| 2015 NORTH CAROLINA INFANT MORTALITY REPORT, TABLE 3b |
| Infant Mortality Racial Disparities Between White Non-Hispanics & African-American Non-Hispanics: 2011-2015 |
| Non-Hispanic White Infant Deaths |
Non-Hispanic White Rate |
Non-Hispanic African American Infant Deaths |
Non-Hispanic African American Rate |
Disparity Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RESIDENCE: | 1,834 | 5.5 | 1,851 | 12.9 | 2.35 |
| NORTH CAROLINA | |||||
| PCR I | 188 | 6.1 | 25 | 12.9 | 2.11 |
| PCR II | 482 | 6.2 | 338 | 13.1 | 2.11 |
| PCR III | 268 | 4.3 | 366 | 11.6 | 2.70 |
| PCR IV | 325 | 4.8 | 413 | 13.0 | 2.71 |
| PCR V | 270 | 5.7 | 319 | 13.2 | 2.32 |
| PCR VI | 301 | 6.0 | 390 | 13.7 | 2.28 |
| ALAMANCE | 35 | 7.2 | 32 | 17.0 | 2.36 |
| ALEXANDER | 5 | 3.3 | 1 | 12.5 | 3.79 |
| ALLEGHANY | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| ANSON | 4 | 8.6 | 10 | 13.8 | 1.60 |
| ASHE | 6 | 5.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| AVERY | 6 | 9.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| BEAUFORT | 14 | 11.0 | 12 | 15.8 | 1.44 |
| BERTIE | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 17.5 | . |
| BLADEN | 6 | 7.4 | 7 | 10.5 | 1.42 |
| BRUNSWICK | 26 | 6.5 | 6 | 8.9 | 1.37 |
| BUNCOMBE | 56 | 5.5 | 18 | 17.0 | 3.09 |
| BURKE | 23 | 7.0 | 2 | 9.7 | 1.39 |
| CABARRUS | 34 | 4.8 | 20 | 10.0 | 2.08 |
| CALDWELL | 30 | 8.8 | 1 | 4.8 | 0.55 |
| CAMDEN | 1 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| CARTERET | 17 | 6.6 | 2 | 10.9 | 1.65 |
| CASWELL | 2 | 3.0 | 6 | 20.3 | 6.77 |
| CATAWBA | 29 | 5.0 | 16 | 17.1 | 3.42 |
| CHATHAM | 15 | 8.2 | 5 | 14.0 | 1.71 |
| CHEROKEE | 7 | 7.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| CHOWAN | 2 | 5.2 | 5 | 14.9 | 2.87 |
| CLAY | 2 | 5.4 | 1 | 500.0 | 92.59 |
| CLEVELAND | 19 | 5.2 | 29 | 21.1 | 4.06 |
| COLUMBUS | 10 | 6.1 | 12 | 11.4 | 1.87 |
| CRAVEN | 34 | 6.8 | 16 | 10.7 | 1.57 |
| CUMBERLAND | 84 | 6.3 | 131 | 13.3 | 2.11 |
| CURRITUCK | 5 | 4.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| DARE | 6 | 4.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| DAVIDSON | 40 | 6.2 | 16 | 18.2 | 2.94 |
| DAVIE | 11 | 7.2 | 1 | 8.8 | 1.22 |
| DUPLIN | 16 | 10.8 | 11 | 12.9 | 1.19 |
| DURHAM | 32 | 3.9 | 100 | 13.9 | 3.56 |
| EDGECOMBE | 7 | 8.1 | 21 | 10.0 | 1.23 |
| FORSYTH | 70 | 6.6 | 81 | 12.4 | 1.88 |
| FRANKLIN | 16 | 7.9 | 14 | 15.4 | 1.95 |
| GASTON | 52 | 6.0 | 41 | 17.1 | 2.85 |
| GATES | 1 | 2.7 | 1 | 6.8 | 2.52 |
| GRAHAM | 1 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| GRANVILLE | 12 | 7.8 | 7 | 8.2 | 1.05 |
| GREENE | 2 | 4.7 | 4 | 11.1 | 2.36 |
| GUILFORD | 65 | 5.3 | 144 | 11.8 | 2.23 |
| HALIFAX | 5 | 5.5 | 28 | 16.2 | 2.95 |
| HARNETT | 40 | 7.1 | 28 | 15.3 | 2.15 |
| HAYWOOD | 15 | 5.8 | 1 | 23.3 | 4.02 |
