CY2022 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT DEATHS BY UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH CATEGORY AND SEX OF DECEDENT

  TOTAL SEX
Female Male
# % # % # %
TOTAL 112,906 100.0 54,024 47.8 58,882 52.2
UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH CATEGORY: 21,757 19.3 9,647 44.3 12,110 55.7
Diseases of Heart
Hypertension 1,299 1.2 688 53.0 611 47.0
Cerebrovascular Disease 6,189 5.5 3,440 55.6 2,749 44.4
Atherosclerosis 142 0.1 72 50.7 70 49.3
Cancer 20,399 18.1 9,508 46.6 10,891 53.4
Diabetes Mellitus 3,836 3.4 1,670 43.5 2,166 56.5
Pneumonia and Influenza 1,523 1.3 763 50.1 760 49.9
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 5,281 4.7 2,875 54.4 2,406 45.6
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 1,801 1.6 697 38.7 1,104 61.3
Septicemia 1,500 1.3 744 49.6 756 50.4
Nephritis, Nephrosis, & Nephrotic Syn. 2,171 1.9 1,030 47.4 1,141 52.6
Unintentional Motor Vehicle Injuries 1,851 1.6 514 27.8 1,337 72.2
Unintentional Poisonings 4,200 3.7 1,272 30.3 2,928 69.7
All Other Unintentional Injuries 2,833 2.5 1,285 45.4 1,548 54.6
Suicide 1,614 1.4 348 21.6 1,266 78.4
Homicide 950 0.8 185 19.5 765 80.5
Alzheimer's disease 4,271 3.8 2,998 70.2 1,273 29.8
HIV disease 170 0.2 57 33.5 113 66.5
COVID-19 6,276 5.6 2,943 46.9 3,333 53.1
All Other Causes of Death 24,843 22.0 13,288 53.5 11,555 46.5

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