| CY2023 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT DEATHS BY DISPOSITION OF THE BODY AND MONTH |
| TOTAL | MONTH OF DEATH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |||||||||||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| Total | 107,820 | 100.0 | 10,019 | 9.3 | 8,534 | 7.9 | 9,279 | 8.6 | 8,635 | 8.0 | 8,694 | 8.1 | 8,468 | 7.9 | 8,481 | 7.9 | 8,716 | 8.1 | 8,718 | 8.1 | 9,016 | 8.4 | 9,018 | 8.4 | 10,242 | 9.5 |
| DISPOSITION OF THE BODY: | 42,642 | 39.5 | 4,123 | 9.7 | 3,508 | 8.2 | 3,754 | 8.8 | 3,472 | 8.1 | 3,455 | 8.1 | 3,185 | 7.5 | 3,293 | 7.7 | 3,418 | 8.0 | 3,345 | 7.8 | 3,521 | 8.3 | 3,568 | 8.4 | 4,000 | 9.4 |
| Burial | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cremation | 60,400 | 56.0 | 5,471 | 9.1 | 4,698 | 7.8 | 5,095 | 8.4 | 4,796 | 7.9 | 4,870 | 8.1 | 4,879 | 8.1 | 4,798 | 7.9 | 4,894 | 8.1 | 4,977 | 8.2 | 5,082 | 8.4 | 5,060 | 8.4 | 5,780 | 9.6 |
| Donation | 1,072 | 1.0 | 92 | 8.6 | 76 | 7.1 | 105 | 9.8 | 88 | 8.2 | 77 | 7.2 | 79 | 7.4 | 78 | 7.3 | 90 | 8.4 | 96 | 9.0 | 99 | 9.2 | 96 | 9.0 | 96 | 9.0 |
| Entombment | 1,125 | 1.0 | 116 | 10.3 | 80 | 7.1 | 99 | 8.8 | 94 | 8.4 | 98 | 8.7 | 86 | 7.6 | 80 | 7.1 | 100 | 8.9 | 84 | 7.5 | 87 | 7.7 | 98 | 8.7 | 103 | 9.2 |
| Other | 501 | 0.5 | 35 | 7.0 | 28 | 5.6 | 39 | 7.8 | 43 | 8.6 | 46 | 9.2 | 38 | 7.6 | 45 | 9.0 | 25 | 5.0 | 57 | 11.4 | 48 | 9.6 | 42 | 8.4 | 55 | 11.0 |
| Removal from state | 2,022 | 1.9 | 179 | 8.9 | 139 | 6.9 | 179 | 8.9 | 138 | 6.8 | 144 | 7.1 | 194 | 9.6 | 180 | 8.9 | 186 | 9.2 | 157 | 7.8 | 170 | 8.4 | 151 | 7.5 | 205 | 10.1 |
| Unknown | 58 | 0.1 | 3 | 5.2 | 5 | 8.6 | 8 | 13.8 | 4 | 6.9 | 4 | 6.9 | 7 | 12.1 | 7 | 12.1 | 3 | 5.2 | 2 | 3.4 | 9 | 15.5 | 3 | 5.2 | 3 | 5.2 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |
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