| 2017 NORTH CAROLINA INFANT MORTALITY REPORT, TABLE 7 |
| 2017 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: | 63 | 19.3 | 47 | 13.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 10 | 25.6 | 24 | 22.6 | 145 | 17.0 |
| Congenital Malformations, deformations & chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) | ||||||||||||
| Prematurity & Low Birth Weight (P05-P07) | 40 | 12.3 | 92 | 25.5 | 3 | 15.0 | 8 | 20.5 | 24 | 22.6 | 167 | 19.6 |
| Respiratory Distress & other Respiratory conditions (P22-P28) | 22 | 6.7 | 20 | 5.5 | 5 | 25.0 | 1 | 2.6 | 6 | 5.7 | 54 | 6.3 |
| Infections & Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99; P35-P39) | 23 | 7.1 | 17 | 4.7 | 3 | 15.0 | 5 | 12.8 | 8 | 7.5 | 56 | 6.6 |
| Newborn affected by maternal factors/complications of pregnancy, labor & delivery (P00-P04) | 41 | 12.6 | 47 | 13.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 4 | 10.3 | 13 | 12.3 | 107 | 12.6 |
| Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P08-P21; P29-P34; P40-P96) | 32 | 9.8 | 46 | 12.7 | 1 | 5.0 | 4 | 10.3 | 10 | 9.4 | 93 | 10.9 |
| Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99) | 10 | 3.1 | 6 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.9 | 17 | 2.0 |
| Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J98,U04) | 3 | 0.9 | 10 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.6 | 3 | 2.8 | 17 | 2.0 |
| Accidental Suffocation and Strangulation in Bed (W75) | 5 | 1.5 | 4 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.9 | 10 | 1.2 |
| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (R95) | 5 | 1.5 | 2 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.9 | 9 | 1.1 |
| Other Ill-Defined and unknown causes of death (R96-R99) | 52 | 16.0 | 45 | 12.5 | 4 | 20.0 | 1 | 2.6 | 7 | 6.6 | 109 | 12.8 |
| Unintentional Injuries/Accidents (V01-X59; Y85-Y86) | 4 | 1.2 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.9 | 9 | 1.1 |
| Homicide/Assault (X85-Y09; Y87.1) | 8 | 2.5 | 5 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.9 | 15 | 1.8 |
| All Other Causes of Death (Residual) | 18 | 5.5 | 17 | 4.7 | 1 | 5.0 | 5 | 12.8 | 3 | 2.8 | 44 | 5.2 |
| TOTAL, ALL CAUSES | 326 | 100.0 | 361 | 100.0 | 20 | 100.0 | 39 | 100.0 | 106 | 100.0 | 852 | 100.0 |
| Source: NC Department of Health & Human Services State Center for Health Statistics, 04OCT2018 |