SAS Output

2013-2017 North Carolina Resident Live Births by County of Residence:

Number and Percent of Low (< 2500 grams) and Very Low (< 1500 grams) Weight Births

by Race and Ethnicity

				Non-Hispanic
		Total		Total		White		Black		Other		Hispanic
County of Residence	Birth Weight	Births	Pct.	Births	Pct.	Births	Pct.	Births	Pct.	Births	Pct.	Births	Pct.
North Carolina	Low	54,903	9.1	48,522	9.5	25,024	7.5	20,224	14.1	3,274	9.4	6,381	7.1
North Carolina	Very Low	10,348	1.7	9,200	1.8	4,092	1.2	4,640	3.2	468	1.3	1,148	1.3
Alamance	Low	884	9.7	725	10.0	430	8.6	269	13.4	26	11.6	159	8.4
Alamance	Very Low	168	1.8	140	1.9	77	1.5	61	3.0	2	0.9	28	1.5
Alexander	Low	144	8.1	138	8.4	123	8.0	13	16.7	2	4.8	6	5.0
Alexander	Very Low	20	1.1	18	1.1	16	1.0	1	1.3	1	2.4	2	1.7
Alleghany	Low	46	9.3	38	9.3	38	9.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	8	9.2
Alleghany	Very Low	8	1.6	7	1.7	7	1.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	1.1
Anson	Low	153	12.2	152	12.6	49	10.0	100	14.4	3	15.0	1	2.2
Anson	Very Low	24	1.9	24	2.0	6	1.2	18	2.6	0	0.0	0	0.0
Ashe	Low	96	8.7	90	9.0	89	9.0	1	14.3	0	0.0	6	5.6
Ashe	Very Low	20	1.8	19	1.9	19	1.9	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.9
Avery	Low	68	10.1	63	10.6	61	10.5	0	0.0	2	22.2	5	6.3
Avery	Very Low	13	1.9	13	2.2	12	2.1	0	0.0	1	11.1	0	0.0
Beaufort	Low	240	10.3	226	11.3	105	8.6	117	15.5	4	16.0	14	4.4
Beaufort	Very Low	49	2.1	46	2.3	16	1.3	30	4.0	0	0.0	3	0.9
Bertie	Low	112	12.7	109	12.7	19	8.1	89	14.4	1	11.1	3	14.3
Bertie	Very Low	26	3.0	25	2.9	2	0.9	23	3.7	0	0.0	1	4.8
Bladen	Low	191	11.0	172	11.4	54	6.7	114	18.0	4	5.9	19	8.2
Bladen	Very Low	38	2.2	34	2.3	4	0.5	29	4.6	1	1.5	4	1.7
Brunswick	Low	472	9.2	438	9.4	348	9.0	87	13.1	3	2.8	34	6.9
Brunswick	Very Low	76	1.5	69	1.5	54	1.4	15	2.3	0	0.0	7	1.4
Buncombe	Low	1,081	8.4	990	8.7	808	8.0	153	15.0	29	9.8	91	6.2
Buncombe	Very Low	196	1.5	184	1.6	148	1.5	30	2.9	6	2.0	12	0.8
Burke	Low	380	8.6	358	9.2	291	8.7	31	15.7	36	10.1	22	4.0
Burke	Very Low	55	1.2	51	1.3	47	1.4	4	2.0	0	0.0	4	0.7
Cabarrus	Low	1,063	8.7	911	9.0	536	7.4	310	14.3	65	9.3	152	7.4
Cabarrus	Very Low	181	1.5	149	1.5	76	1.0	66	3.0	7	1.0	32	1.5
Caldwell	Low	417	10.4	389	10.5	341	10.0	40	18.1	8	13.8	28	8.6
Caldwell	Very Low	72	1.8	66	1.8	58	1.7	7	3.2	1	1.7	6	1.8
Camden	Low	29	6.3	29	6.4	21	5.3	6	13.6	2	14.3	0	0.0
Camden	Very Low	3	0.6	3	0.7	2	0.5	1	2.3	0	0.0	0	0.0
Carteret	Low	226	7.6	210	7.7	183	7.4	23	13.1	4	5.5	16	6.9
Carteret	Very Low	39	1.3	34	1.2	28	1.1	6	3.4	0	0.0	5	2.2
Caswell	Low	102	10.0	96	10.2	51	7.8	45	15.9	0	0.0	6	7.5
Caswell	Very Low	28	2.7	23	2.4	12	1.8	11	3.9	0	0.0	5	6.3
Catawba	Low	765	8.9	686	9.5	475	8.5	157	16.9	54	7.8	79	5.8
Catawba	Very Low	122	1.4	110	1.5	73	1.3	32	3.4	5	0.7	12	0.9
Chatham	Low	297	9.3	227	9.4	156	8.0	62	16.3	9	9.2	70	9.2
Chatham	Very Low	64	2.0	42	1.7	24	1.2	18	4.7	0	0.0	22	2.9
Cherokee	Low	110	9.8	104	9.7	94	9.5	6	27.3	4	6.9	6	11.1
Cherokee	Very Low	20	1.8	17	1.6	13	1.3	2	9.1	2	3.4	3	5.6
Chowan	Low	63	8.9	60	9.0	23	6.5	36	12.0	1	14.3	3	7.3
Chowan	Very Low	12	1.7	11	1.7	5	1.4	6	2.0	0	0.0	1	2.4
Clay	Low	37	8.4	36	8.7	34	8.6	1	25.0	1	7.7	1	3.8
Clay	Very Low	4	0.9	4	1.0	3	0.8	1	25.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Cleveland	Low	558	10.5	537	10.6	306	8.4	225	17.0	6	8.0	21	8.2
Cleveland	Very Low	110	2.1	105	2.1	48	1.3	56	4.2	1	1.3	5	2.0
Colombus	Low	343	11.3	321	11.8	151	9.2	161	16.8	9	7.4	22	7.3
Colombus	Very Low	68	2.2	66	2.4	31	1.9	32	3.3	3	2.5	2	0.7
Craven	Low	595	8.2	556	8.5	332	7.1	194	13.3	30	7.1	39	5.3
Craven	Very Low	106	1.5	102	1.6	55	1.2	43	2.9	4	0.9	4	0.5
Cumberland	Low	2,833	10.2	2,541	10.6	934	7.6	1,494	14.8	113	7.5	292	7.7
Cumberland	Very Low	611	2.2	564	2.4	159	1.3	386	3.8	19	1.3	47	1.2
Currituck	Low	90	6.9	84	6.8	67	5.9	16	22.5	1	3.2	6	10.3
Currituck	Very Low	14	1.1	13	1.1	9	0.8	4	5.6	0	0.0	1	1.7
Dare	Low	111	6.5	100	7.0	88	6.5	8	21.6	4	17.4	11	3.9
Dare	Very Low	31	1.8	29	2.0	21	1.5	5	13.5	3	13.0	2	0.7
Davidson	Low	828	9.4	752	9.8	592	9.0	133	14.4	27	12.0	76	7.2
Davidson	Very Low	139	1.6	125	1.6	90	1.4	35	3.8	0	0.0	14	1.3
Davie	Low	172	9.0	150	9.0	132	8.7	16	13.0	2	9.1	22	9.1
Davie	Very Low	26	1.4	25	1.5	23	1.5	2	1.6	0	0.0	1	0.4
Duplin	Low	325	9.0	223	9.9	113	8.0	108	13.6	2	5.1	102	7.4
Duplin	Very Low	58	1.6	39	1.7	18	1.3	21	2.7	0	0.0	19	1.4
