| CY2020 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT DEATHS BY MEDICAL CERTIFIER TYPE 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 |
| MEDICAL CERTIFIER TYPE: | 1,650 | 1.5 | 146 | 8.8 | 145 | 8.8 | 134 | 8.1 | 136 | 8.2 | 130 | 7.9 | 117 | 7.1 | 134 | 8.1 | 116 | 7.0 | 128 | 7.8 | 142 | 8.6 | 135 | 8.2 | 187 | 11.3 |
| Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Physician | 87,762 | 80.0 | 7,544 | 8.6 | 7,243 | 8.3 | 7,629 | 8.7 | 7,518 | 8.6 | 7,619 | 8.7 | 6,996 | 8.0 | 7,620 | 8.7 | 6,517 | 7.4 | 6,454 | 7.4 | 6,821 | 7.8 | 6,960 | 7.9 | 8,841 | 10.1 |
| Medical Examiner | 12,822 | 11.7 | 959 | 7.5 | 893 | 7.0 | 1,018 | 7.9 | 1,045 | 8.2 | 1,192 | 9.3 | 1,145 | 8.9 | 1,225 | 9.6 | 1,118 | 8.7 | 993 | 7.7 | 988 | 7.7 | 1,037 | 8.1 | 1,209 | 9.4 |
| Nurse Practitioner/Family Nurse Practitioner | 6,016 | 5.5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 1,261 | 21.0 | 1,292 | 21.5 | 1,203 | 20.0 | 1,282 | 21.3 | 968 | 16.1 |
| Physician Assistant | 1,427 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.1 | 257 | 18.0 | 246 | 17.2 | 264 | 18.5 | 339 | 23.8 | 315 | 22.1 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |