| 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 |