"NC RESIDENT INFANT (<1 YEAR) DEATH RATES PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS, 2000-2004"						
						
	TOTAL INFANT DEATHS	TOTAL INFANT DEATH RATE	WHITE INFANT DEATHS	WHITE INFANT DEATH RATE	MINORITY INFANT DEATHS	MINORITY INFANT DEATH RATE
RESIDENCE	"5,013"	8.4	"2,618"	6.1	"2,391"	14.6
NORTH CAROLINA						
ALAMANCE	96	10.4	51	6.9	45	24.1
ALEXANDER	13	6.2	11	5.6	2	14.5
ALLEGHANY	5	9.8	5	9.9	0	0
ANSON	21	12.8	5	6.7	16	17.8
ASHE	14	10.9	14	11	0	0
AVERY	1	1.2	1	1.2	0	0
BEAUFORT	28	9.1	13	6.4	15	14.4
BERTIE	15	12	0	0	15	16.4
BLADEN	21	9.1	8	5.6	13	14.8
BRUNSWICK	25	5.8	17	4.7	8	10.6
BUNCOMBE	96	7.5	74	6.5	22	16.6
BURKE	37	7.1	26	5.7	11	15.8
CABARRUS	93	8.4	60	6.5	33	18.8
CALDWELL	44	9.1	41	9.2	3	8.6
CAMDEN	1	2.3	1	2.8	0	0
CARTERET	28	9.2	22	8.1	6	19.3
CASWELL	11	8.9	9	10.3	2	5.5
CATAWBA	73	7.1	54	6.2	19	12.6
CHATHAM	24	7	18	6.1	6	13.1
CHEROKEE	14	10.6	13	10.2	1	21.7
CHOWAN	3	3.3	0	0	3	6.7
CLAY	2	4.8	2	4.9	0	0
CLEVELAND	56	9	29	6.4	27	16.2
COLUMBUS	41	10.6	18	7.5	23	15.5
CRAVEN	52	6.6	29	5.1	23	10.5
CUMBERLAND	295	11	110	6.9	185	16.9
CURRITUCK	7	6.1	6	5.5	1	13.7
DARE	17	8.6	16	8.4	1	13.2
DAVIDSON	81	8.4	65	7.6	16	14.9
DAVIE	29	13.2	28	13.6	1	7.8
DUPLIN	36	9.1	22	7.4	14	14.3
DURHAM	131	6.8	42	3.9	89	10.5
EDGECOMBE	47	12	7	4.6	40	16.8
FORSYTH	212	9.2	97	5.8	115	18.1
FRANKLIN	27	8.1	11	4.5	16	17.4
GASTON	115	8.9	79	7.4	36	16
GATES	5	9	2	6.2	3	12.9
GRAHAM	2	4	0	0	2	38.5
GRANVILLE	22	7.3	10	4.7	12	13.2
GREENE	18	14.5	9	12.8	9	16.8
GUILFORD	260	8.8	87	4.9	173	14.6
HALIFAX	43	11.4	7	5.4	36	14.6
HARNETT	58	8	29	5.3	29	16.1
HAYWOOD	17	6.1	16	5.8	1	16.9
HENDERSON	35	6.4	33	6.3	2	7.6
HERTFORD	21	14.6	3	7.8	18	17.1
HOKE	33	9.6	15	7.6	18	12.4
HYDE	4	13.7	3	13.6	1	14.1
IREDELL	78	8.6	52	6.9	26	16.1
JACKSON	12	6.7	10	7	2	5.5
JOHNSTON	83	7.7	59	6.6	24	13.2
JONES	2	4.4	1	3.4	1	6.5
LEE	29	7	20	6.2	9	9.5
LENOIR	48	12	19	9.2	28	14.6
LINCOLN	34	7.7	26	6.3	8	28.7
MCDOWELL	20	7.7	19	7.7	1	9
MACON	17	10.7	16	10.3	1	26.3
MADISON	4	3.6	4	3.7	0	0
MARTIN	12	7.6	6	7.9	6	7.4
MECKLENBURG	501	8.1	201	4.9	299	14
MITCHELL	7	8.5	7	8.6	0	0
MONTGOMERY	14	7.1	9	5.8	5	12.1
MOORE	31	6.8	19	5.4	12	11.7
NASH	61	10	21	5.7	40	16.6
NEW HANOVER	55	5.3	31	3.9	22	8.9
NORTHAMPTON	22	18.3	1	2.3	21	27.4
ONSLOW	135	8.4	83	6.6	52	14.5
ORANGE	47	7.2	30	5.9	17	11.8
PAMLICO	4	7.4	3	7.4	1	7.6
PASQUOTANK	18	7.5	5	3.8	13	11.9
PENDER	20	8.4	11	5.9	9	17.4
PERQUIMANS	11	18.4	4	10.2	7	33.7
PERSON	25	11	11	7	14	19.7
PITT	106	10.5	32	5.6	74	16.9
POLK	5	5.8	3	3.7	2	45.5
RANDOLPH	73	8	63	7.4	10	15.4
RICHMOND	35	11	10	5	25	21.3
ROBESON	114	11.1	28	7.8	86	12.8
ROCKINGHAM	39	6.9	30	6.6	9	8.4
ROWAN	74	8.9	54	8	20	12.4
RUTHERFORD	41	10.2	29	8.4	12	22.2
SAMPSON	44	9.7	20	6.3	24	17.9
SCOTLAND	30	12.2	11	10	19	14.1
STANLY	44	11.8	32	10.2	12	19.8
STOKES	17	6.8	13	5.4	4	41.7
SURRY	31	6.7	28	6.4	3	11.4
SWAIN	6	6.7	2	3.8	4	10.8
TRANSYLVANIA	11	8.1	10	7.9	1	12.3
TYRRELL	2	9	0	0	2	25
UNION	76	6.5	56	5.6	20	11.7
VANCE	58	16.5	16	9.9	42	22.3
WAKE	354	6.4	180	4.5	174	11.8
WARREN	15	15	2	6.2	13	19.1
WASHINGTON	7	8	3	8.5	4	7.7
WATAUGA	18	10.3	18	10.6	0	0
WAYNE	89	10.3	33	6	56	18.1
WILKES	25	5.9	21	5.2	4	18.3
WILSON	64	12	24	8	40	16.9
YADKIN	16	6.7	14	6.1	2	22
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