POSTNEONATAL (28 DAYS- 1 YEAR) DEATH RATES, 1998-2002

  POSTNEONATAL DEATHS TOTAL POSTNEONATAL DEATH RATE WHITE POSTNEONATAL DEATHS WHITE POSTNEONATAL DEATH RATE MINORITY POSTNEONATAL DEATHS MINORITY POSTNEONATAL DEATH RATE
RESIDENCE 1,470 2.5 802 1.9 668 4.1
NORTH CAROLINA
ALAMANCE 24 2.7 15 2.1 9 4.8
ALEXANDER 4 1.9 3 1.5 1 6.7
ALLEGHANY 2 3.7 2 3.8 0 0
ANSON 8 4.8 1 1.4 7 7.4
ASHE 6 4.7 6 4.8 0 0
AVERY 3 3.5 3 3.5 0 0
BEAUFORT 7 2.3 2 1.0 5 4.5
BERTIE 5 3.9 0 0 5 5.3
BLADEN 9 3.9 3 2.2 6 6.3
BRUNSWICK 12 2.9 9 2.6 3 4.2
BUNCOMBE 35 2.8 24 2.1 11 8.3
BURKE 17 3.1 13 2.7 4 5.2
CABARRUS 20 2.0 17 2.0 3 1.9
CALDWELL 8 1.6 7 1.5 1 2.7
CAMDEN 1 3.0 0 0 1 15.2
CARTERET 12 4.0 7 2.6 5 14.9
CASWELL 3 2.3 3 3.4 0 0
CATAWBA 21 2.1 14 1.6 7 4.7
CHATHAM 11 3.3 9 3.2 2 4.2
CHEROKEE 5 3.8 5 4.0 0 0
CHOWAN 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLAY 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLEVELAND 25 3.9 12 2.6 13 7.7
COLUMBUS 7 1.7 3 1.2 4 2.5
CRAVEN 22 2.8 11 1.9 11 4.9
CUMBERLAND 76 2.8 31 1.9 45 4.1
CURRITUCK 2 1.9 2 2.1 0 0
DARE 4 2.4 4 2.5 0 0
DAVIDSON 27 2.8 22 2.6 5 4.6
DAVIE 4 1.8 4 2.0 0 0
DUPLIN 13 3.3 6 2.1 7 7.0
DURHAM 57 3.1 16 1.6 41 4.8
EDGECOMBE 17 4.2 1 0.7 16 6.4
FORSYTH 55 2.5 27 1.7 28 4.5
FRANKLIN 6 1.9 3 1.3 3 3.3
GASTON 35 2.7 26 2.4 9 3.8
GATES 1 1.9 0 0 1 4.1
GRAHAM 1 2.0 1 0 0 0
GRANVILLE 7 2.4 2 1.0 5 5.4
GREENE 7 5.5 2 2.9 5 8.9
GUILFORD 73 2.5 30 1.7 43 3.8
HALIFAX 8 2.1 1 0.7 7 2.9
HARNETT 18 2.5 7 1.3 11 6.0
HAYWOOD 5 1.8 5 1.9 0 0
HENDERSON 14 2.7 11 2.2 3 0
HERTFORD 3 2.1 2 4.9 1 1.0
HOKE 7 2.1 2 1.1 5 3.5
HYDE 1 3.5 0 0 1 0
IREDELL 30 3.4 23 3.2 7 4.5
JACKSON 4 2.3 3 2.1 1 3.1
JOHNSTON 20 2.0 14 1.7 6 3.4
JONES 0 0 0 0 0 0
LEE 8 1.9 6 1.9 2 2.0
LENOIR 21 5.1 8 3.7 13 6.4
LINCOLN 11 2.6 10 2.5 1 3.4
MCDOWELL 9 3.4 9 3.6 0 0
MACON 2 1.3 2 1.4 0 0
MADISON 3 2.7 3 2.7 0 0
MARTIN 7 4.2 4 5.2 3 3.4
MECKLENBURG 118 2.1 51 1.4 67 3.4
MITCHELL 1 1.2 1 1.2 0 0
MONTGOMERY 6 3.0 5 3.2 1 2.1
MOORE 15 3.3 7 2.0 8 7.6
NASH 22 3.6 12 3.2 10 4.2
NEW HANOVER 12 1.2 8 1.1 4 1.6
NORTHAMPTON 4 3.2 0 0 4 4.9
ONSLOW 41 2.6 31 2.5 10 2.8
ORANGE 13 2.1 11 2.3 2 1.4
PAMLICO 0 0 0 0 0 0
PASQUOTANK 5 2.2 2 1.7 3 2.8
PENDER 8 3.4 6 3.3 2 3.7
PERQUIMANS 2 3.5 0 0 2 10.0
PERSON 8 3.5 4 2.6 4 5.4
PITT 16 1.7 2 0.4 14 3.3
POLK 3 3.4 3 3.6 0 0
RANDOLPH 34 3.7 30 3.5 4 6.3
RICHMOND 11 3.3 2 1.0 9 7.0
ROBESON 37 3.5 9 2.7 28 3.9
ROCKINGHAM 17 2.9 15 3.2 2 1.7
ROWAN 24 2.8 16 2.4 8 4.8
RUTHERFORD 12 3.0 8 2.3 4 7.2
SAMPSON 10 2.2 5 1.6 5 3.5
SCOTLAND 13 5.1 2 1.8 11 7.8
STANLY 8 2.2 4 1.3 4 6.3
STOKES 4 1.6 4 1.6 0 0
SURRY 13 2.8 11 2.5 2 7.4
SWAIN 0 0 0 0 0 0
TRANSYLVANIA 4 2.9 4 3.1 0 0
TYRRELL 0 0 0 0 0 0
UNION 24 2.2 16 1.8 8 4.9
VANCE 15 4.3 7 4.3 8 4.2
WAKE 73 1.5 35 1.0 38 2.8
WARREN 4 4.0 0 0 4 5.6
WASHINGTON 3 3.6 0 0 3 5.7
WATAUGA 3 1.8 3 1.8 0 0
WAYNE 29 3.4 11 2.0 18 5.8
WILKES 12 2.8 10 2.4 2 9.0
WILSON 17 3.1 6 2.0 11 4.4
YADKIN 5 2.0 4 1.7 1 11.2
YANCEY 1 1.1 1 1.1 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