| 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 |
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| 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 |