| CY2018 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 | 94,005 | 100.0 | 9,379 | 10.0 | 7,834 | 8.3 | 8,045 | 8.6 | 7,526 | 8.0 | 7,570 | 8.1 | 7,423 | 7.9 | 7,417 | 7.9 | 7,436 | 7.9 | 7,252 | 7.7 | 7,841 | 8.3 | 7,842 | 8.3 | 8,440 | 9.0 |
| DISPOSITION OF THE BODY: | 44,208 | 47.0 | 4,458 | 10.1 | 3,705 | 8.4 | 3,914 | 8.9 | 3,589 | 8.1 | 3,618 | 8.2 | 3,426 | 7.7 | 3,450 | 7.8 | 3,370 | 7.6 | 3,377 | 7.6 | 3,671 | 8.3 | 3,737 | 8.5 | 3,893 | 8.8 |
| Burial | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cremation | 45,221 | 48.1 | 4,466 | 9.9 | 3,742 | 8.3 | 3,755 | 8.3 | 3,585 | 7.9 | 3,606 | 8.0 | 3,628 | 8.0 | 3,629 | 8.0 | 3,692 | 8.2 | 3,476 | 7.7 | 3,802 | 8.4 | 3,710 | 8.2 | 4,130 | 9.1 |
| Donation | 742 | 0.8 | 65 | 8.8 | 57 | 7.7 | 60 | 8.1 | 59 | 8.0 | 55 | 7.4 | 64 | 8.6 | 57 | 7.7 | 55 | 7.4 | 75 | 10.1 | 67 | 9.0 | 61 | 8.2 | 67 | 9.0 |
| Entombment | 1,224 | 1.3 | 123 | 10.0 | 119 | 9.7 | 117 | 9.6 | 92 | 7.5 | 99 | 8.1 | 97 | 7.9 | 83 | 6.8 | 94 | 7.7 | 103 | 8.4 | 90 | 7.4 | 97 | 7.9 | 110 | 9.0 |
| Other | 87 | 0.1 | 8 | 9.2 | 3 | 3.4 | 5 | 5.7 | 5 | 5.7 | 9 | 10.3 | 9 | 10.3 | 5 | 5.7 | 8 | 9.2 | 12 | 13.8 | 11 | 12.6 | 2 | 2.3 | 10 | 11.5 |
| Removal from state | 2,431 | 2.6 | 252 | 10.4 | 201 | 8.3 | 189 | 7.8 | 189 | 7.8 | 176 | 7.2 | 189 | 7.8 | 188 | 7.7 | 208 | 8.6 | 198 | 8.1 | 191 | 7.9 | 230 | 9.5 | 220 | 9.0 |
| Unknown | 92 | 0.1 | 7 | 7.6 | 7 | 7.6 | 5 | 5.4 | 7 | 7.6 | 7 | 7.6 | 10 | 10.9 | 5 | 5.4 | 9 | 9.8 | 11 | 12.0 | 9 | 9.8 | 5 | 5.4 | 10 | 10.9 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |