| 2016 NORTH CAROLINA INFANT MORTALITY REPORT, TABLE 7 |
| 2016 Infant Deaths (<365 days) by Cause of Death |
| RACE/ETHNICITY | TOTAL | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Non-Hispanic | Af. Am. Non-Hispanic | Am. Ind. Non-Hispanic | Other Non-Hispanic | Hispanic | ||||||||
| Infant Deaths | Infant Deaths | Infant Deaths | Infant Deaths | Infant Deaths | Infant Deaths | |||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| CAUSE OF DEATH: | 67 | 20.0 | 57 | 15.0 | 2 | 16.7 | 9 | 25.7 | 31 | 27.9 | 166 | 19.0 |
| Congenital Malformations, deformations & chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) | ||||||||||||
| Prematurity & Low Birth Weight (P05-P07) | 56 | 16.7 | 88 | 23.2 | 3 | 25.0 | 6 | 17.1 | 27 | 24.3 | 180 | 20.6 |
| Respiratory Distress & other Respiratory conditions (P22-P28) | 19 | 5.7 | 39 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.9 | 8 | 7.2 | 67 | 7.7 |
| Infections & Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99; P35-P39) | 15 | 4.5 | 24 | 6.3 | 1 | 8.3 | 3 | 8.6 | 7 | 6.3 | 50 | 5.7 |
| Newborn affected by maternal factors/complications of pregnancy, labor & delivery (P00-P04) | 24 | 7.2 | 44 | 11.6 | 2 | 16.7 | 3 | 8.6 | 14 | 12.6 | 87 | 10.0 |
| Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P08-P21; P29-P34; P40-P96) | 40 | 11.9 | 28 | 7.4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17.1 | 10 | 9.0 | 84 | 9.6 |
| Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99) | 5 | 1.5 | 9 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.9 | 2 | 1.8 | 17 | 1.9 |
| Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J98,U04) | 8 | 2.4 | 11 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.9 | 1 | 0.9 | 21 | 2.4 |
| Accidental Suffocation and Strangulation in Bed (W75) | 9 | 2.7 | 12 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.9 | 22 | 2.5 |
| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (R95) | 8 | 2.4 | 4 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1.5 |
| Other Ill-Defined and unknown causes of death (R96-R99) | 52 | 15.5 | 41 | 10.8 | 2 | 16.7 | 3 | 8.6 | 6 | 5.4 | 104 | 11.9 |
| Unintentional Injuries/Accidents (V01-X59; Y85-Y86) | 8 | 2.4 | 3 | 0.8 | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.9 | 13 | 1.5 |
| Homicide/Assault (X85-Y09; Y87.1) | 3 | 0.9 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.9 |
| All Other Causes of Death (Residual) | 21 | 6.3 | 15 | 3.9 | 1 | 8.3 | 1 | 2.9 | 3 | 2.7 | 41 | 4.7 |
| TOTAL, ALL CAUSES | 335 | 100.0 | 380 | 100.0 | 12 | 100.0 | 35 | 100.0 | 111 | 100.0 | 873 | 100.0 |
| Source: NC Department of Health & Human Services State Center for Health Statistics, 05SEP2017 |