| CY2021 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT DEATHS BY DISPOSITION OF THE BODY AND MONTH |
| TOTAL | MONTH OF DEATH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |||||||||||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| Total | 118,040 | 100.0 | 12,944 | 11.0 | 9,709 | 8.2 | 8,964 | 7.6 | 8,702 | 7.4 | 8,994 | 7.6 | 8,288 | 7.0 | 8,713 | 7.4 | 10,430 | 8.8 | 11,103 | 9.4 | 10,338 | 8.8 | 9,454 | 8.0 | 10,401 | 8.8 |
| DISPOSITION OF THE BODY: | 51,636 | 43.7 | 5,988 | 11.6 | 4,394 | 8.5 | 4,001 | 7.7 | 3,841 | 7.4 | 3,993 | 7.7 | 3,596 | 7.0 | 3,736 | 7.2 | 4,506 | 8.7 | 4,881 | 9.5 | 4,421 | 8.6 | 3,967 | 7.7 | 4,312 | 8.4 |
| Burial | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cremation | 61,351 | 52.0 | 6,453 | 10.5 | 4,926 | 8.0 | 4,594 | 7.5 | 4,483 | 7.3 | 4,621 | 7.5 | 4,340 | 7.1 | 4,585 | 7.5 | 5,416 | 8.8 | 5,775 | 9.4 | 5,442 | 8.9 | 5,074 | 8.3 | 5,642 | 9.2 |
| Donation | 774 | 0.7 | 65 | 8.4 | 71 | 9.2 | 57 | 7.4 | 54 | 7.0 | 62 | 8.0 | 58 | 7.5 | 58 | 7.5 | 67 | 8.7 | 62 | 8.0 | 75 | 9.7 | 73 | 9.4 | 72 | 9.3 |
| Entombment | 1,331 | 1.1 | 170 | 12.8 | 109 | 8.2 | 97 | 7.3 | 94 | 7.1 | 89 | 6.7 | 81 | 6.1 | 97 | 7.3 | 119 | 8.9 | 135 | 10.1 | 116 | 8.7 | 103 | 7.7 | 121 | 9.1 |
| Other | 343 | 0.3 | 28 | 8.2 | 19 | 5.5 | 32 | 9.3 | 26 | 7.6 | 28 | 8.2 | 24 | 7.0 | 28 | 8.2 | 35 | 10.2 | 29 | 8.5 | 37 | 10.8 | 34 | 9.9 | 23 | 6.7 |
| Removal from state | 2,592 | 2.2 | 240 | 9.3 | 189 | 7.3 | 183 | 7.1 | 203 | 7.8 | 199 | 7.7 | 188 | 7.3 | 207 | 8.0 | 287 | 11.1 | 219 | 8.4 | 244 | 9.4 | 203 | 7.8 | 230 | 8.9 |
| Unknown | 13 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.7 | 2 | 15.4 | 1 | 7.7 | 2 | 15.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 15.4 | 3 | 23.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.7 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |