2019-2023 NC RESIDENT PREGNANCY RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION:
FEMALES 15-44 BY RACE/ETHNICITY, PERINATAL CARE REGIONS, AND COUNTY OF RESIDENCE

  North Carolina
Resident Pregnancies		 Pregnancy Rate White Non-Hispanic,
single race Pregnancies		 White Non-Hispanic,
single race Pregnancy
Rate		 Black Non-Hispanic,
single race Pregnancies		 Black Non-Hispanic,
single race Pregnancy
Rate		 American Indian/Alaska
Native Non-Hispanic,
single race Pregnancies		 American Indian/Alaska
Native Non-Hispanic,
single race Pregnancy
Rate		 Asian/Pacific Islander
Non-Hispanic, single
race Pregnancies		 Asian/Pacific Islander
Non-Hispanic, single
race Pregnancy Rate		 Multiracial Non-Hispanic
Pregnancies		 Multiracial Non-Hispanic
Pregnancy Rate		 Hispanic Pregnancies Hispanic Pregnancy
Rate
County of Residence: 733,077 70.2 347,196 59.0 197,204 80.7 8,572 74.3 29,260 65.9 21,850 86.6 125,270 96.9
NORTH CAROLINA
PCR I WESTERN 40,425 57.7 30,651 54.1 2,058 66.6 664 60.7 599 55.2 1,031 65.4 5,292 80.4
PCR II NORTHWESTERN 151,838 66.0 79,858 56.5 36,662 77.7 523 62.9 5,511 66.3 4,071 80.9 24,602 90.2
PCR III SOUTHWESTERN 162,255 72.7 66,500 58.7 49,127 81.1 448 67.1 8,928 69.3 4,741 94.5 31,594 103.1
PCR IV NORTHEASTERN 167,567 65.9 73,559 54.1 45,472 76.5 563 57.6 10,533 61.3 4,359 70.4 32,128 93.0
PCR V SOUTHEASTERN 108,460 78.8 48,291 66.3 29,916 87.7 5,911 81.6 1,958 74.6 4,727 111.1 17,082 103.6
PCR VI EASTERN 100,970 78.5 47,811 69.7 33,344 83.1 448 62.8 1,635 71.7 2,876 90.9 14,403 105.0
ALAMANCE 11,642 66.1 5,266 53.5 3,149 80.7 34 48.6 219 54.4 349 87.0 2,575 86.0
ALEXANDER 1,950 65.9 1,626 64.2 85 76.1 0 0.0 39 77.4 46 87.0 149 74.8
ALLEGHANY 545 70.8 440 70.0 11 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 9 0.0 80 76.2
ANSON 1,614 86.1 573 74.6 899 94.2 5 0.0 21 62.7 37 126.3 74 95.0
ASHE 1,123 56.5 961 53.5 16 0.0 3 0.0 3 0.0 6 0.0 129 109.6
AVERY 761 56.8 649 55.8 8 0.0 2 0.0 8 0.0 5 0.0 84 88.4
BEAUFORT 2,487 69.1 1,337 62.1 741 77.0 2 0.0 10 0.0 61 113.0 325 82.7
BERTIE 976 76.8 288 71.6 655 82.4 4 0.0 1 0.0 6 0.0 18 0.0
BLADEN 2,122 84.4 871 68.9 759 88.2 69 95.8 5 0.0 71 157.4 339 128.2
BRUNSWICK 6,296 64.7 4,382 60.0 783 66.8 53 79.9 65 55.6 205 80.6 789 96.1
BUNCOMBE 14,482 55.1 10,488 50.2 1,152 71.2 39 41.6 290 56.0 399 63.9 2,057 80.9
BURKE 4,742 65.4 3,286 59.3 214 56.8 11 0.0 289 71.5 112 71.1 813 109.5
CABARRUS 15,915 68.3 7,103 56.5 3,861 73.7 47 74.1 1,266 76.1 465 84.7 3,098 96.4
CALDWELL 4,337 64.1 3,386 59.7 290 80.9 7 0.0 53 64.9 154 108.8 439 87.6
CAMDEN 505 51.2 422 52.7 44 51.8 0 0.0 6 0.0 4 0.0 25 52.5
CARTERET 2,801 54.9 2,307 54.1 121 44.5 11 0.0 28 26.9 83 65.6 242 77.8
CASWELL 1,127 68.0 667 64.8 326 68.3 4 0.0 9 0.0 23 68.0 96 98.5
CATAWBA 9,497 65.2 5,823 58.3 981 75.4 19 0.0 697 69.5 309 93.0 1,636 85.4
CHATHAM 3,746 62.2 2,195 57.2 420 59.5 13 0.0 98 50.4 106 78.8 897 79.7
CHEROKEE 1,291 65.8 1,140 65.0 17 0.0 13 0.0 9 0.0 41 84.2 61 71.8
CHOWAN 748 69.2 389 65.9 286 71.2 2 0.0 4 0.0 3 0.0 59 105.7
CLAY 442 60.6 384 59.8 3 0.0 0 0.0 5 0.0 10 0.0 37 86.4
CLEVELAND 6,634 72.3 4,148 65.9 1,763 84.0 17 0.0 48 37.6 208 110.8 428 97.3
COLUMBUS 3,340 77.5 1,747 70.7 1,045 82.0 119 73.9 4 0.0 125 155.1 283 97.3
CRAVEN 7,443 82.4 4,256 77.3 1,583 80.3 28 76.7 295 81.1 323 112.9 926 106.5
CUMBERLAND 34,076 94.3 11,379 84.0 13,639 95.7 516 86.6 1,018 90.5 2,016 125.3 5,274 105.2
CURRITUCK 1,665 64.4 1,404 64.5 97 71.7 3 0.0 23 67.8 14 0.0 116 68.6
DARE 1,707 58.4 1,303 54.2 30 37.3 2 0.0 35 66.5 15 0.0 310 97.1
DAVIDSON 9,935 65.6 6,680 60.0 1,356 79.4 49 75.4 208 55.4 260 93.1 1,343 84.6
DAVIE 2,236 62.9 1,665 59.4 174 72.1 11 0.0 30 71.9 51 59.9 299 80.7
DUPLIN 4,116 94.0 1,472 74.2 958 90.7 15 0.0 12 0.0 70 105.9 1,573 128.7
DURHAM 26,065 67.2 8,600 53.9 9,133 68.3 58 51.3 1,455 52.9 672 71.3 5,995 106.3
EDGECOMBE 3,758 83.4 940 68.8 2,399 86.6 11 0.0 5 0.0 88 168.3 294 102.2
FORSYTH 27,742 69.9 10,961 56.4 8,911 78.9 88 63.9 734 52.3 739 82.5 6,191 94.9
FRANKLIN 4,779 74.9 2,576 69.7 1,240 73.6 13 0.0 56 91.1 123 89.5 760 98.7
GASTON 16,025 72.0 8,678 61.6 4,066 86.5 25 39.4 291 56.8 565 111.4 2,339 97.9
GATES 506 60.4 338 62.1 138 57.9 0 0.0 2 0.0 4 0.0 20 90.9
GRAHAM 463 71.3 382 70.8 4 0.0 37 60.5 1 0.0 22 156.0 14 0.0
GRANVILLE 3,719 71.5 1,772 64.0 1,261 80.9 2 0.0 34 63.2 95 91.3 541 78.0
GREENE 1,284 85.0 458 68.1 495 95.7 0 0.0 2 0.0 16 0.0 313 109.5
GUILFORD 39,926 67.7 11,682 48.8 18,397 78.0 204 77.3 2,551 72.8 1,294 82.1 5,569 91.0
HALIFAX 3,371 83.9 940 70.0 2,056 89.7 85 58.3 18 0.0 88 158.8 172 122.1
HARNETT 10,888 76.7 5,760 72.2 2,350 77.9 78 54.6 171 71.6 444 95.3 2,032 86.1
HAYWOOD 2,899 57.8 2,579 57.6 34 57.2 16 0.0 28 42.6 31 40.2 202 65.4
HENDERSON 5,640 60.4 3,974 56.8 199 59.1 12 0.0 133 75.6 112 52.2 1,200 76.3
HERTFORD 1,178 64.0 299 57.5 792 69.0 3 0.0 9 0.0 10 0.0 61 53.2
HOKE 5,176 89.1 1,977 90.3 1,463 79.5 317 67.5 106 90.4 290 117.3 1,003 106.3
HYDE 192 67.7 117 62.2 39 80.2 1 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 32 84.9
IREDELL 11,486 65.4 7,252 59.0 1,934 82.9 21 36.8 412 63.9 314 82.7 1,504 80.9
JACKSON 1,912 41.5 1,286 35.3 33 22.9 228 69.4 28 45.5 73 65.7 259 79.9
JOHNSTON 15,632 70.7 8,330 62.8 3,064 77.1 69 75.1 196 67.8 374 80.9 3,534 87.6
JONES 543 74.5 328 71.7 148 73.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 20 106.4 41 98.6
LEE 4,720 78.9 2,015 66.1 981 81.6 28 90.6 48 48.4 144 99.9 1,474 101.0
LENOIR 3,920 82.0 1,386 65.6 1,940 93.9 17 0.0 18 0.0 79 86.4 462 103.7
LINCOLN 5,015 65.9 3,855 62.9 360 78.8 15 0.0 80 79.8 111 83.5 586 76.4
MCDOWELL 2,174 58.9 1,811 58.0 43 37.7 5 0.0 19 0.0 23 38.1 269 83.7
MACON 1,821 65.0 1,296 56.8 45 107.4 18 0.0 23 57.6 42 110.2 389 101.3
MADISON 1,038 54.0 972 55.7 7 0.0 2 0.0 4 0.0 15 0.0 36 45.9
MARTIN 1,264 71.9 573 64.4 565 74.9 0 0.0 3 0.0 16 0.0 103 133.1
MECKLENBURG 99,131 76.4 31,250 58.0 35,524 81.6 292 74.0 6,577 72.4 2,881 94.8 21,938 110.2
MITCHELL 668 58.8 574 56.3 3 0.0 2 0.0 4 0.0 9 0.0 73 96.2
MONTGOMERY 1,532 69.2 740 60.0 311 70.8 4 0.0 37 94.4 32 144.8 403 85.6
MOORE 6,722 77.3 4,652 74.1 869 82.5 59 68.1 122 63.5 224 104.5 771 88.3
NASH 6,810 79.1 2,288 64.2 3,363 86.1 55 81.2 87 92.8 198 118.6 788 98.0
NEW HANOVER 13,834 56.1 8,664 46.8 2,403 79.7 48 45.2 258 54.3 419 73.1 1,981 99.2
NORTHAMPTON 1,025 83.6 315 72.8 646 89.7 3 0.0 3 0.0 12 0.0 40 95.5
ONSLOW 21,749 103.2 13,615 102.4 2,626 87.5 108 84.9 532 101.0 980 111.9 3,820 117.5
ORANGE 7,119 40.5 3,776 32.7 1,204 57.4 18 0.0 614 38.5 184 37.7 1,276 72.4
PAMLICO 501 64.3 350 62.2 88 67.2 2 0.0 4 0.0 12 0.0 42 72.9
PASQUOTANK 2,576 66.1 1,314 67.5 938 62.6 6 0.0 31 63.7 42 41.9 220 76.5
PENDER 3,711 67.3 2,580 63.5 437 65.4 10 0.0 33 50.4 114 87.9 528 92.8
PERQUIMANS 621 61.8 415 60.1 163 66.4 1 0.0 10 0.0 7 0.0 21 47.1
PERSON 2,587 78.7 1,379 66.0 858 97.2 13 0.0 13 0.0 81 119.6 232 111.2
PITT 12,982 61.1 4,949 44.9 6,032 79.0 42 57.9 279 56.3 381 79.2 1,236 80.2
POLK 774 60.2 632 59.0 26 55.1 1 0.0 10 0.0 15 0.0 86 79.9
RANDOLPH 8,835 68.5 5,726 61.4 735 80.9 39 59.8 205 78.7 175 79.0 1,936 91.6
RICHMOND 3,285 84.5 1,422 71.6 1,272 95.0 94 78.7 32 69.9 142 155.2 305 98.8
ROBESON 10,557 90.4 1,724 71.4 2,460 89.3 4,123 84.3 71 70.2 398 121.2 1,721 144.1
ROCKINGHAM 5,325 69.0 3,385 64.8 1,162 76.9 15 0.0 28 39.1 145 71.4 581 85.0
ROWAN 9,408 69.4 5,373 61.3 1,948 75.7 32 83.1 136 75.5 216 85.2 1,674 96.1
RUTHERFORD 3,642 66.7 2,755 63.2 438 84.7 7 0.0 22 66.3 128 87.9 286 73.7
SAMPSON 4,604 87.6 1,783 72.6 1,047 82.1 69 75.9 14 0.0 100 86.4 1,570 122.5
SCOTLAND 2,317 78.6 610 53.3 1,078 91.9 352 84.7 22 70.5 147 185.4 83 81.6
STANLY 3,899 69.1 2,740 63.2 560 82.0 15 0.0 109 74.9 110 121.3 348 95.3
STOKES 2,190 60.4 1,930 60.5 75 61.7 9 0.0 9 0.0 36 70.0 127 54.2
SURRY 4,169 69.7 2,977 63.6 140 64.4 6 0.0 27 46.5 64 93.4 949 100.2
SWAIN 873 68.0 453 65.1 7 0.0 277 63.7 10 0.0 53 93.0 71 108.6
TRANSYLVANIA 1,360 55.4 1,116 52.9 46 51.8 5 0.0 6 0.0 49 70.6 135 89.2
TYRRELL 206 87.4 107 79.6 58 112.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 40 118.7
UNION 14,022 59.8 8,153 53.4 2,094 72.1 32 46.4 536 43.7 364 75.7 2,783 79.6
VANCE 3,561 89.5 871 72.4 2,071 92.5 9 0.0 32 61.0 88 167.6 473 111.3
WAKE 81,836 65.8 35,788 53.2 21,229 79.8 250 63.7 7,758 66.6 2,085 65.5 14,196 93.0
WARREN 1,034 74.9 324 73.4 536 73.8 52 53.3 1 0.0 35 93.6 79 112.4
WASHINGTON 674 81.3 203 65.5 418 91.7 1 0.0 1 0.0 8 0.0 42 103.7
WATAUGA 1,879 26.6 1,584 25.4 26 17.4 1 0.0 48 42.7 32 20.7 180 47.5
WAYNE 9,605 86.5 3,836 72.6 3,260 91.6 21 52.1 122 73.7 216 70.6 2,094 119.5
WILKES 3,692 68.2 2,957 65.4 148 70.4 3 0.0 27 50.1 71 83.8 474 89.8
WILSON 5,757 78.2 1,862 62.8 2,665 84.8 25 97.3 93 77.2 118 91.4 968 98.5
YADKIN 2,060 67.8 1,515 63.5 51 57.0 2 0.0 6 0.0 33 90.7 445 88.3
YANCEY 946 66.2 809 63.2 1 0.0 2 0.0 7 0.0 9 0.0 117 106.6

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