| CY2023 DEATHS OCCURRING* IN NORTH CAROLINA BY COUNTY OF DEATH AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY |
| TOTAL | DISPOSITION OF THE BODY: | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burial | Cremation | Donation | Entombment | Other | Removal from state | |||||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| TOTAL | 108,375 | 100.0 | 43,015 | 39.7 | 60,773 | 56.1 | 1,083 | 1.0 | 1,140 | 1.1 | 527 | 0.5 | 1,837 | 1.7 |
| COUNTY OF DEATH: | 1,832 | 1.7 | 814 | 44.4 | 953 | 52.0 | 15 | 0.8 | 24 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 25 | 1.4 |
| ALAMANCE | ||||||||||||||
| ALEXANDER | 255 | 0.2 | 107 | 42.0 | 141 | 55.3 | 1 | 0.4 | 4 | 1.6 | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 |
| ALLEGHANY | 137 | 0.1 | 67 | 48.9 | 54 | 39.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 11.7 |
| ANSON | 169 | 0.2 | 96 | 56.8 | 68 | 40.2 | 2 | 1.2 | 2 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.6 |
| ASHE | 282 | 0.3 | 142 | 50.4 | 120 | 42.6 | 4 | 1.4 | 4 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 4.3 |
| AVERY | 180 | 0.2 | 75 | 41.7 | 96 | 53.3 | 5 | 2.8 | 2 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.1 |
| BEAUFORT | 522 | 0.5 | 270 | 51.7 | 247 | 47.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 |
| BERTIE | 216 | 0.2 | 136 | 63.0 | 76 | 35.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.4 |
| BLADEN | 246 | 0.2 | 160 | 65.0 | 81 | 32.9 | 1 | 0.4 | 2 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| BRUNSWICK | 1,433 | 1.3 | 305 | 21.3 | 1,042 | 72.7 | 19 | 1.3 | 11 | 0.8 | 16 | 1.1 | 40 | 2.8 |
| BUNCOMBE | 4,085 | 3.8 | 1,238 | 30.3 | 2,696 | 66.0 | 57 | 1.4 | 29 | 0.7 | 18 | 0.4 | 47 | 1.2 |
| BURKE | 1,250 | 1.2 | 491 | 39.3 | 718 | 57.4 | 8 | 0.6 | 22 | 1.8 | 1 | 0.1 | 10 | 0.8 |
| CABARRUS | 2,216 | 2.0 | 822 | 37.1 | 1,282 | 57.9 | 25 | 1.1 | 28 | 1.3 | 2 | 0.1 | 57 | 2.6 |
| CALDWELL | 971 | 0.9 | 361 | 37.2 | 592 | 61.0 | 10 | 1.0 | 6 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.2 |
| CAMDEN | 51 | 0.0 | 14 | 27.5 | 30 | 58.8 | 1 | 2.0 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 9.8 |
| CARTERET | 973 | 0.9 | 272 | 28.0 | 682 | 70.1 | 6 | 0.6 | 6 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.7 |
| CASWELL | 182 | 0.2 | 97 | 53.3 | 75 | 41.2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 4.4 |
| CATAWBA | 2,306 | 2.1 | 872 | 37.8 | 1,365 | 59.2 | 18 | 0.8 | 24 | 1.0 | 4 | 0.2 | 23 | 1.0 |
| CHATHAM | 933 | 0.9 | 295 | 31.6 | 588 | 63.0 | 19 | 2.0 | 7 | 0.8 | 13 | 1.4 | 11 | 1.2 |
| CHEROKEE | 369 | 0.3 | 148 | 40.1 | 216 | 58.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1.4 |
| CHOWAN | 198 | 0.2 | 96 | 48.5 | 90 | 45.5 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 4.0 |
| CLAY | 125 | 0.1 | 39 | 31.2 | 83 | 66.4 | 2 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.8 |
| CLEVELAND | 1,332 | 1.2 | 610 | 45.8 | 608 | 45.6 | 10 | 0.8 | 4 | 0.3 | 92 | 6.9 | 8 | 0.6 |
| COLUMBUS | 737 | 0.7 | 474 | 64.3 | 248 | 33.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 6 | 0.8 | 3 | 0.4 | 5 | 0.7 |
| CRAVEN | 1,371 | 1.3 | 455 | 33.2 | 864 | 63.0 | 17 | 1.2 | 15 | 1.1 | 5 | 0.4 | 15 | 1.1 |
| CUMBERLAND | 3,133 | 2.9 | 1,299 | 41.5 | 1,752 | 55.9 | 30 | 1.0 | 17 | 0.5 | 9 | 0.3 | 26 | 0.8 |
| CURRITUCK | 206 | 0.2 | 39 | 18.9 | 129 | 62.6 | 5 | 2.4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 15.5 |
| DARE | 316 | 0.3 | 52 | 16.5 | 232 | 73.4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 30 | 9.5 |
| DAVIDSON | 1,789 | 1.7 | 704 | 39.4 | 1,022 | 57.1 | 26 | 1.5 | 27 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 9 | 0.5 |
| DAVIE | 357 | 0.3 | 162 | 45.4 | 177 | 49.6 | 9 | 2.5 | 3 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.3 | 5 | 1.4 |
| DUPLIN | 476 | 0.4 | 289 | 60.7 | 170 | 35.7 | 5 | 1.1 | 9 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.6 |
| DURHAM | 3,954 | 3.6 | 1,470 | 37.2 | 2,259 | 57.1 | 44 | 1.1 | 31 | 0.8 | 36 | 0.9 | 114 | 2.9 |
| EDGECOMBE | 601 | 0.6 | 346 | 57.6 | 240 | 39.9 | 2 | 0.3 | 10 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.5 |
| FORSYTH | 5,918 | 5.5 | 2,184 | 36.9 | 3,329 | 56.3 | 97 | 1.6 | 117 | 2.0 | 14 | 0.2 | 177 | 3.0 |
| FRANKLIN | 484 | 0.4 | 219 | 45.2 | 252 | 52.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 1.4 |
| GASTON | 2,606 | 2.4 | 1,009 | 38.7 | 1,476 | 56.6 | 51 | 2.0 | 37 | 1.4 | 19 | 0.7 | 14 | 0.5 |
| GATES | 103 | 0.1 | 60 | 58.3 | 34 | 33.0 | 2 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 6.8 |
| GRAHAM | 87 | 0.1 | 47 | 54.0 | 38 | 43.7 | 1 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.1 |
| GRANVILLE | 429 | 0.4 | 210 | 49.0 | 198 | 46.2 | 4 | 0.9 | 8 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 2.1 |
| GREENE | 171 | 0.2 | 110 | 64.3 | 58 | 33.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.6 |
| GUILFORD | 5,716 | 5.3 | 2,102 | 36.8 | 3,388 | 59.3 | 57 | 1.0 | 72 | 1.3 | 14 | 0.2 | 83 | 1.5 |
| HALIFAX | 527 | 0.5 | 318 | 60.3 | 200 | 38.0 | 2 | 0.4 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.8 |
| HARNETT | 1,019 | 0.9 | 467 | 45.8 | 520 | 51.0 | 12 | 1.2 | 10 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.2 | 8 | 0.8 |
| HAYWOOD | 773 | 0.7 | 253 | 32.7 | 495 | 64.0 | 3 | 0.4 | 7 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 1.9 |
| HENDERSON | 1,620 | 1.5 | 408 | 25.2 | 1,154 | 71.2 | 15 | 0.9 | 9 | 0.6 | 6 | 0.4 | 28 | 1.7 |
| HERTFORD | 272 | 0.3 | 163 | 59.9 | 103 | 37.9 | 2 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 | 2 | 0.7 |
| HOKE | 337 | 0.3 | 151 | 44.8 | 181 | 53.7 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.6 |
| HYDE | 24 | 0.0 | 8 | 33.3 | 15 | 62.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4.2 |
| IREDELL | 1,758 | 1.6 | 647 | 36.8 | 1,055 | 60.0 | 25 | 1.4 | 14 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.1 | 16 | 0.9 |
| JACKSON | 359 | 0.3 | 147 | 40.9 | 194 | 54.0 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 4.2 |
| JOHNSTON | 1,644 | 1.5 | 717 | 43.6 | 850 | 51.7 | 10 | 0.6 | 33 | 2.0 | 11 | 0.7 | 23 | 1.4 |
| JONES | 83 | 0.1 | 41 | 49.4 | 41 | 49.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.2 |
| LEE | 537 | 0.5 | 255 | 47.5 | 272 | 50.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.2 | 4 | 0.7 |
| LENOIR | 671 | 0.6 | 378 | 56.3 | 276 | 41.1 | 4 | 0.6 | 11 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.3 |
| LINCOLN | 711 | 0.7 | 274 | 38.5 | 415 | 58.4 | 7 | 1.0 | 4 | 0.6 | 4 | 0.6 | 7 | 1.0 |
| MCDOWELL | 387 | 0.4 | 173 | 44.7 | 205 | 53.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.5 |
| MACON | 413 | 0.4 | 105 | 25.4 | 291 | 70.5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 2.9 |
| MADISON | 170 | 0.2 | 91 | 53.5 | 72 | 42.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 3.5 |
| MARTIN | 204 | 0.2 | 116 | 56.9 | 85 | 41.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.5 |
| MECKLENBURG | 8,882 | 8.2 | 2,967 | 33.4 | 5,537 | 62.3 | 62 | 0.7 | 55 | 0.6 | 54 | 0.6 | 207 | 2.3 |
| MITCHELL | 254 | 0.2 | 141 | 55.5 | 104 | 40.9 | 3 | 1.2 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2.0 |
| MONTGOMERY | 242 | 0.2 | 118 | 48.8 | 123 | 50.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| MOORE | 1,796 | 1.7 | 645 | 35.9 | 1,103 | 61.4 | 23 | 1.3 | 8 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 0.9 |
| NASH | 1,131 | 1.0 | 604 | 53.4 | 497 | 43.9 | 3 | 0.3 | 18 | 1.6 | 2 | 0.2 | 7 | 0.6 |
| NEW HANOVER | 3,489 | 3.2 | 981 | 28.1 | 2,288 | 65.6 | 25 | 0.7 | 28 | 0.8 | 85 | 2.4 | 82 | 2.4 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 182 | 0.2 | 128 | 70.3 | 51 | 28.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.1 |
| ONSLOW | 1,160 | 1.1 | 372 | 32.1 | 730 | 62.9 | 11 | 0.9 | 11 | 0.9 | 4 | 0.3 | 32 | 2.8 |
| ORANGE | 1,626 | 1.5 | 601 | 37.0 | 965 | 59.3 | 16 | 1.0 | 6 | 0.4 | 19 | 1.2 | 19 | 1.2 |
| PAMLICO | 133 | 0.1 | 42 | 31.6 | 87 | 65.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2.3 |
| PASQUOTANK | 603 | 0.6 | 245 | 40.6 | 335 | 55.6 | 1 | 0.2 | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 2.7 |
| PENDER | 418 | 0.4 | 165 | 39.5 | 231 | 55.3 | 11 | 2.6 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 9 | 2.2 |
| PERQUIMANS | 127 | 0.1 | 46 | 36.2 | 76 | 59.8 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2.4 |
| PERSON | 337 | 0.3 | 173 | 51.3 | 158 | 46.9 | 2 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1.2 |
| PITT | 2,872 | 2.7 | 1,420 | 49.4 | 1,357 | 47.2 | 19 | 0.7 | 44 | 1.5 | 5 | 0.2 | 27 | 0.9 |
| POLK | 198 | 0.2 | 49 | 24.7 | 144 | 72.7 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.5 |
| RANDOLPH | 1,387 | 1.3 | 590 | 42.5 | 763 | 55.0 | 15 | 1.1 | 10 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.6 |
| RICHMOND | 575 | 0.5 | 276 | 48.0 | 284 | 49.4 | 2 | 0.3 | 10 | 1.7 | 1 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.3 |
| ROBESON | 1,319 | 1.2 | 887 | 67.2 | 383 | 29.0 | 11 | 0.8 | 15 | 1.1 | 20 | 1.5 | 3 | 0.2 |
| ROCKINGHAM | 1,111 | 1.0 | 553 | 49.8 | 506 | 45.5 | 10 | 0.9 | 9 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.1 | 32 | 2.9 |
| ROWAN | 1,555 | 1.4 | 592 | 38.1 | 884 | 56.8 | 46 | 3.0 | 18 | 1.2 | 3 | 0.2 | 12 | 0.8 |
| RUTHERFORD | 946 | 0.9 | 384 | 40.6 | 537 | 56.8 | 12 | 1.3 | 5 | 0.5 | 3 | 0.3 | 5 | 0.5 |
| SAMPSON | 497 | 0.5 | 297 | 59.8 | 187 | 37.6 | 2 | 0.4 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1.0 |
| SCOTLAND | 547 | 0.5 | 337 | 61.6 | 200 | 36.6 | 4 | 0.7 | 5 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.2 |
| STANLY | 588 | 0.5 | 297 | 50.5 | 282 | 48.0 | 5 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.3 |
| STOKES | 414 | 0.4 | 197 | 47.6 | 197 | 47.6 | 5 | 1.2 | 6 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 2.2 |
| SURRY | 1,183 | 1.1 | 616 | 52.1 | 470 | 39.7 | 11 | 0.9 | 17 | 1.4 | 2 | 0.2 | 67 | 5.7 |
| SWAIN | 200 | 0.2 | 90 | 45.0 | 105 | 52.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2.5 |
| TRANSYLVANIA | 371 | 0.3 | 95 | 25.6 | 270 | 72.8 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.8 |
| TYRRELL | 22 | 0.0 | 13 | 59.1 | 8 | 36.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| UNION | 1,619 | 1.5 | 649 | 40.1 | 915 | 56.5 | 11 | 0.7 | 22 | 1.4 | 8 | 0.5 | 14 | 0.9 |
| VANCE | 562 | 0.5 | 306 | 54.4 | 244 | 43.4 | 5 | 0.9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.7 |
| WAKE | 7,435 | 6.9 | 2,351 | 31.6 | 4,648 | 62.5 | 72 | 1.0 | 117 | 1.6 | 30 | 0.4 | 217 | 2.9 |
| WARREN | 164 | 0.2 | 97 | 59.1 | 63 | 38.4 | 2 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.2 |
| WASHINGTON | 127 | 0.1 | 65 | 51.2 | 61 | 48.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.8 |
| WATAUGA | 430 | 0.4 | 178 | 41.4 | 233 | 54.2 | 5 | 1.2 | 5 | 1.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 8 | 1.9 |
| WAYNE | 1,540 | 1.4 | 858 | 55.7 | 636 | 41.3 | 12 | 0.8 | 22 | 1.4 | 2 | 0.1 | 10 | 0.6 |
| WILKES | 721 | 0.7 | 368 | 51.0 | 321 | 44.5 | 10 | 1.4 | 19 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.4 |
| WILSON | 800 | 0.7 | 450 | 56.3 | 328 | 41.0 | 5 | 0.6 | 11 | 1.4 | 3 | 0.4 | 3 | 0.4 |
| YADKIN | 424 | 0.4 | 234 | 55.2 | 175 | 41.3 | 7 | 1.7 | 4 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.7 |
| YANCEY | 162 | 0.1 | 68 | 42.0 | 94 | 58.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| *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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