YTD2025 QUARTER 3 (JAN-SEP) NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT DEATHS* OCCURRING IN NORTH CAROLINA, BY DISPOSITION OF THE BODY AND MONTH

  TOTAL MONTH
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
# % # % # % # % # % # % # % # % # % # %
Total 78,420 100.0 10,097 12.9 9,009 11.5 9,577 12.2 8,505 10.8 8,439 10.8 8,274 10.6 8,293 10.6 8,282 10.6 7,944 10.1
DISPOSITION OF THE BODY: 29,137 37.2 3,841 13.2 3,317 11.4 3,565 12.2 3,159 10.8 3,174 10.9 3,001 10.3 3,005 10.3 3,086 10.6 2,989 10.3
Burial
Cremation 45,569 58.1 5,833 12.8 5,225 11.5 5,575 12.2 4,970 10.9 4,866 10.7 4,881 10.7 4,882 10.7 4,762 10.5 4,575 10.0
Donation 790 1.0 94 11.9 98 12.4 93 11.8 76 9.6 91 11.5 77 9.7 84 10.6 95 12.0 82 10.4
Entombment 818 1.0 97 11.9 118 14.4 92 11.2 74 9.0 89 10.9 90 11.0 93 11.4 96 11.7 69 8.4
Other 556 0.7 62 11.2 73 13.1 68 12.2 55 9.9 49 8.8 55 9.9 60 10.8 71 12.8 63 11.3
Removal from state 1,550 2.0 170 11.0 178 11.5 184 11.9 171 11.0 170 11.0 170 11.0 169 10.9 172 11.1 166 10.7

* 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