2024 North Carolina Resident Deaths by Underlying Cause of Infant Death Category and Age of Infant Death

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Underlying Cause of Infant Death Category TOTAL INFANT AGE CATEGORY:
Neonatal (<28 days)
Postneonatal (>= 28
days)
# % # % # %
TOTAL 770 100.0 486 63.1 284 36.9
Congenital Malformations, deformations & chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) 133 17.3 90 67.7 43 32.3
Prematurity & Low Birth Weight (P05-P07) 104 13.5 95 91.3 9 8.7
Respiratory Distress & other Respiratory conditions (P22-P28) 69 9.0 57 82.6 12 17.4
Infections & Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99; P35-P39) 43 5.6 31 72.1 12 27.9
Newborn affected by maternal factors/complications of pregnancy, labor & delivery (P00-P04) 67 8.7 67 100.0 0 0.0
Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P08-P21; P29-P34; P40-P96) 117 15.2 111 94.9 6 5.1
Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99) 13 1.7 4 30.8 9 69.2
Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J98,U04) 8 1.0 0 0.0 8 100.0
Accidental Suffocation and Strangulation in Bed (W75) 25 3.2 2 8.0 23 92.0
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (R95) 8 1.0 1 12.5 7 87.5
Other Ill-Defined and unknown causes of death (R96-R99) 123 16.0 10 8.1 113 91.9
Unintentional Injuries/Accidents (V01-X59; Y85-Y86) 9 1.2 0 0.0 9 100.0
Homicide/Assault (X85-Y09; Y87.1) 7 0.9 0 0.0 7 100.0
All Other Causes of Death (Residual) 44 5.7 18 40.9 26 59.1

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