2024 North Carolina Resident Deaths by Underlying Cause of Death Category and Sex of Decedent

Underlying Cause of Death Category	TOTAL		SEX
	TOTAL		Female		Male		Missing/Unknown
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
TOTAL	106,155	100.0	51,567	48.6	54,586	51.4	2	0.0
Diseases of Heart	21,204	20.0	9,588	45.2	11,616	54.8	0	0.0
Hypertension	1,187	1.1	632	53.2	555	46.8	0	0.0
Cerebrovascular Disease	6,290	5.9	3,572	56.8	2,718	43.2	0	0.0
Atherosclerosis	181	0.2	85	47.0	96	53.0	0	0.0
Cancer	21,242	20.0	10,043	47.3	11,199	52.7	0	0.0
Diabetes Mellitus	3,397	3.2	1,521	44.8	1,876	55.2	0	0.0
Pneumonia and Influenza	1,711	1.6	849	49.6	862	50.4	0	0.0
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases	5,052	4.8	2,749	54.4	2,303	45.6	0	0.0
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	1,708	1.6	646	37.8	1,062	62.2	0	0.0
Septicemia	1,314	1.2	651	49.5	663	50.5	0	0.0
Nephritis, Nephrosis, & Nephrotic Syn.	2,008	1.9	1,017	50.6	991	49.4	0	0.0
Unintentional Motor Vehicle Injuries	1,811	1.7	500	27.6	1,311	72.4	0	0.0
Unintentional Poisonings	2,865	2.7	888	31.0	1,977	69.0	0	0.0
All Other Unintentional Injuries	3,050	2.9	1,365	44.8	1,685	55.2	0	0.0
Suicide	1,627	1.5	304	18.7	1,323	81.3	0	0.0
Homicide	859	0.8	185	21.5	673	78.3	1	0.1
Alzheimer's disease	4,035	3.8	2,789	69.1	1,246	30.9	0	0.0
HIV disease	149	0.1	33	22.1	116	77.9	0	0.0
COVID-19	1,137	1.1	539	47.4	598	52.6	0	0.0
All Other Causes of Death	25,328	23.9	13,611	53.7	11,716	46.3	1	0.0

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