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Table 1
Infant Deaths and Rates by Race
North Carolina, 1970-1996
| Year |
Total |
White |
Nonwhite |
| Number |
|
Rate |
Number |
|
Rate |
Number |
|
Rate |
| 1970 |
2,371 |
|
24.1 |
1,340 |
|
19.2 |
1,031 |
|
35.8 |
| 1971 |
2,097 |
|
22.0 |
1,191 |
|
17.7 |
906 |
|
32.0 |
| 1972 |
2,007 |
|
22.6 |
1,122 |
|
18.2 |
885 |
|
32.4 |
| 1973 |
1,864 |
|
21.7 |
1,067 |
|
18.1 |
797 |
|
29.8 |
| 1974 |
1,636 |
|
19.4 |
950 |
|
16.4 |
686 |
|
26.0 |
| 1975 |
1,498 |
|
18.5 |
810 |
|
14.7 |
688 |
|
26.6 |
| 1976 |
1,434 |
|
17.8 |
823 |
|
14.9 |
611 |
|
24.0 |
| 1977 |
1,335 |
|
15.8 |
703 |
|
12.2 |
632 |
|
23.3 |
| 1978 |
1,367 |
|
16.6 |
725 |
|
13.1 |
642 |
|
23.9 |
| 1979 |
1,270 |
|
15.2 |
633 |
|
11.2 |
637 |
|
23.3 |
| 1980 |
1,219 |
|
14.4 |
692 |
|
12.1 |
527 |
|
19.4 |
| 1981 |
1,103 |
|
13.2 |
608 |
|
10.7 |
495 |
|
18.3 |
| 1982 |
1,176 |
|
13.7 |
631 |
|
10.9 |
545 |
|
19.6 |
| 1983 |
1,109 |
|
13.2 |
604 |
|
10.5 |
505 |
|
19.1 |
| 1984 |
1,077 |
|
12.5 |
594 |
|
10.0 |
483 |
|
18.2 |
| 1985 |
1,070 |
|
12.0 |
586 |
|
9.5 |
484 |
|
17.5 |
| 1986 |
1,049 |
|
11.6 |
575 |
|
9.3 |
474 |
|
16.6 |
| 1987 |
1,134 |
|
12.1 |
614 |
|
9.6 |
520 |
|
17.6 |
| 1988 |
1,227 |
|
12.6 |
635 |
|
9.6 |
592 |
|
18.7 |
| 1989 |
1,170 |
|
11.5 |
596 |
|
8.7 |
572 |
|
17.0 |
| 1990 |
1,112 |
|
10.6 |
581 |
|
8.2 |
531 |
|
15.9 |
| 1991 |
1,112 |
|
10.9 |
554 |
|
8.0 |
558 |
|
16.9 |
| 1992 |
1,031 |
|
9.9 |
510 |
|
7.2 |
521 |
|
15.7 |
| 1993 |
1,079 |
|
10.6 |
548 |
|
7.9 |
531 |
|
16.4 |
| 1994 |
1,017 |
|
10.0 |
530 |
|
7.5 |
487 |
|
15.6 |
| 1995 |
935 |
|
9.2 |
483 |
|
6.8 |
452 |
|
15.0 |
| 1996 |
962 |
|
9.2 |
522 |
|
7.1 |
440 |
|
14.3 |