| HENDERSON | 22 | 5.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| HERTFORD | 5 | 15.5 | 16 | 20.2 | 1.30 |
| HOKE | 11 | 4.7 | 12 | 10.4 | 2.21 |
| HYDE | 3 | 17.2 | 2 | 48.8 | 2.84 |
| IREDELL | 31 | 4.9 | 27 | 21.0 | 4.29 |
| JACKSON | 11 | 7.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| JOHNSTON | 40 | 5.8 | 16 | 9.3 | 1.60 |
| JONES | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 29.0 | . |
| LEE | 14 | 7.4 | 14 | 17.3 | 2.34 |
| LENOIR | 8 | 6.1 | 15 | 9.9 | 1.62 |
| LINCOLN | 14 | 4.3 | 7 | 32.4 | 7.53 |
| MCDOWELL | 14 | 7.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| MACON | 12 | 8.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| MADISON | 9 | 9.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| MARTIN | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 8.9 | . |
| MECKLENBURG | 114 | 4.0 | 224 | 9.9 | 2.48 |
| MITCHELL | 1 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| MONTGOMERY | 5 | 6.4 | 9 | 28.3 | 4.42 |
| MOORE | 11 | 3.1 | 8 | 9.7 | 3.13 |
| NASH | 8 | 3.6 | 32 | 13.3 | 3.69 |
| NEW HANOVER | 22 | 2.9 | 15 | 7.0 | 2.41 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 1 | 3.6 | 7 | 12.0 | 3.33 |
| ONSLOW | 88 | 5.8 | 41 | 15.0 | 2.59 |
| ORANGE | 14 | 3.8 | 11 | 12.1 | 3.18 |
| PAMLICO | 4 | 12.2 | 2 | 27.0 | 2.21 |
| PASQUOTANK | 3 | 2.3 | 12 | 12.6 | 5.48 |
| PENDER | 7 | 3.3 | 12 | 25.0 | 7.58 |
| PERQUIMANS | 3 | 6.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| PERSON | 3 | 2.3 | 14 | 23.6 | 10.26 |
| PITT | 34 | 6.8 | 74 | 16.7 | 2.46 |
| POLK | 2 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| RANDOLPH | 37 | 6.5 | 4 | 7.7 | 1.18 |
| RICHMOND | 9 | 6.5 | 17 | 18.1 | 2.78 |
| ROBESON | 20 | 11.7 | 32 | 15.0 | 1.28 |
| ROCKINGHAM | 23 | 7.2 | 21 | 22.6 | 3.14 |
| ROWAN | 34 | 6.6 | 18 | 12.7 | 1.92 |
| RUTHERFORD | 18 | 6.6 | 4 | 10.0 | 1.52 |
| SAMPSON | 11 | 6.8 | 16 | 16.1 | 2.37 |
| SCOTLAND | 8 | 10.8 | 14 | 13.5 | 1.25 |
| STANLY | 10 | 4.0 | 12 | 24.0 | 6.00 |
| STOKES | 13 | 7.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| SURRY | 19 | 6.6 | 1 | 7.1 | 1.08 |
| SWAIN | 4 | 7.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| TRANSYLVANIA | 8 | 6.8 | 1 | 17.5 | 2.57 |
| TYRRELL | 1 | 8.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| UNION | 21 | 2.8 | 23 | 13.9 | 4.96 |
| VANCE | 4 | 4.8 | 15 | 9.4 | 1.96 |
| WAKE | 135 | 4.0 | 173 | 12.2 | 3.05 |
| WARREN | 3 | 10.8 | 6 | 11.3 | 1.05 |
| WASHINGTON | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 8.2 | . |
| WATAUGA | 5 | 3.2 | 2 | 64.5 | 20.16 |
| WAYNE | 24 | 6.0 | 36 | 13.0 | 2.17 |
| WILKES | 25 | 8.9 | 2 | 13.8 | 1.55 |
| WILSON | 9 | 5.2 | 30 | 14.4 | 2.77 |
| YADKIN | 10 | 6.8 | 1 | 16.7 | 2.46 |
| YANCEY | 6 | 8.1 | 0 | 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, 02SEP2016 |