CY2021 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT DEATHS BY UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH CATEGORY AND SEX OF DECEDENT

  TOTAL SEX
Female Male Missing/Unknown
# % # % # % # %
TOTAL 118,040 100.0 56,234 47.6 61,804 52.4 2 0.0
UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH CATEGORY: 21,299 18.0 9,521 44.7 11,778 55.3 0 0.0
Diseases of Heart
Hypertension 1,272 1.1 666 52.4 606 47.6 0 0.0
Cerebrovascular Disease 5,670 4.8 3,201 56.5 2,469 43.5 0 0.0
Atherosclerosis 105 0.1 53 50.5 52 49.5 0 0.0
Cancer 20,225 17.1 9,721 48.1 10,504 51.9 0 0.0
Diabetes Mellitus 3,932 3.3 1,737 44.2 2,195 55.8 0 0.0
Pneumonia and Influenza 1,537 1.3 686 44.6 851 55.4 0 0.0
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 4,742 4.0 2,526 53.3 2,216 46.7 0 0.0
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 1,878 1.6 694 37.0 1,184 63.0 0 0.0
Septicemia 1,670 1.4 890 53.3 780 46.7 0 0.0
Nephritis, Nephrosis, & Nephrotic Syn. 2,240 1.9 1,082 48.3 1,158 51.7 0 0.0
Unintentional Motor Vehicle Injuries 1,924 1.6 569 29.6 1,355 70.4 0 0.0
Unintentional Poisonings 3,968 3.4 1,176 29.6 2,792 70.4 0 0.0
All Other Unintentional Injuries 2,707 2.3 1,188 43.9 1,519 56.1 0 0.0
Suicide 1,459 1.2 278 19.1 1,181 80.9 0 0.0
Homicide 1,003 0.8 196 19.5 807 80.5 0 0.0
Alzheimer's disease 4,262 3.6 3,021 70.9 1,241 29.1 0 0.0
HIV disease 183 0.2 56 30.6 127 69.4 0 0.0
COVID-19 13,594 11.5 6,101 44.9 7,493 55.1 0 0.0
All Other Causes of Death 24,370 20.6 12,872 52.8 11,496 47.2 2 0.0

Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics