| CY2019 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT DEATHS BY MEDICAL CERTIFIER TYPE 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 |
| MEDICAL CERTIFIER TYPE: | 66,451 | 69.3 | 6,080 | 9.1 | 5,792 | 8.7 | 5,923 | 8.9 | 5,612 | 8.4 | 5,528 | 8.3 | 5,341 | 8.0 | 5,091 | 7.7 | 5,162 | 7.8 | 5,031 | 7.6 | 5,523 | 8.3 | 5,435 | 8.2 | 5,933 | 8.9 |
| Physician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medical Examiner | 11,355 | 11.8 | 958 | 8.4 | 928 | 8.2 | 993 | 8.7 | 926 | 8.2 | 966 | 8.5 | 952 | 8.4 | 970 | 8.5 | 931 | 8.2 | 914 | 8.0 | 940 | 8.3 | 904 | 8.0 | 973 | 8.6 |
| Physician Assistant | 3,078 | 3.2 | 240 | 7.8 | 265 | 8.6 | 259 | 8.4 | 260 | 8.4 | 265 | 8.6 | 269 | 8.7 | 282 | 9.2 | 251 | 8.2 | 224 | 7.3 | 256 | 8.3 | 230 | 7.5 | 277 | 9.0 |
| Nurse Practitioner/Family Nurse Practitioner | 13,712 | 14.3 | 1,000 | 7.3 | 1,061 | 7.7 | 1,149 | 8.4 | 1,090 | 7.9 | 1,172 | 8.5 | 1,052 | 7.7 | 1,111 | 8.1 | 1,212 | 8.8 | 1,220 | 8.9 | 1,135 | 8.3 | 1,219 | 8.9 | 1,291 | 9.4 |
| Unknown | 1,355 | 1.4 | 121 | 8.9 | 100 | 7.4 | 94 | 6.9 | 99 | 7.3 | 107 | 7.9 | 103 | 7.6 | 135 | 10.0 | 131 | 9.7 | 120 | 8.9 | 116 | 8.6 | 101 | 7.5 | 128 | 9.4 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |