| CY2023 DEATHS OCCURRING* IN NORTH CAROLINA BY DISPOSITION OF THE BODY AND MONTH |
| TOTAL | MONTH OF DEATH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |||||||||||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| Total | 108,375 | 100.0 | 10,072 | 9.3 | 8,555 | 7.9 | 9,357 | 8.6 | 8,641 | 8.0 | 8,736 | 8.1 | 8,490 | 7.8 | 8,558 | 7.9 | 8,793 | 8.1 | 8,737 | 8.1 | 9,030 | 8.3 | 9,087 | 8.4 | 10,319 | 9.5 |
| DISPOSITION OF THE BODY: | 43,015 | 39.7 | 4,170 | 9.7 | 3,535 | 8.2 | 3,808 | 8.9 | 3,489 | 8.1 | 3,483 | 8.1 | 3,201 | 7.4 | 3,332 | 7.7 | 3,453 | 8.0 | 3,361 | 7.8 | 3,545 | 8.2 | 3,601 | 8.4 | 4,037 | 9.4 |
| Burial | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cremation | 60,773 | 56.1 | 5,481 | 9.0 | 4,701 | 7.7 | 5,143 | 8.5 | 4,811 | 7.9 | 4,885 | 8.0 | 4,900 | 8.1 | 4,867 | 8.0 | 4,960 | 8.2 | 4,993 | 8.2 | 5,103 | 8.4 | 5,102 | 8.4 | 5,827 | 9.6 |
| Donation | 1,083 | 1.0 | 96 | 8.9 | 78 | 7.2 | 104 | 9.6 | 88 | 8.1 | 79 | 7.3 | 80 | 7.4 | 77 | 7.1 | 89 | 8.2 | 101 | 9.3 | 98 | 9.0 | 100 | 9.2 | 93 | 8.6 |
| Entombment | 1,140 | 1.1 | 123 | 10.8 | 82 | 7.2 | 98 | 8.6 | 98 | 8.6 | 97 | 8.5 | 87 | 7.6 | 79 | 6.9 | 100 | 8.8 | 87 | 7.6 | 87 | 7.6 | 98 | 8.6 | 104 | 9.1 |
| Other | 527 | 0.5 | 38 | 7.2 | 31 | 5.9 | 42 | 8.0 | 43 | 8.2 | 47 | 8.9 | 40 | 7.6 | 46 | 8.7 | 27 | 5.1 | 58 | 11.0 | 52 | 9.9 | 44 | 8.3 | 59 | 11.2 |
| Removal from state | 1,837 | 1.7 | 164 | 8.9 | 128 | 7.0 | 162 | 8.8 | 112 | 6.1 | 145 | 7.9 | 182 | 9.9 | 157 | 8.5 | 164 | 8.9 | 137 | 7.5 | 145 | 7.9 | 142 | 7.7 | 199 | 10.8 |
| *Data include deaths occurring in North Carolina, regardless of place of residence. |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |
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