2020 NORTH CAROLINA INFANT MORTALITY REPORT, TABLE 3b |
Infant Mortality Racial Disparities Between White Non-Hispanics & African-American Non-Hispanics: 2016-2020 |
Non-Hispanic White Infant Deaths |
Non-Hispanic White Rate |
Non-Hispanic African American Infant Deaths |
Non-Hispanic African American Rate |
Disparity Ratio | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
RESIDENCE: | 1,583 | 4.9 | 1,820 | 12.7 | 2.59 |
NORTH CAROLINA | |||||
PCR I | 161 | 5.5 | 16 | 8.7 | 1.58 |
PCR II | 465 | 6.2 | 374 | 14.1 | 2.27 |
PCR III | 265 | 4.3 | 348 | 10.6 | 2.47 |
PCR IV | 222 | 3.3 | 405 | 12.8 | 3.88 |
PCR V | 245 | 5.5 | 308 | 12.9 | 2.35 |
PCR VI | 225 | 4.9 | 369 | 13.6 | 2.78 |
ALAMANCE | 25 | 5.0 | 20 | 9.2 | 1.84 |
ALEXANDER | 12 | 7.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
ALLEGHANY | 1 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
ANSON | 4 | 7.3 | 8 | 11.6 | 1.59 |
ASHE | 4 | 4.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
AVERY | 2 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
BEAUFORT | 8 | 6.8 | 10 | 14.4 | 2.12 |
BERTIE | 1 | 3.7 | 9 | 15.5 | 4.19 |
BLADEN | 4 | 4.9 | 11 | 18.6 | 3.80 |
BRUNSWICK | 24 | 6.5 | 3 | 4.8 | 0.74 |
BUNCOMBE | 49 | 5.2 | 7 | 7.4 | 1.42 |
BURKE | 23 | 7.1 | 3 | 14.4 | 2.03 |
CABARRUS | 37 | 5.3 | 22 | 8.8 | 1.66 |
CALDWELL | 20 | 5.9 | 5 | 20.3 | 3.44 |
CAMDEN | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
CARTERET | 12 | 5.5 | 3 | 19.4 | 3.53 |
CASWELL | 2 | 3.2 | 5 | 18.1 | 5.66 |
CATAWBA | 25 | 4.7 | 10 | 11.2 | 2.38 |
CHATHAM | 15 | 7.4 | 7 | 19.7 | 2.66 |
CHEROKEE | 13 | 11.8 | 1 | 45.5 | 3.86 |
CHOWAN | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7.3 | 0 |
CLAY | 3 | 7.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
CLEVELAND | 26 | 7.0 | 15 | 10.8 | 1.54 |
COLUMBUS | 12 | 7.6 | 13 | 14.1 | 1.86 |
CRAVEN | 26 | 6.1 | 14 | 9.7 | 1.59 |
CUMBERLAND | 62 | 5.6 | 134 | 12.8 | 2.29 |
CURRITUCK | 1 | 0.9 | 2 | 25.6 | 28.44 |
DARE | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
DAVIDSON | 35 | 5.4 | 12 | 11.4 | 2.11 |
DAVIE | 10 | 6.3 | 3 | 22.1 | 3.51 |
DUPLIN | 9 | 6.5 | 9 | 11.3 | 1.74 |
DURHAM | 20 | 2.5 | 79 | 11.8 | 4.72 |
EDGECOMBE | 7 | 8.5 | 24 | 12.8 | 1.51 |
FORSYTH | 56 | 5.5 | 99 | 15.6 | 2.84 |
FRANKLIN | 8 | 3.8 | 13 | 13.8 | 3.63 |
GASTON | 43 | 5.3 | 33 | 11.8 | 2.23 |
GATES | 2 | 5.8 | 1 | 7.4 | 1.28 |
GRAHAM | 1 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
GRANVILLE | 6 | 3.8 | 10 | 11.1 | 2.92 |
GREENE | 1 | 2.3 | 8 | 22.9 | 9.96 |
GUILFORD | 49 | 4.4 | 174 | 13.7 | 3.11 |
HALIFAX | 7 | 7.4 | 20 | 12.6 | 1.70 |
HARNETT | 30 | 5.4 | 22 | 11.2 | 2.07 |
HAYWOOD | 17 | 6.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
HENDERSON | 19 | 4.9 | 2 | 10.1 | 2.06 |
HERTFORD | 1 | 3.2 | 11 | 15.6 | 4.88 |
HOKE | 9 | 4.5 | 16 | 14.4 | 3.20 |
HYDE | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
IREDELL | 46 | 7.1 | 21 | 14.7 | 2.07 |
JACKSON | 6 | 4.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
JOHNSTON | 30 | 4.2 | 25 | 12.1 | 2.88 |
JONES | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
LEE | 11 | 5.9 | 15 | 18.3 | 3.10 |
LENOIR | 11 | 8.8 | 15 | 9.9 | 1.13 |
LINCOLN | 17 | 4.9 | 7 | 27.3 | 5.57 |
MCDOWELL | 10 | 5.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
MACON | 9 | 7.1 | 1 | 76.9 | 10.83 |
MADISON | 4 | 4.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
MARTIN | 6 | 10.8 | 8 | 14.9 | 1.38 |
MECKLENBURG | 90 | 3.2 | 240 | 10.3 | 3.22 |
MITCHELL | 3 | 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
MONTGOMERY | 9 | 11.9 | 3 | 12.1 | 1.02 |
MOORE | 22 | 5.3 | 6 | 7.9 | 1.49 |
NASH | 16 | 7.6 | 28 | 11.4 | 1.50 |
NEW HANOVER | 37 | 5.1 | 24 | 12.5 | 2.45 |
NORTHAMPTON | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 15.6 | 0 |
ONSLOW | 54 | 4.1 | 26 | 10.5 | 2.56 |
ORANGE | 11 | 3.2 | 14 | 18.0 | 5.63 |
PAMLICO | 2 | 6.6 | 4 | 51.3 | 7.77 |
PASQUOTANK | 6 | 4.8 | 9 | 10.5 | 2.19 |
PENDER | 7 | 3.1 | 10 | 22.0 | 7.10 |
PERQUIMANS | 2 | 4.8 | 1 | 7.2 | 1.50 |
PERSON | 6 | 4.6 | 14 | 22.2 | 4.83 |
PITT | 23 | 5.2 | 80 | 17.7 | 3.40 |
POLK | 2 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
RANDOLPH | 56 | 10.2 | 8 | 14.7 | 1.44 |
RICHMOND | 11 | 8.1 | 18 | 17.2 | 2.12 |
ROBESON | 7 | 4.4 | 25 | 13.5 | 3.07 |
ROCKINGHAM | 20 | 6.3 | 15 | 16.6 | 2.63 |
ROWAN | 35 | 7.0 | 18 | 12.1 | 1.73 |
RUTHERFORD | 12 | 4.6 | 5 | 12.3 | 2.67 |
SAMPSON | 8 | 4.8 | 8 | 9.0 | 1.88 |
SCOTLAND | 3 | 4.5 | 15 | 15.0 | 3.33 |
STANLY | 22 | 8.5 | 5 | 11.3 | 1.33 |
STOKES | 10 | 5.6 | 1 | 16.7 | 2.98 |
SURRY | 17 | 6.1 | 1 | 6.1 | 1.00 |
SWAIN | 3 | 6.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
TRANSYLVANIA | 8 | 7.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
TYRRELL | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
UNION | 26 | 3.4 | 18 | 11.6 | 3.41 |
VANCE | 4 | 5.1 | 22 | 13.8 | 2.71 |
WAKE | 84 | 2.6 | 176 | 12.7 | 4.88 |
WARREN | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 11.0 | 0 |
WASHINGTON | 3 | 15.8 | 10 | 24.9 | 1.58 |
WATAUGA | 13 | 8.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
WAYNE | 18 | 4.8 | 37 | 14.7 | 3.06 |
WILKES | 19 | 6.8 | 4 | 26.8 | 3.94 |
WILSON | 9 | 5.0 | 29 | 14.2 | 2.84 |
YADKIN | 12 | 8.3 | 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, 29NOV2021 |