| CY2020 DEATHS OCCURRING* IN NORTH CAROLINA BY DISPOSITION OF THE BODY AND MONTH |
| TOTAL | MONTH OF DEATH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |||||||||||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| Total | 110,285 | 100.0 | 8,726 | 7.9 | 8,317 | 7.5 | 8,844 | 8.0 | 8,735 | 7.9 | 8,964 | 8.1 | 8,299 | 7.5 | 9,062 | 8.2 | 9,332 | 8.5 | 9,183 | 8.3 | 9,434 | 8.6 | 9,827 | 8.9 | 11,562 | 10.5 |
| DISPOSITION OF THE BODY: | 49,468 | 44.9 | 4,019 | 8.1 | 3,745 | 7.6 | 3,887 | 7.9 | 3,829 | 7.7 | 3,968 | 8.0 | 3,760 | 7.6 | 3,978 | 8.0 | 4,140 | 8.4 | 4,172 | 8.4 | 4,317 | 8.7 | 4,419 | 8.9 | 5,234 | 10.6 |
| Burial | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cremation | 56,391 | 51.1 | 4,291 | 7.6 | 4,190 | 7.4 | 4,556 | 8.1 | 4,629 | 8.2 | 4,671 | 8.3 | 4,213 | 7.5 | 4,712 | 8.4 | 4,790 | 8.5 | 4,652 | 8.2 | 4,775 | 8.5 | 5,029 | 8.9 | 5,883 | 10.4 |
| Donation | 724 | 0.7 | 88 | 12.2 | 86 | 11.9 | 74 | 10.2 | 31 | 4.3 | 46 | 6.4 | 45 | 6.2 | 52 | 7.2 | 57 | 7.9 | 52 | 7.2 | 52 | 7.2 | 81 | 11.2 | 60 | 8.3 |
| Entombment | 1,305 | 1.2 | 96 | 7.4 | 102 | 7.8 | 110 | 8.4 | 89 | 6.8 | 101 | 7.7 | 98 | 7.5 | 105 | 8.0 | 123 | 9.4 | 122 | 9.3 | 108 | 8.3 | 106 | 8.1 | 145 | 11.1 |
| Other | 220 | 0.2 | 13 | 5.9 | 14 | 6.4 | 17 | 7.7 | 12 | 5.5 | 18 | 8.2 | 11 | 5.0 | 17 | 7.7 | 27 | 12.3 | 23 | 10.5 | 22 | 10.0 | 22 | 10.0 | 24 | 10.9 |
| Removal from state | 2,108 | 1.9 | 212 | 10.1 | 173 | 8.2 | 189 | 9.0 | 131 | 6.2 | 153 | 7.3 | 163 | 7.7 | 191 | 9.1 | 195 | 9.3 | 162 | 7.7 | 159 | 7.5 | 170 | 8.1 | 210 | 10.0 |
| Unknown | 69 | 0.1 | 7 | 10.1 | 7 | 10.1 | 11 | 15.9 | 14 | 20.3 | 7 | 10.1 | 9 | 13.0 | 7 | 10.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 8.7 |
| *Data include deaths occurring in North Carolina, regardless of place of residence. |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |