CY2021 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)
# % # % # %
TOTAL 820 100.0 516 62.9 304 37.1
UNDERLYING CAUSE OF INFANT DEATH CATEGORY: 149 18.2 107 71.8 42 28.2
Congenital Malformations, deformations & chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
Prematurity & Low Birth Weight (P05-P07) 106 12.9 106 100.0 0 0.0
Respiratory Distress & other Respiratory conditions (P22-P28) 44 5.4 37 84.1 7 15.9
Infections & Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99; P35-P39) 42 5.1 33 78.6 9 21.4
Newborn affected by maternal factors/complications of pregnancy, labor & delivery (P00-P04) 78 9.5 77 98.7 1 1.3
Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P08-P21; P29-P34; P40-P96) 121 14.8 117 96.7 4 3.3
Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99) 19 2.3 4 21.1 15 78.9
Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J98,U04) 13 1.6 1 7.7 12 92.3
Accidental Suffocation and Strangulation in Bed (W75) 29 3.5 2 6.9 27 93.1
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (R95) 6 0.7 0 0.0 6 100.0
Other Ill-Defined and unknown causes of death (R96-R99) 146 17.8 16 11.0 130 89.0
Unintentional Injuries/Accidents (V01-X59; Y85-Y86) 13 1.6 2 15.4 11 84.6
Homicide/Assault (X85-Y09; Y87.1) 4 0.5 0 0.0 4 100.0
All Other Causes of Death (Residual) 50 6.1 14 28.0 36 72.0

Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics