UNADJUSTED CHILD DEATH RATES PER 100,000 POPULATION, 2017-2021
AGES 0-17 and AGES 1-17

RESIDENCE Deaths 0-17 Rate 0-17 Deaths 1-17 Rate 1-17
NORTH CAROLINA 6472 56.2 2381 21.8
REGION 1: Western 343 46.4 129 18.4
REGION 2: Northwestern 1511 58.8 537 22
REGION 3: Southwestern 1174 48.3 465 20.2
REGION 4: Northeastern 1296 48.7 479 18.9
REGION 5: Southeastern 1076 67.5 389 25.8
REGION 6: Eastern 1072 70.5 382 26.6
ALAMANCE 88 47 30 16.9
ALEXANDER 25 67.4 11 31.1
ALLEGHANY 6 63.4* 4 44.4*
ANSON 20 84.9 8 35.8*
ASHE 8 34.2* 3 13.4*
AVERY 9 68.1* 4 31.9*
BEAUFORT 32 69.6 10 22.8
BERTIE 16 98.6 5 32.5*
BLADEN 22 67.6 6 19.4*
BRUNSWICK 47 45.6 13 13.2
BUNCOMBE 95 39.4 35 15.3
BURKE 52 63 18 23
CABARRUS 107 38.3 41 15.4
CALDWELL 53 64.8 22 28.2
CAMDEN 6 48.9* 4 33.9*
CARTERET 31 51.9 18 31.5
CASWELL 16 75.7 7 34.8*
CATAWBA 89 50.5 32 19.1
CHATHAM 37 49.8 12 16.9
CHEROKEE 24 101.3 9 40.1*
CHOWAN 4 28.8* 2 15.1*
CLAY 7 74.9* 2 22.5*
CLEVELAND 70 64.1 27 26
COLUMBUS 40 71.3 13 24.4
CRAVEN 75 68.3 19 18.4
CUMBERLAND 312 75.2 94 24.2
CURRITUCK 9 29.2* 5 16.9*
DARE 6 17.3* 5 15.1*
DAVIDSON 90 49.1 38 21.7
DAVIE 27 59.9 12 27.8
DUPLIN 46 69.8 14 22.4
DURHAM 198 60.2 74 24
EDGECOMBE 52 90.6 21 38.5
FORSYTH 275 63 86 20.7
FRANKLIN 42 55.7 14 19.5
GASTON 147 57.9 48 19.9
GATES 10 89.7 7 65.5*
GRAHAM 1 11.9* 0 0.0
GRANVILLE 27 43.4 11 18.6
GREENE 15 71.6 3 15.1*
GUILFORD 384 64.3 126 22.2
HALIFAX 46 86.3 16 31.6
HARNETT 105 60.3 45 27.3
HAYWOOD 25 44.4 9 16.8*
HENDERSON 52 47.4 25 23.9
HERTFORD 22 103.1 8 39.5*
HOKE 61 83.2 24 34.7
HYDE 4 97.8* 4 102*
IREDELL 113 54.1 45 22.6
JACKSON 11 30.4 2 5.8*
JOHNSTON 123 46.2 44 17.3
JONES 6 69.2* 4 48.6*
LEE 50 67 20 28.3
LENOIR 47 75 13 21.8
LINCOLN 44 48.6 18 20.8
MCDOWELL 18 39.9 6 14*
MACON 16 47.9 7 22*
MADISON 12 63 7 38.6*
MARTIN 21 92.5 4 18.6*
MECKLENBURG 647 50.2 261 21.5
MITCHELL 7 51* 3 23.1*
MONTGOMERY 15 51.4 3 10.8*
MOORE 58 53.9 26 25.5
NASH 65 62.6 25 25.3
NEW HANOVER 93 44.2 31 15.5
NORTHAMPTON 12 73 3 19.3*
ONSLOW 134 54.9 48 21.3
ORANGE 70 49.2 23 16.8
PAMLICO 11 117 3 33.3*
PASQUOTANK 32 72.6 16 38.3
PENDER 34 49.4 15 22.8
PERQUIMANS 7 56.3* 2 16.9*
PERSON 26 63.7 6 15.5*
PITT 162 86.2 53 29.8
POLK 6 37.1* 3 19.4*
RANDOLPH 113 69.9 40 26
RICHMOND 55 107.6 22 45.5
ROBESON 157 100 65 43.7
ROCKINGHAM 53 57.5 21 23.9
ROWAN 78 48.9 25 16.5
RUTHERFORD 32 47.5 9 14*
SAMPSON 42 55.7 17 23.8
SCOTLAND 35 87.1 15 39.4
STANLY 41 60.6 13 20.2
STOKES 13 30.8 5 12.4*
SURRY 37 48.8 15 20.8
SWAIN 13 82.1 2 13.2*
TRANSYLVANIA 20 76.1 9 36*
TYRRELL 0 0.0 0 0.0
UNION 98 31 49 16.1
VANCE 50 96.9 22 45
WAKE 559 42.4 213 17
WARREN 10 57.1 3 18*
WASHINGTON 13 112.6 1 9.1*
WATAUGA 23 65.6 7 21*
WAYNE 112 78 43 31.7
WILKES 40 58.3 16 24.5
WILSON 76 82.4 26 29.7
YADKIN 23 59.1 7 18.9*
YANCEY 4 24* 1 6.3*

*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