| 2009 NORTH CAROLINA INFANT MORTALITY REPORT, TABLE 2 |
| North Carolina Infant Death Rates (per 1,000 live births) |
| by Perinatal Care Region (PCR) and County of Residence: 2008, 2009, and 2005-2009 |
| 2008 Infant Deaths | 2008 Rate | 2009 Infant Deaths | 2009 Rate | 2005-2009 Infant Deaths |
2005-2009 Rate |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RESIDENCE: | 1,066 | 8.2 | 1,006 | 7.9 | 5,289 | 8.3 |
| NORTH CAROLINA | ||||||
| PCR I | 49 | 6.0 | 42 | 5.2 | 284 | 6.9 |
| PCR II | 246 | 8.6 | 239 | 8.8 | 1,245 | 8.9 |
| PCR III | 178 | 6.8 | 175 | 6.9 | 912 | 7.2 |
| PCR IV | 178 | 6.2 | 210 | 7.7 | 989 | 7.2 |
| PCR V | 191 | 9.9 | 166 | 8.6 | 897 | 9.4 |
| PCR VI | 224 | 11.4 | 174 | 8.9 | 962 | 9.9 |
| ALAMANCE | 12 | 6.0 | 17 | 9.0 | 76 | 7.9 |
| ALEXANDER | 2 | 5.0 | 2 | 5.0 | 16 | 7.6 |
| ALLEGHANY | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9.1 | 5 | 9.4 |
| ANSON | 1 | 3.2 | 4 | 14.7 | 15 | 9.9 |
| ASHE | 2 | 7.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 4.3 |
| AVERY | 1 | 6.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 6.9 |
| BEAUFORT | 2 | 3.6 | 2 | 3.4 | 15 | 5.2 |
| BERTIE | 5 | 19.4 | 4 | 17.5 | 21 | 17.5 |
| BLADEN | 3 | 7.3 | 4 | 10.6 | 28 | 13.1 |
| BRUNSWICK | 8 | 6.8 | 8 | 7.2 | 43 | 7.8 |
| BUNCOMBE | 16 | 5.8 | 12 | 4.5 | 85 | 6.2 |
| BURKE | 9 | 8.3 | 13 | 13.4 | 49 | 9.7 |
| CABARRUS | 9 | 3.3 | 17 | 6.7 | 66 | 5.2 |
| CALDWELL | 7 | 8.0 | 8 | 9.6 | 30 | 6.7 |
| CAMDEN | 1 | 10.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 5.9 |
| CARTERET | 3 | 5.0 | 3 | 5.1 | 15 | 4.7 |
| CASWELL | 1 | 4.4 | 2 | 9.6 | 15 | 13.5 |
| CATAWBA | 13 | 6.4 | 14 | 7.4 | 76 | 7.5 |
| CHATHAM | 1 | 1.3 | 4 | 5.9 | 25 | 6.8 |
| CHEROKEE | 2 | 7.8 | 2 | 7.7 | 12 | 9.1 |
| CHOWAN | 3 | 16.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 9.7 |
| CLAY | 1 | 11.4 | 1 | 10.6 | 5 | 11.7 |
| CLEVELAND | 8 | 6.5 | 13 | 10.8 | 56 | 9.4 |
| COLUMBUS | 10 | 13.6 | 7 | 10.2 | 40 | 10.9 |
| CRAVEN | 14 | 8.1 | 16 | 9.5 | 71 | 8.7 |
| CUMBERLAND | 62 | 10.9 | 59 | 9.5 | 302 | 10.5 |
| CURRITUCK | 3 | 13.6 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 14.8 |
| DARE | 1 | 2.4 | 1 | 2.6 | 12 | 5.6 |
| DAVIDSON | 16 | 8.0 | 23 | 12.2 | 91 | 9.4 |
| DAVIE | 1 | 2.2 | 2 | 4.3 | 13 | 5.7 |
| DUPLIN | 11 | 13.6 | 6 | 7.3 | 36 | 8.7 |
| DURHAM | 31 | 6.7 | 37 | 8.4 | 152 | 7.0 |
| EDGECOMBE | 10 | 12.7 | 6 | 8.5 | 48 | 12.8 |
| FORSYTH | 61 | 12.0 | 48 | 9.9 | 265 | 10.7 |
| FRANKLIN | 7 | 9.0 | 8 | 12.4 | 28 | 7.8 |
| GASTON | 26 | 9.6 | 28 | 10.3 | 144 | 10.5 |
| GATES | 2 | 16.3 | 1 | 10.3 | 7 | 11.6 |
| GRAHAM | 1 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 8.1 |
| GRANVILLE | 3 | 4.8 | 2 | 3.1 | 17 | 5.4 |
| GREENE | 6 | 26.9 | 3 | 11.5 | 18 | 14.3 |
| GUILFORD | 63 | 9.9 | 64 | 10.4 | 309 | 10.0 |
| HALIFAX | 10 | 15.0 | 6 | 9.2 | 49 | 14.2 |
| HARNETT | 17 | 10.4 | 14 | 8.1 | 74 | 9.2 |
| HAYWOOD | 3 | 5.1 | 2 | 3.4 | 20 | 6.8 |
| HENDERSON | 5 | 4.0 | 5 | 4.2 | 38 | 6.2 |
| HERTFORD | 8 | 24.0 | 6 | 20.0 | 30 | 19.3 |
| HOKE | 9 | 10.3 | 7 | 7.5 | 34 | 8.0 |
| HYDE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| IREDELL | 8 | 4.0 | 15 | 7.9 | 64 | 6.5 |
| JACKSON | 2 | 5.2 | 4 | 8.9 | 17 | 8.2 |
| JOHNSTON | 16 | 6.3 | 16 | 6.6 | 74 | 6.1 |
| JONES | 1 | 11.8 | 2 | 20.8 | 7 | 14.5 |
| LEE | 4 | 4.1 | 9 | 10.5 | 34 | 7.4 |
| LENOIR | 14 | 18.9 | 2 | 2.6 | 39 | 10.0 |
| LINCOLN | 10 | 10.8 | 7 | 8.0 | 28 | 6.3 |
| MCDOWELL | 3 | 5.5 | 3 | 6.3 | 17 | 6.5 |
| MACON | 1 | 2.6 | 3 | 8.6 | 12 | 6.4 |
| MADISON | 2 | 10.2 | 2 | 10.9 | 7 | 7.3 |
| MARTIN | 4 | 12.6 | 5 | 16.8 | 20 | 13.5 |
| MECKLENBURG | 98 | 6.6 | 88 | 6.1 | 487 | 6.8 |
| MITCHELL | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 6.2 |
| MONTGOMERY | 4 | 10.3 | 2 | 6.3 | 17 | 8.9 |
| MOORE | 7 | 6.9 | 5 | 5.4 | 39 | 8.0 |
| NASH | 17 | 13.4 | 13 | 10.2 | 69 | 11.1 |
| NEW HANOVER | 12 | 4.9 | 11 | 4.7 | 52 | 4.3 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 1 | 4.2 | 1 | 4.6 | 12 | 9.9 |
| ONSLOW | 32 | 8.7 | 28 | 6.9 | 145 | 8.0 |
| ORANGE | 11 | 8.0 | 7 | 5.4 | 46 | 6.9 |
| PAMLICO | 1 | 8.9 | 2 | 18.0 | 3 | 5.4 |
| PASQUOTANK | 9 | 15.6 | 8 | 15.2 | 28 | 10.0 |
| PENDER | 1 | 1.8 | 4 | 6.8 | 16 | 5.7 |
| PERQUIMANS | 3 | 22.2 | 2 | 15.3 | 9 | 13.4 |
| PERSON | 3 | 6.2 | 3 | 6.4 | 22 | 9.3 |
| PITT | 34 | 14.5 | 24 | 10.4 | 123 | 11.0 |
| POLK | 3 | 19.6 | 1 | 6.1 | 10 | 12.7 |
| RANDOLPH | 12 | 6.6 | 13 | 7.6 | 68 | 7.6 |
| RICHMOND | 5 | 7.4 | 3 | 4.8 | 24 | 7.3 |
| ROBESON | 36 | 16.2 | 29 | 13.6 | 155 | 14.2 |
| ROCKINGHAM | 9 | 8.6 | 11 | 10.5 | 56 | 10.5 |
| ROWAN | 11 | 6.0 | 9 | 5.3 | 55 | 6.3 |
| RUTHERFORD | 7 | 9.9 | 6 | 8.2 | 28 | 7.5 |
| SAMPSON | 12 | 13.3 | 10 | 11.0 | 49 | 10.6 |
| SCOTLAND | 5 | 9.7 | 3 | 6.1 | 24 | 9.2 |
| STANLY | 9 | 13.0 | 3 | 4.1 | 28 | 7.8 |
| STOKES | 6 | 13.4 | 1 | 2.4 | 25 | 11.0 |
| SURRY | 15 | 16.4 | 8 | 9.3 | 46 | 10.3 |
| SWAIN | 1 | 5.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 6.5 |
| TRANSYLVANIA | 1 | 3.4 | 1 | 3.2 | 12 | 7.9 |
| TYRRELL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| UNION | 17 | 6.1 | 15 | 5.9 | 88 | 6.6 |
| VANCE | 7 | 11.2 | 4 | 6.4 | 39 | 11.6 |
| WAKE | 80 | 5.9 | 99 | 7.6 | 451 | 6.9 |
| WARREN | 2 | 10.9 | 2 | 9.7 | 10 | 9.4 |
| WASHINGTON | 2 | 12.8 | 2 | 11.7 | 10 | 11.4 |
| WATAUGA | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 6.3 |
| WAYNE | 19 | 10.7 | 22 | 13.2 | 87 | 9.9 |
| WILKES | 5 | 6.4 | 5 | 7.1 | 29 | 7.4 |
| WILSON | 8 | 6.8 | 8 | 7.4 | 58 | 10.5 |
| YADKIN | 3 | 6.4 | 2 | 4.7 | 24 | 10.3 |
| YANCEY | 1 | 5.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 6.6 |
| 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, 20AUG2010 |
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