| CY2019 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 | 810 | 100.0 | 549 | 67.8 | 261 | 32.2 |
| UNDERLYING CAUSE OF INFANT DEATH CATEGORY: | 145 | 17.9 | 102 | 70.3 | 43 | 29.7 |
| Congenital Malformations, deformations & chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) | ||||||
| Prematurity & Low Birth Weight (P05-P07) | 151 | 18.6 | 149 | 98.7 | 2 | 1.3 |
| Respiratory Distress & other Respiratory conditions (P22-P28) | 42 | 5.2 | 34 | 81.0 | 8 | 19.0 |
| Infections & Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99; P35-P39) | 50 | 6.2 | 33 | 66.0 | 17 | 34.0 |
| Newborn affected by maternal factors/complications of pregnancy, labor & delivery (P00-P04) | 105 | 13.0 | 103 | 98.1 | 2 | 1.9 |
| Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P08-P21; P29-P34; P40-P96) | 93 | 11.5 | 91 | 97.8 | 2 | 2.2 |
| Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99) | 23 | 2.8 | 3 | 13.0 | 20 | 87.0 |
| Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J98,U04) | 13 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 100.0 |
| Accidental Suffocation and Strangulation in Bed (W75) | 22 | 2.7 | 3 | 13.6 | 19 | 86.4 |
| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (R95) | 7 | 0.9 | 2 | 28.6 | 5 | 71.4 |
| Other Ill-Defined and unknown causes of death (R96-R99) | 106 | 13.1 | 11 | 10.4 | 95 | 89.6 |
| Unintentional Injuries/Accidents (V01-X59; Y85-Y86) | 11 | 1.4 | 1 | 9.1 | 10 | 90.9 |
| Homicide/Assault (X85-Y09; Y87.1) | 10 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 100.0 |
| All Other Causes of Death (Residual) | 32 | 4.0 | 17 | 53.1 | 15 | 46.9 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |