North Carolina Vital Statistics -- Deaths 2020

The North Carolina State Center for Health Services (SCHS) collects yearly vital statistics. The Odum Institute holds vital statistics beginning in 1968 for deaths, marriages and divorce. Public marriage and divorce data are available through 1999 only. Vital statistics for births, fetal deaths, and birth/infant deaths may be obtained directly from SCHS by submitting a request to [e-mail] This study focuses on deaths in North Carolina in 2020. Death is defined as the permanent disappearance of any evidence of life at any time after live birth. This definition excludes fetal deaths. The data kept for deaths includes the age, race, marital status, and sex of the individual; date, time, cause and location of death; and mode of burial. Minor changes to the files beginning in 2014 reflect the release of an updated NC Death Certificate form in that year. The data are strictly numerical; there is no identifying information given about the individuals.

北卡罗来纳州卫生服务中心（North Carolina State Center for Health Services, SCHS）负责采集年度生命统计数据。奥达姆研究所（Odum Institute）馆藏1968年起的死亡、婚姻与离婚相关生命统计资料。公开可获取的婚姻与离婚统计数据仅覆盖至1999年。生育、死胎以及分娩/婴儿死亡的生命统计数据，可通过向[e-mail]提交申请，直接从SCHS处获取。本研究聚焦2020年北卡罗来纳州的死亡登记数据。死亡被定义为活产之后任意时刻生命体征的永久消失，该定义不包含死胎案例。死亡登记数据涵盖个体的年龄、种族、婚姻状况与性别；死亡日期、时间、死因与死亡地点；以及安葬方式。2014年起数据集文件的小幅调整，源于当年新版北卡罗来纳州死亡证明表格的正式发布。该数据集仅包含纯数值型字段，未提供任何可识别个体的身份信息。