"NC RESIDENT NEONATAL (<28 DAYS) DEATH RATES PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS, 2000-2004"						
						
	TOTAL NEONATAL DEATHS	TOTAL NEONATAL DEATH RATE	WHITE NEONATAL DEATHS	WHITE NEONATAL DEATH RATE	MINORITY NEONATAL DEATHS	MINORITY NEONATAL DEATH RATE
RESIDENCE	"3,500"	5.9	"1,786"	4.2	"1,711"	10.5
NORTH CAROLINA						
ALAMANCE	70	7.6	36	4.9	34	18.2
ALEXANDER	10	4.8	8	4.1	2	14.5
ALLEGHANY	2	3.9	2	4	0	0
ANSON	14	8.5	3	4	11	12.2
ASHE	7	5.4	7	5.5	0	0
AVERY	0	0	0	0	0	0
BEAUFORT	20	6.5	10	4.9	10	9.6
BERTIE	10	8	0	0	10	10.9
BLADEN	12	5.2	4	2.8	8	9.1
BRUNSWICK	14	3.2	8	2.2	6	7.9
BUNCOMBE	64	5	52	4.6	12	9.1
BURKE	24	4.6	16	3.5	8	11.5
CABARRUS	58	5.3	35	3.8	23	13.1
CALDWELL	31	6.4	29	6.5	2	5.8
CAMDEN	1	2.3	1	2.8	0	0
CARTERET	15	5	12	4.4	3	9.6
CASWELL	9	7.3	7	8	2	5.5
CATAWBA	52	5.1	35	4	17	11.2
CHATHAM	16	4.7	11	3.7	5	10.9
CHEROKEE	7	5.3	6	4.7	1	21.7
CHOWAN	3	3.3	0	0	3	6.7
CLAY	2	4.8	2	4.9	0	0
CLEVELAND	30	4.8	17	3.7	13	7.8
COLUMBUS	34	8.8	15	6.3	19	12.8
CRAVEN	31	3.9	18	3.2	13	5.9
CUMBERLAND	224	8.3	83	5.2	141	12.9
CURRITUCK	5	4.3	4	3.7	1	13.7
DARE	12	6.1	11	5.8	1	13.2
DAVIDSON	52	5.4	41	4.8	11	10.2
DAVIE	25	11.4	24	11.6	1	7.8
DUPLIN	26	6.6	16	5.4	10	10.2
DURHAM	83	4.3	26	2.4	57	6.7
EDGECOMBE	29	7.4	4	2.6	25	10.5
FORSYTH	161	7	75	4.5	86	13.5
FRANKLIN	21	6.3	8	3.3	13	14.2
GASTON	84	6.5	55	5.1	29	12.9
GATES	4	7.2	2	6.2	2	8.6
GRAHAM	1	2	0	0	1	19.2
GRANVILLE	13	4.3	6	2.8	7	7.7
GREENE	12	9.7	5	7.1	7	13
GUILFORD	180	6.1	63	3.5	117	9.9
HALIFAX	32	8.5	5	3.8	27	10.9
HARNETT	44	6.1	25	4.6	19	10.5
HAYWOOD	12	4.3	11	4	1	16.9
HENDERSON	19	3.5	19	3.6	0	0
HERTFORD	17	11.8	3	7.8	14	13.3
HOKE	23	6.7	11	5.6	12	8.3
HYDE	3	10.3	3	13.6	0	0
IREDELL	47	5.2	29	3.9	18	11.2
JACKSON	11	6.1	9	6.3	2	5.5
JOHNSTON	60	5.6	42	4.7	18	9.9
JONES	2	4.4	1	3.4	1	6.5
LEE	22	5.3	15	4.7	7	7.4
LENOIR	28	7	13	6.3	14	7.3
LINCOLN	27	6.1	20	4.9	7	25.1
MCDOWELL	9	3.5	8	3.2	1	9
MACON	12	7.6	12	7.8	0	0
MADISON	1	0.9	1	0.9	0	0
MARTIN	8	5.1	3	3.9	5	6.1
MECKLENBURG	350	5.6	137	3.4	213	10
MITCHELL	5	6.1	5	6.1	0	0
MONTGOMERY	9	4.6	5	3.2	4	9.7
MOORE	19	4.2	14	4	5	4.9
NASH	41	6.7	13	3.5	28	11.6
NEW HANOVER	43	4.2	23	2.9	18	7.3
NORTHAMPTON	20	16.6	1	2.3	19	24.8
ONSLOW	93	5.8	53	4.2	40	11.2
ORANGE	34	5.2	22	4.3	12	8.3
PAMLICO	2	3.7	2	4.9	0	0
PASQUOTANK	13	5.4	4	3	9	8.3
PENDER	12	5	6	3.2	6	11.6
PERQUIMANS	9	15	3	7.7	6	28.8
PERSON	15	6.6	7	4.5	8	11.3
PITT	87	8.6	26	4.5	61	13.9
POLK	4	4.6	2	2.4	2	45.5
RANDOLPH	45	4.9	39	4.6	6	9.2
RICHMOND	21	6.6	6	3	15	12.8
ROBESON	81	7.9	17	4.7	64	9.5
ROCKINGHAM	27	4.8	20	4.4	7	6.5
ROWAN	47	5.6	36	5.3	11	6.8
RUTHERFORD	29	7.2	20	5.8	9	16.6
SAMPSON	35	7.7	15	4.7	20	14.9
SCOTLAND	20	8.1	7	6.4	13	9.6
STANLY	27	7.2	21	6.7	6	9.9
STOKES	10	4	7	2.9	3	31.3
SURRY	20	4.3	20	4.6	0	0
SWAIN	5	5.6	2	3.8	3	8.1
TRANSYLVANIA	8	5.9	7	5.5	1	12.3
TYRRELL	2	9	0	0	2	25
UNION	50	4.3	39	3.9	11	6.5
VANCE	41	11.7	9	5.5	32	17
WAKE	272	5	136	3.4	136	9.2
WARREN	12	12	1	3.1	11	16.2
WASHINGTON	5	5.7	3	8.5	2	3.9
WATAUGA	9	5.2	9	5.3	0	0
WAYNE	60	7	20	3.6	40	12.9
WILKES	16	3.8	14	3.5	2	9.1
WILSON	48	9	20	6.7	28	11.9
YADKIN	9	3.8	8	3.5	1	11
YANCEY	0	0	0	0	0	0
						
PREPARED BY NC-DHHS STATE CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (www.schs.state.nc.us/SCHS/)						
NOTE: RATES BASED ON SMALL NUMBERS (FEWER THAN 20 CASES)						
ARE UNSTABLE AND SHOULD BE INTERPRETED WITH CAUTION