| 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 |