Durham	Low	1,888	8.8	1,563	9.3	501	6.2	943	13.2	119	8.1	325	6.9
Durham	Very Low	375	1.7	314	1.9	84	1.0	214	3.0	16	1.1	61	1.3
Edgecombe	Low	396	12.9	382	13.4	66	8.0	314	15.6	2	12.5	14	6.5
Edgecombe	Very Low	80	2.6	79	2.8	16	1.9	63	3.1	0	0.0	1	0.5
Forsyth	Low	2,343	10.5	1,934	11.0	824	7.9	1,010	15.8	100	12.3	409	8.8
Forsyth	Very Low	464	2.1	384	2.2	134	1.3	236	3.7	14	1.7	80	1.7
Franklin	Low	307	8.9	289	9.5	147	7.2	138	14.4	4	8.9	18	4.4
Franklin	Very Low	58	1.7	52	1.7	26	1.3	25	2.6	1	2.2	6	1.5
Gaston	Low	1,218	9.7	1,128	10.0	779	9.1	323	13.0	26	9.9	90	6.9
Gaston	Very Low	213	1.7	202	1.8	117	1.4	81	3.3	4	1.5	11	0.8
Gates	Low	58	11.3	56	11.3	27	7.5	28	21.1	1	20.0	2	11.8
Gates	Very Low	9	1.8	9	1.8	4	1.1	5	3.8	0	0.0	0	0.0
Graham	Low	34	8.1	34	8.4	29	8.1	1	50.0	4	8.9	0	0.0
Graham	Very Low	7	1.7	7	1.7	6	1.7	1	50.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Granville	Low	266	9.4	250	10.1	114	7.4	130	14.6	6	11.5	16	4.6
Granville	Very Low	53	1.9	53	2.1	19	1.2	33	3.7	1	1.9	0	0.0
Greene	Low	115	11.1	94	12.3	32	7.9	61	17.6	1	8.3	21	7.7
Greene	Very Low	19	1.8	16	2.1	5	1.2	11	3.2	0	0.0	3	1.1
Guilford	Low	3,018	9.8	2,728	10.2	852	7.2	1,663	13.4	213	8.4	290	7.3
Guilford	Very Low	621	2.0	564	2.1	159	1.3	379	3.0	26	1.0	57	1.4
Halifax	Low	333	11.6	319	11.6	85	9.0	218	12.9	16	13.9	14	11.0
Halifax	Very Low	69	2.4	68	2.5	13	1.4	54	3.2	1	0.9	1	0.8
Harnett	Low	799	8.5	711	9.0	431	7.5	250	13.5	30	10.3	88	5.8
Harnett	Very Low	144	1.5	133	1.7	67	1.2	57	3.1	9	3.1	11	0.7
Haywood	Low	271	9.2	259	9.3	250	9.3	4	8.9	5	11.1	12	7.4
Haywood	Very Low	48	1.6	45	1.6	42	1.6	1	2.2	2	4.4	3	1.8
Henderson	Low	394	7.4	319	7.4	286	7.1	23	11.5	10	7.8	75	7.4
Henderson	Very Low	82	1.5	58	1.3	53	1.3	5	2.5	0	0.0	24	2.4
Hertford	Low	137	11.9	132	12.1	19	6.4	111	14.2	2	13.3	5	8.1
Hertford	Very Low	36	3.1	33	3.0	3	1.0	30	3.8	0	0.0	3	4.8
Hoke	Low	451	9.8	399	10.2	153	6.7	187	16.4	59	12.3	52	7.2
Hoke	Very Low	75	1.6	67	1.7	26	1.1	34	3.0	7	1.5	8	1.1
Hyde	Low	15	6.9	14	7.6	10	6.9	4	9.8	0	0.0	1	3.1
Hyde	Very Low	5	2.3	5	2.7	4	2.8	1	2.4	0	0.0	0	0.0
Iredell	Low	770	8.3	693	8.4	471	7.3	181	13.3	41	9.4	77	7.8
