2014 NORTH CAROLINA INFANT MORTALITY REPORT, TABLE 9
2014 Postneonatal (>=28 days) Infant Deaths by Cause of Death

  RACE/ETHNICITY TOTAL
White Non-Hispanic Af. Am. Non-Hispanic Am. Ind. Non-Hispanic Other Non-Hispanic Hispanic
Postneonatal Deaths Postneonatal Deaths Postneonatal Deaths Postneonatal Deaths Postneonatal Deaths Postneonatal Deaths
# % # % # % # % # % # %
CAUSE OF DEATH: 15 14.3 16 14.2 0 0 0 0 6 16.7 37 13.9
Congenital Malformations, deformations & chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
Prematurity & Low Birth Weight (P05-P07) 0 0 1 0.9 1 12.5 0 0 0 0 2 0.7
Respiratory Distress & other Respiratory conditions (P22-P28) 3 2.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.8 4 1.5
Infections & Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99; P35-P39) 7 6.7 6 5.3 0 0 1 20.0 4 11.1 18 6.7
Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P08-P21; P29-P34; P40-P96) 1 1.0 2 1.8 1 12.5 0 0 2 5.6 6 2.2
Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99) 7 6.7 12 10.6 0 0 2 40.0 1 2.8 22 8.2
Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J98,U04) 8 7.6 7 6.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 5.6
Accidental Suffocation and Strangulation in Bed (W75) 3 2.9 2 1.8 0 0 0 0 3 8.3 8 3.0
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (R95) 14 13.3 7 6.2 2 25.0 0 0 5 13.9 28 10.5
Other Ill-Defined and unknown causes of death (R96-R99) 32 30.5 47 41.6 2 25.0 2 40.0 8 22.2 91 34.1
Unintentional Injuries/Accidents (V01-X59; Y85-Y86) 6 5.7 4 3.5 1 12.5 0 0 1 2.8 12 4.5
Homicide/Assault (X85-Y09; Y87.1) 0 0 3 2.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.1
All Other Causes of Death (Residual) 9 8.6 6 5.3 1 12.5 0 0 5 13.9 21 7.9
TOTAL, ALL CAUSES 105 100.0 113 100.0 8 100.0 5 100.0 36 100.0 267 100.0

Source: NC Department of Health & Human Services State Center for Health Statistics, 26AUG2015