| 2018 NORTH CAROLINA INFANT MORTALITY REPORT, TABLE 2 |
| North Carolina Resident Infant Death Rates (per 1,000 live births) |
| by Perinatal Care Region (PCR) and County of Residence: 2017, 2018, and 2014-2018 |
| Residence: | 2017 Infant Deaths |
2017 Rate | 2018 Infant Deaths |
2018 Rate | 2014-2018 Infant Deaths |
2014-2018 Rate |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH CAROLINA | 852 | 7.1 | 806 | 6.8 | 4275 | 7.1 | |||
| PCR I | 47 | 6.4 | 39 | 5.3 | 238 | 6.3 | |||
| PCR II | 222 | 8.8 | 191 | 7.6 | 1007 | 7.9 | |||
| PCR III | 131 | 5.2 | 153 | 6.1 | 768 | 6.2 | |||
| PCR IV | 161 | 6.1 | 155 | 5.9 | 816 | 6.2 | |||
| PCR V | 166 | 9.2 | 131 | 7.4 | 740 | 8.2 | |||
| PCR VI | 125 | 7.1 | 137 | 7.9 | 706 | 7.9 | |||
| ALAMANCE | 10 | 5.2 | 12 | 6.1 | 68 | 7.3 | |||
| ALEXANDER | 4 | 10.6 | * | 1 | 2.9 | * | 13 | 7.4 | |
| ALLEGHANY | 0 | 0.0 | * | 1 | 11.0 | * | 2 | 4.1 | * |
| ANSON | 1 | 3.9 | * | 2 | 7.6 | * | 11 | 8.8 | |
| ASHE | 2 | 9.3 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 5 | 4.7 | * |
| AVERY | 1 | 9.2 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 5 | 7.3 | * |
| BEAUFORT | 5 | 10.6 | * | 2 | 4.8 | * | 26 | 11.6 | |
| BERTIE | 2 | 11.7 | * | 1 | 5.6 | * | 12 | 13.7 | |
| BLADEN | 3 | 9.2 | * | 2 | 5.4 | * | 15 | 8.6 | |
| BRUNSWICK | 5 | 5.0 | * | 11 | 11.1 | 31 | 6.1 | ||
| BUNCOMBE | 11 | 4.6 | 10 | 4.0 | 65 | 5.1 | |||
| BURKE | 9 | 9.7 | * | 8 | 9.3 | * | 39 | 8.7 | |
| CABARRUS | 10 | 3.9 | 19 | 7.6 | 73 | 5.9 | |||
| CALDWELL | 6 | 7.7 | * | 3 | 3.9 | * | 32 | 8.0 | |
| CAMDEN | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * |
| CARTERET | 3 | 5.3 | * | 4 | 8.0 | * | 18 | 6.4 | |
| CASWELL | 3 | 14.7 | * | 3 | 13.8 | * | 10 | 9.7 | |
| CATAWBA | 15 | 9.1 | 7 | 4.1 | * | 59 | 6.9 | ||
| CHATHAM | 4 | 6.0 | * | 5 | 7.7 | * | 34 | 10.5 | |
| CHEROKEE | 5 | 22.6 | * | 3 | 11.6 | * | 14 | 12.0 | |
| CHOWAN | 0 | 0.0 | * | 2 | 14.0 | * | 5 | 7.4 | * |
| CLAY | 2 | 22.5 | * | 1 | 12.0 | * | 5 | 11.5 | * |
| CLEVELAND | 11 | 10.3 | 11 | 9.5 | 49 | 9.0 | |||
| COLUMBUS | 6 | 10.4 | * | 4 | 7.1 | * | 31 | 10.5 | |
| CRAVEN | 10 | 7.2 | 13 | 9.7 | 50 | 7.0 | |||
| CUMBERLAND | 52 | 9.4 | 34 | 6.3 | 256 | 9.3 | |||
| CURRITUCK | 3 | 11.7 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 7 | 5.4 | * |
| DARE | 0 | 0.0 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 3 | 1.8 | * |
| DAVIDSON | 7 | 4.0 | * | 19 | 10.9 | 66 | 7.5 | ||
| DAVIE | 2 | 5.4 | * | 1 | 2.5 | * | 9 | 4.6 | * |
| DUPLIN | 5 | 7.7 | * | 7 | 9.9 | * | 31 | 8.6 | |
| DURHAM | 21 | 5.0 | 23 | 5.5 | 135 | 6.3 | |||
| EDGECOMBE | 9 | 14.3 | * | 4 | 6.7 | * | 32 | 10.6 | |
| FORSYTH | 43 | 9.8 | 36 | 8.3 | 181 | 8.2 | |||
| FRANKLIN | 4 | 5.6 | * | 5 | 7.2 | * | 29 | 8.3 | |
| GASTON | 15 | 5.8 | 16 | 6.3 | 83 | 6.5 | |||
| GATES | 2 | 20.0 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 5 | 9.7 | * |
| GRAHAM | 1 | 12.8 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 1 | 2.5 | * |
| GRANVILLE | 4 | 6.7 | * | 4 | 6.8 | * | 20 | 6.9 | |
| GREENE | 1 | 4.9 | * | 3 | 14.6 | * | 8 | 7.7 | * |
| GUILFORD | 61 | 9.8 | 52 | 8.5 | 259 | 8.4 | |||
| HALIFAX | 4 | 6.7 | * | 6 | 11.2 | * | 29 | 10.2 | |
| HARNETT | 16 | 8.5 | 15 | 8.1 | 77 | 8.2 | |||
| HAYWOOD | 1 | 1.6 | * | 2 | 3.7 | * | 20 | 6.8 | |
| HENDERSON | 6 | 5.8 | * | 5 | 4.6 | * | 29 | 5.4 | |
| HERTFORD | 2 | 8.7 | * | 4 | 17.4 | * | 20 | 17.5 | |
| HOKE | 8 | 9.1 | * | 8 | 9.5 | * | 35 | 7.7 | |
| HYDE | 0 | 0.0 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 1 | 5.2 | * |
| IREDELL | 18 | 9.7 | 16 | 8.5 | 81 | 8.6 | |||
| JACKSON | 2 | 5.4 | * | 2 | 5.5 | * | 14 | 7.3 | |
| JOHNSTON | 19 | 8.2 | 10 | 4.3 | 73 | 6.3 | |||
| JONES | 0 | 0.0 | * | 1 | 11.4 | * | 1 | 2.1 | * |
| LEE | 8 | 10.5 | * | 7 | 8.8 | * | 29 | 7.5 | |
| LENOIR | 5 | 8.1 | * | 5 | 8.0 | * | 24 | 7.5 | |
| LINCOLN | 5 | 6.2 | * | 9 | 10.5 | * | 28 | 6.9 | |
| MCDOWELL | 3 | 6.6 | * | 4 | 9.6 | * | 20 | 8.9 | |
| MACON | 2 | 5.9 | * | 2 | 6.2 | * | 14 | 8.3 | |
| MADISON | 1 | 5.6 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 8 | 7.8 | * |
| MARTIN | 3 | 12.1 | * | 3 | 12.1 | * | 10 | 8.1 | |
| MECKLENBURG | 71 | 4.8 | 75 | 5.1 | 432 | 5.9 | |||
| MITCHELL | 1 | 7.4 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 2 | 2.8 | * |
| MONTGOMERY | 2 | 7.4 | * | 4 | 14.4 | * | 13 | 8.8 | |
| MOORE | 10 | 9.0 | 7 | 6.0 | * | 35 | 6.4 | ||
| NASH | 9 | 8.1 | * | 8 | 7.6 | * | 44 | 8.4 | |
| NEW HANOVER | 14 | 6.2 | 16 | 7.5 | 56 | 5.0 | |||
| NORTHAMPTON | 1 | 5.0 | * | 1 | 5.8 | * | 8 | 8.8 | * |
| ONSLOW | 18 | 4.4 | 18 | 4.6 | 125 | 6.1 | |||
| ORANGE | 1 | 0.8 | * | 7 | 6.2 | * | 26 | 4.4 | |
| PAMLICO | 2 | 27.4 | * | 2 | 22.2 | * | 7 | 16.1 | * |
| PASQUOTANK | 0 | 0.0 | * | 4 | 8.8 | * | 15 | 6.1 | |
| PENDER | 7 | 10.6 | * | 3 | 4.8 | * | 26 | 8.2 | |
| PERQUIMANS | 0 | 0.0 | * | 2 | 16.5 | * | 2 | 3.3 | * |
| PERSON | 9 | 20.3 | * | 5 | 12.5 | * | 21 | 10.1 | |
| PITT | 18 | 8.8 | 14 | 6.7 | 107 | 10.2 | |||
| POLK | 1 | 6.2 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 5 | 6.7 | * |
| RANDOLPH | 19 | 12.1 | 13 | 8.6 | 68 | 8.7 | |||
| RICHMOND | 8 | 13.9 | * | 3 | 5.4 | * | 25 | 9.2 | |
| ROBESON | 25 | 14.0 | 15 | 8.8 | 94 | 10.6 | |||
| ROCKINGHAM | 4 | 4.7 | * | 9 | 9.9 | * | 38 | 8.3 | |
| ROWAN | 15 | 9.4 | 9 | 5.6 | * | 66 | 8.3 | ||
| RUTHERFORD | 6 | 8.7 | * | 6 | 9.2 | * | 25 | 7.5 | |
| SAMPSON | 5 | 6.0 | * | 6 | 7.2 | * | 25 | 6.0 | |
| SCOTLAND | 5 | 11.0 | * | 3 | 6.8 | * | 21 | 9.4 | |
| STANLY | 7 | 9.6 | * | 9 | 13.3 | * | 31 | 8.9 | |
| STOKES | 0 | 0.0 | * | 3 | 7.6 | * | 10 | 5.0 | |
| SURRY | 4 | 5.4 | * | 4 | 5.3 | * | 21 | 5.6 | |
| SWAIN | 3 | 19.7 | * | 1 | 7.1 | * | 8 | 9.1 | * |
| TRANSYLVANIA | 2 | 7.9 | * | 2 | 7.2 | * | 6 | 4.4 | * |
| TYRRELL | 0 | 0.0 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 1 | 4.9 | * |
| UNION | 11 | 4.6 | 12 | 4.9 | 61 | 5.1 | |||
| VANCE | 6 | 10.3 | * | 7 | 12.5 | * | 21 | 7.6 | |
| WAKE | 72 | 5.7 | 67 | 5.3 | 342 | 5.4 | |||
| WARREN | 0 | 0.0 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 8 | 8.9 | * |
| WASHINGTON | 3 | 22.4 | * | 2 | 15.5 | * | 10 | 16.0 | |
| WATAUGA | 8 | 20.1 | * | 4 | 11.3 | * | 17 | 9.2 | |
| WAYNE | 8 | 5.0 | * | 18 | 11.0 | 55 | 6.7 | ||
| WILKES | 2 | 3.1 | * | 5 | 7.2 | * | 25 | 7.3 | |
| WILSON | 12 | 12.8 | 13 | 13.3 | 50 | 10.4 | |||
| YADKIN | 2 | 5.1 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 11 | 5.9 | |
| YANCEY | 0 | 0.0 | * | 1 | 5.5 | * | 2 | 2.3 | * |
| *TECHNICAL NOTE: RATES BASED ON SMALL NUMBERS (FEWER THAN 10) ARE UNSTABLE |
| Source: NC Department of Health & Human Services State Center for Health Statistics, 24SEP2019 |