| YTD2020 QUARTERS 1-2 (JAN-JUN) DEATHS OCCURRING* IN NORTH CAROLINA BY DISPOSITION OF THE BODY AND MONTH |
| TOTAL | MONTH | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | |||||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| Total | 51,224 | 100.0 | 8,724 | 17.0 | 8,316 | 16.2 | 8,836 | 17.2 | 8,722 | 17.0 | 8,924 | 17.4 | 7,702 | 15.0 |
| DISPOSITION OF THE BODY: | 22,897 | 44.7 | 4,016 | 17.5 | 3,744 | 16.4 | 3,889 | 17.0 | 3,820 | 16.7 | 3,952 | 17.3 | 3,476 | 15.2 |
| Burial | ||||||||||||||
| Cremation | 26,251 | 51.2 | 4,295 | 16.4 | 4,189 | 16.0 | 4,549 | 17.3 | 4,625 | 17.6 | 4,652 | 17.7 | 3,941 | 15.0 |
| Donation | 360 | 0.7 | 87 | 24.2 | 86 | 23.9 | 73 | 20.3 | 31 | 8.6 | 45 | 12.5 | 38 | 10.6 |
| Entombment | 589 | 1.1 | 96 | 16.3 | 102 | 17.3 | 110 | 18.7 | 89 | 15.1 | 100 | 17.0 | 92 | 15.6 |
| Other | 83 | 0.2 | 12 | 14.5 | 14 | 16.9 | 17 | 20.5 | 11 | 13.3 | 18 | 21.7 | 11 | 13.3 |
| Removal from state | 990 | 1.9 | 211 | 21.3 | 174 | 17.6 | 187 | 18.9 | 132 | 13.3 | 150 | 15.2 | 136 | 13.7 |
| Unknown | 54 | 0.1 | 7 | 13.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 11 | 20.4 | 14 | 25.9 | 7 | 13.0 | 8 | 14.8 |
| * Data shown are provisional and include only events occurring in North Carolina, regardless of place of residence. |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |