TABLE M46. LEADING CAUSES OF INFANT MORTALITY
NEW JERSEY, 1998
CAUSE OF DEATH (ICD-9 CODES)	INFANT DEATHS		NEONATAL DEATHS		POSTNEONATAL DEATHS
	RANK	NUMBER	RANK	NUMBER	RANK	NUMBER
CONGENTIAL ANOMALIES (740-759)	1	134	2	84	1	50
DISORDERS RELATING TO SHORT GESTATION AND UNSPECIFIED LOW BIRTH WEIGHT (765)	2	113	1	112		1
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (769)	3	61	3	60		1
NEWBORN AFFECTED BY MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY (761)	4	47	4	46		1
SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (798.0)	5	37		1	2	36
INFECTIONS SPECIFIC TO THE PERINATAL PERIOD (771)		31	5	26		5
UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES (E800-E949)		14		2	3	12
PNEUMONIA/INFLUENZA (480-487)		9		1	4	8
SEPTICEMIA (038)		8		1	5	7
CAUSE OF DEATH (ICD-9 CODES)	WHITE NON-HISPANIC		BLACK NON-HISPANIC		HISPANIC
	RANK	NUMBER	RANK	NUMBER	RANK	NUMBER
CONGENTIAL ANOMALIES (740-759)	1	58	1	42	1.5	19
DISORDERS RELATING TO SHORT GESTATION AND UNSPECIFIED LOW BIRTH WEIGHT (765)	2	43	2	37	3	16
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (769)	4	18	4	18	1.5	19
NEWBORN AFFECTED BY MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY (761)	3	24	5	13		2
SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (798.0)	5	9	3	20	5	5
INFECTIONS SPECIFIC TO THE PERINATAL PERIOD (771)		8		8	4	8
UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES (E800-E949)		3		7		1
PNEUMONIA/INFLUENZA (480-487)		2		4		2
SEPTICEMIA (038)		2		2		2