Number and Percent of Infant and Child Deaths by Gender, Age, Race,
Ethnicity, and Geo-District
Mecklenburg County 2008
Total Number of
Natural Deaths
Preventable Deaths
(Non-Injury Related)
Unintentional Injury,
Demographics
Deaths
Intentional Injury, &
(N=102)
(N=142)
Undetermined
(N=40)
Total
Gender
Male
Female
Number
142
Percent
100%
Number
102
Percent
72%
Number
40
Percent
28%
76
66
54%
46%
48
54
47%
53%
28
12
70%
30%
Infants (< 1 year)
98
69%
85
83%
13
33%
Children Ages 1 to 17
1 to 5 years
6 to 10 years
11 to 17 years
44
13
7
24
31%
9%
5%
17%
17
7
3
7
17%
7%
3%
7%
27
6
4
17
68%
15%
10%
43%
36
75
25%
53%
28
52
27%
51%
10
24
25%
60%
6
25
4%
18%
5
17
5%
17%
1
5
3%
13%
40
22
18
31
25
6
39
28
11
31
23
8
1
0
1
28%
15%
13%
22%
18%
4%
27%
20%
8%
22%
16%
6%
<1%
0%
<1%
25
20
5
26
24
2
28
22
6
22
19
3
1
0
1
25%
20%
5%
25%
24%
2%
27%
22%
6%
22%
19%
3%
<1%
0%
<1%
15
2
13
5
1
4
11
6
5
9
4
5
0
0
0
38%
5%
33%
13%
3%
10%
28%
15%
13%
23%
10%
13%
0%
0%
0%
Age
Race and Ethnicity
White Non-Hispanic
African-American NonHispanic
Other Non-Hispanic
Hispanic*
Geo-Districts
Geo District 1
Infants
Children
Geo District 2
Infants
Children
Geo District 3
Infants
Children
Geo District 4
Infants
Children
Other Zip
Infants
Children
*Hispanics can be of any race.
Notes:
Percentages are out of the total number of deaths for each column (i.e. Total, Natural, and Preventable).
Natural Deaths refer to deaths that are non injury-related (i.e. cancer, SIDS, Prematurity etc.).
Unintentional Injury deaths are comprised of Motor Vehicle Injuries and All Other Unintentional Injuries
such as fire, falls, accidental suffocation etc.
Intentional Injury is comprised of Homicides and Suicides.
SIDS deaths are included under the Natural deaths column because the cause is unknown, they are non-injury
related, and are not considered preventable.
Undetermined deaths were placed under the Preventable category instead of a stand alone column due to
small numbers when breaking out the data by subcategories. These will be separated out in the charts below.
There were 6 Undetermined deaths and 5 were infants and 1 was a child. All 5 Undetermined infant deaths
had risk factors for an unsafe sleep environment.
Other Non-Hispanic refers to individuals who are Non-White and Non-Hispanic but the exact race is not
specified in the death file.
The zip codes for the Geo-districts are as follows:
Geo 1 – 28031, 28036, 28078, 28269, 28216, 28214, and 28206
Geo 2 – 28262, 28213, 28205, 28202, 28204, 28207, 28211, and 28210
Geo 3 – 28104, 28105, 28107, 28212, 28215, 28226, 28227, 28270, 28277
Geo 4 – 28134, 28203, 28208, 28209, 28217, 28273, 28278
Other Zip – does not fall within the four geo-districts 28613
All Infant and Child Fatalities Ages 0 to 17 by Cause of Death
Mecklenburg County, 2000-2004
Year
2000
2001
Total Child Fatalities
143
Natural Deaths
Prematurity/LBW
Congenital Defects
SIDS
Other
112
25
17
4
66
Unintentional and
Intentional Injury
28
138
138
Natural Deaths
109
110
15
22
21
18
9
5
64
65
Preventable Deaths
26
24
Motor Vehicle
Injuries
10
Unintentional Injury Deaths
11
10
All Other
Unintentional
Injuries
Drowning
Fire
Fall
Suffoc/Strangl
Firearm Related
Poison
Other
7
Homicide
Firearm
Suffoc/Strangl
Stabbing
Other
Suicide
Firearm
Hang/Strangl/Suffoc
Other
Undetermined
Child Abuse &
Neglect*
5
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
2002
9
2003
2004
123
157
5-year
Average
2000 – 2004
140
101
17
23
6
55
132
17
22
9
84
113
19
20
7
67
19
23
24
3
9
9
6
9
7
1
1
0
1
0
2
4
2
<1
0
1
0
<1
3
4
0
1
0
3
1
0
1
0
6
3
<1
0
2
2
1
1
0
2
7
3
5
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
0
0
0
0
1
1
4
4
1
Intentional Injury Deaths
9
6
3
6
6
4
3
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
0
2
0
5
2
4
0
3
1
1
0
2
1
3
0
0
0
0
Other Causes and Contributing Factors of Death
3
3
4
3
7
4
4
5
All Infant and Child Fatalities Ages 0 to 17 by Cause of Death
Mecklenburg County, 2004-2008
Year
2004
2005
Total Child Fatalities
157
Natural Deaths
Prematurity/LBW
Congenital Defects
SIDS
Other
132
17
22
9
84
Unintentional and
Intentional Injury
23
158
141
Natural Deaths
119
110
20
13
18
26
3
3
54
68
Preventable Deaths
31
27
Motor Vehicle
Injuries
9
Unintentional Injury Deaths
8
7
All Other
Unintentional
Injuries
Drowning
Fire
Fall
Suffoc/Strangl
Firearm Related
Poison
Other
9
Homicide
Firearm
Suffoc/Strangl
Stabbing
Other
Suicide
Firearm
Hang/Strangl/Suffoc
Other
Undetermined
Child Abuse &
Neglect*
1
1
0
1
0
2
4
11
2006
8
2007
2008
142
142
5-year
Average
2004 – 2008
148
113
13
26
3
71
102
11
17
3
71
115
15
22
4
70
24
34
28
8
10
8
5
14
9
5
0
1
5
0
0
3
2
<1
<1
4
0
<1
2
9
7
0
0
2
1
0
1
0
8
5
<1
<1
1
2
<1
1
0
6
2
5
3
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
3
3
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
2
0
Intentional Injury Deaths
4
10
11
6
0
6
8
5
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
3
0
1
0
1
2
1
4
0
1
0
2
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
Other Causes and Contributing Factors of Death
2
8
4
5
7
2
2
2
Notes:
Numbers in the columns may not add up to totals due to rounding.
*Deaths directly cause by or contributed by Child Abuse is a subset of all the causes listed above
and therefore these cases are included in the other categories. These cases are assigned to this
category by the Prevention subcommittee upon review of the case.
Undetermined cases are separate from the other death causes listed above. These deaths represent
cases in which the Medical Examiner was not able to rule out SIDS or Accidental Suffocation
based on a through examination of the death scene, review of the medical history, and the
autopsy.
Preventable Deaths are comprised of unintentional injuries and intentional injuries. The category
Other is used to denote cases in which the manner of death is known (i.e. Homicide, Suicide,
Accidental etc.) but the circumstances of the death are unknown or are not included on the list
among the most common types of injury deaths aside from Motor Vehicle Deaths that occur in
each category and do not occur in same frequency as the leading causes of injury death among
children.
Source: NC DHHS/State Center for Health Statistics and the Mecklenburg County Child Fatality
Prevention Team 2000-2008 data.
Prepared by the Mecklenburg County Health Department, Epidemiology Program, April 2010.