| 2011 NORTH CAROLINA INFANT MORTALITY REPORT, TABLE 9 |
| 2011 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: | 28 | 20.4 | 22 | 22.7 | 1 | 9.1 | 7 | 26.9 | 58 | 21.4 |
| Congenital Malformations, deformations & chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) | ||||||||||
| Prematurity & Low Birth Weight (P05-P07) | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.1 |
| Respiratory Distress & other Respiratory conditions (P22-P28) | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Infections & Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99; P35-P39) | 6 | 4.4 | 11 | 11.3 | 1 | 9.1 | 4 | 15.4 | 22 | 8.1 |
| Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P04; P08-P21; P29-P34; P40-P96) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.8 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (R95) | 33 | 24.1 | 13 | 13.4 | 3 | 27.3 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 18.1 |
| Unintentional Injuries/Accidents (V01-X59; Y85-Y86) | 13 | 9.5 | 9 | 9.3 | 1 | 9.1 | 5 | 19.2 | 28 | 10.3 |
| Homicide/Assault (X85-Y09; Y87.1) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Other Ill-Defined and unknown causes of death (R96-R99) | 31 | 22.6 | 15 | 15.5 | 3 | 27.3 | 3 | 11.5 | 52 | 19.2 |
| All Other Causes of Death (Residual) | 22 | 16.1 | 23 | 23.7 | 2 | 18.2 | 6 | 23.1 | 53 | 19.6 |
| TOTAL, ALL CAUSES | 137 | 100.0 | 97 | 100.0 | 11 | 100.0 | 26 | 100.0 | 271 | 100.0 |
| Source: NC Department of Health & Human Services State Center for Health Statistics, 18SEP2012 |
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