| 2012 NORTH CAROLINA INFANT MORTALITY REPORT, TABLE 7 |
| 2012 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: | 91 | 24.7 | 56 | 14.2 | 10 | 23.3 | 25 | 32.9 | 182 | 20.6 |
| Congenital Malformations, deformations & chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) | ||||||||||
| Prematurity & Low Birth Weight (P05-P07) | 69 | 18.7 | 123 | 31.1 | 8 | 18.6 | 10 | 13.2 | 210 | 23.8 |
| Respiratory Distress & other Respiratory conditions (P22-P28) | 15 | 4.1 | 18 | 4.6 | 2 | 4.7 | 2 | 2.6 | 37 | 4.2 |
| Infections & Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99; P35-P39) | 16 | 4.3 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5.3 | 34 | 3.9 |
| Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P04; P08-P21; P29-P34; P40-P96) | 64 | 17.3 | 84 | 21.3 | 11 | 25.6 | 17 | 22.4 | 176 | 19.9 |
| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (R95) | 17 | 4.6 | 6 | 1.5 | 4 | 9.3 | 1 | 1.3 | 28 | 3.2 |
| Unintentional Injuries/Accidents (V01-X59; Y85-Y86) | 14 | 3.8 | 17 | 4.3 | 4 | 9.3 | 2 | 2.6 | 37 | 4.2 |
| Homicide/Assault (X85-Y09; Y87.1) | 4 | 1.1 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.3 | 11 | 1.2 |
| Other Ill-Defined and unknown causes of death (R96-R99) | 44 | 11.9 | 40 | 10.1 | 4 | 9.3 | 4 | 5.3 | 92 | 10.4 |
| All Other Causes of Death (Residual) | 35 | 9.5 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13.2 | 76 | 8.6 |
| TOTAL, ALL CAUSES | 369 | 100.0 | 395 | 100.0 | 43 | 100.0 | 76 | 100.0 | 883 | 100.0 |
| Source: NC Department of Health & Human Services State Center for Health Statistics, 06AUG2013 |
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