| CY2020 DEATHS OCCURRING* IN NORTH CAROLINA BY COUNTY OF DEATH AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY |
| TOTAL | DISPOSITION OF THE BODY: | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burial | Cremation | Donation | Entombment | Other | Removal from state | Unknown | ||||||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| TOTAL | 110,285 | 100.0 | 49,468 | 44.9 | 56,391 | 51.1 | 724 | 0.7 | 1,305 | 1.2 | 220 | 0.2 | 2,108 | 1.9 | 69 | 0.1 |
| COUNTY OF DEATH: | 1,869 | 1.7 | 926 | 49.5 | 888 | 47.5 | 12 | 0.6 | 23 | 1.2 | 2 | 0.1 | 14 | 0.7 | 4 | 0.2 |
| ALAMANCE | ||||||||||||||||
| ALEXANDER | 272 | 0.2 | 140 | 51.5 | 126 | 46.3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ALLEGHANY | 124 | 0.1 | 69 | 55.6 | 51 | 41.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2.4 | 1 | 0.8 |
| ANSON | 203 | 0.2 | 125 | 61.6 | 74 | 36.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ASHE | 311 | 0.3 | 194 | 62.4 | 108 | 34.7 | 2 | 0.6 | 6 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| AVERY | 185 | 0.2 | 78 | 42.2 | 103 | 55.7 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| BEAUFORT | 536 | 0.5 | 295 | 55.0 | 234 | 43.7 | 3 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| BERTIE | 206 | 0.2 | 143 | 69.4 | 59 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| BLADEN | 319 | 0.3 | 229 | 71.8 | 85 | 26.6 | 2 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| BRUNSWICK | 1,331 | 1.2 | 331 | 24.9 | 958 | 72.0 | 9 | 0.7 | 9 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 22 | 1.7 | 1 | 0.1 |
| BUNCOMBE | 4,106 | 3.7 | 1,410 | 34.3 | 2,593 | 63.2 | 27 | 0.7 | 32 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.0 | 40 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| BURKE | 1,114 | 1.0 | 512 | 46.0 | 558 | 50.1 | 4 | 0.4 | 36 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CABARRUS | 2,168 | 2.0 | 939 | 43.3 | 1,101 | 50.8 | 8 | 0.4 | 25 | 1.2 | 4 | 0.2 | 90 | 4.2 | 1 | 0.0 |
| CALDWELL | 995 | 0.9 | 438 | 44.0 | 534 | 53.7 | 3 | 0.3 | 12 | 1.2 | 1 | 0.1 | 6 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.1 |
| CAMDEN | 58 | 0.1 | 20 | 34.5 | 34 | 58.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 5.2 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CARTERET | 914 | 0.8 | 301 | 32.9 | 580 | 63.5 | 5 | 0.5 | 22 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CASWELL | 199 | 0.2 | 112 | 56.3 | 75 | 37.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 4.5 | 2 | 1.0 |
| CATAWBA | 2,240 | 2.0 | 939 | 41.9 | 1,239 | 55.3 | 25 | 1.1 | 23 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.1 | 12 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CHATHAM | 875 | 0.8 | 333 | 38.1 | 516 | 59.0 | 6 | 0.7 | 6 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.2 | 12 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CHEROKEE | 332 | 0.3 | 123 | 37.0 | 193 | 58.1 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CHOWAN | 211 | 0.2 | 117 | 55.5 | 87 | 41.2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CLAY | 104 | 0.1 | 34 | 32.7 | 63 | 60.6 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 5.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CLEVELAND | 1,393 | 1.3 | 744 | 53.4 | 560 | 40.2 | 8 | 0.6 | 6 | 0.4 | 70 | 5.0 | 4 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.1 |
| COLUMBUS | 690 | 0.6 | 470 | 68.1 | 207 | 30.0 | 2 | 0.3 | 4 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.3 | 3 | 0.4 |
| CRAVEN | 1,359 | 1.2 | 528 | 38.9 | 767 | 56.4 | 15 | 1.1 | 22 | 1.6 | 2 | 0.1 | 21 | 1.5 | 4 | 0.3 |
| CUMBERLAND | 3,118 | 2.8 | 1,488 | 47.7 | 1,561 | 50.1 | 18 | 0.6 | 18 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 32 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CURRITUCK | 201 | 0.2 | 47 | 23.4 | 143 | 71.1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 4.0 | 1 | 0.5 |
| DARE | 315 | 0.3 | 55 | 17.5 | 240 | 76.2 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 17 | 5.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| DAVIDSON | 1,612 | 1.5 | 762 | 47.3 | 781 | 48.4 | 25 | 1.6 | 27 | 1.7 | 4 | 0.2 | 13 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| DAVIE | 290 | 0.3 | 147 | 50.7 | 130 | 44.8 | 4 | 1.4 | 6 | 2.1 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| DUPLIN | 487 | 0.4 | 324 | 66.5 | 154 | 31.6 | 2 | 0.4 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| DURHAM | 3,904 | 3.5 | 1,657 | 42.4 | 2,033 | 52.1 | 32 | 0.8 | 40 | 1.0 | 9 | 0.2 | 129 | 3.3 | 4 | 0.1 |
