2024 North Carolina Resident Deaths by Disposition of the Body and Month

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Disposition of the Body TOTAL MONTH OF DEATH
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
# % # % # % # % # % # % # % # % # % # % # % # % # %
Total 106,155 100.0 10,227 9.6 8,825 8.3 9,055 8.5 8,680 8.2 8,535 8.0 8,250 7.8 8,579 8.1 8,712 8.2 8,551 8.1 8,860 8.3 8,447 8.0 9,434 8.9
Burial 40,375 38.0 3,947 9.8 3,479 8.6 3,512 8.7 3,353 8.3 3,237 8.0 3,102 7.7 3,228 8.0 3,333 8.3 3,212 8.0 3,337 8.3 3,134 7.8 3,501 8.7
Cremation 60,505 57.0 5,832 9.6 4,919 8.1 5,111 8.4 4,884 8.1 4,876 8.1 4,740 7.8 4,951 8.2 4,953 8.2 4,888 8.1 5,057 8.4 4,856 8.0 5,438 9.0
Donation 1,087 1.0 98 9.0 86 7.9 100 9.2 94 8.6 76 7.0 84 7.7 63 5.8 91 8.4 93 8.6 99 9.1 94 8.6 109 10.0
Entombment 1,084 1.0 102 9.4 93 8.6 96 8.9 93 8.6 88 8.1 81 7.5 86 7.9 82 7.6 100 9.2 88 8.1 82 7.6 93 8.6
Other 701 0.7 45 6.4 53 7.6 45 6.4 58 8.3 54 7.7 58 8.3 65 9.3 59 8.4 61 8.7 63 9.0 72 10.3 68 9.7
Removal from State 2,356 2.2 201 8.5 194 8.2 187 7.9 196 8.3 198 8.4 183 7.8 182 7.7 191 8.1 191 8.1 207 8.8 206 8.7 220 9.3
Unknown 47 0.0 2 4.3 1 2.1 4 8.5 2 4.3 6 12.8 2 4.3 4 8.5 3 6.4 6 12.8 9 19.1 3 6.4 5 10.6

Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics