| 2020 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: 2019, 2020, and 2016-2020 |
| Residence: | 2019 Infant Deaths |
2019 Rate | 2020 Infant Deaths |
2020 Rate | 2016-2020 Infant Deaths |
2016-2020 Rate |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH CAROLINA | 810 | 6.8 | 803 | 6.9 | 4144 | 7.0 | |||
| PCR I | 41 | 5.6 | 44 | 6.4 | 218 | 6.0 | |||
| PCR II | 208 | 8.2 | 161 | 6.5 | 993 | 7.9 | |||
| PCR III | 145 | 5.9 | 144 | 5.8 | 739 | 5.9 | |||
| PCR IV | 170 | 6.4 | 166 | 6.4 | 814 | 6.2 | |||
| PCR V | 119 | 6.7 | 133 | 7.7 | 693 | 7.8 | |||
| PCR VI | 127 | 7.4 | 155 | 9.2 | 687 | 8.0 | |||
| ALAMANCE | 8 | 4.3 | * | 11 | 6.0 | 54 | 5.7 | ||
| ALEXANDER | 3 | 8.4 | * | 1 | 2.9 | * | 15 | 8.5 | |
| ALLEGHANY | 1 | 12.7 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 2 | 4.3 | * |
| ANSON | 3 | 11.8 | * | 5 | 18.0 | * | 13 | 9.9 | |
| ASHE | 0 | 0.0 | * | 2 | 8.6 | * | 5 | 4.7 | * |
| AVERY | 0 | 0.0 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 2 | 2.9 | * |
| BEAUFORT | 5 | 11.5 | * | 6 | 14.0 | * | 21 | 9.6 | |
| BERTIE | 1 | 6.2 | * | 3 | 16.9 | * | 10 | 11.4 | |
| BLADEN | 2 | 5.8 | * | 4 | 11.6 | * | 16 | 9.3 | |
| BRUNSWICK | 5 | 4.9 | * | 3 | 3.0 | * | 33 | 6.6 | |
| BUNCOMBE | 12 | 4.9 | 16 | 6.9 | 64 | 5.2 | |||
| BURKE | 6 | 6.7 | * | 5 | 6.3 | * | 33 | 7.5 | |
| CABARRUS | 15 | 5.9 | 10 | 3.9 | 68 | 5.4 | |||
| CALDWELL | 11 | 12.5 | 6 | 8.2 | * | 30 | 7.5 | ||
| CAMDEN | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * |
| CARTERET | 1 | 1.9 | * | 4 | 8.4 | * | 16 | 6.1 | |
| CASWELL | 3 | 14.4 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 9 | 8.9 | * |
| CATAWBA | 8 | 4.7 | * | 7 | 4.4 | * | 43 | 5.2 | |
| CHATHAM | 4 | 6.6 | * | 8 | 12.4 | * | 30 | 9.4 | |
| CHEROKEE | 3 | 12.2 | * | 2 | 8.2 | * | 14 | 11.4 | |
| CHOWAN | 0 | 0.0 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 2 | 3.1 | * |
| CLAY | 0 | 0.0 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 3 | 6.6 | * |
| CLEVELAND | 7 | 6.1 | * | 5 | 4.6 | * | 45 | 8.2 | |
| COLUMBUS | 5 | 8.9 | * | 5 | 8.7 | * | 26 | 9.1 | |
| CRAVEN | 7 | 5.3 | * | 9 | 6.9 | * | 49 | 7.2 | |
| CUMBERLAND | 37 | 6.8 | 50 | 9.8 | 226 | 8.4 | |||
| CURRITUCK | 1 | 3.9 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 4 | 3.0 | * |
| DARE | 1 | 3.2 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 1 | 0.6 | * |
| DAVIDSON | 8 | 4.5 | * | 9 | 5.3 | * | 59 | 6.7 | |
| DAVIE | 4 | 10.0 | * | 6 | 15.5 | * | 14 | 7.1 | |
| DUPLIN | 4 | 5.6 | * | 9 | 12.9 | * | 29 | 8.3 | |
| DURHAM | 32 | 7.7 | 25 | 6.2 | 128 | 6.1 | |||
| EDGECOMBE | 5 | 8.7 | * | 7 | 11.8 | * | 35 | 11.8 | |
| FORSYTH | 43 | 9.8 | 31 | 7.2 | 195 | 8.9 | |||
| FRANKLIN | 4 | 5.2 | * | 8 | 10.6 | * | 25 | 6.9 | |
| GASTON | 16 | 6.2 | 29 | 11.4 | 91 | 7.1 | |||
| GATES | 1 | 10.3 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 4 | 8.0 | * |
| GRAHAM | 0 | 0.0 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 1 | 2.4 | * |
| GRANVILLE | 3 | 5.3 | * | 4 | 7.0 | * | 19 | 6.6 | |
| GREENE | 3 | 13.3 | * | 1 | 4.8 | * | 11 | 10.5 | |
| GUILFORD | 56 | 9.3 | 45 | 7.6 | 266 | 8.7 | |||
| HALIFAX | 7 | 13.0 | * | 5 | 9.5 | * | 29 | 10.5 | |
| HARNETT | 13 | 7.0 | 7 | 3.7 | * | 62 | 6.7 | ||
| HAYWOOD | 5 | 9.5 | * | 4 | 7.7 | * | 19 | 6.7 | |
| HENDERSON | 6 | 5.9 | * | 8 | 8.0 | * | 31 | 5.9 | |
| HERTFORD | 0 | 0.0 | * | 4 | 19.2 | * | 13 | 12.0 | |
| HOKE | 9 | 10.4 | * | 8 | 9.5 | * | 36 | 8.2 | |
| HYDE | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * |
| IREDELL | 12 | 6.4 | 11 | 5.8 | 73 | 7.7 | |||
| JACKSON | 1 | 2.7 | * | 2 | 6.3 | * | 12 | 6.6 | |
| JOHNSTON | 16 | 6.3 | 13 | 5.2 | 73 | 6.1 | |||
| JONES | 0 | 0.0 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 1 | 2.2 | * |
| LEE | 4 | 5.1 | * | 8 | 10.1 | * | 33 | 8.4 | |
| LENOIR | 6 | 9.7 | * | 7 | 10.5 | * | 28 | 8.8 | |
| LINCOLN | 3 | 3.4 | * | 4 | 4.6 | * | 25 | 5.9 | |
| MCDOWELL | 2 | 4.6 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 12 | 5.6 | |
| MACON | 1 | 3.1 | * | 2 | 6.2 | * | 11 | 6.7 | |
| MADISON | 1 | 5.5 | * | 1 | 5.6 | * | 4 | 4.2 | * |
| MARTIN | 4 | 18.1 | * | 4 | 17.5 | * | 16 | 13.5 | |
| MECKLENBURG | 90 | 6.3 | 75 | 5.1 | 415 | 5.7 | |||
| MITCHELL | 1 | 7.9 | * | 1 | 6.8 | * | 3 | 4.3 | * |
| MONTGOMERY | 2 | 7.2 | * | 3 | 11.1 | * | 14 | 10.1 | |
| MOORE | 2 | 1.7 | * | 5 | 4.1 | * | 31 | 5.4 | |
| NASH | 8 | 7.3 | * | 11 | 10.7 | 46 | 8.7 | ||
| NEW HANOVER | 8 | 3.7 | * | 12 | 5.7 | 65 | 6.0 | ||
| NORTHAMPTON | 1 | 6.1 | * | 3 | 17.2 | * | 9 | 9.9 | * |
| ONSLOW | 15 | 3.9 | 19 | 5.1 | 97 | 5.0 | |||
| ORANGE | 13 | 11.2 | 10 | 9.0 | 37 | 6.4 | |||
| PAMLICO | 1 | 13.7 | * | 1 | 11.2 | * | 6 | 14.2 | * |
| PASQUOTANK | 4 | 8.4 | * | 5 | 10.9 | * | 16 | 6.8 | |
| PENDER | 2 | 3.2 | * | 2 | 3.4 | * | 20 | 6.3 | |
| PERQUIMANS | 0 | 0.0 | * | 1 | 10.9 | * | 3 | 5.2 | * |
| PERSON | 3 | 6.9 | * | 1 | 2.3 | * | 20 | 9.5 | |
| PITT | 24 | 11.5 | 31 | 15.5 | 113 | 11.0 | |||
| POLK | 0 | 0.0 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 2 | 2.8 | * |
| RANDOLPH | 15 | 9.7 | 14 | 9.0 | 77 | 9.9 | |||
| RICHMOND | 6 | 10.7 | * | 9 | 15.0 | * | 31 | 11.0 | |
| ROBESON | 23 | 13.3 | 14 | 8.1 | 88 | 10.1 | |||
| ROCKINGHAM | 8 | 9.0 | * | 4 | 4.3 | * | 37 | 8.2 | |
| ROWAN | 14 | 9.0 | 6 | 3.8 | * | 58 | 7.3 | ||
| RUTHERFORD | 1 | 1.5 | * | 5 | 8.0 | * | 22 | 6.6 | |
| SAMPSON | 3 | 4.1 | * | 5 | 6.5 | * | 25 | 6.3 | |
| SCOTLAND | 2 | 4.5 | * | 6 | 16.4 | * | 20 | 9.3 | |
| STANLY | 6 | 9.0 | * | 3 | 4.7 | * | 29 | 8.5 | |
| STOKES | 0 | 0.0 | * | 5 | 13.1 | * | 12 | 6.2 | |
| SURRY | 5 | 6.5 | * | 2 | 2.6 | * | 19 | 5.1 | |
| SWAIN | 5 | 27.6 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 9 | 11.4 | * |
| TRANSYLVANIA | 3 | 11.5 | * | 2 | 8.8 | * | 9 | 7.0 | * |
| TYRRELL | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * |
| UNION | 5 | 2.2 | * | 13 | 5.6 | 53 | 4.5 | ||
| VANCE | 5 | 8.8 | * | 5 | 9.3 | * | 26 | 9.3 | |
| WAKE | 74 | 5.8 | 69 | 5.5 | 353 | 5.6 | |||
| WARREN | 1 | 6.9 | * | 4 | 22.5 | * | 7 | 8.4 | * |
| WASHINGTON | 4 | 30.3 | * | 1 | 8.5 | * | 13 | 20.4 | |
| WATAUGA | 1 | 3.2 | * | 0 | 0.0 | * | 14 | 8.1 | |
| WAYNE | 17 | 10.5 | 14 | 9.1 | 66 | 8.2 | |||
| WILKES | 8 | 12.0 | * | 2 | 2.9 | * | 24 | 7.1 | |
| WILSON | 7 | 7.2 | * | 10 | 11.1 | 49 | 10.3 | ||
| YADKIN | 5 | 13.3 | * | 5 | 13.8 | * | 15 | 8.0 | |
| 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, 29NOV2021 |