| YTD2025 QUARTER 3 (JAN-SEP) NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT DEATHS* OCCURRING IN NORTH CAROLINA, BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY |
| TOTAL | DISPOSITION OF THE BODY: | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burial | Cremation | Donation | Entombment | Other | Removal from state | |||||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| TOTAL | 78,420 | 100.0 | 29,137 | 37.2 | 45,569 | 58.1 | 790 | 1.0 | 818 | 1.0 | 556 | 0.7 | 1,550 | 2.0 |
| COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: | 1,455 | 1.9 | 607 | 41.7 | 780 | 53.6 | 19 | 1.3 | 26 | 1.8 | 7 | 0.5 | 16 | 1.1 |
| ALAMANCE | ||||||||||||||
| ALEXANDER | 375 | 0.5 | 154 | 41.1 | 211 | 56.3 | 6 | 1.6 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.8 |
| ALLEGHANY | 138 | 0.2 | 61 | 44.2 | 74 | 53.6 | 1 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.4 |
| ANSON | 237 | 0.3 | 132 | 55.7 | 101 | 42.6 | 3 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ASHE | 269 | 0.3 | 143 | 53.2 | 119 | 44.2 | 1 | 0.4 | 3 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.1 |
| AVERY | 145 | 0.2 | 63 | 43.4 | 80 | 55.2 | 1 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.7 |
| BEAUFORT | 534 | 0.7 | 232 | 43.4 | 293 | 54.9 | 5 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.7 |
| BERTIE | 191 | 0.2 | 119 | 62.3 | 72 | 37.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| BLADEN | 349 | 0.4 | 217 | 62.2 | 126 | 36.1 | 2 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.6 |
| BRUNSWICK | 1,504 | 1.9 | 319 | 21.2 | 1,116 | 74.2 | 12 | 0.8 | 13 | 0.9 | 13 | 0.9 | 31 | 2.1 |
| BUNCOMBE | 2,060 | 2.6 | 543 | 26.4 | 1,443 | 70.0 | 29 | 1.4 | 9 | 0.4 | 21 | 1.0 | 15 | 0.7 |
| BURKE | 942 | 1.2 | 382 | 40.6 | 519 | 55.1 | 6 | 0.6 | 29 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.6 |
| CABARRUS | 1,341 | 1.7 | 476 | 35.5 | 800 | 59.7 | 22 | 1.6 | 11 | 0.8 | 6 | 0.4 | 26 | 1.9 |
| CALDWELL | 850 | 1.1 | 297 | 34.9 | 526 | 61.9 | 12 | 1.4 | 8 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.2 | 5 | 0.6 |
| CAMDEN | 58 | 0.1 | 17 | 29.3 | 38 | 65.5 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.4 |
| CARTERET | 780 | 1.0 | 199 | 25.5 | 555 | 71.2 | 6 | 0.8 | 10 | 1.3 | 3 | 0.4 | 7 | 0.9 |
| CASWELL | 210 | 0.3 | 114 | 54.3 | 77 | 36.7 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 15 | 7.1 |
| CATAWBA | 1,510 | 1.9 | 477 | 31.6 | 986 | 65.3 | 14 | 0.9 | 17 | 1.1 | 4 | 0.3 | 12 | 0.8 |
| CHATHAM | 624 | 0.8 | 189 | 30.3 | 389 | 62.3 | 6 | 1.0 | 3 | 0.5 | 16 | 2.6 | 21 | 3.4 |
| CHEROKEE | 294 | 0.4 | 95 | 32.3 | 189 | 64.3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 2.4 |
| CHOWAN | 172 | 0.2 | 58 | 33.7 | 110 | 64.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2.3 |
| CLAY | 106 | 0.1 | 26 | 24.5 | 73 | 68.9 | 2 | 1.9 | 3 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.9 |
| CLEVELAND | 1,006 | 1.3 | 431 | 42.8 | 485 | 48.2 | 6 | 0.6 | 6 | 0.6 | 75 | 7.5 | 3 | 0.3 |
| COLUMBUS | 537 | 0.7 | 335 | 62.4 | 187 | 34.8 | 4 | 0.7 | 5 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.2 | 5 | 0.9 |
| CRAVEN | 931 | 1.2 | 282 | 30.3 | 598 | 64.2 | 10 | 1.1 | 19 | 2.0 | 10 | 1.1 | 12 | 1.3 |
| CUMBERLAND | 2,180 | 2.8 | 890 | 40.8 | 1,188 | 54.5 | 30 | 1.4 | 14 | 0.6 | 6 | 0.3 | 52 | 2.4 |
| CURRITUCK | 171 | 0.2 | 33 | 19.3 | 115 | 67.3 | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 12.9 |
| DARE | 247 | 0.3 | 40 | 16.2 | 195 | 78.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.8 | 10 | 4.0 |
| DAVIDSON | 1,549 | 2.0 | 595 | 38.4 | 890 | 57.5 | 27 | 1.7 | 16 | 1.0 | 5 | 0.3 | 16 | 1.0 |
| DAVIE | 433 | 0.6 | 162 | 37.4 | 243 | 56.1 | 14 | 3.2 | 3 | 0.7 | 3 | 0.7 | 8 | 1.8 |
| DUPLIN | 482 | 0.6 | 275 | 57.1 | 191 | 39.6 | 1 | 0.2 | 7 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1.7 |
| DURHAM | 1,683 | 2.1 | 549 | 32.6 | 1,003 | 59.6 | 15 | 0.9 | 17 | 1.0 | 40 | 2.4 | 59 | 3.5 |
| EDGECOMBE | 544 | 0.7 | 316 | 58.1 | 211 | 38.8 | 5 | 0.9 | 8 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.6 |
| FORSYTH | 2,942 | 3.8 | 909 | 30.9 | 1,881 | 63.9 | 45 | 1.5 | 51 | 1.7 | 7 | 0.2 | 49 | 1.7 |
| FRANKLIN | 541 | 0.7 | 185 | 34.2 | 319 | 59.0 | 6 | 1.1 | 10 | 1.8 | 1 | 0.2 | 20 | 3.7 |
| GASTON | 1,988 | 2.5 | 665 | 33.5 | 1,233 | 62.0 | 40 | 2.0 | 26 | 1.3 | 9 | 0.5 | 15 | 0.8 |
| GATES | 73 | 0.1 | 31 | 42.5 | 39 | 53.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 4.1 |
| GRAHAM | 70 | 0.1 | 45 | 64.3 | 24 | 34.3 | 1 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| GRANVILLE | 504 | 0.6 | 221 | 43.8 | 257 | 51.0 | 5 | 1.0 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 3.2 |
| GREENE | 156 | 0.2 | 81 | 51.9 | 72 | 46.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.3 |
| GUILFORD | 3,726 | 4.8 | 1,174 | 31.5 | 2,334 | 62.6 | 38 | 1.0 | 39 | 1.0 | 8 | 0.2 | 133 | 3.6 |
| HALIFAX | 551 | 0.7 | 336 | 61.0 | 206 | 37.4 | 2 | 0.4 | 4 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.5 |
| HARNETT | 931 | 1.2 | 441 | 47.4 | 460 | 49.4 | 6 | 0.6 | 3 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 2.3 |
| HAYWOOD | 668 | 0.9 | 178 | 26.6 | 469 | 70.2 | 9 | 1.3 | 9 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.4 |
| HENDERSON | 1,099 | 1.4 | 221 | 20.1 | 823 | 74.9 | 12 | 1.1 | 13 | 1.2 | 9 | 0.8 | 21 | 1.9 |
| HERTFORD | 203 | 0.3 | 121 | 59.6 | 77 | 37.9 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.5 |
| HOKE | 355 | 0.5 | 174 | 49.0 | 174 | 49.0 | 3 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.8 |
| HYDE | 44 | 0.1 | 16 | 36.4 | 26 | 59.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4.5 |
| IREDELL | 1,429 | 1.8 | 519 | 36.3 | 812 | 56.8 | 14 | 1.0 | 9 | 0.6 | 58 | 4.1 | 17 | 1.2 |
| JACKSON | 332 | 0.4 | 123 | 37.0 | 202 | 60.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.3 | 4 | 1.2 |
| JOHNSTON | 1,486 | 1.9 | 604 | 40.6 | 800 | 53.8 | 4 | 0.3 | 33 | 2.2 | 20 | 1.3 | 25 | 1.7 |
