| CY2019 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 | 95,951 | 100.0 | 8,399 | 8.8 | 8,146 | 8.5 | 8,418 | 8.8 | 7,987 | 8.3 | 8,038 | 8.4 | 7,717 | 8.0 | 7,589 | 7.9 | 7,687 | 8.0 | 7,509 | 7.8 | 7,970 | 8.3 | 7,889 | 8.2 | 8,602 | 9.0 |
| DISPOSITION OF THE BODY: | 43,783 | 45.6 | 3,910 | 8.9 | 3,825 | 8.7 | 3,845 | 8.8 | 3,697 | 8.4 | 3,691 | 8.4 | 3,484 | 8.0 | 3,402 | 7.8 | 3,446 | 7.9 | 3,421 | 7.8 | 3,566 | 8.1 | 3,620 | 8.3 | 3,876 | 8.9 |
| Burial | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cremation | 47,469 | 49.5 | 4,082 | 8.6 | 3,928 | 8.3 | 4,159 | 8.8 | 3,905 | 8.2 | 3,953 | 8.3 | 3,860 | 8.1 | 3,825 | 8.1 | 3,847 | 8.1 | 3,745 | 7.9 | 3,971 | 8.4 | 3,878 | 8.2 | 4,316 | 9.1 |
| Donation | 940 | 1.0 | 58 | 6.2 | 94 | 10.0 | 82 | 8.7 | 90 | 9.6 | 79 | 8.4 | 84 | 8.9 | 60 | 6.4 | 77 | 8.2 | 72 | 7.7 | 86 | 9.1 | 76 | 8.1 | 82 | 8.7 |
| Entombment | 1,208 | 1.3 | 115 | 9.5 | 112 | 9.3 | 109 | 9.0 | 90 | 7.5 | 108 | 8.9 | 96 | 7.9 | 87 | 7.2 | 104 | 8.6 | 76 | 6.3 | 106 | 8.8 | 90 | 7.5 | 115 | 9.5 |
| Other | 129 | 0.1 | 8 | 6.2 | 4 | 3.1 | 13 | 10.1 | 13 | 10.1 | 5 | 3.9 | 14 | 10.9 | 7 | 5.4 | 7 | 5.4 | 11 | 8.5 | 14 | 10.9 | 22 | 17.1 | 11 | 8.5 |
| Removal from state | 2,309 | 2.4 | 220 | 9.5 | 168 | 7.3 | 197 | 8.5 | 185 | 8.0 | 198 | 8.6 | 167 | 7.2 | 203 | 8.8 | 197 | 8.5 | 172 | 7.4 | 217 | 9.4 | 190 | 8.2 | 195 | 8.4 |
| Unknown | 113 | 0.1 | 6 | 5.3 | 15 | 13.3 | 13 | 11.5 | 7 | 6.2 | 4 | 3.5 | 12 | 10.6 | 5 | 4.4 | 9 | 8.0 | 12 | 10.6 | 10 | 8.8 | 13 | 11.5 | 7 | 6.2 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |