| CY2019 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 | 94,686 | 100.0 | 43,209 | 45.6 | 2,436 | 2.6 | 35,097 | 37.1 | 6,205 | 6.6 | 7,739 | 8.2 |
| AGE OF DECEDENT: | 941 | 1.0 | 247 | 26.2 | 26 | 2.8 | 656 | 69.7 | 9 | 1.0 | 3 | 0.3 |
| 18-24 | ||||||||||||
| 25-34 | 2,147 | 2.3 | 791 | 36.8 | 50 | 2.3 | 1,231 | 57.3 | 54 | 2.5 | 21 | 1.0 |
| 35-44 | 2,836 | 3.0 | 1,170 | 41.3 | 91 | 3.2 | 1,330 | 46.9 | 132 | 4.7 | 113 | 4.0 |
| 45-54 | 5,691 | 6.0 | 2,496 | 43.9 | 138 | 2.4 | 2,089 | 36.7 | 447 | 7.9 | 521 | 9.2 |
| 55-64 | 13,128 | 13.9 | 5,808 | 44.2 | 376 | 2.9 | 3,881 | 29.6 | 1,283 | 9.8 | 1,780 | 13.6 |
| 65-74 | 19,757 | 20.9 | 9,098 | 46.0 | 514 | 2.6 | 5,932 | 30.0 | 1,741 | 8.8 | 2,472 | 12.5 |
| 75-84 | 23,752 | 25.1 | 11,212 | 47.2 | 598 | 2.5 | 8,376 | 35.3 | 1,568 | 6.6 | 1,998 | 8.4 |
| 85+ | 26,434 | 27.9 | 12,387 | 46.9 | 643 | 2.4 | 11,602 | 43.9 | 971 | 3.7 | 831 | 3.1 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |