2016 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT INFANT DEATHS BY UNDERLYING CAUSE OF INFANT DEATH CATEGORY AND AGE OF INFANT DEATH |
TOTAL | INFANT AGE CATEGORY: | |||||
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Neonatal (<28 days) |
Postneonatal (>= 28 days) |
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# | % | # | % | # | % | |
TOTAL | 873 | 100.0 | 591 | 67.7 | 282 | 32.3 |
UNDERLYING CAUSE OF INFANT DEATH CATEGORY: | 166 | 19.0 | 122 | 73.5 | 44 | 26.5 |
Congenital Malformations, deformations & chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) | ||||||
Prematurity & Low Birth Weight (P05-P07) | 180 | 20.6 | 175 | 97.2 | 5 | 2.8 |
Respiratory Distress & other Respiratory conditions (P22-P28) | 67 | 7.7 | 61 | 91.0 | 6 | 9.0 |
Infections & Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99; P35-P39) | 50 | 5.7 | 33 | 66.0 | 17 | 34.0 |
Newborn affected by maternal factors/complications of pregnancy, labor & delivery (P00-P04) | 87 | 10.0 | 86 | 98.9 | 1 | 1.1 |
Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P08-P21; P29-P34; P40-P96) | 84 | 9.6 | 82 | 97.6 | 2 | 2.4 |
Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99) | 17 | 1.9 | 2 | 11.8 | 15 | 88.2 |
Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J98,U04) | 21 | 2.4 | 2 | 9.5 | 19 | 90.5 |
Accidental Suffocation and Strangulation in Bed (W75) | 22 | 2.5 | 2 | 9.1 | 20 | 90.9 |
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (R95) | 13 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 100.0 |
Other Ill-Defined and unknown causes of death (R96-R99) | 104 | 11.9 | 14 | 13.5 | 90 | 86.5 |
Unintentional Injuries/Accidents (V01-X59; Y85-Y86) | 13 | 1.5 | 2 | 15.4 | 11 | 84.6 |
Homicide/Assault (X85-Y09; Y87.1) | 8 | 0.9 | 1 | 12.5 | 7 | 87.5 |
All Other Causes of Death (Residual) | 41 | 4.7 | 9 | 22.0 | 32 | 78.0 |
Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |