| CY2020 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 | 803 | 100.0 | 556 | 69.2 | 247 | 30.8 |
| UNDERLYING CAUSE OF INFANT DEATH CATEGORY: | 146 | 18.2 | 110 | 75.3 | 36 | 24.7 |
| Congenital Malformations, deformations & chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) | ||||||
| Prematurity & Low Birth Weight (P05-P07) | 152 | 18.9 | 151 | 99.3 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Respiratory Distress & other Respiratory conditions (P22-P28) | 49 | 6.1 | 43 | 87.8 | 6 | 12.2 |
| Infections & Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99; P35-P39) | 48 | 6.0 | 30 | 62.5 | 18 | 37.5 |
| Newborn affected by maternal factors/complications of pregnancy, labor & delivery (P00-P04) | 85 | 10.6 | 85 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P08-P21; P29-P34; P40-P96) | 113 | 14.1 | 108 | 95.6 | 5 | 4.4 |
| Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99) | 16 | 2.0 | 4 | 25.0 | 12 | 75.0 |
| Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J98,U04) | 21 | 2.6 | 2 | 9.5 | 19 | 90.5 |
| Accidental Suffocation and Strangulation in Bed (W75) | 26 | 3.2 | 1 | 3.8 | 25 | 96.2 |
| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (R95) | 4 | 0.5 | 1 | 25.0 | 3 | 75.0 |
| Other Ill-Defined and unknown causes of death (R96-R99) | 91 | 11.3 | 12 | 13.2 | 79 | 86.8 |
| Unintentional Injuries/Accidents (V01-X59; Y85-Y86) | 7 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 100.0 |
| Homicide/Assault (X85-Y09; Y87.1) | 13 | 1.6 | 1 | 7.7 | 12 | 92.3 |
| All Other Causes of Death (Residual) | 32 | 4.0 | 8 | 25.0 | 24 | 75.0 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |