| 2018 NORTH CAROLINA INFANT MORTALITY REPORT, TABLE 8 |
| 2018 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: | 51 | 25.8 | 25 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 29.5 | 94 | 18.3 |
| Congenital Malformations, deformations & chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) | ||||||||||||
| Prematurity & Low Birth Weight (P05-P07) | 42 | 21.2 | 75 | 33.0 | 3 | 25.0 | 6 | 35.3 | 11 | 18.0 | 137 | 26.6 |
| Respiratory Distress & other Respiratory conditions (P22-P28) | 12 | 6.1 | 26 | 11.5 | 1 | 8.3 | 1 | 5.9 | 4 | 6.6 | 44 | 8.5 |
| Infections & Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99; P35-P39) | 9 | 4.5 | 21 | 9.3 | 1 | 8.3 | 4 | 23.5 | 1 | 1.6 | 36 | 7.0 |
| Newborn affected by maternal factors/complications of pregnancy, labor & delivery (P00-P04) | 30 | 15.2 | 40 | 17.6 | 1 | 8.3 | 1 | 5.9 | 12 | 19.7 | 84 | 16.3 |
| Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P08-P21; P29-P34; P40-P96) | 38 | 19.2 | 31 | 13.7 | 5 | 41.7 | 4 | 23.5 | 9 | 14.8 | 87 | 16.9 |
| Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99) | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.6 | 5 | 1.0 |
| Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J98,U04) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Accidental Suffocation and Strangulation in Bed (W75) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Other Ill-Defined and unknown causes of death (R96-R99) | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0.9 | 1 | 8.3 | 1 | 5.9 | 4 | 6.6 | 11 | 2.1 |
| Homicide/Assault (X85-Y09; Y87.1) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.4 |
| All Other Causes of Death (Residual) | 10 | 5.1 | 2 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.6 | 13 | 2.5 |
| TOTAL, ALL CAUSES | 198 | 100.0 | 227 | 100.0 | 12 | 100.0 | 17 | 100.0 | 61 | 100.0 | 515 | 100.0 |
| Source: NC Department of Health & Human Services State Center for Health Statistics, 24SEP2019 |