| 2011 NORTH CAROLINA INFANT MORTALITY REPORT, TABLE 7 |
| 2011 Infant Deaths (<365 days) by Cause of Death |
| RACE/ETHNICITY | TOTAL | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Non-Hispanic | Af. Am. Non-Hispanic | Other Non-Hispanic | Hispanic | |||||||
| Infant Deaths | Infant Deaths | Infant Deaths | Infant Deaths | Infant Deaths | ||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| CAUSE OF DEATH: | 75 | 20.3 | 55 | 15.0 | 6 | 18.8 | 30 | 30.6 | 166 | 19.2 |
| Congenital Malformations, deformations & chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) | ||||||||||
| Prematurity & Low Birth Weight (P05-P07) | 66 | 17.9 | 102 | 27.8 | 6 | 18.8 | 21 | 21.4 | 195 | 22.5 |
| Respiratory Distress & other Respiratory conditions (P22-P28) | 20 | 5.4 | 15 | 4.1 | 3 | 9.4 | 4 | 4.1 | 42 | 4.8 |
| Infections & Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99; P35-P39) | 14 | 3.8 | 25 | 6.8 | 3 | 9.4 | 7 | 7.1 | 49 | 5.7 |
| Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P04; P08-P21; P29-P34; P40-P96) | 78 | 21.1 | 95 | 25.9 | 4 | 12.5 | 19 | 19.4 | 196 | 22.6 |
| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (R95) | 33 | 8.9 | 14 | 3.8 | 3 | 9.4 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 5.8 |
| Unintentional Injuries/Accidents (V01-X59; Y85-Y86) | 14 | 3.8 | 9 | 2.5 | 1 | 3.1 | 5 | 5.1 | 29 | 3.3 |
| Homicide/Assault (X85-Y09; Y87.1) | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.5 |
| Other Ill-Defined and unknown causes of death (R96-R99) | 39 | 10.6 | 18 | 4.9 | 3 | 9.4 | 4 | 4.1 | 64 | 7.4 |
| All Other Causes of Death (Residual) | 29 | 7.9 | 31 | 8.4 | 3 | 9.4 | 8 | 8.2 | 71 | 8.2 |
| TOTAL, ALL CAUSES | 369 | 100.0 | 367 | 100.0 | 32 | 100.0 | 98 | 100.0 | 866 | 100.0 |
| Source: NC Department of Health & Human Services State Center for Health Statistics, 18SEP2012 |
FOLLOW US