| CY2023 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT DEATHS BY UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH CATEGORY AND SEX OF DECEDENT |
| TOTAL | SEX | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | Missing/Unknown | ||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| TOTAL | 107,820 | 100.0 | 51,891 | 48.1 | 55,926 | 51.9 | 3 | 0.0 |
| UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH CATEGORY: | 21,305 | 19.8 | 9,447 | 44.3 | 11,858 | 55.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Diseases of Heart | ||||||||
| Hypertension | 1,151 | 1.1 | 572 | 49.7 | 579 | 50.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 6,181 | 5.7 | 3,494 | 56.5 | 2,687 | 43.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Atherosclerosis | 157 | 0.1 | 90 | 57.3 | 67 | 42.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cancer | 20,927 | 19.4 | 9,995 | 47.8 | 10,932 | 52.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 3,448 | 3.2 | 1,494 | 43.3 | 1,954 | 56.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pneumonia and Influenza | 1,611 | 1.5 | 799 | 49.6 | 812 | 50.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases | 5,242 | 4.9 | 2,848 | 54.3 | 2,394 | 45.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis | 1,716 | 1.6 | 675 | 39.3 | 1,041 | 60.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Septicemia | 1,336 | 1.2 | 657 | 49.2 | 679 | 50.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Nephritis, Nephrosis, & Nephrotic Syn. | 2,112 | 2.0 | 1,085 | 51.4 | 1,027 | 48.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Unintentional Motor Vehicle Injuries | 1,808 | 1.7 | 546 | 30.2 | 1,262 | 69.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Unintentional Poisonings | 4,286 | 4.0 | 1,247 | 29.1 | 3,039 | 70.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| All Other Unintentional Injuries | 2,906 | 2.7 | 1,301 | 44.8 | 1,605 | 55.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Suicide | 1,642 | 1.5 | 349 | 21.3 | 1,293 | 78.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Homicide | 907 | 0.8 | 172 | 19.0 | 735 | 81.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Alzheimer's disease | 4,042 | 3.7 | 2,810 | 69.5 | 1,232 | 30.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HIV disease | 189 | 0.2 | 53 | 28.0 | 136 | 72.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| COVID-19 | 1,764 | 1.6 | 893 | 50.6 | 871 | 49.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| All Other Causes of Death | 25,090 | 23.3 | 13,364 | 53.3 | 11,723 | 46.7 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |
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