Leading Causes* of Infant Death, Illinois, 2010
Deaths to Illinois residents – Under age 1
Cause of Infant Death	Number of Deaths
All Causes	1,116
Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified	240
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities	182
Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy	88
Sudden infant death syndrome	63
Accidents (unintentional injuries)	55
Bacterial sepsis of newborn	36
Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes	33
Neonatal hemorrhage	29
Respiratory distress of newborn	28
Diseases of the circulatory system	22
Diarrhea and gastroenteritis of infectious origin	20
Atelectasis	17
Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn	12
Assault (homicide)	12
Hydrops fetalis not due to hemolytic disease	11
Pulmonary hemorrhage originating in the perinatal period	11
Influenza and pneumonia	10
* The list of causes of death for infants is different from the list for those ages 1 and over.