| YTD2025 QUARTER 3 (JAN-SEP) DEATHS OCCURRING* IN NORTH CAROLINA BY DISPOSITION OF THE BODY AND MONTH |
| TOTAL | MONTH | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | ||||||||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| Total | 81,174 | 100.0 | 10,434 | 12.9 | 9,310 | 11.5 | 9,910 | 12.2 | 8,791 | 10.8 | 8,733 | 10.8 | 8,576 | 10.6 | 8,593 | 10.6 | 8,581 | 10.6 | 8,246 | 10.2 |
| DISPOSITION OF THE BODY: | 29,811 | 36.7 | 3,920 | 13.1 | 3,400 | 11.4 | 3,653 | 12.3 | 3,226 | 10.8 | 3,239 | 10.9 | 3,069 | 10.3 | 3,071 | 10.3 | 3,153 | 10.6 | 3,080 | 10.3 |
| Burial | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cremation | 47,059 | 58.0 | 6,019 | 12.8 | 5,382 | 11.4 | 5,755 | 12.2 | 5,131 | 10.9 | 5,027 | 10.7 | 5,044 | 10.7 | 5,053 | 10.7 | 4,917 | 10.4 | 4,731 | 10.1 |
| Donation | 812 | 1.0 | 96 | 11.8 | 100 | 12.3 | 94 | 11.6 | 78 | 9.6 | 92 | 11.3 | 83 | 10.2 | 86 | 10.6 | 98 | 12.1 | 85 | 10.5 |
| Entombment | 839 | 1.0 | 99 | 11.8 | 121 | 14.4 | 94 | 11.2 | 75 | 8.9 | 91 | 10.8 | 90 | 10.7 | 98 | 11.7 | 101 | 12.0 | 70 | 8.3 |
| Other | 573 | 0.7 | 62 | 10.8 | 76 | 13.3 | 70 | 12.2 | 57 | 9.9 | 50 | 8.7 | 59 | 10.3 | 60 | 10.5 | 74 | 12.9 | 65 | 11.3 |
| Removal from state | 2,080 | 2.6 | 238 | 11.4 | 231 | 11.1 | 244 | 11.7 | 224 | 10.8 | 234 | 11.3 | 231 | 11.1 | 225 | 10.8 | 238 | 11.4 | 215 | 10.3 |
| * Data shown are provisional and include only events occurring in North Carolina, regardless of place of residence. |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |
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