2017 NORTH CAROLINA INFANT MORTALITY REPORT, TABLE 9
2017 Postneonatal (>=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
Postneonatal Deaths Postneonatal Deaths Postneonatal Deaths Postneonatal Deaths Postneonatal Deaths Postneonatal Deaths
# % # % # % # % # % # %
CAUSE OF DEATH: 14 11.9 18 17.0 1 11.1 1 16.7 12 33.3 46 16.7
Congenital Malformations, deformations & chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
Prematurity & Low Birth Weight (P05-P07) 1 0.8 3 2.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.5
Respiratory Distress & other Respiratory conditions (P22-P28) 2 1.7 2 1.9 1 11.1 0 0 0 0 5 1.8
Infections & Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99; P35-P39) 6 5.1 4 3.8 2 22.2 1 16.7 3 8.3 16 5.8
Newborn affected by maternal factors/complications of pregnancy, labor & delivery (P00-P04) 1 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.4
Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P08-P21; P29-P34; P40-P96) 5 4.2 2 1.9 0 0 0 0 1 2.8 8 2.9
Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99) 8 6.8 6 5.7 0 0 0 0 1 2.8 15 5.5
Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J98,U04) 3 2.5 10 9.4 0 0 1 16.7 2 5.6 16 5.8
Accidental Suffocation and Strangulation in Bed (W75) 4 3.4 4 3.8 0 0 0 0 1 2.8 9 3.3
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (R95) 3 2.5 2 1.9 0 0 0 0 2 5.6 7 2.5
Other Ill-Defined and unknown causes of death (R96-R99) 47 39.8 39 36.8 4 44.4 1 16.7 7 19.4 98 35.6
Unintentional Injuries/Accidents (V01-X59; Y85-Y86) 4 3.4 3 2.8 0 0 0 0 2 5.6 9 3.3
Homicide/Assault (X85-Y09; Y87.1) 8 6.8 4 3.8 0 0 0 0 2 5.6 14 5.1
All Other Causes of Death (Residual) 12 10.2 9 8.5 1 11.1 2 33.3 3 8.3 27 9.8
TOTAL, ALL CAUSES 118 100.0 106 100.0 9 100.0 6 100.0 36 100.0 275 100.0

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