| 2017 NORTH CAROLINA INFANT MORTALITY REPORT, TABLE 3b |
| Infant Mortality Racial Disparities Between White Non-Hispanics & African-American Non-Hispanics: 2013-2017 |
| Non-Hispanic White Infant Deaths |
Non-Hispanic White Rate |
Non-Hispanic African American Infant Deaths |
Non-Hispanic African American Rate |
Disparity Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RESIDENCE: | 1,757 | 5.3 | 1,830 | 12.7 | 2.40 |
| NORTH CAROLINA | |||||
| PCR I | 177 | 5.8 | 30 | 15.5 | 2.67 |
| PCR II | 491 | 6.4 | 346 | 13.2 | 2.06 |
| PCR III | 275 | 4.4 | 368 | 11.5 | 2.61 |
| PCR IV | 276 | 4.1 | 383 | 12.0 | 2.93 |
| PCR V | 279 | 6.0 | 331 | 13.8 | 2.30 |
| PCR VI | 259 | 5.4 | 372 | 13.4 | 2.48 |
| ALAMANCE | 32 | 6.4 | 29 | 14.4 | 2.25 |
| ALEXANDER | 10 | 6.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| ALLEGHANY | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| ANSON | 3 | 6.1 | 9 | 13.0 | 2.13 |
| ASHE | 6 | 6.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| AVERY | 4 | 6.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| BEAUFORT | 12 | 9.8 | 14 | 18.6 | 1.90 |
| BERTIE | 1 | 4.3 | 12 | 19.5 | 4.53 |
| BLADEN | 5 | 6.2 | 11 | 17.3 | 2.79 |
| BRUNSWICK | 21 | 5.4 | 4 | 6.0 | 1.11 |
| BUNCOMBE | 51 | 5.1 | 20 | 19.6 | 3.84 |
| BURKE | 24 | 7.2 | 1 | 5.1 | 0.71 |
| CABARRUS | 37 | 5.1 | 20 | 9.2 | 1.80 |
| CALDWELL | 27 | 7.9 | 2 | 9.0 | 1.14 |
| CAMDEN | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| CARTERET | 14 | 5.6 | 4 | 22.9 | 4.09 |
| CASWELL | 1 | 1.5 | 6 | 21.2 | 14.13 |
| CATAWBA | 34 | 6.1 | 16 | 17.2 | 2.82 |
| CHATHAM | 16 | 8.2 | 7 | 18.4 | 2.24 |
| CHEROKEE | 11 | 11.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| CHOWAN | 1 | 2.8 | 2 | 6.7 | 2.39 |
| CLAY | 3 | 7.6 | 1 | 250.0 | 32.89 |
| CLEVELAND | 24 | 6.6 | 24 | 18.1 | 2.74 |
| COLUMBUS | 12 | 7.3 | 15 | 15.6 | 2.14 |
| CRAVEN | 24 | 5.1 | 18 | 12.3 | 2.41 |
| CUMBERLAND | 84 | 6.8 | 147 | 14.6 | 2.15 |
| CURRITUCK | 1 | 0.9 | 2 | 28.2 | 31.33 |
| DARE | 4 | 2.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| DAVIDSON | 32 | 4.9 | 14 | 15.2 | 3.10 |
| DAVIE | 9 | 5.9 | 1 | 8.1 | 1.37 |
| DUPLIN | 13 | 9.2 | 9 | 11.4 | 1.24 |
| DURHAM | 31 | 3.8 | 85 | 11.9 | 3.13 |
| EDGECOMBE | 6 | 7.3 | 26 | 12.9 | 1.77 |
| FORSYTH | 59 | 5.6 | 79 | 12.4 | 2.21 |
| FRANKLIN | 10 | 4.9 | 14 | 14.6 | 2.98 |
| GASTON | 46 | 5.4 | 36 | 14.5 | 2.69 |
| GATES | 2 | 5.6 | 2 | 15.0 | 2.68 |
| GRAHAM | 1 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| GRANVILLE | 10 | 6.5 | 10 | 11.2 | 1.72 |
| GREENE | 1 | 2.5 | 6 | 17.3 | 6.92 |
| GUILFORD | 60 | 5.1 | 159 | 12.8 | 2.51 |
| HALIFAX | 6 | 6.3 | 21 | 12.4 | 1.97 |
| HARNETT | 42 | 7.3 | 27 | 14.6 | 2.00 |
| HAYWOOD | 19 | 7.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| HENDERSON | 20 | 5.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 2.00 |
| HERTFORD | 4 | 13.5 | 16 | 20.4 | 1.51 |
| HOKE | 9 | 4.0 | 12 | 10.5 | 2.63 |
| HYDE | 1 | 6.9 | 1 | 24.4 | 3.54 |
| IREDELL | 47 | 7.3 | 25 | 18.4 | 2.52 |
| JACKSON | 8 | 5.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| JOHNSTON | 40 | 5.7 | 19 | 10.7 | 1.88 |
| JONES | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8.6 | 0 |
| LEE | 10 | 5.4 | 13 | 15.6 | 2.89 |
| LENOIR | 9 | 7.0 | 14 | 9.2 | 1.31 |
| LINCOLN | 10 | 3.0 | 8 | 36.4 | 12.13 |
| MCDOWELL | 14 | 7.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| MACON | 13 | 9.5 | 1 | 62.5 | 6.58 |
| MADISON | 8 | 8.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| MARTIN | 2 | 3.5 | 7 | 12.5 | 3.57 |
| MECKLENBURG | 113 | 3.9 | 239 | 10.3 | 2.64 |
| MITCHELL | 2 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| MONTGOMERY | 7 | 9.1 | 6 | 21.8 | 2.40 |
| MOORE | 20 | 5.3 | 6 | 7.3 | 1.38 |
| NASH | 12 | 5.5 | 30 | 12.7 | 2.31 |
| NEW HANOVER | 25 | 3.2 | 24 | 11.6 | 3.63 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 1 | 3.6 | 8 | 13.6 | 3.78 |
| ONSLOW | 78 | 5.4 | 40 | 14.8 | 2.74 |
| ORANGE | 11 | 3.1 | 5 | 6.0 | 1.94 |
| PAMLICO | 3 | 9.7 | 3 | 39.5 | 4.07 |
| PASQUOTANK | 3 | 2.3 | 9 | 9.4 | 4.09 |
| PENDER | 12 | 5.5 | 15 | 29.6 | 5.38 |
| PERQUIMANS | 1 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| PERSON | 6 | 4.5 | 14 | 23.1 | 5.13 |
| PITT | 33 | 6.9 | 71 | 15.8 | 2.29 |
| POLK | 4 | 6.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| RANDOLPH | 49 | 8.6 | 6 | 10.7 | 1.24 |
| RICHMOND | 9 | 6.8 | 14 | 14.8 | 2.18 |
| ROBESON | 20 | 11.8 | 29 | 14.2 | 1.20 |
| ROCKINGHAM | 20 | 6.3 | 16 | 16.9 | 2.68 |
| ROWAN | 41 | 8.0 | 20 | 13.2 | 1.65 |
| RUTHERFORD | 14 | 5.2 | 6 | 14.6 | 2.81 |
| SAMPSON | 7 | 4.2 | 11 | 11.3 | 2.69 |
| SCOTLAND | 6 | 8.3 | 10 | 9.5 | 1.14 |
| STANLY | 14 | 5.4 | 11 | 21.9 | 4.06 |
| STOKES | 10 | 5.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| SURRY | 16 | 5.7 | 1 | 6.5 | 1.14 |
| SWAIN | 2 | 3.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| TRANSYLVANIA | 6 | 5.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| TYRRELL | 1 | 8.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| UNION | 28 | 3.6 | 21 | 13.1 | 3.64 |
| VANCE | 3 | 3.5 | 19 | 12.4 | 3.54 |
| WAKE | 105 | 3.1 | 156 | 11.1 | 3.58 |
| WARREN | 1 | 3.5 | 6 | 11.4 | 3.26 |
| WASHINGTON | 2 | 9.5 | 6 | 16.2 | 1.71 |
| WATAUGA | 13 | 8.0 | 2 | 69.0 | 8.63 |
| WAYNE | 14 | 3.6 | 22 | 8.3 | 2.31 |
| WILKES | 21 | 7.5 | 3 | 19.6 | 2.61 |
| WILSON | 10 | 5.6 | 28 | 13.9 | 2.48 |
| YADKIN | 9 | 6.1 | 1 | 23.8 | 3.90 |
| YANCEY | 1 | 1.4 | 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, 04OCT2018 |