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Table 2
Infant Death Rates and Annual Percent Change by Race, North Carolina, 1992-1996
| Year |
Total |
White |
Nonwhite |
| Rate |
%Change |
Rate |
%Change |
Rate |
%Change |
| 1992 |
9.9 |
-9.2 |
7.2 |
-10.0 |
15.7 |
-7.1 |
| 1993 |
10.6 |
7.1 |
7.9 |
9.7 |
16.4 |
4.5 |
| 1994 |
10.0 |
-5.7 |
7.5 |
-5.1 |
15.6 |
-4.9 |
| 1995 |
9.2 |
-8.0 |
6.8 |
-9.3 |
15.0 |
-3.8 |
| 1996 |
9.2 |
0.0 |
7.1 |
4.4 |
14.3 |
-4.7 |
Table 3
Neonatal and Postneonatal Death Rates by Race
North Carolina, 1992-1996
| Year |
Total |
White |
Nonwhite |
| Neonatal |
Post Neonatal |
Neonatal |
Post Neonatal |
Neonatal |
Post Neonatal |
| 1992 |
6.8 |
3.1 |
4.9 |
2.3 |
10.8 |
4.9 |
| 1993 |
7.3 |
3.4 |
5.2 |
2.8 |
11.8 |
4.7 |
| 1994 |
7.2 |
2.8 |
5.2 |
2.3 |
11.8 |
3.9 |
| 1995 |
6.4 |
2.8 |
4.6 |
2.1 |
10.7 |
4.3 |
| 1996 |
6.1 |
3.1 |
4.7 |
2.4 |
9.4 |
4.9 |
Table 4
Percent Changes in Neonatal and Postneonatal Death Rates by Race
North Carolina, 1992-1996
| Period of Change |
Total |
White |
Nonwhite |
| Neonatal |
Post Neonatal |
Neonatal |
Post Neonatal |
Neonatal |
Post Neonatal |
| 1992-93 |
7.4 |
9.7 |
6.1 |
21.7 |
9.3 |
-4.1 |
| 1993-94 |
-1.4 |
-17.6 |
0.0 |
-17.9 |
0.0 |
-17.0 |
| 1994-95 |
-11.1 |
0.0 |
-11.5 |
-8.7 |
-9.3 |
10.3 |
| 1995-96 |
-4.7 |
10.7 |
2.2 |
14.3 |
-12.1 |
14.0 |
| 1992-96 |
-10.3 |
0.0 |
-4.1 |
4.3 |
-13.0 |
0.0 |
