2024 NC Resident Child Deaths Trends

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Figure 4: 2015-2024 Trends in North Carolina Resident Child Death Rates1 by Race*/Ethnicity, Ages Birth through 17 Years
Figure 4: 2015-2024 Trends in North Carolina Resident Child Death Rates by Race / Ethnicity, Birth through 17 Years

Figure Summary: This line graph presents trends in child death rates by race/ethnicity from 2015-2024. All racial/ethnic groups presented are mutually exclusive categories. Rates are presented per 100,000 child population (ages 0-17) in that racial/ethnic group. Racial categories have changed from prior years and now reflect single race categories and multi-race. Death rates prior to 2024 have been recalculated using the latest population estimates available. As a result of changes in racial classification, comparisons with prior reports that did not use the same racial classifications are not advised. The table below presents the data in tabular form.

2015-2024 Trends in North Carolina Resident Child Death Rates by Race* / Ethnicity, Ages Birth through 17 Years
  2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
NH White 50.2 47.5 43.0 42.5 40.6 43.5 45.3 48.8 43.7 43.9
NH Black 93.8 101.2 100.0 95.3 99.0 99.4 107.3 112.2 109.6 107.5
NH American Indian 56.5 67.8 100.8 98.3 106.4 65.3 77.7 97.8 93.9 102.1
NH Asian/Pacific Islander 50.7 41.8 46.9 43.3 34.9 40.3 37.1 32.0 31.4 30.8
NH Multiracial 36.7 29.5 34.0 36.4 36.0 36.2 34.4 39.7 33.5 41.7
Hispanic 39.5 47.2 44.1 37.9 44.2 39.7 44.0 50.0 56.5 42.4
  1. Death rates are per 100,000 Resident population ages 1 to 17. Rates prior to 2024 have been recalculated using the latest available population data.

*Caution: Racial categories have changed from prior years and now reflect single race categories and multi-race. Comparisons with prior reports are not advised.

NH = Non-Hispanic