| CY2022 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 | 828 | 100.0 | 537 | 64.9 | 291 | 35.1 |
| UNDERLYING CAUSE OF INFANT DEATH CATEGORY: | 134 | 16.2 | 98 | 73.1 | 36 | 26.9 |
| Congenital Malformations, deformations & chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) | ||||||
| Prematurity & Low Birth Weight (P05-P07) | 135 | 16.3 | 132 | 97.8 | 3 | 2.2 |
| Respiratory Distress & other Respiratory conditions (P22-P28) | 59 | 7.1 | 49 | 83.1 | 10 | 16.9 |
| Infections & Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99; P35-P39) | 55 | 6.6 | 41 | 74.5 | 14 | 25.5 |
| Newborn affected by maternal factors/complications of pregnancy, labor & delivery (P00-P04) | 88 | 10.6 | 87 | 98.9 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P08-P21; P29-P34; P40-P96) | 103 | 12.4 | 98 | 95.1 | 5 | 4.9 |
| Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99) | 17 | 2.1 | 1 | 5.9 | 16 | 94.1 |
| Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J98,U04) | 17 | 2.1 | 2 | 11.8 | 15 | 88.2 |
| Accidental Suffocation and Strangulation in Bed (W75) | 27 | 3.3 | 3 | 11.1 | 24 | 88.9 |
| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (R95) | 14 | 1.7 | 1 | 7.1 | 13 | 92.9 |
| Other Ill-Defined and unknown causes of death (R96-R99) | 106 | 12.8 | 14 | 13.2 | 92 | 86.8 |
| Unintentional Injuries/Accidents (V01-X59; Y85-Y86) | 13 | 1.6 | 1 | 7.7 | 12 | 92.3 |
| Homicide/Assault (X85-Y09; Y87.1) | 15 | 1.8 | 2 | 13.3 | 13 | 86.7 |
| COVID-19 (U07.1) | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| All Other Causes of Death (Residual) | 44 | 5.3 | 8 | 18.2 | 36 | 81.8 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |
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