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