| 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) |
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| 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 |