| CY2017 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT INFANT DEATHS BY UNDERLYING CAUSE OF INFANT DEATH CATEGORY AND AGE OF INFANT DEATH |
| TOTAL | INFANT AGE CATEGORY: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neonatal (<28 days) |
Postneonatal (>= 28 days) |
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| TOTAL | 852 | 100.0 | 577 | 67.7 | 275 | 32.3 |
| UNDERLYING CAUSE OF INFANT DEATH CATEGORY: | 145 | 17.0 | 99 | 68.3 | 46 | 31.7 |
| Congenital Malformations, deformations & chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) | ||||||
| Prematurity & Low Birth Weight (P05-P07) | 167 | 19.6 | 163 | 97.6 | 4 | 2.4 |
| Respiratory Distress & other Respiratory conditions (P22-P28) | 54 | 6.3 | 49 | 90.7 | 5 | 9.3 |
| Infections & Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99; P35-P39) | 56 | 6.6 | 40 | 71.4 | 16 | 28.6 |
| Newborn affected by maternal factors/complications of pregnancy, labor & delivery (P00-P04) | 107 | 12.6 | 106 | 99.1 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P08-P21; P29-P34; P40-P96) | 93 | 10.9 | 85 | 91.4 | 8 | 8.6 |
| Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99) | 17 | 2.0 | 2 | 11.8 | 15 | 88.2 |
| Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J98,U04) | 17 | 2.0 | 1 | 5.9 | 16 | 94.1 |
| Accidental Suffocation and Strangulation in Bed (W75) | 10 | 1.2 | 1 | 10.0 | 9 | 90.0 |
| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (R95) | 9 | 1.1 | 2 | 22.2 | 7 | 77.8 |
| Other Ill-Defined and unknown causes of death (R96-R99) | 109 | 12.8 | 11 | 10.1 | 98 | 89.9 |
| Unintentional Injuries/Accidents (V01-X59; Y85-Y86) | 9 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 100.0 |
| Homicide/Assault (X85-Y09; Y87.1) | 15 | 1.8 | 1 | 6.7 | 14 | 93.3 |
| All Other Causes of Death (Residual) | 44 | 5.2 | 17 | 38.6 | 27 | 61.4 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |