CY2019 DEATHS OCCURRING* IN NORTH CAROLINA BY COUNTY OF DEATH AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY

  TOTAL DISPOSITION OF THE BODY:
Burial Cremation Donation Entombment Other Removal from state Unknown
# % # % # % # % # % # % # % # %
TOTAL 96,686 100.0 44,066 45.6 47,907 49.5 947 1.0 1,220 1.3 123 0.1 2,308 2.4 115 0.1
COUNTY OF DEATH: 1,830 1.9 946 51.7 830 45.4 16 0.9 21 1.1 0 0.0 14 0.8 3 0.2
ALAMANCE
ALEXANDER 205 0.2 122 59.5 78 38.0 1 0.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 2.0 0 0.0
ALLEGHANY 110 0.1 62 56.4 44 40.0 2 1.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.9 1 0.9
ANSON 149 0.2 103 69.1 43 28.9 2 1.3 1 0.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
ASHE 284 0.3 176 62.0 100 35.2 4 1.4 4 1.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
AVERY 172 0.2 88 51.2 80 46.5 2 1.2 1 0.6 0 0.0 1 0.6 0 0.0
BEAUFORT 445 0.5 238 53.5 197 44.3 2 0.4 7 1.6 0 0.0 1 0.2 0 0.0
BERTIE 180 0.2 118 65.6 58 32.2 1 0.6 2 1.1 0 0.0 1 0.6 0 0.0
BLADEN 220 0.2 158 71.8 62 28.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
BRUNSWICK 1,122 1.2 318 28.3 758 67.6 6 0.5 11 1.0 2 0.2 27 2.4 0 0.0
BUNCOMBE 3,712 3.8 1,304 35.1 2,261 60.9 43 1.2 30 0.8 2 0.1 66 1.8 6 0.2
BURKE 927 1.0 424 45.7 445 48.0 10 1.1 44 4.7 3 0.3 1 0.1 0 0.0
CABARRUS 1,920 2.0 805 41.9 969 50.5 8 0.4 31 1.6 3 0.2 104 5.4 0 0.0
CALDWELL 885 0.9 436 49.3 429 48.5 6 0.7 7 0.8 0 0.0 7 0.8 0 0.0
CAMDEN 49 0.1 18 36.7 30 61.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 2.0 0 0.0
CARTERET 861 0.9 303 35.2 534 62.0 13 1.5 6 0.7 0 0.0 5 0.6 0 0.0
CASWELL 158 0.2 90 57.0 63 39.9 1 0.6 2 1.3 0 0.0 2 1.3 0 0.0
CATAWBA 1,908 2.0 848 44.4 1,011 53.0 12 0.6 18 0.9 0 0.0 18 0.9 1 0.1
CHATHAM 757 0.8 275 36.3 430 56.8 13 1.7 2 0.3 0 0.0 37 4.9 0 0.0
CHEROKEE 321 0.3 116 36.1 191 59.5 3 0.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 10 3.1 1 0.3
CHOWAN 202 0.2 109 54.0 87 43.1 4 2.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 1.0 0 0.0
CLAY 101 0.1 29 28.7 64 63.4 1 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 6.9 0 0.0
CLEVELAND 1,191 1.2 641 53.8 468 39.3 15 1.3 16 1.3 40 3.4 11 0.9 0 0.0
COLUMBUS 663 0.7 480 72.4 171 25.8 2 0.3 3 0.5 0 0.0 6 0.9 1 0.2
CRAVEN 1,122 1.2 424 37.8 653 58.2 12 1.1 19 1.7 0 0.0 13 1.2 1 0.1
CUMBERLAND 2,798 2.9 1,375 49.1 1,326 47.4 17 0.6 25 0.9 1 0.0 53 1.9 1 0.0
CURRITUCK 148 0.2 35 23.6 102 68.9 2 1.4 2 1.4 0 0.0 6 4.1 1 0.7
DARE 291 0.3 33 11.3 228 78.4 2 0.7 3 1.0 0 0.0 24 8.2 1 0.3
DAVIDSON 1,411 1.5 702 49.8 644 45.6 31 2.2 24 1.7 0 0.0 9 0.6 1 0.1
DAVIE 269 0.3 126 46.8 132 49.1 6 2.2 2 0.7 1 0.4 2 0.7 0 0.0
DUPLIN 339 0.4 229 67.6 103 30.4 2 0.6 3 0.9 0 0.0 2 0.6 0 0.0
DURHAM 3,701 3.8 1,624 43.9 1,835 49.6 39 1.1 32 0.9 7 0.2 161 4.4 3 0.1
EDGECOMBE 515 0.5 331 64.3 166 32.2 6 1.2 11 2.1 0 0.0 1 0.2 0 0.0
FORSYTH 5,353 5.5 2,167 40.5 2,708 50.6 64 1.2 99 1.8 1 0.0 311 5.8 3 0.1
FRANKLIN 382 0.4 177 46.3 189 49.5 3 0.8 6 1.6 0 0.0 5 1.3 2 0.5
GASTON 2,342 2.4 1,113 47.5 1,145 48.9 25 1.1 35 1.5 6 0.3 17 0.7 1 0.0
GATES 92 0.1 51 55.4 34 37.0 2 2.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 5.4 0 0.0
GRAHAM 70 0.1 43 61.4 26 37.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1.4
GRANVILLE 384 0.4 208 54.2 161 41.9 3 0.8 4 1.0 5 1.3 3 0.8 0 0.0
GREENE 113 0.1 80 70.8 30 26.5 1 0.9 2 1.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
GUILFORD 5,425 5.6 2,328 42.9 2,885 53.2 53 1.0 76 1.4 5 0.1 76 1.4 2 0.0
HALIFAX 495 0.5 335 67.7 152 30.7 2 0.4 3 0.6 2 0.4 1 0.2 0 0.0
HARNETT 750 0.8 404 53.9 324 43.2 2 0.3 9 1.2 1 0.1 10 1.3 0 0.0
HAYWOOD 670 0.7 270 40.3 327 48.8 8 1.2 9 1.3 0 0.0 56 8.4 0 0.0
HENDERSON 1,536 1.6 434 28.3 1,037 67.5 20 1.3 16 1.0 0 0.0 26 1.7 3 0.2
HERTFORD 278 0.3 190 68.3 85 30.6 1 0.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.7 0 0.0
HOKE 244 0.3 136 55.7 102 41.8 3 1.2 2 0.8 0 0.0 1 0.4 0 0.0
HYDE 41 0.0 28 68.3 12 29.3 1 2.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
IREDELL 1,568 1.6 693 44.2 817 52.1 14 0.9 20 1.3 0 0.0 22 1.4 2 0.1
JACKSON 329 0.3 134 40.7 173 52.6 6 1.8 1 0.3 2 0.6 13 4.0 0 0.0
JOHNSTON 1,364 1.4 668 49.0 597 43.8 2 0.1 37 2.7 1 0.1 59 4.3 0 0.0
JONES 68 0.1 39 57.4 29 42.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
LEE 494 0.5 266 53.8 205 41.5 3 0.6 6 1.2 0 0.0 14 2.8 0 0.0
LENOIR 540 0.6 340 63.0 176 32.6 9 1.7 9 1.7 3 0.6 3 0.6 0 0.0
LINCOLN 603 0.6 291 48.3 295 48.9 7 1.2 3 0.5 0 0.0 7 1.2 0 0.0
MCDOWELL 310 0.3 147 47.4 158 51.0 1 0.3 4 1.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
MACON 374 0.4 119 31.8 241 64.4 4 1.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 9 2.4 1 0.3
MADISON 140 0.1 81 57.9 55 39.3 1 0.7 1 0.7 0 0.0 2 1.4 0 0.0
MARTIN 165 0.2 118 71.5 45 27.3 2 1.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
MECKLENBURG 8,180 8.5 3,133 38.3 4,625 56.5 86 1.1 71 0.9 5 0.1 226 2.8 34 0.4
MITCHELL 234 0.2 152 65.0 73 31.2 2 0.9 6 2.6 0 0.0 1 0.4 0 0.0
MONTGOMERY 191 0.2 114 59.7 72 37.7 4 2.1 0 0.0 1 0.5 0 0.0 0 0.0
MOORE 1,511 1.6 627 41.5 833 55.1 20 1.3 11 0.7 5 0.3 7 0.5 8 0.5
NASH 1,072 1.1 609 56.8 409 38.2 6 0.6 20 1.9 1 0.1 25 2.3 2 0.2
NEW HANOVER 3,247 3.4 1,091 33.6 2,004 61.7 33 1.0 24 0.7 5 0.2 90 2.8 0 0.0
NORTHAMPTON 176 0.2 112 63.6 60 34.1 1 0.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.6 2 1.1
ONSLOW 874 0.9 335 38.3 496 56.8 12 1.4 6 0.7 0 0.0 25 2.9 0 0.0
ORANGE 1,552 1.6 606 39.0 876 56.4 16 1.0 10 0.6 3 0.2 41 2.6 0 0.0
PAMLICO 118 0.1 48 40.7 69 58.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.8 0 0.0
PASQUOTANK 477 0.5 234 49.1 233 48.8 1 0.2 5 1.0 0 0.0 4 0.8 0 0.0
PENDER 354 0.4 137 38.7 207 58.5 2 0.6 1 0.3 0 0.0 5 1.4 2 0.6
PERQUIMANS 96 0.1 36 37.5 55 57.3 1 1.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 2 2.1 1 1.0
PERSON 293 0.3 174 59.4 115 39.2 1 0.3 3 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
PITT 2,687 2.8 1,481 55.1 1,082 40.3 26 1.0 65 2.4 0 0.0 24 0.9 9 0.3
POLK 210 0.2 59 28.1 141 67.1 0 0.0 1 0.5 0 0.0 9 4.3 0 0.0
RANDOLPH 1,217 1.3 619 50.9 547 44.9 17 1.4 25 2.1 0 0.0 9 0.7 0 0.0
RICHMOND 496 0.5 298 60.1 184 37.1 5 1.0 9 1.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
ROBESON 1,130 1.2 817 72.3 280 24.8 2 0.2 26 2.3 3 0.3 2 0.2 0 0.0
ROCKINGHAM 1,028 1.1 605 58.9 393 38.2 7 0.7 11 1.1 1 0.1 10 1.0 1 0.1
ROWAN 1,514 1.6 689 45.5 755 49.9 25 1.7 35 2.3 2 0.1 5 0.3 3 0.2
RUTHERFORD 789 0.8 414 52.5 354 44.9 13 1.6 4 0.5 3 0.4 1 0.1 0 0.0
SAMPSON 428 0.4 316 73.8 94 22.0 2 0.5 6 1.4 0 0.0 8 1.9 2 0.5
SCOTLAND 477 0.5 318 66.7 143 30.0 6 1.3 4 0.8 1 0.2 3 0.6 2 0.4
STANLY 584 0.6 302 51.7 267 45.7 5 0.9 4 0.7 1 0.2 2 0.3 3 0.5
STOKES 354 0.4 194 54.8 147 41.5 6 1.7 3 0.8 1 0.3 3 0.8 0 0.0
SURRY 1,054 1.1 659 62.5 360 34.2 12 1.1 11 1.0 0 0.0 12 1.1 0 0.0
SWAIN 197 0.2 100 50.8 89 45.2 1 0.5 0 0.0 2 1.0 5 2.5 0 0.0
TRANSYLVANIA 341 0.4 111 32.6 217 63.6 2 0.6 2 0.6 0 0.0 7 2.1 2 0.6
TYRRELL 17 0.0 8 47.1 8 47.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 5.9 0 0.0
UNION 1,381 1.4 661 47.9 668 48.4 8 0.6 11 0.8 0 0.0 33 2.4 0 0.0
VANCE 452 0.5 268 59.3 178 39.4 1 0.2 1 0.2 0 0.0 4 0.9 0 0.0
WAKE 6,824 7.1 2,284 33.5 3,877 56.8 80 1.2 103 1.5 3 0.0 474 6.9 3 0.0
WARREN 141 0.1 82 58.2 55 39.0 1 0.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 2.1 0 0.0
WASHINGTON 109 0.1 77 70.6 29 26.6 1 0.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 1.8 0 0.0
WATAUGA 394 0.4 193 49.0 182 46.2 5 1.3 9 2.3 0 0.0 5 1.3 0 0.0
WAYNE 1,530 1.6 966 63.1 520 34.0 7 0.5 29 1.9 0 0.0 5 0.3 3 0.2
WILKES 594 0.6 395 66.5 178 30.0 3 0.5 15 2.5 0 0.0 2 0.3 1 0.2
WILSON 767 0.8 494 64.4 250 32.6 2 0.3 15 2.0 0 0.0 5 0.7 1 0.1
YADKIN 347 0.4 221 63.7 111 32.0 4 1.2 5 1.4 0 0.0 6 1.7 0 0.0
YANCEY 153 0.2 81 52.9 71 46.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.7 0 0.0

*Data include deaths occurring in North Carolina, regardless of place of residence.
Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics