| 2016 NORTH CAROLINA INFANT MORTALITY REPORT, TABLE 2 |
| North Carolina Resident Infant Death Rates (per 1,000 live births) |
| by Perinatal Care Region (PCR) and County of Residence: 2015, 2016, and 2012-2016 |
| Residence: | 2015 Infant Deaths |
2015 Rate | 2016 Infant Deaths |
2016 Rate | 2012-2016 Infant Deaths |
2012-2016 Rate |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH CAROLINA | 884 | 7.3 | 873 | 7.2 | 4332 | 7.2 | |||
| PCR I | 53 | 6.8 | 47 | 6.2 | 246 | 6.4 | |||
| PCR II | 202 | 7.9 | 211 | 8.2 | 978 | 7.7 | |||
| PCR III | 165 | 6.6 | 166 | 6.6 | 782 | 6.4 | |||
| PCR IV | 166 | 6.3 | 162 | 6.1 | 851 | 6.5 | |||
| PCR V | 141 | 7.8 | 144 | 8.0 | 722 | 7.9 | |||
| PCR VI | 157 | 8.7 | 143 | 8.2 | 753 | 8.3 | |||
| ALAMANCE | 14 | 7.9 | 13 | 7.0 | 79 | 8.8 | |||
| ALEXANDER | 1 | 2.9 | * | 6 | 17.5 | * | 11 | 6.2 | |
| ALLEGHANY | 1 | 9.6 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 1 | 2.1 | * |
| ANSON | 4 | 17.4 | * | 2 | 7.5 | * | 17 | 13.7 | |
| ASHE | 1 | 4.7 | * | 1 | 4.8 | * | 8 | 7.0 | * |
| AVERY | 2 | 13.6 | * | 1 | 6.7 | * | 6 | 8.5 | * |
| BEAUFORT | 8 | 16.5 | * | 3 | 7.0 | * | 28 | 11.9 | |
| BERTIE | 4 | 23.7 | * | 3 | 15.8 | * | 14 | 15.8 | |
| BLADEN | 3 | 8.5 | * | 5 | 15.0 | * | 19 | 10.7 | |
| BRUNSWICK | 2 | 1.9 | * | 9 | 9.2 | * | 33 | 6.4 | |
| BUNCOMBE | 12 | 4.6 | 15 | 5.8 | 84 | 6.4 | |||
| BURKE | 7 | 7.8 | * | 5 | 5.6 | * | 28 | 6.4 | |
| CABARRUS | 16 | 6.5 | 14 | 5.7 | 68 | 5.7 | |||
| CALDWELL | 7 | 8.8 | * | 4 | 4.9 | * | 33 | 8.2 | |
| CAMDEN | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * |
| CARTERET | 4 | 6.5 | * | 4 | 7.3 | * | 22 | 7.3 | |
| CASWELL | 1 | 5.2 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 4 | 3.9 | * |
| CATAWBA | 19 | 10.8 | 6 | 3.6 | * | 52 | 6.0 | ||
| CHATHAM | 7 | 10.5 | * | 9 | 14.1 | * | 34 | 10.9 | |
| CHEROKEE | 2 | 9.0 | * | 1 | 3.9 | * | 9 | 8.1 | * |
| CHOWAN | 2 | 12.0 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 5 | 7.0 | * |
| CLAY | 2 | 24.1 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 2 | 4.6 | * |
| CLEVELAND | 9 | 8.3 | * | 11 | 10.4 | 47 | 8.8 | ||
| COLUMBUS | 6 | 10.0 | * | 6 | 10.1 | * | 29 | 9.4 | |
| CRAVEN | 10 | 6.9 | 10 | 6.9 | 52 | 6.9 | |||
| CUMBERLAND | 53 | 9.8 | 53 | 9.7 | 259 | 9.3 | |||
| CURRITUCK | 0 | 0.0 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 6 | 4.8 | * |
| DARE | 1 | 2.9 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 7 | 4.0 | * |
| DAVIDSON | 17 | 9.7 | 16 | 9.0 | 70 | 8.1 | |||
| DAVIE | 3 | 7.7 | * | 1 | 2.4 | * | 10 | 5.1 | |
| DUPLIN | 12 | 16.0 | 4 | 5.7 | * | 31 | 8.3 | ||
| DURHAM | 25 | 5.9 | 27 | 6.2 | 151 | 7.0 | |||
| EDGECOMBE | 5 | 7.8 | * | 10 | 17.6 | 32 | 10.3 | ||
| FORSYTH | 31 | 7.1 | 42 | 9.3 | 186 | 8.3 | |||
| FRANKLIN | 9 | 12.4 | * | 4 | 5.9 | * | 29 | 8.5 | |
| GASTON | 20 | 7.9 | 15 | 5.9 | 98 | 7.8 | |||
| GATES | 1 | 9.2 | * | 1 | 9.0 | * | 3 | 5.5 | * |
| GRAHAM | 0 | 0.0 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 1 | 2.3 | * |
| GRANVILLE | 4 | 6.9 | * | 4 | 7.0 | * | 23 | 8.2 | |
| GREENE | 0 | 0.0 | * | 3 | 14.5 | * | 7 | 6.7 | * |
| GUILFORD | 46 | 7.5 | 52 | 8.3 | 248 | 8.1 | |||
| HALIFAX | 6 | 10.5 | * | 7 | 12.5 | * | 31 | 10.8 | |
| HARNETT | 13 | 7.2 | 11 | 5.9 | 76 | 8.2 | |||
| HAYWOOD | 7 | 11.7 | * | 7 | 11.4 | * | 24 | 8.4 | |
| HENDERSON | 8 | 7.5 | * | 6 | 5.5 | * | 30 | 5.6 | |
| HERTFORD | 4 | 16.7 | * | 3 | 13.5 | * | 22 | 19.0 | |
| HOKE | 11 | 11.5 | 3 | 3.2 | * | 26 | 5.6 | ||
| HYDE | 1 | 20.4 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 2 | 8.6 | * |
| IREDELL | 18 | 9.3 | 16 | 8.3 | 72 | 7.9 | |||
| JACKSON | 5 | 12.5 | * | 5 | 12.8 | * | 15 | 7.8 | |
| JOHNSTON | 18 | 7.9 | 15 | 6.4 | 74 | 6.6 | |||
| JONES | 0 | 0.0 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 1 | 2.2 | * |
| LEE | 4 | 5.5 | * | 6 | 7.4 | * | 29 | 7.4 | |
| LENOIR | 2 | 3.2 | * | 5 | 7.7 | * | 25 | 7.6 | |
| LINCOLN | 6 | 7.6 | * | 4 | 4.9 | * | 19 | 4.9 | |
| MCDOWELL | 4 | 8.2 | * | 3 | 6.8 | * | 16 | 7.0 | |
| MACON | 3 | 8.2 | * | 4 | 12.0 | * | 12 | 7.0 | |
| MADISON | 1 | 4.3 | * | 1 | 5.1 | * | 8 | 7.9 | * |
| MARTIN | 1 | 3.8 | * | 2 | 8.4 | * | 7 | 5.8 | * |
| MECKLENBURG | 91 | 6.1 | 104 | 7.0 | 446 | 6.2 | |||
| MITCHELL | 0 | 0.0 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 1 | 1.4 | * |
| MONTGOMERY | 1 | 3.2 | * | 3 | 10.1 | * | 15 | 9.6 | |
| MOORE | 7 | 6.6 | * | 7 | 6.2 | * | 25 | 4.8 | |
| NASH | 8 | 7.6 | * | 10 | 9.8 | 46 | 8.6 | ||
| NEW HANOVER | 8 | 3.5 | * | 15 | 6.7 | 47 | 4.2 | ||
| NORTHAMPTON | 0 | 0.0 | * | 3 | 15.0 | * | 10 | 10.8 | |
| ONSLOW | 32 | 7.7 | 27 | 6.8 | 152 | 7.2 | |||
| ORANGE | 6 | 5.0 | * | 6 | 5.1 | * | 29 | 4.8 | |
| PAMLICO | 1 | 11.9 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 6 | 13.3 | * |
| PASQUOTANK | 5 | 10.1 | * | 3 | 6.3 | * | 15 | 6.1 | |
| PENDER | 6 | 9.8 | * | 6 | 9.2 | * | 24 | 7.8 | |
| PERQUIMANS | 0 | 0.0 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 2 | 3.2 | * |
| PERSON | 2 | 5.0 | * | 2 | 5.0 | * | 15 | 7.4 | |
| PITT | 21 | 9.7 | 26 | 12.9 | 121 | 11.4 | |||
| POLK | 1 | 7.1 | * | 1 | 7.1 | * | 4 | 5.6 | * |
| RANDOLPH | 13 | 8.3 | 16 | 10.0 | 61 | 7.6 | |||
| RICHMOND | 6 | 10.8 | * | 5 | 9.7 | * | 24 | 9.1 | |
| ROBESON | 16 | 9.0 | 11 | 6.2 | 98 | 10.7 | |||
| ROCKINGHAM | 8 | 8.8 | * | 12 | 12.8 | 47 | 10.0 | ||
| ROWAN | 11 | 6.9 | 14 | 8.5 | 59 | 7.5 | |||
| RUTHERFORD | 5 | 7.3 | * | 4 | 6.1 | * | 23 | 6.9 | |
| SAMPSON | 5 | 6.0 | * | 6 | 7.2 | * | 25 | 5.9 | |
| SCOTLAND | 4 | 9.0 | * | 4 | 8.8 | * | 22 | 9.8 | |
| STANLY | 7 | 10.3 | * | 4 | 5.8 | * | 24 | 7.2 | |
| STOKES | 1 | 2.4 | * | 4 | 10.5 | * | 12 | 6.1 | |
| SURRY | 5 | 6.7 | * | 4 | 5.5 | * | 21 | 5.6 | |
| SWAIN | 1 | 4.6 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 7 | 7.1 | * |
| TRANSYLVANIA | 1 | 3.6 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 7 | 5.2 | * |
| TYRRELL | 0 | 0.0 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 2 | 9.4 | * |
| UNION | 12 | 5.1 | 12 | 5.0 | 63 | 5.3 | |||
| VANCE | 1 | 1.9 | * | 3 | 5.7 | * | 21 | 7.5 | |
| WAKE | 73 | 5.7 | 71 | 5.5 | 353 | 5.6 | |||
| WARREN | 2 | 10.8 | * | 2 | 11.3 | * | 10 | 10.9 | |
| WASHINGTON | 2 | 16.8 | * | 3 | 23.8 | * | 5 | 8.0 | * |
| WATAUGA | 3 | 8.5 | * | 1 | 2.7 | * | 7 | 3.9 | * |
| WAYNE | 13 | 8.0 | 9 | 5.5 | * | 54 | 6.4 | ||
| WILKES | 5 | 7.0 | * | 7 | 10.1 | * | 31 | 9.0 | |
| WILSON | 14 | 14.4 | 7 | 7.3 | * | 45 | 9.5 | ||
| YADKIN | 3 | 7.8 | * | 3 | 7.7 | * | 15 | 7.8 | |
| YANCEY | 1 | 5.5 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 3 | 3.6 | * |
| *TECHNICAL NOTE: RATES BASED ON SMALL NUMBERS (FEWER THAN 10) ARE UNSTABLE |
| Source: NC Department of Health & Human Services State Center for Health Statistics, 05SEP2017 |
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