| JONES | 118 | 0.2 | 59 | 50.0 | 57 | 48.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.8 |
| LEE | 523 | 0.7 | 223 | 42.6 | 285 | 54.5 | 3 | 0.6 | 4 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1.5 |
| LENOIR | 606 | 0.8 | 338 | 55.8 | 240 | 39.6 | 6 | 1.0 | 16 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1.0 |
| LINCOLN | 788 | 1.0 | 296 | 37.6 | 469 | 59.5 | 5 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 3 | 0.4 | 14 | 1.8 |
| MCDOWELL | 497 | 0.6 | 184 | 37.0 | 299 | 60.2 | 4 | 0.8 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 1.4 |
| MACON | 405 | 0.5 | 90 | 22.2 | 300 | 74.1 | 5 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 2.5 |
| MADISON | 245 | 0.3 | 122 | 49.8 | 121 | 49.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.8 |
| MARTIN | 240 | 0.3 | 135 | 56.3 | 101 | 42.1 | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 |
| MECKLENBURG | 5,172 | 6.6 | 1,555 | 30.1 | 3,316 | 64.1 | 45 | 0.9 | 44 | 0.9 | 44 | 0.9 | 168 | 3.2 |
| MITCHELL | 178 | 0.2 | 103 | 57.9 | 69 | 38.8 | 1 | 0.6 | 2 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.7 |
| MONTGOMERY | 247 | 0.3 | 138 | 55.9 | 107 | 43.3 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.4 |
| MOORE | 1,012 | 1.3 | 315 | 31.1 | 672 | 66.4 | 12 | 1.2 | 7 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.2 | 4 | 0.4 |
| NASH | 883 | 1.1 | 420 | 47.6 | 425 | 48.1 | 6 | 0.7 | 19 | 2.2 | 3 | 0.3 | 10 | 1.1 |
| NEW HANOVER | 1,655 | 2.1 | 353 | 21.3 | 1,179 | 71.2 | 25 | 1.5 | 16 | 1.0 | 36 | 2.2 | 46 | 2.8 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 217 | 0.3 | 132 | 60.8 | 78 | 35.9 | 2 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1.8 |
| ONSLOW | 1,128 | 1.4 | 318 | 28.2 | 765 | 67.8 | 4 | 0.4 | 6 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 34 | 3.0 |
| ORANGE | 677 | 0.9 | 184 | 27.2 | 424 | 62.6 | 8 | 1.2 | 2 | 0.3 | 38 | 5.6 | 21 | 3.1 |
| PAMLICO | 161 | 0.2 | 56 | 34.8 | 100 | 62.1 | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.2 | 2 | 1.2 |
| PASQUOTANK | 303 | 0.4 | 114 | 37.6 | 176 | 58.1 | 4 | 1.3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.0 |
| PENDER | 539 | 0.7 | 146 | 27.1 | 365 | 67.7 | 6 | 1.1 | 7 | 1.3 | 3 | 0.6 | 12 | 2.2 |
| PERQUIMANS | 138 | 0.2 | 47 | 34.1 | 83 | 60.1 | 2 | 1.4 | 2 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2.9 |
| PERSON | 377 | 0.5 | 178 | 47.2 | 191 | 50.7 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 4 | 1.1 |
| PITT | 1,224 | 1.6 | 510 | 41.7 | 648 | 52.9 | 11 | 0.9 | 30 | 2.5 | 4 | 0.3 | 21 | 1.7 |
| POLK | 191 | 0.2 | 47 | 24.6 | 139 | 72.8 | 3 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.0 |
| RANDOLPH | 1,333 | 1.7 | 552 | 41.4 | 742 | 55.7 | 9 | 0.7 | 16 | 1.2 | 1 | 0.1 | 13 | 1.0 |
| RICHMOND | 451 | 0.6 | 222 | 49.2 | 219 | 48.6 | 1 | 0.2 | 7 | 1.6 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 |
| ROBESON | 1,113 | 1.4 | 726 | 65.2 | 342 | 30.7 | 12 | 1.1 | 8 | 0.7 | 17 | 1.5 | 8 | 0.7 |
| ROCKINGHAM | 1,036 | 1.3 | 473 | 45.7 | 512 | 49.4 | 7 | 0.7 | 8 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.2 | 34 | 3.3 |
| ROWAN | 1,322 | 1.7 | 495 | 37.4 | 768 | 58.1 | 29 | 2.2 | 21 | 1.6 | 4 | 0.3 | 5 | 0.4 |
| RUTHERFORD | 689 | 0.9 | 245 | 35.6 | 430 | 62.4 | 3 | 0.4 | 4 | 0.6 | 4 | 0.6 | 3 | 0.4 |
| SAMPSON | 573 | 0.7 | 365 | 63.7 | 192 | 33.5 | 2 | 0.3 | 4 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.3 | 8 | 1.4 |
| SCOTLAND | 340 | 0.4 | 175 | 51.5 | 159 | 46.8 | 5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.3 |
| STANLY | 559 | 0.7 | 234 | 41.9 | 311 | 55.6 | 7 | 1.3 | 2 | 0.4 | 2 | 0.4 | 3 | 0.5 |
| STOKES | 523 | 0.7 | 254 | 48.6 | 246 | 47.0 | 7 | 1.3 | 4 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.4 | 10 | 1.9 |
| SURRY | 746 | 1.0 | 358 | 48.0 | 365 | 48.9 | 9 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.9 | 7 | 0.9 |
| SWAIN | 172 | 0.2 | 81 | 47.1 | 88 | 51.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.2 |
| TRANSYLVANIA | 295 | 0.4 | 73 | 24.7 | 216 | 73.2 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.3 |
| TYRRELL | 33 | 0.0 | 16 | 48.5 | 15 | 45.5 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3.0 |
| UNION | 1,285 | 1.6 | 495 | 38.5 | 741 | 57.7 | 17 | 1.3 | 10 | 0.8 | 8 | 0.6 | 14 | 1.1 |
| VANCE | 456 | 0.6 | 230 | 50.4 | 213 | 46.7 | 1 | 0.2 | 5 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 1.5 |
| WAKE | 5,144 | 6.6 | 1,263 | 24.6 | 3,455 | 67.2 | 35 | 0.7 | 80 | 1.6 | 30 | 0.6 | 281 | 5.5 |
| WARREN | 206 | 0.3 | 106 | 51.5 | 93 | 45.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 1.0 | 4 | 1.9 |
| WASHINGTON | 128 | 0.2 | 67 | 52.3 | 60 | 46.9 | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| WATAUGA | 303 | 0.4 | 122 | 40.3 | 164 | 54.1 | 8 | 2.6 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 7 | 2.3 |
| WAYNE | 1,136 | 1.4 | 579 | 51.0 | 527 | 46.4 | 3 | 0.3 | 14 | 1.2 | 2 | 0.2 | 11 | 1.0 |
| WILKES | 695 | 0.9 | 338 | 48.6 | 329 | 47.3 | 8 | 1.2 | 17 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.4 |
| WILSON | 775 | 1.0 | 420 | 54.2 | 328 | 42.3 | 6 | 0.8 | 8 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.3 | 11 | 1.4 |
| YADKIN | 374 | 0.5 | 210 | 56.1 | 155 | 41.4 | 4 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1.3 |
| YANCEY | 191 | 0.2 | 101 | 52.9 | 88 | 46.1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Missing/Unknown | 13 | 0.0 | 2 | 15.4 | 11 | 84.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| * Data shown are provisional and include only resident events occurring within North Carolina. Data does not reflect events affecting |
| North Carolina residents that occurred in other states. Therefore provisional data will not match the final number of resident events reported. |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |
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