| 2010-2014 NORTH CAROLINA INFANT MORTALITY REPORT, TABLE 3b |
| Infant Mortality Racial Disparities Between White Non-Hispanics and African-American Non-Hispanics |
| White Infant Deaths | African American Infant Deaths |
White Births | African American Births |
White Rate | African American Rate |
Disparity Ratio |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RESIDENCE: | 1,811 | 1,858 | 336,619 | 143,596 | 5.4 | 12.9 | 2.39 |
| NORTH CAROLINA | |||||||
| PCR I | 184 | 24 | 30,359 | 1,933 | 6.1 | 12.4 | 2.03 |
| PCR II | 479 | 365 | 78,180 | 25,560 | 6.1 | 14.3 | 2.34 |
| PCR III | 255 | 355 | 62,293 | 31,047 | 4.1 | 11.4 | 2.78 |
| PCR IV | 318 | 401 | 67,341 | 31,931 | 4.7 | 12.6 | 2.68 |
| PCR V | 269 | 328 | 47,703 | 24,273 | 5.6 | 13.5 | 2.41 |
| PCR VI | 306 | 385 | 50,743 | 28,852 | 6.0 | 13.3 | 2.22 |
| ALAMANCE | 38 | 28 | 4,915 | 1,852 | 7.7 | 15.1 | 1.96 |
| ALEXANDER | 6 | 1 | 1,542 | 71 | 3.9 | 14.1 | 3.62 |
| ALLEGHANY | 1 | 0 | 373 | 3 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| ANSON | 4 | 8 | 505 | 735 | 7.9 | 10.9 | 1.38 |
| ASHE | 6 | 0 | 1,114 | 4 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| AVERY | 9 | 0 | 645 | 5 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| BEAUFORT | 12 | 14 | 1,300 | 788 | 9.2 | 17.8 | 1.93 |
| BERTIE | 0 | 10 | 254 | 645 | 0.0 | 15.5 | 0 |
| BLADEN | 7 | 7 | 842 | 656 | 8.3 | 10.7 | 1.29 |
| BRUNSWICK | 27 | 6 | 3,982 | 652 | 6.8 | 9.2 | 1.35 |
| BUNCOMBE | 62 | 17 | 10,174 | 1,068 | 6.1 | 15.9 | 2.61 |
| BURKE | 22 | 2 | 3,278 | 200 | 6.7 | 10.0 | 1.49 |
| CABARRUS | 33 | 13 | 7,162 | 1,964 | 4.6 | 6.6 | 1.43 |
| CALDWELL | 34 | 3 | 3,438 | 210 | 9.9 | 14.3 | 1.44 |
| CAMDEN | 3 | 0 | 373 | 53 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| CARTERET | 20 | 2 | 2,577 | 187 | 7.8 | 10.7 | 1.37 |
| CASWELL | 2 | 6 | 668 | 296 | 3.0 | 20.3 | 6.77 |
| CATAWBA | 29 | 16 | 5,934 | 907 | 4.9 | 17.6 | 3.59 |
| CHATHAM | 15 | 4 | 1,782 | 361 | 8.4 | 11.1 | 1.32 |
| CHEROKEE | 8 | 0 | 979 | 19 | 8.2 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| CHOWAN | 2 | 3 | 377 | 331 | 5.3 | 9.1 | 1.72 |
| CLAY | 2 | 0 | 363 | 1 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| CLEVELAND | 23 | 25 | 3,662 | 1,416 | 6.3 | 17.7 | 2.81 |
| COLUMBUS | 9 | 19 | 1,657 | 1,091 | 5.4 | 17.4 | 3.22 |
| CRAVEN | 40 | 13 | 5,156 | 1,623 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 1.03 |
| CUMBERLAND | 84 | 132 | 13,660 | 9,984 | 6.1 | 13.2 | 2.16 |
| CURRITUCK | 7 | 0 | 1,049 | 66 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| DARE | 6 | 0 | 1,442 | 50 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| DAVIDSON | 33 | 14 | 6,462 | 839 | 5.1 | 16.7 | 3.27 |
| DAVIE | 9 | 2 | 1,526 | 108 | 5.9 | 18.5 | 3.14 |
| DUPLIN | 12 | 12 | 1,490 | 860 | 8.1 | 14.0 | 1.73 |
| DURHAM | 32 | 96 | 8,066 | 7,277 | 4.0 | 13.2 | 3.30 |
| EDGECOMBE | 6 | 21 | 885 | 2,173 | 6.8 | 9.7 | 1.43 |
| FORSYTH | 67 | 94 | 10,576 | 6,630 | 6.3 | 14.2 | 2.25 |
| FRANKLIN | 13 | 8 | 1,981 | 913 | 6.6 | 8.8 | 1.33 |
| GASTON | 50 | 44 | 8,778 | 2,376 | 5.7 | 18.5 | 3.25 |
| GATES | 1 | 1 | 370 | 151 | 2.7 | 6.6 | 2.44 |
| GRAHAM | 2 | 0 | 390 | 1 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| GRANVILLE | 10 | 6 | 1,569 | 858 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 1.09 |
| GREENE | 2 | 5 | 456 | 376 | 4.4 | 13.3 | 3.02 |
| GUILFORD | 68 | 152 | 12,283 | 12,043 | 5.5 | 12.6 | 2.29 |
| HALIFAX | 6 | 26 | 895 | 1,794 | 6.7 | 14.5 | 2.16 |
| HARNETT | 37 | 33 | 5,597 | 1,851 | 6.6 | 17.8 | 2.70 |
| HAYWOOD | 10 | 1 | 2,490 | 38 | 4.0 | 26.3 | 6.58 |
| HENDERSON | 21 | 1 | 4,028 | 207 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 0.92 |
| HERTFORD | 5 | 13 | 334 | 799 | 15.0 | 16.3 | 1.09 |
| HOKE | 8 | 8 | 2,357 | 1,140 | 3.4 | 7.0 | 2.06 |
| HYDE | 3 | 1 | 176 | 46 | 17.0 | 21.7 | 1.28 |
| IREDELL | 26 | 31 | 6,188 | 1,287 | 4.2 | 24.1 | 5.74 |
| JACKSON | 10 | 0 | 1,402 | 14 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| JOHNSTON | 37 | 18 | 6,916 | 1,714 | 5.3 | 10.5 | 1.98 |
| JONES | 0 | 6 | 329 | 143 | 0.0 | 42.0 | 0 |
| LEE | 12 | 16 | 1,944 | 831 | 6.2 | 19.3 | 3.11 |
| LENOIR | 10 | 20 | 1,332 | 1,537 | 7.5 | 13.0 | 1.73 |
| LINCOLN | 14 | 7 | 3,210 | 213 | 4.4 | 32.9 | 7.48 |
| MCDOWELL | 10 | 0 | 1,978 | 60 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| MACON | 11 | 0 | 1,332 | 14 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| MADISON | 9 | 0 | 882 | 2 | 10.2 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| MARTIN | 0 | 6 | 561 | 564 | 0.0 | 10.6 | 0 |
| MECKLENBURG | 102 | 220 | 28,792 | 22,171 | 3.5 | 9.9 | 2.83 |
| MITCHELL | 2 | 0 | 597 | 5 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| MONTGOMERY | 6 | 9 | 783 | 327 | 7.7 | 27.5 | 3.57 |
| MOORE | 11 | 7 | 3,398 | 804 | 3.2 | 8.7 | 2.72 |
| NASH | 7 | 32 | 2,241 | 2,490 | 3.1 | 12.9 | 4.16 |
| NEW HANOVER | 22 | 19 | 7,625 | 2,115 | 2.9 | 9.0 | 3.10 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 1 | 10 | 277 | 607 | 3.6 | 16.5 | 4.58 |
| ONSLOW | 79 | 37 | 15,558 | 2,725 | 5.1 | 13.6 | 2.67 |
| ORANGE | 12 | 11 | 3,640 | 886 | 3.3 | 12.4 | 3.76 |
| PAMLICO | 5 | 2 | 342 | 80 | 14.6 | 25.0 | 1.71 |
| PASQUOTANK | 5 | 10 | 1,355 | 939 | 3.7 | 10.6 | 2.86 |
| PENDER | 6 | 13 | 2,139 | 462 | 2.8 | 28.1 | 10.0 |
| PERQUIMANS | 3 | 3 | 475 | 154 | 6.3 | 19.5 | 3.10 |
| PERSON | 3 | 12 | 1,321 | 609 | 2.3 | 19.7 | 8.57 |
| PITT | 33 | 74 | 5,038 | 4,374 | 6.6 | 16.9 | 2.56 |
| POLK | 2 | 0 | 574 | 40 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| RANDOLPH | 33 | 5 | 5,819 | 519 | 5.7 | 9.6 | 1.68 |
| RICHMOND | 8 | 14 | 1,410 | 933 | 5.7 | 15.0 | 2.63 |
| ROBESON | 20 | 33 | 1,840 | 2,183 | 10.9 | 15.1 | 1.39 |
| ROCKINGHAM | 23 | 21 | 3,217 | 907 | 7.1 | 23.2 | 3.27 |
| ROWAN | 38 | 18 | 5,113 | 1,386 | 7.4 | 13.0 | 1.76 |
| RUTHERFORD | 16 | 4 | 2,746 | 397 | 5.8 | 10.1 | 1.74 |
| SAMPSON | 14 | 14 | 1,633 | 1,023 | 8.6 | 13.7 | 1.59 |
| SCOTLAND | 10 | 14 | 780 | 1,052 | 12.8 | 13.3 | 1.04 |
| STANLY | 8 | 11 | 2,502 | 456 | 3.2 | 24.1 | 7.53 |
| STOKES | 16 | 1 | 1,877 | 71 | 8.5 | 14.1 | 1.66 |
| SURRY | 21 | 1 | 2,959 | 134 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 1.06 |
| SWAIN | 4 | 0 | 514 | 5 | 7.8 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| TRANSYLVANIA | 9 | 1 | 1,174 | 53 | 7.7 | 18.9 | 2.45 |
| TYRRELL | 3 | 0 | 113 | 57 | 26.5 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| UNION | 21 | 27 | 7,682 | 1,716 | 2.7 | 15.7 | 5.81 |
| VANCE | 4 | 21 | 860 | 1,645 | 4.7 | 12.8 | 2.72 |
| WAKE | 138 | 167 | 33,395 | 14,141 | 4.1 | 11.8 | 2.88 |
| WARREN | 2 | 8 | 284 | 548 | 7.0 | 14.6 | 2.09 |
| WASHINGTON | 2 | 4 | 223 | 371 | 9.0 | 10.8 | 1.20 |
| WATAUGA | 3 | 1 | 1,572 | 32 | 1.9 | 31.3 | 16.5 |
| WAYNE | 23 | 37 | 3,992 | 2,770 | 5.8 | 13.4 | 2.31 |
| WILKES | 24 | 2 | 2,781 | 141 | 8.6 | 14.2 | 1.65 |
| WILSON | 10 | 23 | 1,773 | 2,099 | 5.6 | 11.0 | 1.96 |
| YADKIN | 11 | 1 | 1,483 | 63 | 7.4 | 15.9 | 2.15 |
| YANCEY | 6 | 0 | 736 | 9 | 8.2 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| Note: Rates based on less than 10 deaths are unreliable and should be interpreted with caution. |
| Source: NC Department of Health & Human Services State Center for Health Statistics, 26AUG2015 |