| CY2018 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 | 806 | 100.0 | 515 | 63.9 | 291 | 36.1 |
| UNDERLYING CAUSE OF INFANT DEATH CATEGORY: | 140 | 17.4 | 94 | 67.1 | 46 | 32.9 |
| Congenital Malformations, deformations & chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) | ||||||
| Prematurity & Low Birth Weight (P05-P07) | 140 | 17.4 | 137 | 97.9 | 3 | 2.1 |
| Respiratory Distress & other Respiratory conditions (P22-P28) | 56 | 6.9 | 44 | 78.6 | 12 | 21.4 |
| Infections & Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99; P35-P39) | 52 | 6.5 | 36 | 69.2 | 16 | 30.8 |
| Newborn affected by maternal factors/complications of pregnancy, labor & delivery (P00-P04) | 84 | 10.4 | 84 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P08-P21; P29-P34; P40-P96) | 93 | 11.5 | 87 | 93.5 | 6 | 6.5 |
| Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99) | 22 | 2.7 | 5 | 22.7 | 17 | 77.3 |
| Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J98,U04) | 14 | 1.7 | 1 | 7.1 | 13 | 92.9 |
| Accidental Suffocation and Strangulation in Bed (W75) | 10 | 1.2 | 1 | 10.0 | 9 | 90.0 |
| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (R95) | 3 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 100.0 |
| Other Ill-Defined and unknown causes of death (R96-R99) | 116 | 14.4 | 11 | 9.5 | 105 | 90.5 |
| Unintentional Injuries/Accidents (V01-X59; Y85-Y86) | 18 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 100.0 |
| Homicide/Assault (X85-Y09; Y87.1) | 9 | 1.1 | 2 | 22.2 | 7 | 77.8 |
| All Other Causes of Death (Residual) | 49 | 6.1 | 13 | 26.5 | 36 | 73.5 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |