| CY2022 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 | 112,906 | 100.0 | 12,330 | 10.9 | 10,473 | 9.3 | 9,149 | 8.1 | 8,496 | 7.5 | 8,630 | 7.6 | 8,652 | 7.7 | 8,889 | 7.9 | 8,971 | 7.9 | 8,851 | 7.8 | 9,205 | 8.2 | 9,182 | 8.1 | 10,078 | 8.9 |
| DISPOSITION OF THE BODY: | 46,959 | 41.6 | 5,381 | 11.5 | 4,478 | 9.5 | 3,783 | 8.1 | 3,463 | 7.4 | 3,602 | 7.7 | 3,626 | 7.7 | 3,696 | 7.9 | 3,653 | 7.8 | 3,748 | 8.0 | 3,756 | 8.0 | 3,716 | 7.9 | 4,057 | 8.6 |
| Burial | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cremation | 61,139 | 54.2 | 6,444 | 10.5 | 5,556 | 9.1 | 4,960 | 8.1 | 4,659 | 7.6 | 4,668 | 7.6 | 4,636 | 7.6 | 4,850 | 7.9 | 4,918 | 8.0 | 4,728 | 7.7 | 5,034 | 8.2 | 5,086 | 8.3 | 5,600 | 9.2 |
| Donation | 974 | 0.9 | 90 | 9.2 | 76 | 7.8 | 86 | 8.8 | 75 | 7.7 | 70 | 7.2 | 68 | 7.0 | 73 | 7.5 | 100 | 10.3 | 85 | 8.7 | 92 | 9.4 | 67 | 6.9 | 92 | 9.4 |
| Entombment | 1,294 | 1.1 | 133 | 10.3 | 123 | 9.5 | 124 | 9.6 | 101 | 7.8 | 88 | 6.8 | 121 | 9.4 | 80 | 6.2 | 104 | 8.0 | 97 | 7.5 | 116 | 9.0 | 101 | 7.8 | 106 | 8.2 |
| Other | 442 | 0.4 | 46 | 10.4 | 34 | 7.7 | 32 | 7.2 | 25 | 5.7 | 39 | 8.8 | 29 | 6.6 | 38 | 8.6 | 42 | 9.5 | 34 | 7.7 | 38 | 8.6 | 39 | 8.8 | 46 | 10.4 |
| Removal from state | 2,091 | 1.9 | 235 | 11.2 | 204 | 9.8 | 162 | 7.7 | 172 | 8.2 | 163 | 7.8 | 172 | 8.2 | 152 | 7.3 | 154 | 7.4 | 159 | 7.6 | 169 | 8.1 | 172 | 8.2 | 177 | 8.5 |
| Unknown | 7 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 2 | 28.6 | 2 | 28.6 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |
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