YTD2025 QUARTER 3 (JAN-SEP) NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT DEATHS* OCCURRING IN NORTH CAROLINA, BY UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH CATEGORY AND SEX OF DECEDENT

  TOTAL SEX
Female Male Missing/Unknown
# % # % # % # %
TOTAL 78,420 100.0 38,440 49.0 39,976 51.0 4 0.0
UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH CATEGORY: 15,284 19.5 7,058 46.2 8,226 53.8 0 0.0
Diseases of Heart
Hypertension 877 1.1 469 53.5 408 46.5 0 0.0
Cerebrovascular Disease 4,716 6.0 2,687 57.0 2,029 43.0 0 0.0
Atherosclerosis 146 0.2 70 47.9 76 52.1 0 0.0
Cancer 14,677 18.7 6,920 47.1 7,757 52.9 0 0.0
Diabetes Mellitus 2,415 3.1 1,008 41.7 1,407 58.3 0 0.0
Pneumonia and Influenza 1,462 1.9 780 53.4 682 46.6 0 0.0
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 3,722 4.7 2,047 55.0 1,675 45.0 0 0.0
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 1,143 1.5 423 37.0 720 63.0 0 0.0
Septicemia 834 1.1 411 49.3 423 50.7 0 0.0
Nephritis, Nephrosis, & Nephrotic Syn. 1,466 1.9 744 50.8 722 49.2 0 0.0
Unintentional Motor Vehicle Injuries 955 1.2 265 27.7 690 72.3 0 0.0
Unintentional Poisonings 804 1.0 248 30.8 556 69.2 0 0.0
All Other Unintentional Injuries 2,047 2.6 954 46.6 1,093 53.4 0 0.0
Suicide 1,104 1.4 211 19.1 893 80.9 0 0.0
Homicide 426 0.5 88 20.7 338 79.3 0 0.0
Alzheimer's disease 2,874 3.7 2,002 69.7 872 30.3 0 0.0
HIV disease 99 0.1 17 17.2 82 82.8 0 0.0
COVID-19 384 0.5 197 51.3 187 48.7 0 0.0
All Other Causes of Death 19,888 25.4 10,346 52.0 9,539 48.0 3 0.0
Cause of Death Not Yet Coded 3,097 3.9 1,495 48.3 1,601 51.7 1 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