| CY2020 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT DEATHS BY DISPOSITION OF THE BODY AND MONTH |
| TOTAL | MONTH OF DEATH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |||||||||||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| Total | 109,677 | 100.0 | 8,653 | 7.9 | 8,281 | 7.6 | 8,782 | 8.0 | 8,700 | 7.9 | 8,944 | 8.2 | 8,260 | 7.5 | 8,984 | 8.2 | 9,269 | 8.5 | 9,113 | 8.3 | 9,418 | 8.6 | 9,753 | 8.9 | 11,520 | 10.5 |
| DISPOSITION OF THE BODY: | 49,093 | 44.8 | 3,975 | 8.1 | 3,712 | 7.6 | 3,851 | 7.8 | 3,816 | 7.8 | 3,959 | 8.1 | 3,724 | 7.6 | 3,935 | 8.0 | 4,122 | 8.4 | 4,127 | 8.4 | 4,295 | 8.7 | 4,364 | 8.9 | 5,213 | 10.6 |
| Burial | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cremation | 56,087 | 51.1 | 4,273 | 7.6 | 4,181 | 7.5 | 4,516 | 8.1 | 4,596 | 8.2 | 4,650 | 8.3 | 4,191 | 7.5 | 4,672 | 8.3 | 4,753 | 8.5 | 4,604 | 8.2 | 4,780 | 8.5 | 5,011 | 8.9 | 5,860 | 10.4 |
| Donation | 716 | 0.7 | 88 | 12.3 | 85 | 11.9 | 74 | 10.3 | 29 | 4.1 | 46 | 6.4 | 43 | 6.0 | 52 | 7.3 | 57 | 8.0 | 53 | 7.4 | 51 | 7.1 | 80 | 11.2 | 58 | 8.1 |
| Entombment | 1,287 | 1.2 | 93 | 7.2 | 95 | 7.4 | 110 | 8.5 | 90 | 7.0 | 100 | 7.8 | 95 | 7.4 | 106 | 8.2 | 125 | 9.7 | 118 | 9.2 | 107 | 8.3 | 104 | 8.1 | 144 | 11.2 |
| Other | 219 | 0.2 | 13 | 5.9 | 14 | 6.4 | 18 | 8.2 | 12 | 5.5 | 19 | 8.7 | 12 | 5.5 | 19 | 8.7 | 23 | 10.5 | 23 | 10.5 | 22 | 10.0 | 21 | 9.6 | 23 | 10.5 |
| Removal from state | 2,206 | 2.0 | 203 | 9.2 | 188 | 8.5 | 203 | 9.2 | 143 | 6.5 | 164 | 7.4 | 186 | 8.4 | 193 | 8.7 | 189 | 8.6 | 188 | 8.5 | 162 | 7.3 | 173 | 7.8 | 214 | 9.7 |
| Unknown | 69 | 0.1 | 8 | 11.6 | 6 | 8.7 | 10 | 14.5 | 14 | 20.3 | 6 | 8.7 | 9 | 13.0 | 7 | 10.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 11.6 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |