| CY2023 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT DEATHS BY MEDICAL CERTIFIER TYPE 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 |
| MEDICAL CERTIFIER TYPE: | 1,637 | 1.5 | 198 | 12.1 | 143 | 8.7 | 156 | 9.5 | 130 | 7.9 | 119 | 7.3 | 119 | 7.3 | 125 | 7.6 | 124 | 7.6 | 121 | 7.4 | 144 | 8.8 | 123 | 7.5 | 135 | 8.2 |
| Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Physician | 68,364 | 63.4 | 6,407 | 9.4 | 5,387 | 7.9 | 5,897 | 8.6 | 5,459 | 8.0 | 5,437 | 8.0 | 5,324 | 7.8 | 5,311 | 7.8 | 5,473 | 8.0 | 5,470 | 8.0 | 5,729 | 8.4 | 5,854 | 8.6 | 6,616 | 9.7 |
| Medical Examiner | 15,598 | 14.5 | 1,287 | 8.3 | 1,199 | 7.7 | 1,313 | 8.4 | 1,266 | 8.1 | 1,379 | 8.8 | 1,268 | 8.1 | 1,348 | 8.6 | 1,311 | 8.4 | 1,264 | 8.1 | 1,311 | 8.4 | 1,241 | 8.0 | 1,411 | 9.0 |
| Physician Assistant | 18,746 | 17.4 | 1,792 | 9.6 | 1,530 | 8.2 | 1,631 | 8.7 | 1,483 | 7.9 | 1,450 | 7.7 | 1,502 | 8.0 | 1,452 | 7.7 | 1,552 | 8.3 | 1,598 | 8.5 | 1,547 | 8.3 | 1,492 | 8.0 | 1,717 | 9.2 |
| Nurse Practitioner/Family Nurse Practitioner | 3,475 | 3.2 | 335 | 9.6 | 275 | 7.9 | 282 | 8.1 | 297 | 8.5 | 309 | 8.9 | 255 | 7.3 | 245 | 7.1 | 256 | 7.4 | 265 | 7.6 | 285 | 8.2 | 308 | 8.9 | 363 | 10.4 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |
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