YTD2025 QUARTER 3 (JAN-SEP) NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT DEATHS* OCCURRING IN NORTH CAROLINA, BY AGE AND EDUCATION LEVEL (DECEDENTS AGES 18 & OVER)

  TOTAL EDUCATION LEVEL OF DECEDENT:
8th grade or less
High School, no diploma
High School Graduate
or GED Completed
Some college credit,
but no degree
Associate Degree
Bachelor's Degree
Master's Degree
Doctorate Degree or
Professional Degree
Unknown
# % # % # % # % # % # % # % # % # % # %
TOTAL 77,512 100.0 4,550 5.9 9,155 11.8 31,010 40.0 10,306 13.3 7,152 9.2 9,370 12.1 3,812 4.9 1,386 1.8 771 1.0
AGE OF DECEDENT: 666 0.9 25 3.8 138 20.7 339 50.9 118 17.7 27 4.1 17 2.6 0 0.0 1 0.2 1 0.2
18-24
25-34 1,394 1.8 53 3.8 254 18.2 653 46.8 221 15.9 88 6.3 95 6.8 19 1.4 2 0.1 9 0.6
35-44 2,312 3.0 90 3.9 383 16.6 965 41.7 346 15.0 206 8.9 207 9.0 66 2.9 19 0.8 30 1.3
45-54 4,127 5.3 165 4.0 644 15.6 1,690 40.9 628 15.2 370 9.0 407 9.9 135 3.3 24 0.6 64 1.6
55-64 9,329 12.0 424 4.5 1,435 15.4 3,906 41.9 1,296 13.9 882 9.5 856 9.2 284 3.0 88 0.9 158 1.7
65-74 16,692 21.5 704 4.2 1,989 11.9 6,690 40.1 2,402 14.4 1,745 10.5 1,951 11.7 736 4.4 229 1.4 246 1.5
75-84 22,109 28.5 1,305 5.9 2,225 10.1 8,572 38.8 2,907 13.1 2,130 9.6 2,949 13.3 1,348 6.1 495 2.2 178 0.8
85+ 20,883 26.9 1,784 8.5 2,087 10.0 8,195 39.2 2,388 11.4 1,704 8.2 2,888 13.8 1,224 5.9 528 2.5 85 0.4

* 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