CY2020 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT DEATHS BY AGE AND EDUCATION LEVEL (DECEDENTS AGES 18 & OVER)

  TOTAL EDUCATION LEVEL OF DECEDENT:
8th grade or less
High School, no diploma
High School Graduate
or GED Completed
Some college credit,
but no degree
Associate Degree
Bachelor's Degree
Master's Degree
Doctorate Degree or
Professional Degree
Unknown
# % # % # % # % # % # % # % # % # % # %
TOTAL 108,398 100.0 9,483 8.7 14,919 13.8 42,781 39.5 13,551 12.5 9,501 8.8 11,567 10.7 4,294 4.0 1,656 1.5 646 0.6
AGE OF DECEDENT: 1,192 1.1 21 1.8 278 23.3 585 49.1 229 19.2 39 3.3 36 3.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 0.3
18-24
25-34 2,675 2.5 82 3.1 472 17.6 1,238 46.3 479 17.9 183 6.8 171 6.4 39 1.5 4 0.1 7 0.3
35-44 3,570 3.3 165 4.6 606 17.0 1,460 40.9 554 15.5 323 9.0 321 9.0 103 2.9 13 0.4 25 0.7
45-54 6,653 6.1 328 4.9 1,015 15.3 2,749 41.3 974 14.6 647 9.7 627 9.4 209 3.1 46 0.7 58 0.9
55-64 14,640 13.5 777 5.3 2,396 16.4 6,085 41.6 1,974 13.5 1,405 9.6 1,362 9.3 371 2.5 108 0.7 162 1.1
65-74 22,732 21.0 1,502 6.6 2,943 12.9 8,682 38.2 3,241 14.3 2,375 10.4 2,540 11.2 936 4.1 329 1.4 184 0.8
75-84 27,450 25.3 2,679 9.8 3,689 13.4 10,725 39.1 3,121 11.4 2,337 8.5 2,984 10.9 1,281 4.7 519 1.9 115 0.4
85+ 29,486 27.2 3,929 13.3 3,520 11.9 11,257 38.2 2,979 10.1 2,192 7.4 3,526 12.0 1,355 4.6 637 2.2 91 0.3

Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics