UNADJUSTED CHILD DEATH RATES PER 100,000 POPULATION, 2019-2023
AGES 0-17 and AGES 1-17

RESIDENCE Deaths 0-17 Rate 0-17 Deaths 1-17 Rate 1-17
NORTH CAROLINA 6814 58.7 2725 24.7
REGION 1: Western 384 52.1 166 23.7
REGION 2: Northwestern 1528 59.2 601 24.5
REGION 3: Southwestern 1236 50.1 535 22.9
REGION 4: Northeastern 1315 48.4 517 20
REGION 5: Southeastern 1154 72.3 457 30.3
REGION 6: Eastern 1197 79.5 449 31.6
ALAMANCE 96 49.7 28 15.3
ALEXANDER 19 52.3 10 28.9
ALLEGHANY 5 52.7* 4 44.5*
ANSON 24 107.5 11 52.2
ASHE 8 35* 4 18.3*
AVERY 9 69.8* 3 24.5*
BEAUFORT 42 95.6 13 31.1
BERTIE 18 119.9 7 49.1*
BLADEN 24 77.5 7 23.9*
BRUNSWICK 49 46.4 16 15.9
BUNCOMBE 108 44.4 45 19.5
BURKE 44 54 17 22
CABARRUS 119 40.8 49 17.6
CALDWELL 50 62.4 23 30.1
CAMDEN 5 40.5* 3 25.2*
CARTERET 29 49.6 19 33.9
CASWELL 9 43.2* 4 20.1*
CATAWBA 93 52.7 35 20.8
CHATHAM 40 52.3 20 27.4
CHEROKEE 19 81 9 40.6*
CHOWAN 5 36.4* 4 30.7*
CLAY 6 66* 3 34.6*
CLEVELAND 66 59.2 23 21.7
COLUMBUS 33 62.1 13 25.8
CRAVEN 82 75.2 21 20.4
CUMBERLAND 394 93.4 134 33.8
CURRITUCK 5 15.2* 3 9.6*
DARE 10 29.3 7 21.4*
DAVIDSON 98 52.8 40 22.6
DAVIE 26 57.1 11 25.3
DUPLIN 42 69.1 13 22.7
DURHAM 200 60.6 79 25.6
EDGECOMBE 61 109.2 21 39.6
FORSYTH 285 64.8 105 25.1
FRANKLIN 49 62.1 21 28
GASTON 162 62.3 62 25.1
GATES 10 96.1 7 70.4*
GRAHAM 2 25.3* 0 0.0
GRANVILLE 25 39.7 12 20
GREENE 19 96.9 8 42.9*
GUILFORD 379 63.2 129 22.6
HALIFAX 51 98.5 23 46.8
HARNETT 92 52.5 37 22.3
HAYWOOD 37 66.5 14 26.4
HENDERSON 56 50.5 31 29.3
HERTFORD 24 120.5 12 63.4
HOKE 63 86.5 27 39.4
HYDE 4 109.4* 3 86.2*
IREDELL 107 49.8 47 22.9
JACKSON 15 41.6 6 17.5*
JOHNSTON 119 42 45 16.6
JONES 8 94.7* 5 62.3*
LEE 51 66.6 25 34.4
LENOIR 53 85.2 17 28.8
LINCOLN 38 40.5 22 24.6
MCDOWELL 19 43.1 8 19*
MACON 15 43.1 7 21.1*
MADISON 10 53.2 6 33.6*
MARTIN 20 90.6 5 23.9*
MECKLENBURG 693 53.2 301 24.5
MITCHELL 8 58.6* 1 7.7*
MONTGOMERY 14 50.6 4 15.1*
MOORE 54 48.2 28 26.3
NASH 66 62.9 26 26.1
NEW HANOVER 89 42.3 36 18
NORTHAMPTON 20 130 4 27.5*
ONSLOW 174 68.7 63 26.9
ORANGE 72 50.7 17 12.5
PAMLICO 10 110.6 3 34.7*
PASQUOTANK 43 98.6 21 50.8
PENDER 32 44.5 17 24.8
PERQUIMANS 9 73.2* 4 34.1*
PERSON 27 66.3 10 25.9
PITT 178 95.4 58 32.8
POLK 7 45.2* 4 27*
RANDOLPH 113 69.7 47 30.4
RICHMOND 63 125 26 54.5
ROBESON 155 102.2 70 48.9
ROCKINGHAM 51 55 24 27.2
ROWAN 93 56.7 41 26.3
RUTHERFORD 43 65.1 14 22.3
SAMPSON 55 75 23 33.1
SCOTLAND 37 93.8 19 50.7
STANLY 35 50.7 19 28.9
STOKES 21 50.3 9 22.6*
SURRY 37 49.2 16 22.4
SWAIN 18 118.1 8 55.3*
TRANSYLVANIA 15 57.1 7 28*
TYRRELL 0 0.0 0 0.0
UNION 99 31.1 48 15.7
VANCE 46 90 22 45.4
WAKE 565 42.1 229 17.9
WARREN 16 94.8 5 31.1*
WASHINGTON 13 120.8 2 19.6*
WATAUGA 15 44 9 27.7*
WAYNE 130 92.3 53 39.8
WILKES 44 66.3 17 26.9
WILSON 66 72.5 24 27.7
YADKIN 31 80.3 10 27.2
YANCEY 6 35.6* 3 18.8*

*TECHNICAL NOTE: RATES BASED ON SMALL NUMBERS (FEWER THAN 10 DEATHS) ARE UNSTABLE & SHOULD BE INTERPRETED WITH CAUTION
PREPARED BY NC-DHHS STATE CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS