 | 2.8 | 1,338 | 50.5 | 1,222 | 46.1 | 9 | 0.3 | 23 | 0.9 | 3 | 0.1 | 52 | 2.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
CURRITUCK | 254 | 0.3 | 65 | 25.6 | 138 | 54.3 | 2 | 0.8 | 3 | 1.2 | 2 | 0.8 | 44 | 17.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
DARE | 397 | 0.4 | 70 | 17.6 | 257 | 64.7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 66 | 16.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
DAVIDSON | 1,855 | 2.0 | 942 | 50.8 | 832 | 44.9 | 28 | 1.5 | 31 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.1 |
DAVIE | 452 | 0.5 | 218 | 48.2 | 205 | 45.4 | 11 | 2.4 | 7 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
DUPLIN | 522 | 0.6 | 379 | 72.6 | 124 | 23.8 | 2 | 0.4 | 11 | 2.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
DURHAM | 2,069 | 2.2 | 847 | 40.9 | 1,111 | 53.7 | 23 | 1.1 | 15 | 0.7 | 6 | 0.3 | 67 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
EDGECOMBE | 763 | 0.8 | 524 | 68.7 | 215 | 28.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.1 |
FORSYTH | 3,477 | 3.7 | 1,425 | 41.0 | 1,766 | 50.8 | 53 | 1.5 | 79 | 2.3 | 2 | 0.1 | 146 | 4.2 | 6 | 0.2 |
FRANKLIN | 673 | 0.7 | 348 | 51.7 | 289 | 42.9 | 2 | 0.3 | 11 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 3.3 | 1 | 0.1 |
GASTON | 2,426 | 2.6 | 1,209 | 49.8 | 1,119 | 46.1 | 20 | 0.8 | 56 | 2.3 | 2 | 0.1 | 20 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
GATES | 139 | 0.1 | 75 | 54.0 | 38 | 27.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 18.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
GRAHAM | 111 | 0.1 | 73 | 65.8 | 35 | 31.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
GRANVILLE | 568 | 0.6 | 313 | 55.1 | 230 | 40.5 | 3 | 0.5 | 8 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.2 | 10 | 1.8 | 3 | 0.5 |
GREENE | 204 | 0.2 | 128 | 62.7 | 72 | 35.3 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
GUILFORD | 4,604 | 4.9 | 1,949 | 42.3 | 2,452 | 53.3 | 46 | 1.0 | 67 | 1.5 | 3 | 0.1 | 78 | 1.7 | 9 | 0.2 |
HALIFAX | 702 | 0.7 | 479 | 68.2 | 195 | 27.8 | 3 | 0.4 | 5 | 0.7 | 8 | 1.1 | 11 | 1.6 | 1 | 0.1 |
HARNETT | 1,058 | 1.1 | 571 | 54.0 | 444 | 42.0 | 13 | 1.2 | 7 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 2.1 | 1 | 0.1 |
HAYWOOD | 843 | 0.9 | 314 | 37.2 | 443 | 52.6 | 9 | 1.1 | 17 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 60 | 7.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
HENDERSON | 1,446 | 1.5 | 432 | 29.9 | 931 | 64.4 | 21 | 1.5 | 19 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 40 | 2.8 | 2 | 0.1 |
HERTFORD | 276 | 0.3 | 175 | 63.4 | 81 | 29.3 | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 | 15 | 5.4 | 2 | 0.7 |
HOKE | 367 | 0.4 | 213 | 58.0 | 148 | 40.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.3 |
HYDE | 57 | 0.1 | 27 | 47.4 | 25 | 43.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 7.0 | 1 | 1.8 |
IREDELL | 1,549 | 1.6 | 691 | 44.6 | 796 | 51.4 | 13 | 0.8 | 13 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 2.1 | 3 | 0.2 |
JACKSON | 401 | 0.4 | 197 | 49.1 | 187 | 46.6 | 3 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
JOHNSTON | 1,537 | 1.6 | 766 | 49.8 | 677 | 44.0 | 6 | 0.4 | 39 | 2.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 48 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
JONES | 117 | 0.1 | 61 | 52.1 | 50 | 42.7 | 3 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.9 |
LEE | 610 | 0.6 | 300 | 49.2 | 279 | 45.7 | 2 | 0.3 | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 3.6 | 1 | 0.2 |
LENOIR | 734 | 0.8 | 479 | 65.3 | 223 | 30.4 | 5 | 0.7 | 23 | 3.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 3 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
LINCOLN | 825 | 0.9 | 394 | 47.8 | 409 | 49.6 | 5 | 0.6 | 5 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.1 |
MCDOWELL | 562 | 0.6 | 289 | 51.4 | 254 | 45.2 | 9 | 1.6 | 6 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
MACON | 482 | 0.5 | 168 | 34.9 | 282 | 58.5 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
MADISON | 275 | 0.3 | 146 | 53.1 | 121 | 44.0 | 4 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
MARTIN | 323 | 0.3 | 227 | 70.3 | 94 | 29.1 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
MECKLENBURG | 6,457 | 6.9 | 2,488 | 38.5 | 3,665 | 56.8 | 38 | 0.6 | 47 | 0.7 | 4 | 0.1 | 209 | 3.2 | 6 | 0.1 |
MITCHELL | 242 | 0.3 | 165 | 68.2 | 73 | 30.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
MONTGOMERY | 313 | 0.3 | 198 | 63.3 | 103 | 32.9 | 1 | 0.3 | 5 | 1.6 | 1 | 0.3 | 4 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.3 |
MOORE | 1,116 | 1.2 | 387 | 34.7 | 689 | 61.7 | 12 | 1.1 | 12 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 15 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
NASH | 1,081 | 1.1 | 612 | 56.6 | 425 | 39.3 | 5 | 0.5 | 28 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
NEW HANOVER | 1,979 | 2.1 | 576 | 29.1 | 1,308 | 66.1 | 18 | 0.9 | 25 | 1.3 | 5 | 0.3 | 47 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
NORTHAMPTON | 261 | 0.3 | 186 | 71.3 | 61 | 23.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.4 | 3 | 1.1 | 9 | 3.4 | 1 | 0.4 |
ONSLOW | 1,273 | 1.4 | 485 | 38.1 | 720 | 56.6 | 10 | 0.8 | 15 | 1.2 | 2 | 0.2 | 40 | 3.1 | 1 | 0.1 |
ORANGE | 820 | 0.9 | 284 | 34.6 | 497 | 60.6 | 9 | 1.1 | 3 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
PAMLICO | 170 | 0.2 | 71 | 41.8 | 98 | 57.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
PASQUOTANK | 447 | 0.5 | 192 | 43.0 | 193 | 43.2 | 9 | 2.0 | 6 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 46 | 10.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
PENDER | 618 | 0.7 | 252 | 40.8 | 340 | 55.0 | 6 | 1.0 | 5 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.2 | 14 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
PERQUIMANS | 173 | 0.2 | 75 | 43.4 | 79 | 45.7 | 1 | 0.6 | 4 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 8.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
PERSON | 508 | 0.5 | 301 | 59.3 | 186 | 36.6 | 5 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.2 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
PITT | 1,292 | 1.4 | 719 | 55.7 | 499 | 38.6 | 16 | 1.2 | 32 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 1.8 | 3 | 0.2 |
POLK | 319 | 0.3 | 74 | 23.2 | 221 | 69.3 | 2 | 0.6 | 3 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 5.6 | 1 | 0.3 |
RANDOLPH | 1,577 | 1.7 | 819 | 51.9 | 712 | 45.1 | 14 | 0.9 | 17 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 14 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
RICHMOND | 534 | 0.6 | 301 | 56.4 | 213 | 39.9 | 2 | 0.4 | 8 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 1.7 | 1 | 0.2 |
ROBESON | 1,458 | 1.6 | 1,055 | 72.4 | 363 | 24.9 | 1 | 0.1 | 21 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 16 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.1 |
ROCKINGHAM | 1,179 | 1.3 | 720 | 61.1 | 434 | 36.8 | 2 | 0.2 | 8 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 11 | 0.9 | 3 | 0.3 |
ROWAN | 1,663 | 1.8 | 808 | 48.6 | 781 | 47.0 | 21 | 1.3 | 38 | 2.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 14 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
RUTHERFORD | 860 | 0.9 | 452 | 52.6 | 392 | 45.6 | 5 | 0.6 | 6 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
SAMPSON | 702 | 0.7 | 516 | 73.5 | 165 | 23.5 | 3 | 0.4 | 10 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 6 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 |
SCOTLAND | 402 | 0.4 | 268 | 66.7 | 131 | 32.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
STANLY | 694 | 0.7 | 389 | 56.1 | 284 | 40.9 | 2 | 0.3 | 7 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 1.4 | 2 | 0.3 |
STOKES | 597 | 0.6 | 314 | 52.6 | 255 | 42.7 | 7 | 1.2 | 4 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.3 | 13 | 2.2 | 2 | 0.3 |
SURRY | 984 | 1.0 | 585 | 59.5 | 359 | 36.5 | 11 | 1.1 | 13 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 15 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
SWAIN | 214 | 0.2 | 127 | 59.3 | 83 | 38.8 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
TRANSYLVANIA | 411 | 0.4 | 143 | 34.8 | 253 | 61.6 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1.9 | 3 | 0.7 |
TYRRELL | 53 | 0.1 | 29 | 54.7 | 20 | 37.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 7.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
UNION | 1,490 | 1.6 | 658 | 44.2 | 755 | 50.7 | 14 | 0.9 | 19 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 42 | 2.8 | 2 | 0.1 |
VANCE | 527 | 0.6 | 312 | 59.2 | 200 | 38.0 | 2 | 0.4 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
WAKE | 5,856 | 6.2 | 1,861 | 31.8 | 3,409 | 58.2 | 39 | 0.7 | 97 | 1.7 | 4 | 0.1 | 442 | 7.5 | 4 | 0.1 |
WARREN | 262 | 0.3 | 153 | 58.4 | 101 | 38.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 | 5 | 1.9 | 1 | 0.4 |
WASHINGTON | 157 | 0.2 | 99 | 63.1 | 53 | 33.8 | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
WATAUGA | 345 | 0.4 | 155 | 44.9 | 181 | 52.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
WAYNE | 1,324 | 1.4 | 811 | 61.3 | 481 | 36.3 | 4 | 0.3 | 19 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.1 |
WILKES | 838 | 0.9 | 544 | 64.9 | 253 | 30.2 | 4 | 0.5 | 33 | 3.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.1 |
WILSON | 979 | 1.0 | 631 | 64.5 | 311 | 31.8 | 4 | 0.4 | 16 | 1.6 | 3 | 0.3 | 14 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
YADKIN | 450 | 0.5 | 304 | 67.6 | 130 | 28.9 | 9 | 2.0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
YANCEY | 248 | 0.3 | 138 | 55.6 | 104 | 41.9 | 2 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.2 | 1 | 0.4 |
Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |