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Volume 2 - Leading Causes of Death

Vital Statistics

2016 North Carolina Vital Statistics, Volume 2

North Carolina Vital Statistics, Volume 2: Leading Causes of Death describes North Carolina's total and cause-specific deaths at the state and county level. More than a dozen of North Carolina's leading causes of death are depicted in tables and maps. In addition, major site-specific cancer deaths and total infant deaths are tabulated and mapped.

This edition includes the number of deaths and unadjusted death rates for 2016 and the number of deaths and unadjusted and age-adjusted death rates for 2012-2016. Beginning in 1999, causes of death were coded using the tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). For more information, please read the introduction (PDF, 200 KB).

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To view data for North Carolina, select the cause of death you wish to view from the pull-down box below.

Choose a Cause of Death Total Deaths - All Causes Heart Disease Cerebrovascular Disease Cancer Cancer of Colon, Rectum and Anus Cancer of Trachea, Bronchus and Lung Cancer of Breast Cancer of Prostate HIV Disease Septicemia Diabetes Mellitus Pneumonia and Influenza Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome and Nephrosis Unintentional Motor Vehicle Injuries All Other Unintentional Injuries Suicide Homicide Alzheimer's Disease

Select the mortality rate map you wish to view from the pull-down box below.

Choose a Map Total Deaths - All Causes Heart Disease Cerebrovascular Disease Cancer - All Sites Cancer of Colon, Rectum and Anus Cancer of Trachea, Bronchus and Lung Cancer of Breast Cancer of Prostate HIV Disease Septicemia Diabetes Mellitus Pneumonia and Influenza Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome and Nephrosis Unintentional Motor Vehicle Injuries All Other Unintentional Injuries Suicide Homicide Alzheimer's Disease

• Table A-F (PDF, 345 KB): Leading causes of death by age group, race, sex, and Hispanic Status and a mortality statistics summary for North Carolina


• Technical Notes (PDF, 229 KB): an explanation of the computation and interpretation of cause-specific death rates and a caution about the use of rates
  
  
• Appendix A - Appendix D (PDF, 272 KB): Comparability Ratios for the major causes of death and the Lists of Selected Causes of Death used in Tables A-F
  
  

Other Resources

• Appendix E (PDF, 572 KB): a technical publication on age-adjusted death rates

 

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