By Cara Beth Lewis
The Bladen County Register of Deeds provided Bladen Online with information regarding the number of deaths and their cause for 2020 and 2021 so far.
2020:
Overdose: 15
Suicide: 4
COVID-19: 7
Homicide: 5
Accident: 12
Pending: 2
Not determined: 3
Natural: 272
Total number of deaths: 320
2021 (as of 7/20/21):
Overdose: 7
Suicide: 0
COVID-19: 2
Homicide: 1
Accident: 8
Pending: 12
Not determined: 0
Natural: 124
Total number of deaths: 154
*Note: These are only the deaths that actually occurred in Bladen County. For instance, if someone was a resident of Bladen County but was transferred/admitted to a facility outside of the county, and that is where they expired, the death certificate will only be filed in the county of death and not the county of residency. There were two births in Bladen County in the year 2020 and only one so far in 2021. This is due to the hospital no longer having a birthing center. It was closed and never reopened after damage from the hurricane.
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