Kids Count 2002: South Carolina Indicators

Leading Causes of Infant Death by Race: 1991

Race = Total

Cause	Number of Deaths
Congenital anomalies	114
Sudden infant death syndrome	91
Disorders relating to short gestation, etc.	71
Respiratory distress syndrome	47
Newborn aff by maternal comp of preg	41
Pneumonia and influenza	21
Inf specific to the perinatal period	14
Accidents and adverse effects	13
Newborn aff by comp of placenta	12
Septicemia	10
Other causes	210
Total	644

Race = White

Cause	Number of Deaths
Congenital anomalies	64
Sudden infant death syndrome	43
Disorders relating to short gest, etc	24
Respiratory distress syndrome	24
Newborn aff by maternal comp of preg	16
Pneumonia and influenza	8
Inf specific to the perinatal period	7
Newborn aff by comp of placenta, etc	6
Newborn aff by maternal cond, unrelated	4
Homicide	3
All other causes	79
Total	278

Race = Black

Cause	Number of Deaths
Congenital anomalies	49
Disorders relating to short gest, etc	47
Sudden infant death syndrome	43
Newborn aff by maternal comp of preg	25
Respiratory distress syndrome	23
Pneumonia and influenza	12
Accidents and adverse effects	10
Septicemia	8
Inf specific to the perinatal period	7
Newborn aff by comp of placenta	6
Neonatal hemorrhage	6
All other causes	119
Total	355

Prepared by:
Division of Biostatistics
SCDHEC
Columbia, SC 29201