| 2020 NORTH CAROLINA INFANT MORTALITY REPORT, TABLE 7 |
| 2020 Infant Deaths (<365 days) by Cause of Death |
| RACE/ETHNICITY | TOTAL | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Non-Hispanic | Af. Am. Non-Hispanic | Am. Ind. Non-Hispanic | Other Non-Hispanic | Hispanic | ||||||||
| Infant Deaths | Infant Deaths | Infant Deaths | Infant Deaths | Infant Deaths | Infant Deaths | |||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| CAUSE OF DEATH: | 63 | 21.2 | 53 | 14.5 | 1 | 20.0 | 9 | 39.1 | 20 | 17.9 | 146 | 18.2 |
| Congenital Malformations, deformations & chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) | ||||||||||||
| Prematurity & Low Birth Weight (P05-P07) | 43 | 14.5 | 74 | 20.2 | 1 | 20.0 | 4 | 17.4 | 30 | 26.8 | 152 | 18.9 |
| Respiratory Distress & other Respiratory conditions (P22-P28) | 16 | 5.4 | 22 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 10 | 8.9 | 49 | 6.1 |
| Infections & Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99; P35-P39) | 16 | 5.4 | 23 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 8 | 7.1 | 48 | 6.0 |
| Newborn affected by maternal factors/complications of pregnancy, labor & delivery (P00-P04) | 27 | 9.1 | 43 | 11.7 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 4.3 | 13 | 11.6 | 85 | 10.6 |
| Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P08-P21; P29-P34; P40-P96) | 47 | 15.8 | 44 | 12.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 6 | 26.1 | 15 | 13.4 | 113 | 14.1 |
| Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99) | 6 | 2.0 | 10 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2.0 |
| Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J98,U04) | 10 | 3.4 | 10 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.9 | 21 | 2.6 |
| Accidental Suffocation and Strangulation in Bed (W75) | 11 | 3.7 | 13 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 1 | 0.9 | 26 | 3.2 |
| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (R95) | 2 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.9 | 4 | 0.5 |
| Other Ill-Defined and unknown causes of death (R96-R99) | 35 | 11.8 | 48 | 13.1 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6.3 | 91 | 11.3 |
| Unintentional Injuries/Accidents (V01-X59; Y85-Y86) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.9 |
| Homicide/Assault (X85-Y09; Y87.1) | 8 | 2.7 | 5 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1.6 |
| All Other Causes of Death (Residual) | 13 | 4.4 | 13 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5.4 | 32 | 4.0 |
| TOTAL, ALL CAUSES | 297 | 100.0 | 366 | 100.0 | 5 | 100.0 | 23 | 100.0 | 112 | 100.0 | 803 | 100.0 |
| Source: NC Department of Health & Human Services State Center for Health Statistics, 29NOV2021 |