| 2004 NORTH CAROLINA INFANT MORTALITY REPORT, TABLE 7 |
| 2004 Infant Deaths (<365 days) by Cause of Death |
| RACE | TOTAL | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Other Races | |||||
| Infant Deaths | Infant Deaths | Infant Deaths | ||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| CAUSE OF DEATH: | 126 | 23.3 | 61 | 12.0 | 187 | 17.8 |
| Congenital Malformations, deformations & chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) | ||||||
| Prematurity & Low Birth Weight (P05-P07) | 82 | 15.2 | 127 | 25.0 | 209 | 19.9 |
| Respiratory Distress & other Respiratory conditions (P22-P28) | 47 | 8.7 | 43 | 8.4 | 90 | 8.6 |
| Infections & Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99; P35-P39) | 28 | 5.2 | 32 | 6.3 | 60 | 5.7 |
| Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P04; P08-P21; P29-P34; P40-P96) | 106 | 19.6 | 125 | 24.6 | 231 | 22.0 |
| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (R95) | 57 | 10.5 | 46 | 9.0 | 103 | 9.8 |
| Unintentional Injuries/Accidents (V01-X59; Y85-Y86) | 26 | 4.8 | 14 | 2.8 | 40 | 3.8 |
| Homicide/Assault (X85-Y09; Y87.1) | 7 | 1.3 | 3 | 0.6 | 10 | 1.0 |
| Other Ill-Defined and unknown causes of death (R96-R99) | 10 | 1.8 | 11 | 2.2 | 21 | 2.0 |
| All Other Causes of Death (Residual) | 52 | 9.6 | 47 | 9.2 | 99 | 9.4 |
| TOTAL, ALL CAUSES | 541 | 100.0 | 509 | 100.0 | 1,050 | 100.0 |
| Source: NC Department of Health & Human Services State Center for Health Statistics, 19JUL2005 |
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