| 2018 NORTH CAROLINA INFANT MORTALITY REPORT, TABLE 7 |
| 2018 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: | 66 | 20.3 | 45 | 12.9 | 1 | 6.7 | 3 | 10.7 | 25 | 28.4 | 140 | 17.4 |
| Congenital Malformations, deformations & chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) | ||||||||||||
| Prematurity & Low Birth Weight (P05-P07) | 43 | 13.2 | 76 | 21.7 | 3 | 20.0 | 7 | 25.0 | 11 | 12.5 | 140 | 17.4 |
| Respiratory Distress & other Respiratory conditions (P22-P28) | 17 | 5.2 | 32 | 9.1 | 2 | 13.3 | 1 | 3.6 | 4 | 4.5 | 56 | 6.9 |
| Infections & Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99; P35-P39) | 15 | 4.6 | 29 | 8.3 | 1 | 6.7 | 4 | 14.3 | 3 | 3.4 | 52 | 6.5 |
| Newborn affected by maternal factors/complications of pregnancy, labor & delivery (P00-P04) | 30 | 9.2 | 40 | 11.4 | 1 | 6.7 | 1 | 3.6 | 12 | 13.6 | 84 | 10.4 |
| Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P08-P21; P29-P34; P40-P96) | 40 | 12.3 | 32 | 9.1 | 5 | 33.3 | 5 | 17.9 | 11 | 12.5 | 93 | 11.5 |
| Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99) | 11 | 3.4 | 8 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.4 | 22 | 2.7 |
| Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J98,U04) | 7 | 2.2 | 6 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.1 | 14 | 1.7 |
| Accidental Suffocation and Strangulation in Bed (W75) | 5 | 1.5 | 5 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.2 |
| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (R95) | 2 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.4 |
| Other Ill-Defined and unknown causes of death (R96-R99) | 56 | 17.2 | 45 | 12.9 | 2 | 13.3 | 4 | 14.3 | 9 | 10.2 | 116 | 14.4 |
| Unintentional Injuries/Accidents (V01-X59; Y85-Y86) | 4 | 1.2 | 9 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.6 | 4 | 4.5 | 18 | 2.2 |
| Homicide/Assault (X85-Y09; Y87.1) | 4 | 1.2 | 5 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.1 |
| All Other Causes of Death (Residual) | 25 | 7.7 | 17 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.1 | 5 | 5.7 | 49 | 6.1 |
| TOTAL, ALL CAUSES | 325 | 100.0 | 350 | 100.0 | 15 | 100.0 | 28 | 100.0 | 88 | 100.0 | 806 | 100.0 |
| Source: NC Department of Health & Human Services State Center for Health Statistics, 24SEP2019 |