2017 NORTH CAROLINA INFANT MORTALITY REPORT, TABLE 8
2017 Neonatal (< 28 days) Infant Deaths by Cause of Death

  RACE/ETHNICITY TOTAL
White Non-Hispanic Af. Am. Non-Hispanic Am. Ind. Non-Hispanic Other Non-Hispanic Hispanic
Neonatal Deaths Neonatal Deaths Neonatal Deaths Neonatal Deaths Neonatal Deaths Neonatal Deaths
# % # % # % # % # % # %
CAUSE OF DEATH: 49 23.6 29 11.4 0 0 9 27.3 12 17.1 99 17.2
Congenital Malformations, deformations & chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
Prematurity & Low Birth Weight (P05-P07) 39 18.8 89 34.9 3 27.3 8 24.2 24 34.3 163 28.2
Respiratory Distress & other Respiratory conditions (P22-P28) 20 9.6 18 7.1 4 36.4 1 3.0 6 8.6 49 8.5
Infections & Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99; P35-P39) 17 8.2 13 5.1 1 9.1 4 12.1 5 7.1 40 6.9
Newborn affected by maternal factors/complications of pregnancy, labor & delivery (P00-P04) 40 19.2 47 18.4 2 18.2 4 12.1 13 18.6 106 18.4
Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P08-P21; P29-P34; P40-P96) 27 13.0 44 17.3 1 9.1 4 12.1 9 12.9 85 14.7
Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99) 2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.3
Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J98,U04) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.4 1 0.2
Accidental Suffocation and Strangulation in Bed (W75) 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (R95) 2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.3
Other Ill-Defined and unknown causes of death (R96-R99) 5 2.4 6 2.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1.9
Homicide/Assault (X85-Y09; Y87.1) 0 0 1 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2
All Other Causes of Death (Residual) 6 2.9 8 3.1 0 0 3 9.1 0 0 17 2.9
TOTAL, ALL CAUSES 208 100.0 255 100.0 11 100.0 33 100.0 70 100.0 577 100.0

Source: NC Department of Health & Human Services State Center for Health Statistics, 04OCT2018