| 2019-2023 NC RESIDENT ABORTION RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION: |
| FEMALES 15-44 BY RACE/ETHNICITY, PERINATAL CARE REGIONS, AND COUNTY OF RESIDENCE |
| North Carolina Resident Abortions |
Abortion Rate | White Non-Hispanic, single race Abortions |
White Non-Hispanic, single race Abortion Rate |
Black Non-Hispanic, single race Abortions |
Black Non-Hispanic, single race Abortion Rate |
American Indian/Alaska Native Non-Hispanic, single race Abortions |
American Indian/Alaska Native Non-Hispanic, single race Abortion Rate |
Asian/Pacific Islander Non-Hispanic, single race Abortions |
Asian/Pacific Islander Non-Hispanic, single race Abortion Rate |
Multiracial Non-Hispanic Abortions |
Multiracial Non-Hispanic Abortion Rate |
Hispanic Abortions | Hispanic Abortion Rate |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County of Residence: | 131,859 | 12.6 | 36,365 | 6.2 | 63,012 | 25.8 | 1,388 | 12.0 | 4,193 | 9.4 | 5,350 | 21.2 | 19,217 | 14.9 |
| NORTH CAROLINA | ||||||||||||||
| PCR I WESTERN | 4,776 | 6.8 | 3,162 | 5.6 | 609 | 19.7 | 67 | 6.1 | 89 | 8.2 | 167 | 10.6 | 606 | 9.2 |
| PCR II NORTHWESTERN | 25,624 | 11.1 | 7,945 | 5.6 | 12,001 | 25.4 | 126 | 15.1 | 649 | 7.8 | 1,076 | 21.4 | 3,465 | 12.7 |
| PCR III SOUTHWESTERN | 33,383 | 15.0 | 6,881 | 6.1 | 17,150 | 28.3 | 192 | 28.7 | 1,345 | 10.4 | 1,433 | 28.6 | 5,751 | 18.8 |
| PCR IV NORTHEASTERN | 31,931 | 12.6 | 7,776 | 5.7 | 15,597 | 26.3 | 193 | 19.8 | 1,488 | 8.7 | 1,214 | 19.6 | 5,156 | 14.9 |
| PCR V SOUTHEASTERN | 18,681 | 13.6 | 5,680 | 7.8 | 8,344 | 24.4 | 694 | 9.6 | 323 | 12.3 | 876 | 20.6 | 2,358 | 14.3 |
| PCR VI EASTERN | 15,902 | 12.4 | 4,395 | 6.4 | 8,686 | 21.6 | 101 | 14.2 | 203 | 8.9 | 539 | 17.0 | 1,712 | 12.5 |
| ALAMANCE | 2,099 | 11.9 | 582 | 5.9 | 987 | 25.3 | 9 | 0.0 | 32 | 7.9 | 71 | 17.7 | 387 | 12.9 |
| ALEXANDER | 183 | 6.2 | 120 | 4.7 | 25 | 22.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| ALLEGHANY | 45 | 5.8 | 35 | 5.6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| ANSON | 268 | 14.3 | 46 | 6.0 | 197 | 20.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| ASHE | 75 | 3.8 | 53 | 3.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| AVERY | 69 | 5.1 | 51 | 4.4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| BEAUFORT | 296 | 8.2 | 111 | 5.2 | 134 | 13.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 | 32 | 8.1 |
| BERTIE | 159 | 12.5 | 8 | 0.0 | 144 | 18.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| BLADEN | 341 | 13.6 | 75 | 5.9 | 196 | 22.8 | 8 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 43 | 16.3 |
| BRUNSWICK | 804 | 8.3 | 471 | 6.5 | 177 | 15.1 | 6 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 36 | 14.2 | 91 | 11.1 |
| BUNCOMBE | 2,397 | 9.1 | 1,610 | 7.7 | 340 | 21.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 40 | 7.7 | 91 | 14.6 | 269 | 10.6 |
| BURKE | 453 | 6.3 | 305 | 5.5 | 46 | 12.2 | 3 | 0.0 | 17 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 63 | 8.5 |
| CABARRUS | 2,671 | 11.5 | 668 | 5.3 | 1,126 | 21.5 | 19 | 0.0 | 179 | 10.8 | 101 | 18.4 | 528 | 16.4 |
| CALDWELL | 419 | 6.2 | 263 | 4.6 | 85 | 23.7 | 2 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.0 | 40 | 8.0 |
| CAMDEN | 34 | 3.4 | 18 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| CARTERET | 331 | 6.5 | 254 | 6.0 | 29 | 10.7 | 2 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 | 25 | 8.0 |
| CASWELL | 148 | 8.9 | 56 | 5.4 | 83 | 17.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| CATAWBA | 1,172 | 8.0 | 592 | 5.9 | 247 | 19.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 50 | 5.0 | 63 | 19.0 | 197 | 10.3 |
| CHATHAM | 402 | 6.7 | 153 | 4.0 | 102 | 14.5 | 2 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 22 | 16.4 | 108 | 9.6 |
| CHEROKEE | 69 | 3.5 | 54 | 3.1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| CHOWAN | 65 | 6.0 | 15 | 0.0 | 41 | 10.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| CLAY | 20 | 2.7 | 14 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| CLEVELAND | 958 | 10.4 | 346 | 5.5 | 486 | 23.2 | 4 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 41 | 21.8 | 55 | 12.5 |
| COLUMBUS | 399 | 9.3 | 132 | 5.3 | 192 | 15.1 | 17 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 19 | 0.0 | 28 | 9.6 |
| CRAVEN | 1,016 | 11.2 | 400 | 7.3 | 421 | 21.4 | 4 | 0.0 | 20 | 5.5 | 45 | 15.7 | 110 | 12.7 |
| CUMBERLAND | 7,677 | 21.2 | 1,591 | 11.7 | 4,194 | 29.4 | 129 | 21.7 | 164 | 14.6 | 434 | 27.0 | 979 | 19.5 |
| CURRITUCK | 129 | 5.0 | 103 | 4.7 | 14 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| DARE | 183 | 6.3 | 136 | 5.7 | 5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 22 | 6.9 |
| DAVIDSON | 1,064 | 7.0 | 472 | 4.2 | 349 | 20.4 | 7 | 0.0 | 25 | 6.7 | 39 | 14.0 | 156 | 9.8 |
| DAVIE | 226 | 6.4 | 133 | 4.7 | 28 | 11.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 49 | 13.2 |
| DUPLIN | 520 | 11.9 | 110 | 5.5 | 213 | 20.2 | 4 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 | 167 | 13.7 |
| DURHAM | 5,371 | 13.9 | 740 | 4.6 | 3,305 | 24.7 | 17 | 0.0 | 162 | 5.9 | 165 | 17.5 | 910 | 16.1 |
| EDGECOMBE | 819 | 18.2 | 84 | 6.1 | 673 | 24.3 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 17 | 0.0 | 27 | 9.4 |
| FORSYTH | 5,535 | 13.9 | 1,251 | 6.4 | 2,902 | 25.7 | 23 | 16.7 | 96 | 6.8 | 235 | 26.2 | 956 | 14.7 |
| FRANKLIN | 622 | 9.7 | 199 | 5.4 | 298 | 17.7 | 3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 23 | 16.7 | 91 | 11.8 |
| GASTON | 2,481 | 11.1 | 828 | 5.9 | 1,093 | 23.2 | 7 | 0.0 | 39 | 7.6 | 130 | 25.6 | 342 | 14.3 |
| GATES | 36 | 4.3 | 17 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| GRAHAM | 17 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| GRANVILLE | 700 | 13.5 | 186 | 6.7 | 415 | 26.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 21 | 20.2 | 64 | 9.2 |
| GREENE | 236 | 15.6 | 40 | 6.0 | 156 | 30.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 36 | 12.6 |
| GUILFORD | 10,263 | 17.4 | 1,685 | 7.0 | 6,600 | 28.0 | 66 | 25.0 | 328 | 9.4 | 446 | 28.3 | 986 | 16.1 |
| HALIFAX | 769 | 19.1 | 101 | 7.5 | 585 | 25.5 | 21 | 14.4 | 3 | 0.0 | 18 | 0.0 | 31 | 22.0 |
| HARNETT | 1,488 | 10.5 | 478 | 6.0 | 622 | 20.6 | 12 | 0.0 | 24 | 10.1 | 63 | 13.5 | 259 | 11.0 |
| HAYWOOD | 268 | 5.3 | 216 | 4.8 | 7 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 28 | 9.1 |
| HENDERSON | 535 | 5.7 | 327 | 4.7 | 51 | 15.1 | 2 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 | 120 | 7.6 |
| HERTFORD | 205 | 11.1 | 20 | 3.8 | 166 | 14.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| HOKE | 763 | 13.1 | 139 | 6.3 | 387 | 21.0 | 39 | 8.3 | 16 | 0.0 | 37 | 15.0 | 133 | 14.1 |
| HYDE | 11 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| IREDELL | 1,615 | 9.2 | 730 | 5.9 | 505 | 21.6 | 6 | 0.0 | 48 | 7.4 | 86 | 22.6 | 220 | 11.8 |
| JACKSON | 195 | 4.2 | 121 | 3.3 | 8 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 31 | 9.6 |
| JOHNSTON | 2,070 | 9.4 | 753 | 5.7 | 744 | 18.7 | 11 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 | 92 | 19.9 | 420 | 10.4 |
| JONES | 71 | 9.7 | 23 | 5.0 | 42 | 20.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| LEE | 770 | 12.9 | 226 | 7.4 | 297 | 24.7 | 5 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 | 33 | 22.9 | 187 | 12.8 |
| LENOIR | 659 | 13.8 | 116 | 5.5 | 468 | 22.6 | 3 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 | 41 | 9.2 |
| LINCOLN | 460 | 6.0 | 265 | 4.3 | 79 | 17.3 | 3 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 22 | 16.6 | 75 | 9.8 |
| MCDOWELL | 163 | 4.4 | 124 | 4.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 26 | 8.1 |
| MACON | 203 | 7.2 | 120 | 5.3 | 34 | 81.1 | 4 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 34 | 8.9 |
| MADISON | 96 | 5.0 | 81 | 4.6 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| MARTIN | 163 | 9.3 | 37 | 4.2 | 108 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| MECKLENBURG | 24,431 | 18.8 | 3,898 | 7.2 | 13,507 | 31.0 | 143 | 36.2 | 1,026 | 11.3 | 1,049 | 34.5 | 4,340 | 21.8 |
| MITCHELL | 34 | 3.0 | 25 | 2.5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| MONTGOMERY | 203 | 9.2 | 67 | 5.4 | 60 | 13.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 56 | 11.9 |
| MOORE | 750 | 8.6 | 327 | 5.2 | 262 | 24.9 | 13 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 | 31 | 14.5 | 95 | 10.9 |
| NASH | 1,447 | 16.8 | 224 | 6.3 | 1,011 | 25.9 | 13 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 53 | 31.8 | 116 | 14.4 |
| NEW HANOVER | 2,975 | 12.1 | 1,625 | 8.8 | 820 | 27.2 | 21 | 19.8 | 50 | 10.5 | 102 | 17.8 | 315 | 15.8 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 206 | 16.8 | 23 | 5.3 | 168 | 23.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| ONSLOW | 2,667 | 12.7 | 1,273 | 9.6 | 644 | 21.5 | 18 | 0.0 | 74 | 14.0 | 134 | 15.3 | 492 | 15.1 |
| ORANGE | 1,277 | 7.3 | 483 | 4.2 | 420 | 20.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 83 | 5.2 | 56 | 11.5 | 194 | 11.0 |
| PAMLICO | 58 | 7.4 | 33 | 5.9 | 17 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| PASQUOTANK | 278 | 7.1 | 78 | 4.0 | 171 | 11.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| PENDER | 422 | 7.7 | 243 | 6.0 | 110 | 16.5 | 2 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 | 43 | 7.6 |
| PERQUIMANS | 62 | 6.2 | 22 | 3.2 | 32 | 13.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| PERSON | 451 | 13.7 | 152 | 7.3 | 244 | 27.6 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 | 34 | 16.3 |
