2020 NORTH CAROLINA MCH INDICATORS:
Indicator #1: North Carolina Resident Infant Death Rates (per 1,000 live births), 2020

Residence: Total Deaths Total Rate Total C.I. NH Black Deaths NH Black Rate NH Black C.I. NH White Deaths NH White Rate NH White C.I. NH Asian/PI Deaths NH Asian/PI Rate NH Asian/PI C.I. NH Am.Ind Deaths NH Am.Ind Rate NH Am.Ind C.I. NH Multi-Race Deaths NH Multi-Race Rate NH Multi-Race C.I. Hispanic Deaths Hispanic Rate Hispanic C.I.
NORTH CAROLINA 803 6.9 6.4 - 7.4 353 13.0 11.7 - 14.4 280 4.6 4.1 - 5.2 18 3.7 0.9 - 8.2 6 4.3* 1.2 - 9.2 30 9.6 6.2 - 13 112 5.8 4.7 - 6.8
PCR I: Western 44 6.4 4.5 - 8.3 4 13.6* 7.3 - 21.7 34 6.3 4.2 - 8.4 0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 1 9.3* 4.3 - 16.2 2 14.4* 7.9 - 22.7 3 3.5* 0.8 - 8.0
PCR II: Northwestern 161 6.5 5.5 - 7.5 56 11.1 8.2 - 14.0 70 5.0 3.8 - 6.2 5 5.1* 1.7 - 10.4 0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 5 8.3* 3.6 - 14.8 25 6.4 3.9 - 8.9
PCR III: Southwestern 144 5.8 4.8 - 6.7 70 10.9 8.4 - 13.5 48 4.1 3.0 - 5.3 4 2.6* 0.5 - 6.6 0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 9 14.4* 8.0 - 22.8 12 2.6 0.4 - 6.5
PCR IV: Northeastern 166 6.4 5.4 - 7.3 81 13.6 10.7 - 16.5 40 3.1 2.2 - 4.1 5 2.9* 0.6 - 7.1 1 14.5* 8.0 - 22.9 7 12.2* 6.4 - 20.0 30 6.0 3.9 - 8.2
PCR V: Southeastern 133 7.7 6.4 - 9.0 61 13.9 10.4 - 17.4 39 4.7 3.2 - 6.2 3 10.1* 4.9 - 17.3 4 3.8* 1.0 - 8.5 4 5.7* 2.0 - 11.2 21 7.9 4.5 - 11.3
PCR VI: Eastern 155 9.2 7.8 - 10.7 81 16.1 12.6 - 19.6 49 5.8 4.2 - 7.4 1 3.4* 0.8 - 7.8 0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 3 6.1* 2.2 - 11.8 21 8.9 5.1 - 12.7

Caution: Racial categories have changed from prior years and now reflect single race categories & multi-race. Comparisons with prior reports are not advised.
NH=Non-Hispanic. Sum of deaths for racial/ethnic categories may not add up to Total Deaths due to missing, undetermined, or unclassifiable race information.
*Technical Note: Rates based on small numbers (fewer than 10 deaths) are unstable & should be interpreted with caution.
C.I.=95% Confidence interval. For areas/categories having >=20 deaths, Wald C.I.'s are presented. For areas/categories having < 20 deaths, inverse Gamma C.I.'s are presented.
 
Source: NC Department of Health & Human Services, Title V Office in Collaboration with the State Center for Health Statistics, 03OCT2023