CY2023 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 828 100.0 559 67.5 269 32.5
UNDERLYING CAUSE OF INFANT DEATH CATEGORY: 137 16.5 96 70.1 41 29.9
Congenital Malformations, deformations & chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
Prematurity & Low Birth Weight (P05-P07) 143 17.3 139 97.2 4 2.8
Respiratory Distress & other Respiratory conditions (P22-P28) 81 9.8 75 92.6 6 7.4
Infections & Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99; P35-P39) 55 6.6 32 58.2 23 41.8
Newborn affected by maternal factors/complications of pregnancy, labor & delivery (P00-P04) 83 10.0 81 97.6 2 2.4
Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P08-P21; P29-P34; P40-P96) 100 12.1 96 96.0 4 4.0
Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99) 11 1.3 2 18.2 9 81.8
Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J98,U04) 13 1.6 2 15.4 11 84.6
Accidental Suffocation and Strangulation in Bed (W75) 17 2.1 2 11.8 15 88.2
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (R95) 12 1.4 1 8.3 11 91.7
Other Ill-Defined and unknown causes of death (R96-R99) 108 13.0 21 19.4 87 80.6
Unintentional Injuries/Accidents (V01-X59; Y85-Y86) 11 1.3 1 9.1 10 90.9
Homicide/Assault (X85-Y09; Y87.1) 11 1.3 0 0.0 11 100.0
COVID-19 (U07.1) 1 0.1 0 0.0 1 100.0
All Other Causes of Death (Residual) 45 5.4 11 24.4 34 75.6

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