| 2016 NORTH CAROLINA INFANT MORTALITY REPORT, TABLE 3b |
| Infant Mortality Racial Disparities Between White Non-Hispanics & African-American Non-Hispanics: 2012-2016 |
| Non-Hispanic White Infant Deaths |
Non-Hispanic White Rate |
Non-Hispanic African American Infant Deaths |
Non-Hispanic African American Rate |
Disparity Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RESIDENCE: | 1,800 | 5.4 | 1,864 | 13.0 | 2.41 |
| NORTH CAROLINA | |||||
| PCR I | 177 | 5.8 | 27 | 13.8 | 2.38 |
| PCR II | 483 | 6.2 | 347 | 13.4 | 2.16 |
| PCR III | 269 | 4.3 | 383 | 12.0 | 2.79 |
| PCR IV | 306 | 4.5 | 404 | 12.7 | 2.82 |
| PCR V | 271 | 5.8 | 316 | 13.3 | 2.29 |
| PCR VI | 294 | 6.0 | 387 | 13.9 | 2.32 |
| ALAMANCE | 33 | 6.7 | 33 | 17.1 | 2.55 |
| ALEXANDER | 9 | 5.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| ALLEGHANY | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| ANSON | 3 | 6.3 | 12 | 17.2 | 2.73 |
| ASHE | 6 | 5.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| AVERY | 4 | 6.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| BEAUFORT | 14 | 11.2 | 12 | 16.2 | 1.45 |
| BERTIE | 1 | 4.3 | 13 | 20.9 | 4.86 |
| BLADEN | 5 | 6.1 | 11 | 16.8 | 2.75 |
| BRUNSWICK | 24 | 6.1 | 7 | 10.5 | 1.72 |
| BUNCOMBE | 54 | 5.3 | 19 | 18.0 | 3.40 |
| BURKE | 22 | 6.6 | 1 | 5.0 | 0.76 |
| CABARRUS | 36 | 5.0 | 23 | 11.1 | 2.22 |
| CALDWELL | 29 | 8.4 | 1 | 4.7 | 0.56 |
| CAMDEN | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| CARTERET | 16 | 6.3 | 4 | 23.4 | 3.71 |
| CASWELL | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 14.4 | 0 |
| CATAWBA | 27 | 4.7 | 16 | 17.3 | 3.68 |
| CHATHAM | 16 | 8.6 | 7 | 19.4 | 2.26 |
| CHEROKEE | 7 | 7.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| CHOWAN | 2 | 5.6 | 2 | 6.5 | 1.16 |
| CLAY | 1 | 2.6 | 1 | 250.0 | 96.15 |
| CLEVELAND | 20 | 5.4 | 24 | 18.0 | 3.33 |
| COLUMBUS | 9 | 5.5 | 12 | 12.0 | 2.18 |
| CRAVEN | 31 | 6.4 | 16 | 10.8 | 1.69 |
| CUMBERLAND | 81 | 6.4 | 142 | 14.4 | 2.25 |
| CURRITUCK | 3 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| DARE | 6 | 4.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| DAVIDSON | 40 | 6.1 | 19 | 21.2 | 3.48 |
| DAVIE | 9 | 5.7 | 1 | 8.4 | 1.47 |
| DUPLIN | 14 | 9.7 | 12 | 14.8 | 1.53 |
| DURHAM | 31 | 3.8 | 100 | 13.8 | 3.63 |
| EDGECOMBE | 6 | 7.2 | 25 | 12.3 | 1.71 |
| FORSYTH | 67 | 6.3 | 74 | 11.5 | 1.83 |
| FRANKLIN | 14 | 6.9 | 14 | 14.8 | 2.14 |
| GASTON | 52 | 6.0 | 40 | 16.6 | 2.77 |
| GATES | 1 | 2.6 | 1 | 7.1 | 2.73 |
| GRAHAM | 1 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| GRANVILLE | 11 | 7.1 | 9 | 10.6 | 1.49 |
| GREENE | 1 | 2.3 | 5 | 14.3 | 6.22 |
| GUILFORD | 62 | 5.2 | 151 | 12.3 | 2.37 |
| HALIFAX | 6 | 6.5 | 24 | 14.0 | 2.15 |
| HARNETT | 41 | 7.3 | 27 | 14.5 | 1.99 |
| HAYWOOD | 20 | 7.6 | 1 | 19.6 | 2.58 |
| HENDERSON | 23 | 5.7 | 1 | 4.7 | 0.82 |
| HERTFORD | 4 | 13.1 | 18 | 22.9 | 1.75 |
| HOKE | 11 | 4.7 | 10 | 8.8 | 1.87 |
| HYDE | 1 | 6.3 | 1 | 24.4 | 3.87 |
| IREDELL | 37 | 5.8 | 28 | 20.8 | 3.59 |
| JACKSON | 8 | 5.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| JOHNSTON | 42 | 6.0 | 15 | 8.6 | 1.43 |
| JONES | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8.7 | 0 |
| LEE | 13 | 6.9 | 11 | 13.5 | 1.96 |
| LENOIR | 8 | 6.2 | 16 | 10.6 | 1.71 |
| LINCOLN | 11 | 3.4 | 6 | 27.3 | 8.03 |
| MCDOWELL | 14 | 7.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| MACON | 12 | 8.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| MADISON | 8 | 8.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| MARTIN | 2 | 3.6 | 5 | 8.8 | 2.44 |
| MECKLENBURG | 111 | 3.9 | 243 | 10.6 | 2.72 |
| MITCHELL | 1 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| MONTGOMERY | 7 | 9.0 | 8 | 27.4 | 3.04 |
| MOORE | 13 | 3.5 | 6 | 7.5 | 2.14 |
| NASH | 12 | 5.5 | 31 | 13.0 | 2.36 |
| NEW HANOVER | 26 | 3.4 | 19 | 9.2 | 2.71 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 1 | 3.6 | 9 | 15.0 | 4.17 |
| ONSLOW | 84 | 5.6 | 45 | 16.7 | 2.98 |
| ORANGE | 13 | 3.7 | 8 | 9.2 | 2.49 |
| PAMLICO | 4 | 12.2 | 2 | 25.0 | 2.05 |
| PASQUOTANK | 4 | 3.1 | 10 | 10.6 | 3.42 |
| PENDER | 10 | 4.7 | 12 | 25.3 | 5.38 |
| PERQUIMANS | 2 | 4.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| PERSON | 3 | 2.3 | 12 | 20.0 | 8.70 |
| PITT | 38 | 7.8 | 75 | 16.8 | 2.15 |
| POLK | 3 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| RANDOLPH | 44 | 7.7 | 7 | 12.5 | 1.62 |
| RICHMOND | 10 | 7.6 | 13 | 14.3 | 1.88 |
| ROBESON | 20 | 11.7 | 26 | 12.7 | 1.09 |
| ROCKINGHAM | 24 | 7.5 | 22 | 23.2 | 3.09 |
| ROWAN | 36 | 6.9 | 20 | 13.6 | 1.97 |
| RUTHERFORD | 14 | 5.2 | 4 | 10.2 | 1.96 |
| SAMPSON | 9 | 5.5 | 11 | 11.1 | 2.02 |
| SCOTLAND | 5 | 6.8 | 12 | 11.5 | 1.69 |
| STANLY | 11 | 4.4 | 13 | 25.2 | 5.73 |
| STOKES | 11 | 6.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| SURRY | 16 | 5.6 | 1 | 6.8 | 1.21 |
| SWAIN | 2 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| TRANSYLVANIA | 6 | 5.1 | 1 | 16.1 | 3.16 |
| TYRRELL | 1 | 8.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| UNION | 25 | 3.3 | 22 | 13.3 | 4.03 |
| VANCE | 4 | 4.8 | 15 | 9.6 | 2.00 |
| WAKE | 124 | 3.7 | 169 | 12.0 | 3.24 |
| WARREN | 2 | 7.4 | 7 | 12.9 | 1.74 |
| WASHINGTON | 2 | 9.6 | 3 | 8.2 | 0.85 |
| WATAUGA | 5 | 3.1 | 2 | 69.0 | 22.26 |
| WAYNE | 19 | 4.8 | 30 | 11.2 | 2.33 |
| WILKES | 24 | 8.5 | 3 | 20.4 | 2.40 |
| WILSON | 11 | 6.2 | 27 | 13.5 | 2.18 |
| YADKIN | 11 | 7.3 | 1 | 20.0 | 2.74 |
| YANCEY | 3 | 4.1 | 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, 31AUG2017 |