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