Leading Causes* of Infant Death, Illinois, 2011
Deaths to Illinois residents – Under age 1
Cause of Infant Death	Number of Deaths
All Causes	1062
Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified	229
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities	199
Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy	77
Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes	45
Sudden infant death syndrome	40
Accidents (unintentional injuries)	40
Neonatal hemorrhage	25
Respiratory distress of newborn	24
Bacterial sepsis of newborn	17
Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn	16
Diseases of the circulatory system	15
Diarrhea and gastroenteritis of infectious origin	13
Atelectasis	13
Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia	12
* The list of causes of death for infants is different from the list for those ages 1 and over.