| PITT | 2,678 | 12.6 | 645 | 5.9 | 1,605 | 21.0 | 14 | 0.0 | 40 | 8.1 | 120 | 24.9 | 215 | 13.9 |
| POLK | 82 | 6.4 | 50 | 4.7 | 8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| RANDOLPH | 990 | 7.7 | 492 | 5.3 | 196 | 21.6 | 4 | 0.0 | 25 | 9.6 | 38 | 17.2 | 223 | 10.5 |
| RICHMOND | 507 | 13.0 | 125 | 6.3 | 295 | 22.0 | 14 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 23 | 25.1 | 30 | 9.7 |
| ROBESON | 1,408 | 12.1 | 204 | 8.5 | 542 | 19.7 | 389 | 8.0 | 14 | 0.0 | 75 | 22.8 | 140 | 11.7 |
| ROCKINGHAM | 727 | 9.4 | 294 | 5.6 | 321 | 21.2 | 3 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 27 | 13.3 | 73 | 10.7 |
| ROWAN | 1,404 | 10.4 | 493 | 5.6 | 591 | 23.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 17 | 0.0 | 53 | 20.9 | 229 | 13.1 |
| RUTHERFORD | 415 | 7.6 | 222 | 5.1 | 126 | 24.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 23 | 15.8 | 35 | 9.0 |
| SAMPSON | 588 | 11.2 | 136 | 5.5 | 272 | 21.3 | 8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 142 | 11.1 |
| SCOTLAND | 356 | 12.1 | 67 | 5.8 | 215 | 18.3 | 35 | 8.4 | 6 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| STANLY | 399 | 7.1 | 188 | 4.3 | 125 | 18.3 | 3 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 | 20 | 22.1 | 38 | 10.4 |
| STOKES | 222 | 6.1 | 173 | 5.4 | 21 | 17.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| SURRY | 363 | 6.1 | 220 | 4.7 | 31 | 14.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 96 | 10.1 |
| SWAIN | 83 | 6.5 | 39 | 5.6 | 5 | 0.0 | 26 | 6.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| TRANSYLVANIA | 138 | 5.6 | 100 | 4.7 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| TYRRELL | 22 | 9.3 | 7 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| UNION | 1,715 | 7.3 | 642 | 4.2 | 537 | 18.5 | 13 | 0.0 | 66 | 5.4 | 61 | 12.7 | 362 | 10.4 |
| VANCE | 841 | 21.1 | 130 | 10.8 | 610 | 27.3 | 3 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 25 | 47.6 | 57 | 13.4 |
| WAKE | 16,992 | 13.7 | 4,081 | 6.1 | 7,970 | 30.0 | 121 | 30.8 | 1,165 | 10.0 | 686 | 21.6 | 2,687 | 17.6 |
| WARREN | 188 | 13.6 | 35 | 7.9 | 122 | 16.8 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| WASHINGTON | 97 | 11.7 | 11 | 0.0 | 78 | 17.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| WATAUGA | 330 | 4.7 | 257 | 4.1 | 16 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 | 28 | 7.4 |
| WAYNE | 1,532 | 13.8 | 323 | 6.1 | 918 | 25.8 | 3 | 0.0 | 21 | 12.7 | 48 | 15.7 | 197 | 11.2 |
| WILKES | 311 | 5.7 | 229 | 5.1 | 19 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 50 | 9.5 |
| WILSON | 1,153 | 15.7 | 160 | 5.4 | 804 | 25.6 | 10 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 27 | 20.9 | 125 | 12.7 |
| YADKIN | 158 | 5.2 | 97 | 4.1 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 39 | 7.7 |
| YANCEY | 61 | 4.3 | 49 | 3.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| PREPARED BY NC-DHHS STATE CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS |
| NOTE: RATES BASED ON SMALL NUMBERS (FEWER THAN 20 CASES) ARE UNSTABLE AND ARE NOT REPORTED |
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