| EDGECOMBE | 648 | 0.6 | 426 | 65.7 | 209 | 32.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.2 |
| FORSYTH | 5,925 | 5.4 | 2,322 | 39.2 | 3,085 | 52.1 | 60 | 1.0 | 117 | 2.0 | 10 | 0.2 | 330 | 5.6 | 1 | 0.0 |
| FRANKLIN | 439 | 0.4 | 209 | 47.6 | 213 | 48.5 | 2 | 0.5 | 6 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 2.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| GASTON | 2,659 | 2.4 | 1,208 | 45.4 | 1,363 | 51.3 | 13 | 0.5 | 45 | 1.7 | 8 | 0.3 | 21 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.0 |
| GATES | 86 | 0.1 | 52 | 60.5 | 29 | 33.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 4.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| GRAHAM | 89 | 0.1 | 60 | 67.4 | 29 | 32.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| GRANVILLE | 519 | 0.5 | 276 | 53.2 | 218 | 42.0 | 3 | 0.6 | 10 | 1.9 | 4 | 0.8 | 7 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.2 |
| GREENE | 146 | 0.1 | 103 | 70.5 | 39 | 26.7 | 1 | 0.7 | 2 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.7 |
| GUILFORD | 6,147 | 5.6 | 2,614 | 42.5 | 3,329 | 54.2 | 40 | 0.7 | 92 | 1.5 | 6 | 0.1 | 65 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| HALIFAX | 624 | 0.6 | 432 | 69.2 | 176 | 28.2 | 3 | 0.5 | 3 | 0.5 | 5 | 0.8 | 4 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.2 |
| HARNETT | 985 | 0.9 | 507 | 51.5 | 443 | 45.0 | 7 | 0.7 | 13 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HAYWOOD | 823 | 0.7 | 306 | 37.2 | 464 | 56.4 | 2 | 0.2 | 12 | 1.5 | 2 | 0.2 | 37 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HENDERSON | 1,617 | 1.5 | 464 | 28.7 | 1,092 | 67.5 | 14 | 0.9 | 18 | 1.1 | 2 | 0.1 | 26 | 1.6 | 1 | 0.1 |
| HERTFORD | 359 | 0.3 | 225 | 62.7 | 126 | 35.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1.1 | 2 | 0.6 |
| HOKE | 293 | 0.3 | 161 | 54.9 | 126 | 43.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HYDE | 30 | 0.0 | 14 | 46.7 | 16 | 53.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| IREDELL | 1,813 | 1.6 | 813 | 44.8 | 953 | 52.6 | 13 | 0.7 | 19 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 14 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| JACKSON | 428 | 0.4 | 167 | 39.0 | 242 | 56.5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.5 | 15 | 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| JOHNSTON | 1,507 | 1.4 | 734 | 48.7 | 697 | 46.3 | 5 | 0.3 | 22 | 1.5 | 2 | 0.1 | 47 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| JONES | 96 | 0.1 | 61 | 63.5 | 32 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.0 |
| LEE | 611 | 0.6 | 279 | 45.7 | 304 | 49.8 | 3 | 0.5 | 6 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.3 | 17 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| LENOIR | 721 | 0.7 | 433 | 60.1 | 258 | 35.8 | 6 | 0.8 | 17 | 2.4 | 3 | 0.4 | 4 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| LINCOLN | 764 | 0.7 | 349 | 45.7 | 396 | 51.8 | 8 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.3 | 7 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| MCDOWELL | 376 | 0.3 | 179 | 47.6 | 184 | 48.9 | 2 | 0.5 | 7 | 1.9 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| MACON | 405 | 0.4 | 135 | 33.3 | 251 | 62.0 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.7 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| MADISON | 184 | 0.2 | 92 | 50.0 | 88 | 47.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.6 | 1 | 0.5 |
| MARTIN | 247 | 0.2 | 166 | 67.2 | 74 | 30.0 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2.0 | 1 | 0.4 |
| MECKLENBURG | 9,319 | 8.4 | 3,515 | 37.7 | 5,423 | 58.2 | 48 | 0.5 | 84 | 0.9 | 7 | 0.1 | 238 | 2.6 | 4 | 0.0 |
| MITCHELL | 240 | 0.2 | 148 | 61.7 | 87 | 36.3 | 3 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| MONTGOMERY | 239 | 0.2 | 142 | 59.4 | 96 | 40.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| MOORE | 1,763 | 1.6 | 737 | 41.8 | 989 | 56.1 | 6 | 0.3 | 14 | 0.8 | 3 | 0.2 | 14 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| NASH | 1,203 | 1.1 | 696 | 57.9 | 467 | 38.8 | 2 | 0.2 | 27 | 2.2 | 1 | 0.1 | 9 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.1 |
| NEW HANOVER | 3,431 | 3.1 | 1,058 | 30.8 | 2,240 | 65.3 | 33 | 1.0 | 41 | 1.2 | 6 | 0.2 | 53 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 205 | 0.2 | 138 | 67.3 | 64 | 31.2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ONSLOW | 1,056 | 1.0 | 367 | 34.8 | 638 | 60.4 | 6 | 0.6 | 11 | 1.0 | 5 | 0.5 | 29 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ORANGE | 1,676 | 1.5 | 631 | 37.6 | 992 | 59.2 | 9 | 0.5 | 8 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.1 | 34 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| PAMLICO | 113 | 0.1 | 51 | 45.1 | 59 | 52.2 | 1 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| PASQUOTANK | 601 | 0.5 | 268 | 44.6 | 318 | 52.9 | 3 | 0.5 | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| PENDER | 386 | 0.4 | 137 | 35.5 | 239 | 61.9 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1.6 | 1 | 0.3 |
| PERQUIMANS | 129 | 0.1 | 52 | 40.3 | 72 | 55.8 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| PERSON | 370 | 0.3 | 195 | 52.7 | 168 | 45.4 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| PITT | 2,959 | 2.7 | 1,595 | 53.9 | 1,279 | 43.2 | 15 | 0.5 | 37 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 27 | 0.9 | 5 | 0.2 |
| POLK | 191 | 0.2 | 47 | 24.6 | 132 | 69.1 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 8 | 4.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| RANDOLPH | 1,361 | 1.2 | 706 | 51.9 | 612 | 45.0 | 7 | 0.5 | 23 | 1.7 | 4 | 0.3 | 8 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.1 |
| RICHMOND | 541 | 0.5 | 285 | 52.7 | 238 | 44.0 | 4 | 0.7 | 11 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ROBESON | 1,414 | 1.3 | 1,040 | 73.6 | 354 | 25.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 14 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.1 | 3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ROCKINGHAM | 1,204 | 1.1 | 700 | 58.1 | 487 | 40.4 | 5 | 0.4 | 7 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 3 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.1 |
| ROWAN | 1,827 | 1.7 | 826 | 45.2 | 929 | 50.8 | 37 | 2.0 | 26 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 5 | 0.3 | 3 | 0.2 |
| RUTHERFORD | 927 | 0.8 | 470 | 50.7 | 441 | 47.6 | 7 | 0.8 | 4 | 0.4 | 3 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| SAMPSON | 506 | 0.5 | 361 | 71.3 | 129 | 25.5 | 2 | 0.4 | 6 | 1.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 7 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| SCOTLAND | 647 | 0.6 | 395 | 61.1 | 240 | 37.1 | 5 | 0.8 | 3 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.2 |
| STANLY | 649 | 0.6 | 349 | 53.8 | 289 | 44.5 | 3 | 0.5 | 4 | 0.6 | 3 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| STOKES | 439 | 0.4 | 219 | 49.9 | 197 | 44.9 | 12 | 2.7 | 4 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.2 | 6 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| SURRY | 1,174 | 1.1 | 707 | 60.2 | 434 | 37.0 | 7 | 0.6 | 11 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.2 | 12 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.1 |
| SWAIN | 198 | 0.2 | 103 | 52.0 | 88 | 44.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.5 |
| TRANSYLVANIA | 350 | 0.3 | 114 | 32.6 | 225 | 64.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.3 | 5 | 1.4 | 2 | 0.6 |
| TYRRELL | 27 | 0.0 | 16 | 59.3 | 10 | 37.0 | 1 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| UNION | 1,567 | 1.4 | 729 | 46.5 | 786 | 50.2 | 8 | 0.5 | 15 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| VANCE | 615 | 0.6 | 376 | 61.1 | 225 | 36.6 | 4 | 0.7 | 4 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| WAKE | 7,543 | 6.8 | 2,650 | 35.1 | 4,322 | 57.3 | 50 | 0.7 | 114 | 1.5 | 6 | 0.1 | 394 | 5.2 | 7 | 0.1 |
| WARREN | 189 | 0.2 | 109 | 57.7 | 76 | 40.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| WASHINGTON | 150 | 0.1 | 78 | 52.0 | 66 | 44.0 | 2 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| WATAUGA | 460 | 0.4 | 207 | 45.0 | 239 | 52.0 | 7 | 1.5 | 3 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| WAYNE | 1,745 | 1.6 | 1,083 | 62.1 | 615 | 35.2 | 5 | 0.3 | 30 | 1.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 10 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.1 |
| WILKES | 757 | 0.7 | 428 | 56.5 | 291 | 38.4 | 7 | 0.9 | 28 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| WILSON | 961 | 0.9 | 601 | 62.5 | 333 | 34.7 | 4 | 0.4 | 13 | 1.4 | 3 | 0.3 | 5 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.2 |
| YADKIN | 400 | 0.4 | 229 | 57.3 | 154 | 38.5 | 4 | 1.0 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| YANCEY | 171 | 0.2 | 93 | 54.4 | 77 | 45.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| *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 |