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