YTD2025 QUARTER 3 (JAN-SEP) NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT DEATHS* OCCURRING IN NORTH CAROLINA, BY MEDICAL CERTIFIER TYPE 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
MEDICAL CERTIFIER TYPE: 3,101 4.0 3 0.1 4 0.1 4 0.1 3 0.1 3 0.1 4 0.1 15 0.5 61 2.0 3,004 96.9
Unknown
Physician 49,924 63.7 6,829 13.7 6,135 12.3 6,273 12.6 5,565 11.1 5,560 11.1 5,440 10.9 5,377 10.8 5,435 10.9 3,310 6.6
Medical Examiner 9,111 11.6 1,215 13.3 964 10.6 1,171 12.9 1,065 11.7 1,045 11.5 1,096 12.0 1,124 12.3 997 10.9 434 4.8
Physician Assistant 13,710 17.5 1,706 12.4 1,588 11.6 1,808 13.2 1,569 11.4 1,581 11.5 1,454 10.6 1,473 10.7 1,510 11.0 1,021 7.4
Nurse Practitioner/Family Nurse Practitioner 2,574 3.3 344 13.4 318 12.4 321 12.5 303 11.8 250 9.7 280 10.9 304 11.8 279 10.8 175 6.8

* 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