2024 NC Resident Child Deaths

Table 2: Leading Causes of Child Death by Age Group: Ages 5 to 9

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Rank Cause # of Deaths Percent
1 Unintentional Injuries not related to Motor Vehicles 18 18.0%
2 Congenital anomalies (birth defects) 13 13.0%
3 Cancer 11 11.0%
3 Motor vehicle injuries 11 11.0%
5 Homicide 9 9.0%
6 Chronic lower respiratory diseases 4 4.0%
6 Diseases of the heart 4 4.0%
8 Pneumonia & influenza 3 3.0%
9 Cerebrovascular disease 2 2.0%
10 Anemias 1 1.0%
10 Aortic aneurism and dissection 1 1.0%
10 Chronic liver disease & cirrhosis 1 1.0%
10 Diseases of appendix 1 1.0%
10 In-situ/benign neoplasms 1 1.0%
10 Septicemia 1 1.0%
  All other causes (Residual) 19 19.0%
  Total Deaths --- All Causes 100 100%

*Leading causes of death are generated from a list of 51 causes of death categories developed by the National Center for Health Statistics to promote comparability in analyses of mortality.

For deaths under one year of age, a list of 72 causes of death was used. See Appendices for the ICD-10 codes for these lists of causes.

Prepared by NC Department of Health and Human Services, Title V Office in Collaboration with the State Center for Health Statistics, 17 APR 2026.