| CY2020 DEATHS OCCURRING* IN NORTH CAROLINA BY MEDICAL CERTIFIER TYPE 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 |
| MEDICAL CERTIFIER TYPE: | 305 | 0.3 | 33 | 10.8 | 38 | 12.5 | 28 | 9.2 | 27 | 8.9 | 25 | 8.2 | 18 | 5.9 | 17 | 5.6 | 7 | 2.3 | 7 | 2.3 | 18 | 5.9 | 31 | 10.2 | 56 | 18.4 |
| Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Physician | 89,347 | 81.0 | 7,716 | 8.6 | 7,376 | 8.3 | 7,774 | 8.7 | 7,637 | 8.5 | 7,724 | 8.6 | 7,115 | 8.0 | 7,794 | 8.7 | 6,647 | 7.4 | 6,584 | 7.4 | 6,916 | 7.7 | 7,105 | 8.0 | 8,959 | 10.0 |
| Medical Examiner | 13,037 | 11.8 | 977 | 7.5 | 903 | 6.9 | 1,041 | 8.0 | 1,071 | 8.2 | 1,214 | 9.3 | 1,165 | 8.9 | 1,246 | 9.6 | 1,136 | 8.7 | 1,015 | 7.8 | 996 | 7.6 | 1,033 | 7.9 | 1,240 | 9.5 |
| Nurse Practitioner/Family Nurse Practitioner | 6,150 | 5.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 1,281 | 20.8 | 1,327 | 21.6 | 1,236 | 20.1 | 1,313 | 21.3 | 988 | 16.1 |
| Physician Assistant | 1,446 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.1 | 261 | 18.0 | 250 | 17.3 | 268 | 18.5 | 345 | 23.9 | 319 | 22.1 |
| *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 |