2007 NORTH CAROLINA INFANT MORTALITY REPORT, TABLE 1
North Carolina 2007 Final Infant Death Rates (per 1,000 live births)

  White Infant Deaths Minority Infant Deaths Total Infant Deaths White Births Minority Births Total Births White Rate Minority Rate Total Rate
RESIDENCE: 594 513 1,107 94,073 36,813 130,886 6.3 13.9 8.5
NORTH CAROLINA
PCR I 44 10 54 7,631 782 8,413 5.8 12.8 6.4
PCR II 172 92 264 22,502 6,268 28,770 7.6 14.7 9.2
PCR III 103 75 178 18,524 7,649 26,173 5.6 9.8 6.8
PCR IV 112 114 226 20,084 8,031 28,115 5.6 14.2 8.0
PCR V 82 102 184 12,582 6,890 19,472 6.5 14.8 9.4
PCR VI 81 120 201 12,750 7,193 19,943 6.4 16.7 10.1
ALAMANCE 8 6 14 1,569 448 2,017 5.1 13.4 6.9
ALEXANDER 4 0 4 416 28 444 9.6 0.0 9.0
ALLEGHANY 2 0 2 111 1 112 18.0 0.0 17.9
ANSON 0 1 1 118 185 303 0.0 5.4 3.3
ASHE 1 0 1 293 3 296 3.4 0.0 3.4
AVERY 2 0 2 196 2 198 10.2 0.0 10.1
BEAUFORT 2 0 2 395 209 604 5.1 0.0 3.3
BERTIE 0 7 7 56 177 233 0.0 39.5 30.0
BLADEN 1 2 3 269 156 425 3.7 12.8 7.1
BRUNSWICK 8 3 11 990 169 1,159 8.1 17.8 9.5
BUNCOMBE 10 3 13 2,559 305 2,864 3.9 9.8 4.5
BURKE 5 1 6 888 126 1,014 5.6 7.9 5.9
CABARRUS 9 3 12 2,163 447 2,610 4.2 6.7 4.6
CALDWELL 3 0 3 877 57 934 3.4 0.0 3.2
CAMDEN 1 0 1 95 15 110 10.5 0.0 9.1
CARTERET 1 0 1 572 71 643 1.7 0.0 1.6
CASWELL 4 3 7 148 62 210 27.0 48.4 33.3
CATAWBA 13 4 17 1,773 324 2,097 7.3 12.3 8.1
CHATHAM 6 3 9 648 86 734 9.3 34.9 12.3
CHEROKEE 2 0 2 209 14 223 9.6 0.0 9.0
CHOWAN 0 0 0 106 102 208 0.0 0.0 0.0
CLAY 0 1 1 61 5 66 0.0 200.0 15.2
CLEVELAND 8 7 15 847 353 1,200 9.4 19.8 12.5
COLUMBUS 3 5 8 488 309 797 6.1 16.2 10.0
CRAVEN 9 9 18 1,144 465 1,609 7.9 19.4 11.2
CUMBERLAND 22 33 55 3,291 2,362 5,653 6.7 14.0 9.7
CURRITUCK 4 3 7 243 26 269 16.5 115.4 26.0
DARE 3 2 5 391 15 406 7.7 133.3 12.3
DAVIDSON 12 6 18 1,683 232 1,915 7.1 25.9 9.4
DAVIE 4 0 4 408 22 430 9.8 0.0 9.3
DUPLIN 5 4 9 643 204 847 7.8 19.6 10.6
DURHAM 10 20 30 2,657 1,718 4,375 3.8 11.6 6.9
EDGECOMBE 2 13 15 289 547 836 6.9 23.8 17.9
FORSYTH 29 28 57 3,672 1,462 5,134 7.9 19.2 11.1
FRANKLIN 0 2 2 530 169 699 0.0 11.8 2.9
GASTON 25 7 32 2,268 583 2,851 11.0 12.0 11.2
GATES 0 0 0 70 51 121 0.0 0.0 0.0
GRAHAM 1 1 2 91 8 99 11.0 125.0 20.2
GRANVILLE 1 2 3 426 203 629 2.3 9.9 4.8
GREENE 2 3 5 145 116 261 13.8 25.9 19.2
GUILFORD 21 39 60 3,548 2,748 6,296 5.9 14.2 9.5
HALIFAX 2 9 11 258 471 729 7.8 19.1 15.1
HARNETT 7 5 12 1,252 364 1,616 5.6 13.7 7.4
HAYWOOD 7 0 7 575 23 598 12.2 0.0 11.7
HENDERSON 8 1 9 1,179 69 1,248 6.8 14.5 7.2
HERTFORD 1 4 5 84 209 293 11.9 19.1 17.1
HOKE 4 3 7 507 288 795 7.9 10.4 8.8
HYDE 0 0 0 38 14 52 0.0 0.0 0.0
IREDELL 11 0 11 1,633 371 2,004 6.7 0.0 5.5
JACKSON 3 2 5 334 88 422 9.0 22.7 11.8
JOHNSTON 15 7 22 2,039 435 2,474 7.4 16.1 8.9
JONES 0 2 2 68 28 96 0.0 71.4 20.8
LEE 4 1 5 692 206 898 5.8 4.9 5.6
LENOIR 1 4 5 438 353 791 2.3 11.3 6.3
LINCOLN 2 0 2 833 50 883 2.4 0.0 2.3
MCDOWELL 2 0 2 479 34 513 4.2 0.0 3.9
MACON 3 0 3 396 17 413 7.6 0.0 7.3
MADISON 1 0 1 189 5 194 5.3 0.0 5.2
MARTIN 1 0 1 123 144 267 8.1 0.0 3.7
MECKLENBURG 44 52 96 9,284 5,483 14,767 4.7 9.5 6.5
MITCHELL 1 0 1 161 2 163 6.2 0.0 6.1
MONTGOMERY 2 3 5 319 91 410 6.3 33.0 12.2
MOORE 5 6 11 794 222 1,016 6.3 27.0 10.8
NASH 5 13 18 714 561 1,275 7.0 23.2 14.1
NEW HANOVER 6 3 9 1,906 588 2,494 3.1 5.1 3.6
NORTHAMPTON 1 1 2 86 157 243 11.6 6.4 8.2
ONSLOW 23 15 38 2,985 715 3,700 7.7 21.0 10.3
ORANGE 11 5 16 1,028 326 1,354 10.7 15.3 11.8
PAMLICO 0 0 0 81 19 100 0.0 0.0 0.0
PASQUOTANK 2 3 5 352 223 575 5.7 13.5 8.7
PENDER 5 1 6 516 104 620 9.7 9.6 9.7
PERQUIMANS 0 0 0 101 41 142 0.0 0.0 0.0
PERSON 0 5 5 346 133 479 0.0 37.6 10.4
PITT 4 11 15 1,332 1,004 2,336 3.0 11.0 6.4
POLK 0 1 1 139 8 147 0.0 125.0 6.8
RANDOLPH 20 1 21 1,739 153 1,892 11.5 6.5 11.1
RICHMOND 2 4 6 468 241 709 4.3 16.6 8.5
ROBESON 8 25 33 865 1,403 2,268 9.2 17.8 14.6
ROCKINGHAM 2 7 9 883 226 1,109 2.3 31.0 8.1
ROWAN 5 5 10 1,437 368 1,805 3.5 13.6 5.5
RUTHERFORD 2 0 2 673 111 784 3.0 0.0 2.6
SAMPSON 5 6 11 700 249 949 7.1 24.1 11.6
SCOTLAND 4 3 7 217 344 561 18.4 8.7 12.5
STANLY 4 1 5 633 118 751 6.3 8.5 6.7
STOKES 8 0 8 440 14 454 18.2 0.0 17.6
SURRY 13 0 13 889 38 927 14.6 0.0 14.0
SWAIN 0 1 1 120 73 193 0.0 13.7 5.2
TRANSYLVANIA 3 0 3 277 20 297 10.8 0.0 10.1
TYRRELL 0 0 0 41 17 58 0.0 0.0 0.0
UNION 11 4 15 2,378 430 2,808 4.6 9.3 5.3
VANCE 2 11 13 319 397 716 6.3 27.7 18.2
WAKE 49 48 97 9,603 3,696 13,299 5.1 13.0 7.3
WARREN 2 1 3 79 152 231 25.3 6.6 13.0
WASHINGTON 1 1 2 78 112 190 12.8 8.9 10.5
WATAUGA 6 0 6 395 9 404 15.2 0.0 14.9
WAYNE 5 7 12 1,190 612 1,802 4.2 11.4 6.7
WILKES 5 1 6 776 62 838 6.4 16.1 7.2
WILSON 6 9 15 632 515 1,147 9.5 17.5 13.1
YADKIN 6 0 6 445 22 467 13.5 0.0 12.8
YANCEY 1 0 1 189 0 189 5.3 0.0 5.3

Note: Rates based on less than 10 deaths are unreliable and should be interpreted with caution.
Source: NC Department of Health & Human Services State Center for Health Statistics, 30JUL2008