2024 North Carolina Infant Mortality Report, Table 8

2024 Neonatal (< 28 days) Infant Deaths by Cause of Death

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  TOTAL RACE/ETHNICITY
NH White
NH Black
NH Am. Ind.
NH Asian/P.I.
NH Multi-Race
Hispanic
Missing/Unknown/Not
Classifiable
Neonatal Deaths Neonatal Deaths Neonatal Deaths Neonatal Deaths Neonatal Deaths Neonatal Deaths Neonatal Deaths Neonatal Deaths
# % # % # % # % # % # % # % # %
TOTAL, ALL CAUSES 486 100.0 174 100.0 182 100.0 11 100.0 13 100.0 14 100.0 76 100.0 16 100.0
CAUSE OF DEATH: 90 18.5 36 20.7 32 17.6 0 0 2 15.4 2 14.3 16 21.1 2 12.5
...Congenital Malformations, deformations & chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
...Prematurity & Low Birth Weight (P05-P07) 95 19.5 19 10.9 49 26.9 3 27.3 3 23.1 2 14.3 18 23.7 1 6.3
...Respiratory Distress & other Respiratory conditions (P22-P28) 57 11.7 24 13.8 21 11.5 1 9.1 1 7.7 3 21.4 5 6.6 2 12.5
...Infections & Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99; P35-P39) 31 6.4 9 5.2 9 4.9 2 18.2 0 0 2 14.3 8 10.5 1 6.3
...Newborn affected by maternal factors/complications of pregnancy, labor & delivery (P00-P04) 67 13.8 16 9.2 30 16.5 2 18.2 2 15.4 0 0 10 13.2 7 43.8
...Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P08-P21; P29-P34; P40-P96) 111 22.8 55 31.6 30 16.5 2 18.2 5 38.5 3 21.4 13 17.1 3 18.8
...Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99) 4 0.8 2 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.6 0 0
...Accidental Suffocation and Strangulation in Bed (W75) 2 0.4 1 0.6 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
...Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (R95) 1 0.2 1 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
...Other Ill-Defined and unknown causes of death (R96-R99) 10 2.1 4 2.3 4 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.6 0 0
...All Other Causes of Death (Residual) 18 3.7 7 4.0 6 3.3 1 9.1 0 0 2 14.3 2 2.6 0 0