| CY2020 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT DEATHS BY UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH CATEGORY AND SEX OF DECEDENT |
| TOTAL | SEX | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | Missing/Unknown | ||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| TOTAL | 109,677 | 100.0 | 53,162 | 48.5 | 56,512 | 51.5 | 3 | 0.0 |
| UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH CATEGORY: | 20,443 | 18.6 | 9,074 | 44.4 | 11,369 | 55.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Diseases of Heart | ||||||||
| Hypertension | 1,240 | 1.1 | 691 | 55.7 | 549 | 44.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 5,734 | 5.2 | 3,273 | 57.1 | 2,461 | 42.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Atherosclerosis | 131 | 0.1 | 69 | 52.7 | 62 | 47.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cancer | 20,018 | 18.3 | 9,425 | 47.1 | 10,593 | 52.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 3,565 | 3.3 | 1,538 | 43.1 | 2,027 | 56.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pneumonia and Influenza | 1,807 | 1.6 | 912 | 50.5 | 895 | 49.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases | 5,190 | 4.7 | 2,739 | 52.8 | 2,451 | 47.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis | 1,658 | 1.5 | 648 | 39.1 | 1,010 | 60.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Septicemia | 1,606 | 1.5 | 822 | 51.2 | 784 | 48.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Nephritis, Nephrosis, & Nephrotic Syn. | 2,074 | 1.9 | 1,031 | 49.7 | 1,043 | 50.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Unintentional Motor Vehicle Injuries | 1,780 | 1.6 | 478 | 26.9 | 1,302 | 73.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Unintentional Poisonings | 3,231 | 2.9 | 981 | 30.4 | 2,250 | 69.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| All Other Unintentional Injuries | 2,559 | 2.3 | 1,178 | 46.0 | 1,381 | 54.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Suicide | 1,447 | 1.3 | 305 | 21.1 | 1,142 | 78.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Homicide | 897 | 0.8 | 170 | 19.0 | 727 | 81.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Alzheimer's disease | 4,724 | 4.3 | 3,367 | 71.3 | 1,357 | 28.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HIV disease | 186 | 0.2 | 66 | 35.5 | 120 | 64.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| COVID-19 | 7,909 | 7.2 | 3,783 | 47.8 | 4,126 | 52.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| All Other Causes of Death | 23,478 | 21.4 | 12,612 | 53.7 | 10,863 | 46.3 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |