| 2010 NORTH CAROLINA INFANT MORTALITY REPORT, TABLE 9 |
| 2010 Postneonatal (>=28 days) Infant Deaths by Cause of Death |
| RACE/ETHNICITY | TOTAL | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Non-Hispanic | Af. Am. Non-Hispanic | Other Non-Hispanic | Hispanic | |||||||
| Postneonatal Deaths | Postneonatal Deaths | Postneonatal Deaths | Postneonatal Deaths | Postneonatal Deaths | ||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| CAUSE OF DEATH: | 21 | 17.8 | 19 | 18.6 | 4 | 33.3 | 8 | 38.1 | 52 | 20.6 |
| Congenital Malformations, deformations & chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) | ||||||||||
| Prematurity & Low Birth Weight (P05-P07) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.8 |
| Respiratory Distress & other Respiratory conditions (P22-P28) | 1 | 0.8 | 3 | 2.9 | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.0 |
| Infections & Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99; P35-P39) | 7 | 5.9 | 7 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9.5 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P04; P08-P21; P29-P34; P40-P96) | 6 | 5.1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.8 | 9 | 3.6 |
| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (R95) | 25 | 21.2 | 21 | 20.6 | 1 | 8.3 | 2 | 9.5 | 49 | 19.4 |
| Unintentional Injuries/Accidents (V01-X59; Y85-Y86) | 9 | 7.6 | 11 | 10.8 | 2 | 16.7 | 2 | 9.5 | 24 | 9.5 |
| Homicide/Assault (X85-Y09; Y87.1) | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.8 |
| Other Ill-Defined and unknown causes of death (R96-R99) | 20 | 16.9 | 10 | 9.8 | 2 | 16.7 | 2 | 9.5 | 34 | 13.4 |
| All Other Causes of Death (Residual) | 28 | 23.7 | 26 | 25.5 | 2 | 16.7 | 4 | 19.0 | 60 | 23.7 |
| TOTAL, ALL CAUSES | 118 | 100.0 | 102 | 100.0 | 12 | 100.0 | 21 | 100.0 | 253 | 100.0 |
| Source: NC Department of Health & Human Services State Center for Health Statistics, 08SEP2011 |
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