Iredell	Very Low	144	1.6	135	1.6	90	1.4	44	3.2	1	0.2	9	0.9
Jackson	Low	160	8.3	144	8.2	107	7.8	0	0.0	37	10.1	16	9.5
Jackson	Very Low	38	2.0	36	2.0	26	1.9	0	0.0	10	2.7	2	1.2
Johnston	Low	940	8.3	776	8.6	492	7.0	266	14.9	18	10.4	164	7.0
Johnston	Very Low	160	1.4	140	1.6	80	1.1	54	3.0	6	3.5	20	0.9
Jones	Low	38	7.9	37	8.1	24	7.2	12	10.3	1	16.7	1	3.8
Jones	Very Low	12	2.5	12	2.6	8	2.4	3	2.6	1	16.7	0	0.0
Lee	Low	368	9.5	290	10.6	156	8.5	128	15.4	6	8.6	78	7.0
Lee	Very Low	64	1.7	54	2.0	26	1.4	28	3.4	0	0.0	10	0.9
Lenoir	Low	331	10.2	308	10.8	96	7.5	209	13.8	3	8.6	23	5.8
Lenoir	Very Low	65	2.0	60	2.1	20	1.6	40	2.6	0	0.0	5	1.3
Lincoln	Low	326	8.2	297	8.3	252	7.6	41	18.6	4	6.5	29	7.4
Lincoln	Very Low	51	1.3	44	1.2	32	1.0	11	5.0	1	1.6	7	1.8
McDowell	Low	230	10.0	218	10.5	210	10.7	8	12.5	0	0.0	12	5.5
McDowell	Very Low	42	1.8	39	1.9	39	2.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	1.4
Macon	Low	149	8.7	134	9.4	124	9.0	4	25.0	6	17.6	15	5.3
Macon	Very Low	29	1.7	24	1.7	21	1.5	2	12.5	1	2.9	5	1.8
Madison	Low	85	8.6	83	8.6	82	8.6	0	0.0	1	12.5	2	9.5
Madison	Very Low	16	1.6	16	1.7	16	1.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Martin	Low	158	12.8	151	13.2	61	10.5	89	15.9	1	10.0	7	8.3
Martin	Very Low	33	2.7	32	2.8	10	1.7	22	3.9	0	0.0	1	1.2
Mecklenburg	Low	6,764	9.3	5,705	9.7	1,873	6.5	3,201	13.8	631	9.2	1,059	7.5
Mecklenburg	Very Low	1,201	1.7	1,014	1.7	276	1.0	669	2.9	69	1.0	187	1.3
Mitchell	Low	60	8.4	57	9.1	57	9.2	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	3.7
Mitchell	Very Low	10	1.4	10	1.6	10	1.6	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Montgomery	Low	161	10.7	137	12.7	90	11.7	43	15.6	4	12.5	24	5.7
Montgomery	Very Low	24	1.6	22	2.0	13	1.7	9	3.3	0	0.0	2	0.5
Moore	Low	467	8.8	431	9.1	291	7.7	126	15.4	14	8.2	36	6.6
Moore	Very Low	76	1.4	70	1.5	45	1.2	22	2.7	3	1.8	6	1.1
Nash	Low	493	9.3	459	9.8	147	6.7	301	12.8	11	9.1	34	5.2
Nash	Very Low	112	2.1	107	2.3	32	1.5	73	3.1	2	1.7	5	0.8
New Hanover	Low	913	8.0	829	8.2	497	6.4	313	15.1	19	6.7	84	6.5
New Hanover	Very Low	166	1.5	158	1.6	79	1.0	78	3.8	1	0.4	8	0.6
Northampton	Low	116	12.6	109	12.4	23	8.2	86	14.6	0	0.0	7	17.1
Northampton	Very Low	25	2.7	22	2.5	4	1.4	18	3.1	0	0.0	3	7.3
Onslow	Low	1,439	6.9	1,239	6.9	851	5.8	339	12.6	49	6.7	200	6.9
Onslow	Very Low	273	1.3	242	1.3	144	1.0	87	3.2	11	1.5	31	1.1
Orange	Low	426	7.1	360	7.1	217	6.2	97	11.7	46	6.7	66	7.2
Orange	Very Low	60	1.0	52	1.0	33	0.9	14	1.7	5	0.7	8	0.9
Pamlico	Low	44	10.4	41	10.3	33	10.6	7	9.2	1	9.1	3	10.7
Pamlico	Very Low	10	2.4	10	2.5	8	2.6	2	2.6	0	0.0	0	0.0
Pasquotank	Low	230	9.3	213	9.3	91	7.1	116	12.1	6	12.0	17	9.1
Pasquotank	Very Low	50	2.0	46	2.0	12	0.9	32	3.3	2	4.0	4	2.1
Pender	Low	286	9.1	267	9.8	181	8.3	84	16.6	2	5.6	19	4.6
Pender	Very Low	57	1.8	52	1.9	29	1.3	23	4.5	0	0.0	5	1.2
Perquimans	Low	46	7.4	44	7.3	30	6.5	13	9.8	1	10.0	2	10.0
Perquimans	Very Low	9	1.4	9	1.5	8	1.7	1	0.8	0	0.0	0	0.0
Person	Low	188	8.9	176	8.9	77	5.7	98	16.2	1	5.0	12	8.5
Person	Very Low	49	2.3	46	2.3	15	1.1	30	5.0	1	5.0	3	2.1
Pitt	Low	1,041	9.9	985	10.3	335	7.0	632	14.1	18	6.3	56	6.1
Pitt	Very Low	249	2.4	240	2.5	61	1.3	176	3.9	3	1.0	9	1.0
Polk	Low	56	7.5	52	7.8	48	7.8	3	6.8	1	12.5	4	5.1
Polk	Very Low	11	1.5	10	1.5	10	1.6	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	1.3
Randolph	Low	671	8.5	576	8.9	480	8.4	70	12.5	26	13.1	95	6.4
Randolph	Very Low	109	1.4	92	1.4	74	1.3	15	2.7	3	1.5	17	1.1
Richmond	Low	328	12.2	311	12.8	129	9.7	160	16.9	22	14.5	17	6.5
Richmond	Very Low	59	2.2	55	2.3	19	1.4	32	3.4	4	2.6	4	1.5
Robeson	Low	1,100	12.1	1,014	13.1	179	10.6	315	15.5	520	12.9	86	6.5
Robeson	Very Low	242	2.7	224	2.9	38	2.2	84	4.1	102	2.5	18	1.4
Rockingham	Low	438	9.5	408	9.8	273	8.6	132	13.9	3	5.0	30	6.7
Rockingham	Very Low	70	1.5	68	1.6	38	1.2	30	3.2	0	0.0	2	0.4
Rowan	Low	744	9.4	671	9.8	441	8.6	213	14.0	17	10.6	73	6.7
Rowan	Very Low	134	1.7	119	1.7	65	1.3	52	3.4	2	1.3	15	1.4
Rutherford	Low	291	8.7	276	8.8	219	8.2	52	12.7	5	13.5	15	6.4
Rutherford	Very Low	57	1.7	53	1.7	46	1.7	5	1.2	2	5.4	4	1.7
Sampson	Low	370	8.8	274	9.9	112	6.8	143	14.6	19	14.7	96	6.7
Sampson	Very Low	75	1.8	51	1.8	13	0.8	33	3.4	5	3.9	24	1.7
Scotland	Low	292	13.0	285	13.0	75	10.3	156	14.8	54	13.2	7	12.5
Scotland	Very Low	40	1.8	39	1.8	5	0.7	26	2.5	8	2.0	1	1.8
Stanly	Low	343	9.9	330	10.2	242	9.3	81	16.1	7	5.4	13	5.7
Stanly	Very Low	72	2.1	65	2.0	42	1.6	22	4.4	1	0.8	7	3.0
Stokes	Low	165	8.4	153	8.0	140	7.7	11	16.4	2	10.0	12	16.9
Stokes	Very Low	22	1.1	21	1.1	19	1.0	2	3.0	0	0.0	1	1.4
Surry	Low	318	8.6	270	9.0	236	8.4	24	15.7	10	22.7	48	6.9
Surry	Very Low	63	1.7	50	1.7	46	1.6	2	1.3	2	4.5	13	1.9
Swain	Low	74	7.8	69	7.7	33	6.5	0	0.0	36	9.3	5	11.1
Swain	Very Low	12	1.3	10	1.1	4	0.8	0	0.0	6	1.6	2	4.4
Transylvania	Low	114	8.4	103	8.1	93	7.9	5	7.7	5	17.9	11	12.0
Transylvania	Very Low	19	1.4	16	1.3	14	1.2	0	0.0	2	7.1	3	3.3
Tyrrell	Low	16	7.5	15	8.7	11	8.9	3	6.5	1	25.0	1	2.4
Tyrrell	Very Low	2	0.9	2	1.2	2	1.6	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Union	Low	900	7.6	754	7.8	474	6.2	234	14.6	46	10.9	146	6.9
Union	Very Low	146	1.2	126	1.3	76	1.0	44	2.7	6	1.4	20	0.9
Vance	Low	351	12.6	325	13.4	92	10.8	225	14.7	8	22.2	26	7.0
Vance	Very Low	65	2.3	61	2.5	11	1.3	47	3.1	3	8.3	4	1.1
Wake	Low	5,052	7.9	4,429	8.2	2,155	6.4	1,788	12.7	486	8.1	623	6.4
Wake	Very Low	928	1.5	815	1.5	320	0.9	436	3.1	59	1.0	113	1.2
Warren	Low	107	11.6	99	11.4	26	9.0	68	13.0	5	9.3	8	14.5
Warren	Very Low	21	2.3	20	2.3	5	1.7	15	2.9	0	0.0	1	1.8
Washington	Low	77	12.1	75	12.8	24	11.4	51	13.8	0	0.0	2	3.8
Washington	Very Low	16	2.5	15	2.6	7	3.3	8	2.2	0	0.0	1	1.9
Watauga	Low	138	7.5	128	7.5	122	7.5	1	3.4	5	11.6	10	8.2
Watauga	Very Low	22	1.2	19	1.1	18	1.1	1	3.4	0	0.0	3	2.5
Wayne	Low	734	8.8	622	9.3	276	7.1	336	12.7	10	6.0	112	7.0
Wayne	Very Low	150	1.8	123	1.8	49	1.3	72	2.7	2	1.2	27	1.7
Wilkes	Low	348	10.3	314	10.5	289	10.3	21	13.7	4	12.1	34	8.3
Wilkes	Very Low	64	1.9	58	1.9	47	1.7	9	5.9	2	6.1	6	1.5
Wilson	Low	521	11.0	448	11.6	129	7.2	312	15.5	7	9.6	73	8.3
Wilson	Very Low	128	2.7	120	3.1	26	1.5	92	4.6	2	2.7	8	0.9
Yadkin	Low	180	9.4	149	9.7	142	9.6	3	7.1	4	28.6	31	8.4
Yadkin	Very Low	29	1.5	22	1.4	19	1.3	0	0.0	3	21.4	7	1.9
Yancey	Low	72	8.6	67	9.1	67	9.2	0	0.0	0	0.0	5	4.9
Yancey	Very Low	8	1.0	8	1.1	8	1.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0

Prepared by NC-DHHS State Center for Health Statistics

Rates based on small numbers (fewer than 20 cases) are unstable and should be interpreted with caution