| 2020 NORTH CAROLINA INFANT MORTALITY REPORT, TABLE 9 |
| 2020 Postneonatal (>=28 days) Infant Deaths by Cause of Death |
| RACE/ETHNICITY | TOTAL | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Non-Hispanic | Af. Am. Non-Hispanic | Am. Ind. Non-Hispanic | Other Non-Hispanic | Hispanic | ||||||||
| Postneonatal Deaths | Postneonatal Deaths | Postneonatal Deaths | Postneonatal Deaths | Postneonatal Deaths | Postneonatal Deaths | |||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| CAUSE OF DEATH: | 13 | 13.8 | 18 | 14.2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 60.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 36 | 14.6 |
| Congenital Malformations, deformations & chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) | ||||||||||||
| Prematurity & Low Birth Weight (P05-P07) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Respiratory Distress & other Respiratory conditions (P22-P28) | 1 | 1.1 | 5 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.4 |
| Infections & Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99; P35-P39) | 5 | 5.3 | 7 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 5 | 25.0 | 18 | 7.3 |
| Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P08-P21; P29-P34; P40-P96) | 3 | 3.2 | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 5 | 2.0 |
| Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99) | 4 | 4.3 | 8 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4.9 |
| Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J98,U04) | 10 | 10.6 | 8 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 19 | 7.7 |
| Accidental Suffocation and Strangulation in Bed (W75) | 11 | 11.7 | 12 | 9.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 25 | 10.1 |
| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (R95) | 1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 3 | 1.2 |
| Other Ill-Defined and unknown causes of death (R96-R99) | 29 | 30.9 | 44 | 34.6 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25.0 | 79 | 32.0 |
| Unintentional Injuries/Accidents (V01-X59; Y85-Y86) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2.8 |
| Homicide/Assault (X85-Y09; Y87.1) | 7 | 7.4 | 5 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4.9 |
| All Other Causes of Death (Residual) | 10 | 10.6 | 10 | 7.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20.0 | 24 | 9.7 |
| TOTAL, ALL CAUSES | 94 | 100.0 | 127 | 100.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 5 | 100.0 | 20 | 100.0 | 247 | 100.0 |
| Source: NC Department of Health & Human Services State Center for Health Statistics, 29NOV2021 |