2024 NC Resident Child Deaths Trends

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Figure 5: 2015-2024 Trends in North Carolina Resident Child Death Rates1 for Selected Causes of Death, Ages Birth through 17 Years
Figure 5: 2015-2024 Trends in North Carolina Resident Child Death Rates for Selected Causes of Death, Birth through 17 Years

Figure Summary: The line graph presenting trends in child death rates by cause of death displays rates for the ten-year period 2015-2024. Rates are displayed for major cause of death categories; per 100,000 resident children (ages 0-17). When reviewing this graph, it is important to keep in mind that certain cause of death categories such as birth defects, perinatal conditions, and suicides occur more frequently in specific age groups. Therefore, rates presented here may underestimate age-specific cause of death rates for these categories. A data table below the chart presents the data in tabular form. The table below presents the data in tabular form.

2015-2024 Trends in North Carolina Resident Child Death Rates for Selected Causes of Death, Ages Birth through 17 Years
  2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Perinatal Conditions 21.0 19.7 20.0 17.9 18.4 18.7 16.5 18.5 19.1 16.4
Medical Conditions/Illnesses 11.9 11.8 11.0 11.2 11.0 9.5 10.4 12.9 11.3 11.8
Birth Defects 8.1 8.9 7.5 7.4 7.5 7.1 7.5 7.3 7.5 7.3
Motor Vehicle Injuries 3.7 4.4 4.3 3.5 3.8 3.2 4.5 4.2 4.3 4.7
Other Unintentional Injuries 3.3 4.2 3.3 3.8 4.0 4.6 4.9 6.3 5.3 5.6
Homicide 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.2 2.4 4.0 4.0 4.4 3.8 3.5
Suicide 1.5 1.9 1.9 2.3 1.6 2.4 2.7 2.1 2.5 1.9
  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.