2004 NORTH CAROLINA INFANT MORTALITY REPORT, TABLE 9 |
2004 Postneonatal (>=28 days) Infant Deaths by Cause of Death |
RACE | TOTAL | |||||
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White | Other Races | |||||
Postneonatal Deaths | Postneonatal Deaths | Postneonatal Deaths | ||||
# | % | # | % | # | % | |
CAUSE OF DEATH: | 39 | 21.3 | 20 | 13.7 | 59 | 17.9 |
Congenital Malformations, deformations & chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) | ||||||
Prematurity & Low Birth Weight (P05-P07) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.3 |
Respiratory Distress & other Respiratory conditions (P22-P28) | 8 | 4.4 | 9 | 6.2 | 17 | 5.2 |
Infections & Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99; P35-P39) | 8 | 4.4 | 13 | 8.9 | 21 | 6.4 |
Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P04; P08-P21; P29-P34; P40-P96) | 3 | 1.6 | 4 | 2.7 | 7 | 2.1 |
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (R95) | 45 | 24.6 | 45 | 30.8 | 90 | 27.4 |
Unintentional Injuries/Accidents (V01-X59; Y85-Y86) | 23 | 12.6 | 13 | 8.9 | 36 | 10.9 |
Homicide/Assault (X85-Y09; Y87.1) | 6 | 3.3 | 3 | 2.1 | 9 | 2.7 |
Other Ill-Defined and unknown causes of death (R96-R99) | 8 | 4.4 | 5 | 3.4 | 13 | 4.0 |
All Other Causes of Death (Residual) | 43 | 23.5 | 33 | 22.6 | 76 | 23.1 |
TOTAL, ALL CAUSES | 183 | 100.0 | 146 | 100.0 | 329 | 100.0 |
Source: NC Department of Health & Human Services State Center for Health Statistics, 19JUL2005 |