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North Carolina Infant Death Rates
by PCR Region and County of Residence

North Carolina, 1999, 2000 and 1996-2000

Rates Based on Less Than 10 Deaths are Unstable and Should be Interpreted With Caution

	1999 INFANT			2000 INFANT			1996-2000 INFANT
	DEATHS	RATE		DEATHS	RATE		DEATHS	RATE
NORTH CAROLINA	1,034	9.1		1,034	8.6		5,049	9.1
PCR I	73	9.4		64	8.0		331	8.8
PCR II	242	8.9		247	8.7		1,174	8.9
PCR III	171	8.3		202	8.9		799	8.0
PCR IV	163	7.4		192	8.1		928	8.7
PCR V	200	11.4		154	8.5		864	9.9
PCR VI	185	10.0		175	9.1		953	10.3
ALAMANCE	19	10.7		30	15.8		96	11.1
ALEXANDER	2	4.5		1	2.1		14	6.5
ALLEGHANY	0	0.0		1	7.9		2	3.8
ANSON	9	26.4		9	25.5		33	19.3
ASHE	3	10.3		0	0.0		11	8.4
AVERY	1	6.2		0	0.0		5	5.9
BEAUFORT	10	15.6		6	9.4		39	13.2
BERTIE	3	11.9		1	4.0		12	9.2
BLADEN	6	13.0		4	8.3		22	9.6
BRUNSWICK	7	8.6		3	3.5		22	5.6
BUNCOMBE	33	13.3		23	8.9		109	9.0
BURKE	11	9.9		12	10.3		53	9.4
CABARRUS	16	8.5		20	9.4		58	6.4
CALDWELL	11	10.6		9	8.5		46	9.0
CAMDEN	0	0.0		0	0.0		5	17.9
CARTERET	5	8.1		7	11.0		25	8.1
CASWELL	5	18.1		4	15.3		22	17.2
CATAWBA	19	9.7		19	8.9		71	7.5
CHATHAM	3	4.5		4	6.0		32	10.1
CHEROKEE	0	0.0		2	7.5		11	8.4
CHOWAN	2	11.3		1	5.3		12	11.8
CLAY	1	15.4		0	0.0		4	11.8
CLEVELAND	22	17.8		13	9.7		69	10.7
COLUMBUS	13	15.5		7	8.7		42	10.6
CRAVEN	17	10.5		11	6.7		59	7.4
CUMBERLAND	66	12.1		60	10.6		308	11.0
CURRITUCK	2	9.8		2	8.5		13	13.3
DARE	2	6.3		2	5.7		9	5.8
DAVIDSON	13	6.9		21	10.6		76	8.2
DAVIE	2	4.8		11	22.8		20	9.9
DUPLIN	4	5.3		6	7.2		32	8.4
DURHAM	34	9.7		28	7.4		155	9.2
EDGECOMBE	8	9.8		11	12.9		43	10.3
FORSYTH	52	11.6		48	10.5		251	11.6
FRANKLIN	2	3.3		9	13.3		21	7.0
GASTON	28	10.4		28	10.2		117	8.9
GATES	0	0.0		0	0.0		3	5.8
GRAHAM	1	9.0		0	0.0		1	2.1
GRANVILLE	3	5.1		4	6.7		19	6.6
GREENE	3	12.7		2	7.7		13	10.3
GUILFORD	54	9.4		44	7.2		258	9.2
HALIFAX	6	8.2		6	7.5		42	11.1
HARNETT	13	9.2		13	9.1		63	9.0
HAYWOOD	2	3.6		3	5.3		23	8.5
HENDERSON	5	4.8		7	6.8		42	8.6
HERTFORD	9	29.6		6	21.4		28	20.1
HOKE	4	6.0		4	6.0		24	7.9
HYDE	0	0.0		1	16.1		3	11.1
IREDELL	11	6.6		20	10.8		72	8.8
JACKSON	4	11.3		5	13.6		16	9.5
JOHNSTON	12	6.2		14	6.6		70	7.6
JONES	0	0.0		0	0.0		3	5.8
LEE	10	12.0		3	3.4		38	9.6
LENOIR	14	16.8		7	8.1		55	12.9
LINCOLN	7	8.0		11	12.2		34	8.2
McDOWELL	6	11.0		3	5.5		25	9.7
MACON	0	0.0		4	13.0		10	6.8
MADISON	1	4.5		2	8.7		10	8.9
MARTIN	2	5.7		4	11.8		20	11.8
MECKLENBURG	67	6.1		104	8.5		378	7.2
MITCHELL	2	11.2		1	6.4		5	6.4
MONTGOMERY	4	10.3		2	4.8		17	8.5
MOORE	11	11.9		4	4.3		45	10.1
NASH	11	8.9		16	12.3		75	12.3
NEW HANOVER	13	6.5		11	5.4		63	6.5
NORTHAMPTON	3	10.9		3	11.6		20	15.6
ONSLOW	23	7.2		29	8.7		124	7.7
ORANGE	6	5.3		4	3.2		49	8.4
PAMLICO	1	10.2		0	0.0		2	3.5
PASQUOTANK	3	6.9		2	4.4		30	13.6
PENDER	4	8.9		4	8.1		15	6.7
PERQUIMANS	0	0.0		4	32.3		10	17.5
PERSON	3	6.4		7	16.2		25	11.5
PITT	20	10.7		16	7.9		111	11.8
POLK	1	5.4		3	15.8		13	15.0
RANDOLPH	17	9.2		18	9.2		71	8.0
RICHMOND	7	10.6		3	4.2		32	9.5
ROBESON	33	15.6		26	12.1		140	13.5
ROCKINGHAM	12	10.1		8	6.6		53	9.1
ROWAN	11	6.4		11	6.5		58	7.1
RUTHERFORD	12	14.7		8	9.2		37	9.1
SAMPSON	8	8.8		10	10.8		36	8.4
SCOTLAND	11	21.4		3	5.5		35	12.6
STANLY	4	5.5		6	8.0		36	10.0
STOKES	3	5.8		6	11.4		18	6.9
SURRY	8	8.6		7	7.2		35	7.5
SWAIN	0	0.0		1	5.5		2	2.4
TRANSYLVANIA	2	7.2		2	6.7		18	12.6
TYRRELL	1	21.3		0	0.0		5	23.5
UNION	18	8.8		11	4.9		74	7.6
VANCE	3	4.4		8	10.6		39	11.5
WAKE	61	6.5		74	7.2		354	7.8
WARREN	2	9.3		3	15.5		8	8.1
WASHINGTON	3	18.4		1	5.0		14	15.2
WATAUGA	1	3.0		3	8.3		14	8.0
WAYNE	20	11.4		20	11.3		89	10.4
WILKES	11	12.8		2	2.2		32	7.7
WILSON	13	12.0		11	10.2		57	10.5
YADKIN	0	0.0		6	11.4		14	5.7
YANCEY	3	15.6		0	0.0		5	5.3

Note: Rates per 1,000 live births.

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