| 2012 NORTH CAROLINA INFANT MORTALITY REPORT, TABLE 9 |
| 2012 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: | 27 | 20.9 | 20 | 16.1 | 1 | 7.7 | 7 | 26.9 | 55 | 18.8 |
| Congenital Malformations, deformations & chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) | ||||||||||
| Prematurity & Low Birth Weight (P05-P07) | 1 | 0.8 | 4 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.7 |
| Respiratory Distress & other Respiratory conditions (P22-P28) | 5 | 3.9 | 4 | 3.2 | 1 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3.4 |
| Infections & Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99; P35-P39) | 6 | 4.7 | 4 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15.4 | 14 | 4.8 |
| Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P04; P08-P21; P29-P34; P40-P96) | 7 | 5.4 | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.8 | 9 | 3.1 |
| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (R95) | 16 | 12.4 | 6 | 4.8 | 4 | 30.8 | 1 | 3.8 | 27 | 9.2 |
| Unintentional Injuries/Accidents (V01-X59; Y85-Y86) | 12 | 9.3 | 16 | 12.9 | 4 | 30.8 | 2 | 7.7 | 34 | 11.6 |
| Homicide/Assault (X85-Y09; Y87.1) | 3 | 2.3 | 6 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.8 | 10 | 3.4 |
| Other Ill-Defined and unknown causes of death (R96-R99) | 30 | 23.3 | 34 | 27.4 | 3 | 23.1 | 3 | 11.5 | 70 | 24.0 |
| All Other Causes of Death (Residual) | 22 | 17.1 | 29 | 23.4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 26.9 | 58 | 19.9 |
| TOTAL, ALL CAUSES | 129 | 100.0 | 124 | 100.0 | 13 | 100.0 | 26 | 100.0 | 292 | 100.0 |
| Source: NC Department of Health & Human Services State Center for Health Statistics, 06AUG2013 |
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