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Table 1

Infant Deaths and Rates by Race
North Carolina, 1972 - 2002

	Total		White		Other Races
Year	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
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
1997	982	9.2	522	6.9	460	14.8
1998	1,037	9.3	510	6.4	527	16.3
1999	1,034	9.1	552	6.8	482	14.8
2000	1,034	8.6	545	6.3	489	14.4
2001	1,005	8.5	518	6.1	487	14.8
2002	957	8.2	501	5.9	456	14.2

Note: Rates per 1,000 live births.

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