2024 NC Resident Child Deaths

Table 4: Infant and Child Deaths

Back to 2024 Child Deaths

  TOTAL Birth Defects

Perinatal Conditions
Medical Conditions / Illnesses
Motor Vehicle

Drowning

Poisoning

Suffocation / Choking / Strangulation Other Accidents

Homicide

Suicide

All Other Causes

Infant Ages 1-4 Ages 5-9 Ages 10-14 Ages 15-17
NORTH CAROLINA 2020 - 2024 6,935 857 2,082 1,305 495 132 132 177 176 459 269 851 4,049 716 451 624 1,095
2024 1,386 172 387 278 111 31 32 33 37 83 44 178 770 158 100 120 238
ALAMANCE 2020 - 2024 112 17 30 20 10 1 2 5 0 7 3 17 74 10 6 7 15
2024 25 2 5 7 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 14 1 3 1 6
ALEXANDER 2020 - 2024 19 3 2 7 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 7 3 5 2 2
2024 6 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2
ALLEGHANY 2020 - 2024 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0
2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ANSON 2020 - 2024 23 1 5 4 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 12 2 3 3 3
2024 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1
ASHE 2020 - 2024 9 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 1 1 1 1
2024 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
AVERY 2020 - 2024 13 3 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 2 1 0 2
2024 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1
BEAUFORT 2020 - 2024 49 5 15 14 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 5 30 8 3 5 3
2024 13 0 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 3 1 3 0
BERTIE 2020 - 2024 18 1 8 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 11 5 0 0 2
2024 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
BLADEN 2020 - 2024 31 4 8 2 5 0 3 1 1 2 0 5 22 3 2 2 2
2024 10 2 2 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 1 1 1 0
BRUNSWICK 2020 - 2024 51 6 17 7 2 0 0 4 2 1 3 9 33 3 1 6 8
2024 8 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 1 1
BUNCOMBE 2020 - 2024 103 14 26 23 2 3 3 3 4 3 11 11 56 8 7 17 15
2024 14 1 2 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 5 0 2 3 4
BURKE 2020 - 2024 50 7 13 9 3 1 3 1 1 3 2 7 30 8 5 1 6
2024 15 3 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 9 0 1 1 4
CABARRUS 2020 - 2024 129 15 35 31 10 2 5 7 4 3 4 13 70 17 4 17 21
2024 33 3 9 10 2 0 2 0 0 1 3 3 15 2 4 6 6
CALDWELL 2020 - 2024 46 7 6 9 2 2 2 3 0 3 4 8 24 8 2 6 6
2024 10 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 8 1 0 1 0
CAMDEN 2020 - 2024 5 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1
2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CARTERET 2020 - 2024 27 2 6 5 0 1 1 2 4 1 1 4 11 3 1 2 10
2024 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0
CASWELL 2020 - 2024 13 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 2 7 0 1 0 5
2024 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 5 0 0 0 2
CATAWBA 2020 - 2024 104 17 36 18 5 0 4 2 4 4 5 9 66 8 8 8 14
2024 27 3 10 5 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 16 3 2 3 3
CHATHAM 2020 - 2024 42 5 11 7 9 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 18 3 1 4 16
2024 8 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 5
CHEROKEE 2020 - 2024 16 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 7 3 0 3 3
2024 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
CHOWAN 2020 - 2024 8 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 2 1 1 1
2024 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0
CLAY 2020 - 2024 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1
2024 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
CLEVELAND 2020 - 2024 71 10 18 13 7 4 0 2 2 6 2 7 43 6 6 3 13
2024 15 2 3 3 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 7 3 0 2 3
COLUMBUS 2020 - 2024 35 8 5 7 5 0 0 1 0 4 0 5 19 3 2 5 6
2024 11 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 4 3 1 1 2
CRAVEN 2020 - 2024 86 16 35 11 3 1 1 4 0 5 1 9 59 8 6 9 4
2024 12 1 4 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 1 4 1
CUMBERLAND 2020 - 2024 399 49 132 61 14 12 10 11 8 23 15 64 262 41 23 19 54
2024 63 6 21 8 3 2 2 1 4 2 0 14 39 7 5 2 10
CURRITUCK 2020 - 2024 6 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 1
2024 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
DARE 2020 - 2024 11 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 3 3 2 0 3
2024 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
DAVIDSON 2020 - 2024 103 7 28 18 10 3 4 5 2 4 4 18 62 8 10 5 18
2024 19 1 3 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 12 1 2 1 3
DAVIE 2020 - 2024 19 3 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 5 12 3 1 1 2
2024 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
DUPLIN 2020 - 2024 47 5 20 7 7 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 29 5 3 3 7
2024 9 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 1
DURHAM 2020 - 2024 186 14 48 38 11 6 1 7 4 25 3 29 101 18 13 17 37
2024 29 3 7 7 4 2 0 0 0 5 0 1 12 5 2 3 7
EDGECOMBE 2020 - 2024 68 5 18 18 9 1 1 3 1 4 0 8 41 7 7 7 6
2024 14 1 1 6 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 6 4 2 1 1
FORSYTH 2020 - 2024 281 28 97 64 15 6 4 3 6 22 9 27 170 21 15 29 46
2024 49 4 19 10 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 8 33 6 2 4 4
FRANKLIN 2020 - 2024 53 2 20 14 10 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 28 5 6 5 9
2024 10 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 1 1 2
GASTON 2020 - 2024 174 22 47 36 6 5 7 7 2 10 5 27 101 20 16 13 24
2024 38 4 7 7 2 3 2 2 1 3 0 7 17 6 4 3 8
GATES 2020 - 2024 8 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 3 1
2024 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
GRAHAM 2020 - 2024 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
2024 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
GRANVILLE 2020 - 2024 27 5 7 3 6 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 13 5 0 3 6
2024 6 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 1 0
GREENE 2020 - 2024 20 0 9 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 12 3 0 2 3
2024 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 1
GUILFORD 2020 - 2024 372 43 147 66 12 1 5 2 9 28 9 50 235 35 21 35 46
2024 75 11 24 17 2 0 3 1 2 2 0 13 41 9 9 7 9
HALIFAX 2020 - 2024 54 9 15 9 6 0 1 1 2 7 0 4 29 3 4 10 8
2024 13 2 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 8 1 1 2 1
HARNETT 2020 - 2024 92 11 25 13 10 4 2 0 2 8 3 14 53 12 4 8 15
2024 19 2 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4 11 4 0 2 2
HAYWOOD 2020 - 2024 35 8 6 6 2 0 0 1 1 1 5 5 20 3 2 3 7
2024 7 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 2
HENDERSON 2020 - 2024 53 5 13 13 5 0 1 2 2 1 7 4 24 4 5 10 10
2024 10 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 1 1 3
HERTFORD 2020 - 2024 23 2 8 2 3 0 0 1 2 4 0 1 13 2 0 2 6
2024 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
HOKE 2020 - 2024 59 9 17 7 5 3 1 0 1 3 1 12 36 6 5 0 12
2024 13 0 6 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 1 1 0 2
HYDE 2020 - 2024 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IREDELL 2020 - 2024 104 14 25 20 9 2 0 1 2 4 11 16 58 10 6 15 15
2024 19 3 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 10 2 1 4 2
JACKSON 2020 - 2024 17 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 10 1 1 2 3
2024 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1
JOHNSTON 2020 - 2024 121 19 34 21 13 5 0 6 6 3 3 11 70 14 6 11 20
2024 24 2 7 6 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 12 3 1 1 7
JONES 2020 - 2024 6 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0
2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LEE 2020 - 2024 53 6 17 7 4 1 3 2 1 4 2 6 27 8 5 4 9
2024 8 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 3
LENOIR 2020 - 2024 65 8 15 10 3 1 1 6 4 10 0 7 36 13 2 4 10
2024 18 2 3 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 6 6 0 2 4
LINCOLN 2020 - 2024 43 4 9 12 3 0 0 1 5 3 2 4 19 11 4 4 5
2024 13 3 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 6 3 2 0 2
MCDOWELL 2020 - 2024 22 0 4 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 7 13 1 2 3 3
2024 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 1 2 0
MACON 2020 - 2024 19 4 3 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 10 1 3 1 4
2024 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1
MADISON 2020 - 2024 11 1 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 0 1 3
2024 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
MARTIN 2020 - 2024 21 4 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 15 1 1 3 1
2024 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 1
MECKLENBURG 2020 - 2024 686 90 203 135 32 14 18 21 15 65 27 66 386 73 35 56 136
2024 136 19 47 17 8 4 5 8 2 12 3 11 84 13 5 9 25
MITCHELL 2020 - 2024 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0
2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MONTGOMERY 2020 - 2024 14 1 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 8 1 1 1 3
2024 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
MOORE 2020 - 2024 58 7 13 13 7 1 1 2 2 1 2 9 32 11 2 3 10
2024 14 1 4 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 8 2 1 0 3
NASH 2020 - 2024 70 13 18 12 3 1 1 2 3 7 3 7 42 12 2 4 10
2024 13 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 10 2 1 0 0
NEW HANOVER 2020 - 2024 92 10 27 25 2 2 1 4 0 9 2 10 56 7 5 8 16
2024 19 0 8 5 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 11 1 2 1 4
NORTHAMPTON 2020 - 2024 20 2 8 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 15 1 0 2 2
2024 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
ONSLOW 2020 - 2024 190 26 57 39 5 4 2 7 5 10 8 27 120 20 14 12 24
2024 39 2 10 13 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 7 24 4 3 1 7
ORANGE 2020 - 2024 59 10 31 7 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 3 47 1 1 4 6
2024 9 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 0 1 0 3
PAMLICO 2020 - 2024 8 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 1
2024 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
PASQUOTANK 2020 - 2024 42 3 11 13 3 0 0 0 1 6 1 4 21 3 3 6 9
2024 5 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1
PENDER 2020 - 2024 34 3 6 7 2 3 0 1 2 3 3 4 15 3 2 7 7
2024 8 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 2
PERQUIMANS 2020 - 2024 12 2 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 2 1
2024 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0
PERSON 2020 - 2024 29 1 10 3 5 0 0 1 0 2 1 6 18 1 2 4 4
2024 7 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 1 0 1
PITT 2020 - 2024 189 19 83 33 10 1 2 8 4 11 6 12 125 23 9 14 18
2024 45 6 17 6 3 1 0 0 2 3 2 5 29 7 2 2 5
POLK 2020 - 2024 6 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1
2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RANDOLPH 2020 - 2024 108 10 25 30 11 2 2 2 1 5 6 14 63 12 9 9 15
2024 21 2 6 5 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 12 2 0 2 5
RICHMOND 2020 - 2024 59 8 15 7 4 1 2 1 2 7 0 12 33 7 2 6 11
2024 8 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 4
ROBESON 2020 - 2024 151 24 36 21 23 4 4 4 4 10 2 19 78 19 9 13 32
2024 29 8 6 3 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 5 16 2 3 2 6
ROCKINGHAM 2020 - 2024 42 7 10 9 1 1 0 1 1 4 4 4 21 5 4 4 8
2024 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1
ROWAN 2020 - 2024 103 14 22 15 6 1 2 3 5 8 5 22 54 13 4 14 18
2024 28 6 5 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 5 16 3 1 2 6
RUTHERFORD 2020 - 2024 46 4 17 4 3 1 2 3 2 1 0 9 32 5 3 1 5
2024 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 4 0 1 0 1
SAMPSON 2020 - 2024 59 8 14 7 11 1 0 1 3 4 2 8 32 8 2 4 13
2024 9 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 3
SCOTLAND 2020 - 2024 41 4 8 9 3 2 0 0 1 5 0 9 23 6 2 1 9
2024 10 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 7 1 0 0 2
STANLY 2020 - 2024 40 6 8 10 5 1 2 1 0 0 3 4 14 7 4 8 7
2024 14 1 4 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 4 3 0 3 4
STOKES 2020 - 2024 21 1 10 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 12 2 4 1 2
2024 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
SURRY 2020 - 2024 34 4 6 9 3 0 1 1 2 2 1 5 17 5 2 2 8
2024 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0
SWAIN 2020 - 2024 16 1 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 6 4 2 1 3
2024 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
TRANSYLVANIA 2020 - 2024 15 3 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 1 0 3 5
2024 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2
TYRRELL 2020 - 2024 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2024 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
UNION 2020 - 2024 105 17 26 22 14 1 1 1 2 8 5 8 55 5 12 16 17
2024 19 5 3 4 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 9 1 1 3 5
VANCE 2020 - 2024 48 3 12 7 8 1 3 0 0 5 1 8 24 10 3 4 7
2024 9 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 4 0 0 0
WAKE 2020 - 2024 554 71 190 115 29 11 12 7 14 27 26 52 331 44 46 50 83
2024 106 14 41 21 5 3 2 0 3 4 4 9 69 7 9 12 9
WARREN 2020 - 2024 18 2 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 11 2 0 0 5
2024 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2
WASHINGTON 2020 - 2024 11 2 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 1 0
2024 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
WATAUGA 2020 - 2024 17 3 3 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 7 1 4 2 3
2024 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 2
WAYNE 2020 - 2024 135 16 46 20 12 3 1 1 5 11 4 16 80 9 6 17 23
2024 33 5 10 5 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 5 20 1 2 3 7
WILKES 2020 - 2024 46 8 10 9 3 0 0 1 3 2 0 10 29 4 6 3 4
2024 12 2 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 1 0 1
WILSON 2020 - 2024 63 5 28 13 0 1 3 2 0 4 3 4 42 2 6 4 9
2024 9 0 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 0 1 1 0
YADKIN 2020 - 2024 31 4 15 3 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 20 0 4 4 3
2024 7 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 0
YANCEY 2020 - 2024 11 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 4 2 3 0 2
2024 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1

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