2023 NORTH CAROLINA INFANT MORTALITY REPORT: Table 7: Infant Deaths by Cause of Death

2023 NORTH CAROLINA INFANT MORTALITY REPORT, TABLE 7:

2023 Infant Deaths (<365 days) by Cause of Death

	TOTAL		NH White		NH Black		NH Am. Ind.		NH Asian/P.I.		NH Multi-Race		Hispanic		Missing/Unknown/Not Classifiable
	TOTAL		RACE/ETHNICITY
	Infant Deaths		Infant Deaths		Infant Deaths		Infant Deaths		Infant Deaths		Infant Deaths		Infant Deaths		Infant Deaths
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
CAUSE OF DEATH:	137	16.5	58	21.2	35	10.3	1	10.0	6	27.3	3	10.3	32	22.5	2	16.7
...Congenital Malformations, deformations & chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)	137	16.5	58	21.2	35	10.3	1	10.0	6	27.3	3	10.3	32	22.5	2	16.7
...Prematurity & Low Birth Weight (P05-P07)	143	17.3	29	10.6	69	20.3	0	0	7	31.8	6	20.7	29	20.4	3	25.0
...Respiratory Distress & other Respiratory conditions (P22-P28)	81	9.8	29	10.6	33	9.7	2	20.0	1	4.5	3	10.3	12	8.5	1	8.3
...Infections & Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99; P35-P39)	55	6.6	21	7.7	20	5.9	2	20.0	1	4.5	4	13.8	7	4.9	0	0
...Newborn affected by maternal factors/complications of pregnancy, labor & delivery (P00-P04)	83	10.0	33	12.1	35	10.3	0	0	0	0	2	6.9	13	9.2	0	0
...Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P08-P21; P29-P34; P40-P96)	100	12.1	29	10.6	42	12.4	0	0	4	18.2	2	6.9	22	15.5	1	8.3
...Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99)	11	1.3	1	0.4	6	1.8	0	0	0	0	1	3.4	3	2.1	0	0
...Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J98,U04)	13	1.6	7	2.6	4	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.4	0	0
...Accidental Suffocation and Strangulation in Bed (W75)	17	2.1	6	2.2	9	2.6	0	0	0	0	1	3.4	1	0.7	0	0
...Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (R95)	12	1.4	4	1.5	6	1.8	0	0	0	0	1	3.4	0	0	1	8.3
...Other Ill-Defined and unknown causes of death (R96-R99)	108	13.0	33	12.1	53	15.6	4	40.0	2	9.1	3	10.3	10	7.0	3	25.0
...Unintentional Injuries/Accidents (V01-X59; Y85-Y86)	11	1.3	5	1.8	4	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	3.4	1	0.7	0	0
...Homicide/Assault (X85-Y09; Y87.1)	11	1.3	4	1.5	6	1.8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.7	0	0
...All Other Causes of Death (Residual)	46	5.6	14	5.1	18	5.3	1	10.0	1	4.5	2	6.9	9	6.3	1	8.3
TOTAL, ALL CAUSES	828	100.0	273	100.0	340	100.0	10	100.0	22	100.0	29	100.0	142	100.0	12	100.0

Caution: Racial categories have changed from prior years and now reflect single race categories & multi-race. Comparisons with prior reports is not advised.

NH=Non-Hispanic

Source: NC Department of Health & Human Services, Title V Office in Collaboration with the State Center for Health Statistics, 07FEB2025

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