| 2015 DEATHS OCCURRING* IN NORTH CAROLINA BY DISPOSITION OF THE BODY AND MONTH |
| TOTAL | MONTH OF DEATH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |||||||||||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| Total | 90,028 | 100.0 | 8,758 | 9.7 | 7,669 | 8.5 | 8,162 | 9.1 | 7,227 | 8.0 | 7,260 | 8.1 | 7,059 | 7.8 | 7,177 | 8.0 | 7,056 | 7.8 | 6,993 | 7.8 | 7,468 | 8.3 | 7,373 | 8.2 | 7,826 | 8.7 |
| DISPOSITION OF THE BODY: | 48,134 | 53.5 | 4,831 | 10.0 | 4,251 | 8.8 | 4,432 | 9.2 | 3,925 | 8.2 | 3,914 | 8.1 | 3,723 | 7.7 | 3,813 | 7.9 | 3,663 | 7.6 | 3,667 | 7.6 | 4,013 | 8.3 | 3,792 | 7.9 | 4,110 | 8.5 |
| Burial | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cremation | 37,931 | 42.1 | 3,564 | 9.4 | 3,101 | 8.2 | 3,376 | 8.9 | 2,961 | 7.8 | 3,015 | 7.9 | 3,049 | 8.0 | 3,042 | 8.0 | 3,057 | 8.1 | 3,035 | 8.0 | 3,119 | 8.2 | 3,241 | 8.5 | 3,371 | 8.9 |
| Donation | 660 | 0.7 | 56 | 8.5 | 49 | 7.4 | 63 | 9.5 | 56 | 8.5 | 54 | 8.2 | 42 | 6.4 | 53 | 8.0 | 61 | 9.2 | 43 | 6.5 | 57 | 8.6 | 66 | 10.0 | 60 | 9.1 |
| Entombment | 1,293 | 1.4 | 140 | 10.8 | 114 | 8.8 | 120 | 9.3 | 109 | 8.4 | 110 | 8.5 | 86 | 6.7 | 106 | 8.2 | 101 | 7.8 | 92 | 7.1 | 95 | 7.3 | 114 | 8.8 | 106 | 8.2 |
| Other | 109 | 0.1 | 10 | 9.2 | 12 | 11.0 | 9 | 8.3 | 8 | 7.3 | 11 | 10.1 | 5 | 4.6 | 4 | 3.7 | 12 | 11.0 | 13 | 11.9 | 17 | 15.6 | 3 | 2.8 | 5 | 4.6 |
| Removal from state | 1,795 | 2.0 | 148 | 8.2 | 136 | 7.6 | 155 | 8.6 | 161 | 9.0 | 147 | 8.2 | 150 | 8.4 | 151 | 8.4 | 153 | 8.5 | 133 | 7.4 | 154 | 8.6 | 146 | 8.1 | 161 | 9.0 |
| Unknown | 106 | 0.1 | 9 | 8.5 | 6 | 5.7 | 7 | 6.6 | 7 | 6.6 | 9 | 8.5 | 4 | 3.8 | 8 | 7.5 | 9 | 8.5 | 10 | 9.4 | 13 | 12.3 | 11 | 10.4 | 13 | 12.3 |
| *Data include deaths occurring in North Carolina, regardless of place of residence. |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |