| 2018 NORTH CAROLINA INFANT MORTALITY REPORT, TABLE 3b |
| Infant Mortality Racial Disparities Between White Non-Hispanics & African-American Non-Hispanics: 2014-2018 |
| Non-Hispanic White Infant Deaths |
Non-Hispanic White Rate |
Non-Hispanic African American Infant Deaths |
Non-Hispanic African American Rate |
Disparity Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RESIDENCE: | 1,716 | 5.2 | 1,820 | 12.7 | 2.44 |
| NORTH CAROLINA | |||||
| PCR I | 167 | 5.5 | 25 | 13.2 | 2.40 |
| PCR II | 488 | 6.3 | 354 | 13.5 | 2.14 |
| PCR III | 288 | 4.6 | 348 | 10.7 | 2.33 |
| PCR IV | 260 | 3.8 | 387 | 12.2 | 3.21 |
| PCR V | 271 | 5.9 | 329 | 13.8 | 2.34 |
| PCR VI | 242 | 5.1 | 377 | 13.7 | 2.69 |
| ALAMANCE | 28 | 5.6 | 27 | 13.1 | 2.34 |
| ALEXANDER | 10 | 6.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| ALLEGHANY | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| ANSON | 2 | 3.9 | 6 | 8.9 | 2.28 |
| ASHE | 3 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| AVERY | 3 | 5.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| BEAUFORT | 10 | 8.3 | 13 | 18.0 | 2.17 |
| BERTIE | 1 | 4.1 | 11 | 18.2 | 4.44 |
| BLADEN | 3 | 3.7 | 10 | 15.7 | 4.24 |
| BRUNSWICK | 23 | 5.9 | 4 | 6.4 | 1.08 |
| BUNCOMBE | 38 | 3.8 | 15 | 15.1 | 3.97 |
| BURKE | 29 | 8.7 | 1 | 5.0 | 0.57 |
| CABARRUS | 39 | 5.5 | 23 | 10.1 | 1.84 |
| CALDWELL | 25 | 7.3 | 2 | 9.3 | 1.27 |
| CAMDEN | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| CARTERET | 14 | 5.9 | 3 | 17.1 | 2.90 |
| CASWELL | 1 | 1.6 | 8 | 26.8 | 16.75 |
| CATAWBA | 33 | 5.9 | 15 | 15.9 | 2.69 |
| CHATHAM | 16 | 7.9 | 7 | 18.7 | 2.37 |
| CHEROKEE | 11 | 10.6 | 1 | 41.7 | 3.93 |
| CHOWAN | 1 | 2.9 | 4 | 13.5 | 4.66 |
| CLAY | 4 | 10.2 | 1 | 200.0 | 19.61 |
| CLEVELAND | 27 | 7.2 | 20 | 14.9 | 2.07 |
| COLUMBUS | 12 | 7.4 | 15 | 16.3 | 2.20 |
| CRAVEN | 25 | 5.5 | 18 | 12.4 | 2.25 |
| CUMBERLAND | 71 | 6.0 | 145 | 14.2 | 2.37 |
| CURRITUCK | 1 | 0.9 | 2 | 28.6 | 31.78 |
| DARE | 3 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| DAVIDSON | 39 | 5.9 | 14 | 14.3 | 2.42 |
| DAVIE | 7 | 4.5 | 2 | 16.1 | 3.58 |
| DUPLIN | 13 | 9.1 | 10 | 12.8 | 1.41 |
| DURHAM | 26 | 3.2 | 79 | 11.2 | 3.50 |
| EDGECOMBE | 4 | 4.9 | 24 | 12.2 | 2.49 |
| FORSYTH | 63 | 6.1 | 79 | 12.5 | 2.05 |
| FRANKLIN | 11 | 5.3 | 16 | 17.1 | 3.23 |
| GASTON | 48 | 5.7 | 25 | 9.7 | 1.70 |
| GATES | 2 | 5.6 | 2 | 14.6 | 2.61 |
| GRAHAM | 1 | 2.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| GRANVILLE | 8 | 5.1 | 9 | 9.9 | 1.94 |
| GREENE | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 20.1 | 0 |
| GUILFORD | 49 | 4.2 | 166 | 13.3 | 3.17 |
| HALIFAX | 7 | 7.2 | 20 | 12.0 | 1.67 |
| HARNETT | 39 | 6.9 | 29 | 15.2 | 2.20 |
| HAYWOOD | 18 | 6.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| HENDERSON | 18 | 4.5 | 2 | 9.7 | 2.16 |
| HERTFORD | 2 | 6.5 | 17 | 22.3 | 3.43 |
| HOKE | 9 | 4.1 | 18 | 16.0 | 3.90 |
| HYDE | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 27.0 | 0 |
| IREDELL | 49 | 7.5 | 26 | 19.2 | 2.56 |
| JACKSON | 7 | 5.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| JOHNSTON | 37 | 5.2 | 19 | 10.2 | 1.96 |
| JONES | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| LEE | 10 | 5.5 | 13 | 15.7 | 2.85 |
| LENOIR | 10 | 7.8 | 13 | 8.7 | 1.12 |
| LINCOLN | 16 | 4.7 | 9 | 37.8 | 8.04 |
| MCDOWELL | 16 | 8.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| MACON | 13 | 9.6 | 1 | 90.9 | 9.47 |
| MADISON | 8 | 8.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| MARTIN | 3 | 5.0 | 7 | 12.8 | 2.56 |
| MECKLENBURG | 104 | 3.6 | 238 | 10.2 | 2.83 |
| MITCHELL | 2 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| MONTGOMERY | 7 | 9.0 | 6 | 23.3 | 2.59 |
| MOORE | 22 | 5.6 | 6 | 7.3 | 1.30 |
| NASH | 13 | 6.0 | 29 | 12.5 | 2.08 |
| NEW HANOVER | 32 | 4.2 | 20 | 10.0 | 2.38 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 1 | 3.4 | 7 | 12.2 | 3.59 |
| ONSLOW | 73 | 5.1 | 34 | 12.9 | 2.53 |
| ORANGE | 11 | 3.2 | 8 | 10.0 | 3.13 |
| PAMLICO | 3 | 9.3 | 4 | 53.3 | 5.73 |
| PASQUOTANK | 5 | 3.9 | 9 | 9.4 | 2.41 |
| PENDER | 12 | 5.4 | 13 | 26.3 | 4.87 |
| PERQUIMANS | 1 | 2.3 | 1 | 7.4 | 3.22 |
| PERSON | 4 | 3.1 | 17 | 27.3 | 8.81 |
| PITT | 22 | 4.7 | 73 | 16.1 | 3.43 |
| POLK | 4 | 6.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| RANDOLPH | 50 | 8.9 | 7 | 13.0 | 1.46 |
| RICHMOND | 10 | 7.4 | 14 | 14.6 | 1.97 |
| ROBESON | 18 | 11.1 | 27 | 13.9 | 1.25 |
| ROCKINGHAM | 21 | 6.6 | 15 | 16.3 | 2.47 |
| ROWAN | 40 | 7.8 | 21 | 13.7 | 1.76 |
| RUTHERFORD | 17 | 6.4 | 5 | 12.3 | 1.92 |
| SAMPSON | 7 | 4.2 | 10 | 10.7 | 2.55 |
| SCOTLAND | 6 | 8.5 | 12 | 11.4 | 1.34 |
| STANLY | 20 | 7.6 | 10 | 20.1 | 2.64 |
| STOKES | 8 | 4.4 | 1 | 15.2 | 3.45 |
| SURRY | 17 | 6.1 | 1 | 6.2 | 1.02 |
| SWAIN | 2 | 4.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| TRANSYLVANIA | 6 | 5.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| TYRRELL | 1 | 8.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| UNION | 32 | 4.1 | 17 | 10.7 | 2.61 |
| VANCE | 4 | 4.9 | 16 | 10.2 | 2.08 |
| WAKE | 103 | 3.1 | 162 | 11.7 | 3.77 |
| WARREN | 1 | 3.5 | 6 | 12.0 | 3.43 |
| WASHINGTON | 2 | 9.8 | 8 | 21.9 | 2.23 |
| WATAUGA | 16 | 9.7 | 1 | 37.0 | 3.81 |
| WAYNE | 14 | 3.7 | 29 | 11.2 | 3.03 |
| WILKES | 20 | 7.1 | 2 | 12.9 | 1.82 |
| WILSON | 11 | 6.1 | 31 | 15.2 | 2.49 |
| YADKIN | 6 | 4.1 | 1 | 23.3 | 5.68 |
| YANCEY | 2 | 2.7 | 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, 24SEP2019 |