| CY2020 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT DEATHS BY AGE AND TOBACCO LISTED AS A CONTRIBUTING CAUSE OF DEATH (DECEDENTS AGES 18 & OVER) |
| TOTAL | TOBACCO CONTRIBUTING TO DEATH: | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Not on Certificate | No | Probably | Yes | ||||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| TOTAL | 108,398 | 100.0 | 51,230 | 47.3 | 2,117 | 2.0 | 40,949 | 37.8 | 6,601 | 6.1 | 7,501 | 6.9 |
| AGE OF DECEDENT: | 1,192 | 1.1 | 314 | 26.3 | 9 | 0.8 | 858 | 72.0 | 9 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.2 |
| 18-24 | ||||||||||||
| 25-34 | 2,675 | 2.5 | 1,035 | 38.7 | 25 | 0.9 | 1,525 | 57.0 | 64 | 2.4 | 26 | 1.0 |
| 35-44 | 3,570 | 3.3 | 1,604 | 44.9 | 51 | 1.4 | 1,624 | 45.5 | 181 | 5.1 | 110 | 3.1 |
| 45-54 | 6,653 | 6.1 | 2,964 | 44.6 | 121 | 1.8 | 2,525 | 38.0 | 537 | 8.1 | 506 | 7.6 |
| 55-64 | 14,640 | 13.5 | 6,801 | 46.5 | 307 | 2.1 | 4,423 | 30.2 | 1,344 | 9.2 | 1,765 | 12.1 |
| 65-74 | 22,732 | 21.0 | 10,959 | 48.2 | 493 | 2.2 | 6,972 | 30.7 | 1,884 | 8.3 | 2,424 | 10.7 |
| 75-84 | 27,450 | 25.3 | 13,326 | 48.5 | 533 | 1.9 | 10,018 | 36.5 | 1,651 | 6.0 | 1,922 | 7.0 |
| 85+ | 29,486 | 27.2 | 14,227 | 48.3 | 578 | 2.0 | 13,004 | 44.1 | 931 | 3.2 | 746 | 2.5 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |