| 2011 NORTH CAROLINA INFANT MORTALITY REPORT, TABLE 8 |
| 2011 Neonatal (< 28 days) Infant Deaths by Cause of Death |
| RACE/ETHNICITY | TOTAL | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Non-Hispanic | Af. Am. Non-Hispanic | Other Non-Hispanic | Hispanic | |||||||
| Neonatal Deaths | Neonatal Deaths | Neonatal Deaths | Neonatal Deaths | Neonatal Deaths | ||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| CAUSE OF DEATH: | 47 | 20.3 | 33 | 12.2 | 5 | 23.8 | 23 | 31.9 | 108 | 18.2 |
| Congenital Malformations, deformations & chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) | ||||||||||
| Prematurity & Low Birth Weight (P05-P07) | 64 | 27.6 | 101 | 37.4 | 6 | 28.6 | 21 | 29.2 | 192 | 32.3 |
| Respiratory Distress & other Respiratory conditions (P22-P28) | 18 | 7.8 | 15 | 5.6 | 3 | 14.3 | 4 | 5.6 | 40 | 6.7 |
| Infections & Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99; P35-P39) | 8 | 3.4 | 14 | 5.2 | 2 | 9.5 | 3 | 4.2 | 27 | 4.5 |
| Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P04; P08-P21; P29-P34; P40-P96) | 78 | 33.6 | 94 | 34.8 | 4 | 19.0 | 18 | 25.0 | 194 | 32.6 |
| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (R95) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Unintentional Injuries/Accidents (V01-X59; Y85-Y86) | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Homicide/Assault (X85-Y09; Y87.1) | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Other Ill-Defined and unknown causes of death (R96-R99) | 8 | 3.4 | 3 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.4 | 12 | 2.0 |
| All Other Causes of Death (Residual) | 7 | 3.0 | 8 | 3.0 | 1 | 4.8 | 2 | 2.8 | 18 | 3.0 |
| TOTAL, ALL CAUSES | 232 | 100.0 | 270 | 100.0 | 21 | 100.0 | 72 | 100.0 | 595 | 100.0 |
| Source: NC Department of Health & Human Services State Center for Health Statistics, 18SEP2012 |
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