| CY2021 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT DEATHS BY AGE AND TOBACCO LISTED AS A CONTRIBUTING CAUSE OF DEATH (DECEDENTS AGES 18 & OVER) |
| TOTAL | TOBACCO CONTRIBUTING TO DEATH: | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not on Certificate | No | Probably | Unknown | Yes | ||||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| TOTAL | 116,680 | 100.0 | 49 | 0.0 | 45,941 | 39.4 | 6,952 | 6.0 | 56,224 | 48.2 | 7,514 | 6.4 |
| AGE OF DECEDENT: | 1,269 | 1.1 | 4 | 0.3 | 933 | 73.5 | 2 | 0.2 | 328 | 25.8 | 2 | 0.2 |
| 18-24 | ||||||||||||
| 25-34 | 3,172 | 2.7 | 5 | 0.2 | 1,852 | 58.4 | 50 | 1.6 | 1,247 | 39.3 | 18 | 0.6 |
| 35-44 | 4,415 | 3.8 | 6 | 0.1 | 2,108 | 47.7 | 169 | 3.8 | 2,000 | 45.3 | 132 | 3.0 |
| 45-54 | 7,744 | 6.6 | 6 | 0.1 | 3,075 | 39.7 | 489 | 6.3 | 3,663 | 47.3 | 511 | 6.6 |
| 55-64 | 16,962 | 14.5 | 6 | 0.0 | 5,509 | 32.5 | 1,472 | 8.7 | 8,172 | 48.2 | 1,803 | 10.6 |
| 65-74 | 25,426 | 21.8 | 10 | 0.0 | 8,332 | 32.8 | 2,074 | 8.2 | 12,546 | 49.3 | 2,464 | 9.7 |
| 75-84 | 28,690 | 24.6 | 4 | 0.0 | 10,860 | 37.9 | 1,755 | 6.1 | 14,203 | 49.5 | 1,868 | 6.5 |
| 85+ | 29,002 | 24.9 | 8 | 0.0 | 13,272 | 45.8 | 941 | 3.2 | 14,065 | 48.5 | 716 | 2.5 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |