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