| 2019 NORTH CAROLINA INFANT MORTALITY REPORT, TABLE 3b |
| Infant Mortality Racial Disparities Between White Non-Hispanics & African-American Non-Hispanics: 2015-2019 |
| Non-Hispanic White Infant Deaths |
Non-Hispanic White Rate |
Non-Hispanic African American Infant Deaths |
Non-Hispanic African American Rate |
Disparity Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RESIDENCE: | 1,671 | 5.1 | 1,814 | 12.6 | 2.47 |
| NORTH CAROLINA | |||||
| PCR I | 163 | 5.4 | 19 | 10.1 | 1.87 |
| PCR II | 503 | 6.6 | 370 | 14.1 | 2.14 |
| PCR III | 276 | 4.5 | 349 | 10.7 | 2.38 |
| PCR IV | 243 | 3.6 | 392 | 12.4 | 3.44 |
| PCR V | 260 | 5.8 | 304 | 12.8 | 2.21 |
| PCR VI | 226 | 4.9 | 380 | 13.9 | 2.84 |
| ALAMANCE | 24 | 4.8 | 23 | 10.8 | 2.25 |
| ALEXANDER | 12 | 7.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| ALLEGHANY | 1 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| ANSON | 2 | 3.9 | 7 | 10.3 | 2.64 |
| ASHE | 3 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| AVERY | 2 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| BEAUFORT | 9 | 7.5 | 10 | 14.2 | 1.89 |
| BERTIE | 1 | 3.9 | 10 | 17.1 | 4.38 |
| BLADEN | 3 | 3.7 | 10 | 16.8 | 4.54 |
| BRUNSWICK | 23 | 6.1 | 3 | 4.7 | 0.77 |
| BUNCOMBE | 41 | 4.2 | 9 | 9.2 | 2.19 |
| BURKE | 26 | 7.8 | 3 | 14.6 | 1.87 |
| CABARRUS | 37 | 5.2 | 26 | 10.9 | 2.10 |
| CALDWELL | 24 | 7.0 | 2 | 8.4 | 1.20 |
| CAMDEN | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| CARTERET | 13 | 5.6 | 2 | 12.3 | 2.20 |
| CASWELL | 2 | 3.1 | 6 | 21.2 | 6.84 |
| CATAWBA | 32 | 5.8 | 13 | 14.2 | 2.45 |
| CHATHAM | 15 | 7.3 | 5 | 14.1 | 1.93 |
| CHEROKEE | 12 | 11.2 | 1 | 45.5 | 4.06 |
| CHOWAN | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 13.3 | 0 |
| CLAY | 4 | 10.1 | 1 | 250.0 | 24.75 |
| CLEVELAND | 27 | 7.1 | 19 | 13.9 | 1.96 |
| COLUMBUS | 15 | 9.3 | 11 | 12.3 | 1.32 |
| CRAVEN | 24 | 5.5 | 20 | 13.8 | 2.51 |
| CUMBERLAND | 67 | 5.8 | 129 | 12.5 | 2.16 |
| CURRITUCK | 1 | 0.9 | 2 | 26.3 | 29.22 |
| DARE | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| DAVIDSON | 39 | 5.9 | 14 | 13.7 | 2.32 |
| DAVIE | 9 | 5.7 | 1 | 7.2 | 1.26 |
| DUPLIN | 12 | 8.4 | 11 | 13.9 | 1.65 |
| DURHAM | 21 | 2.6 | 79 | 11.5 | 4.42 |
| EDGECOMBE | 5 | 6.0 | 24 | 12.5 | 2.08 |
| FORSYTH | 63 | 6.1 | 94 | 14.9 | 2.44 |
| FRANKLIN | 6 | 2.8 | 16 | 17.2 | 6.14 |
| GASTON | 43 | 5.2 | 26 | 9.6 | 1.85 |
| GATES | 2 | 5.5 | 2 | 15.6 | 2.84 |
| GRAHAM | 1 | 2.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| GRANVILLE | 8 | 5.0 | 9 | 9.9 | 1.98 |
| GREENE | 1 | 2.4 | 8 | 23.5 | 9.79 |
| GUILFORD | 54 | 4.7 | 170 | 13.5 | 2.87 |
| HALIFAX | 7 | 7.3 | 21 | 13.0 | 1.78 |
| HARNETT | 35 | 6.3 | 23 | 12.2 | 1.94 |
| HAYWOOD | 20 | 7.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| HENDERSON | 20 | 5.1 | 2 | 10.1 | 1.98 |
| HERTFORD | 1 | 3.2 | 11 | 15.1 | 4.72 |
| HOKE | 12 | 5.7 | 18 | 16.0 | 2.81 |
| HYDE | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 23.8 | 0 |
| IREDELL | 52 | 7.8 | 22 | 16.0 | 2.05 |
| JACKSON | 7 | 5.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| JOHNSTON | 36 | 5.0 | 23 | 11.7 | 2.34 |
| JONES | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| LEE | 10 | 5.4 | 13 | 16.1 | 2.98 |
| LENOIR | 11 | 8.7 | 10 | 6.8 | 0.78 |
| LINCOLN | 17 | 5.0 | 8 | 33.1 | 6.62 |
| MCDOWELL | 14 | 7.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| MACON | 10 | 7.6 | 1 | 76.9 | 10.12 |
| MADISON | 4 | 4.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| MARTIN | 5 | 8.5 | 8 | 14.7 | 1.73 |
| MECKLENBURG | 99 | 3.5 | 241 | 10.3 | 2.94 |
| MITCHELL | 2 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| MONTGOMERY | 7 | 9.0 | 4 | 16.7 | 1.86 |
| MOORE | 21 | 5.2 | 7 | 8.7 | 1.67 |
| NASH | 13 | 6.0 | 28 | 11.7 | 1.95 |
| NEW HANOVER | 35 | 4.7 | 22 | 11.1 | 2.36 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 10.5 | 0 |
| ONSLOW | 65 | 4.7 | 29 | 11.4 | 2.43 |
| ORANGE | 12 | 3.5 | 9 | 11.4 | 3.26 |
| PAMLICO | 2 | 6.5 | 4 | 56.3 | 8.66 |
| PASQUOTANK | 4 | 3.2 | 11 | 12.0 | 3.75 |
| PENDER | 11 | 5.0 | 11 | 22.3 | 4.46 |
| PERQUIMANS | 1 | 2.3 | 1 | 7.2 | 3.13 |
| PERSON | 6 | 4.7 | 15 | 23.9 | 5.09 |
| PITT | 16 | 3.5 | 77 | 16.7 | 4.77 |
| POLK | 3 | 4.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| RANDOLPH | 58 | 10.5 | 8 | 15.2 | 1.45 |
| RICHMOND | 10 | 7.3 | 17 | 17.1 | 2.34 |
| ROBESON | 11 | 6.9 | 26 | 13.8 | 2.00 |
| ROCKINGHAM | 23 | 7.3 | 15 | 16.6 | 2.27 |
| ROWAN | 37 | 7.3 | 21 | 13.8 | 1.89 |
| RUTHERFORD | 13 | 4.9 | 5 | 12.0 | 2.45 |
| SAMPSON | 7 | 4.2 | 10 | 10.9 | 2.60 |
| SCOTLAND | 3 | 4.2 | 13 | 12.6 | 3.00 |
| STANLY | 22 | 8.4 | 9 | 19.1 | 2.27 |
| STOKES | 6 | 3.3 | 1 | 15.6 | 4.73 |
| SURRY | 18 | 6.4 | 1 | 5.9 | 0.92 |
| SWAIN | 3 | 6.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| TRANSYLVANIA | 7 | 6.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| TYRRELL | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| UNION | 29 | 3.8 | 13 | 8.2 | 2.16 |
| VANCE | 4 | 5.0 | 18 | 11.4 | 2.28 |
| WAKE | 98 | 3.0 | 173 | 12.4 | 4.13 |
| WARREN | 1 | 3.9 | 3 | 6.3 | 1.62 |
| WASHINGTON | 3 | 15.6 | 11 | 27.5 | 1.76 |
| WATAUGA | 15 | 9.5 | 1 | 40.0 | 4.21 |
| WAYNE | 18 | 4.8 | 35 | 13.6 | 2.83 |
| WILKES | 20 | 7.1 | 4 | 25.8 | 3.63 |
| WILSON | 11 | 6.1 | 34 | 16.5 | 2.70 |
| YADKIN | 9 | 6.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| YANCEY | 2 | 2.6 | 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, 02NOV2020 |
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