| NUMBER AND PERCENT OF NC RESIDENT BIRTHS DELIVERED BY GESTATION |
| 2013-2017 |
| GESTATION | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than 37 weeks (Preterm) | 37+ Weeks | Unknown | |||||
| N | PERCENT | N | PERCENT | N | PERCENT | N | |
| NORTH CAROLINA | 61035 | 10.1 | 540209 | 89.8 | 377 | 0.1 | 601621 |
| COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: | 1000 | 11.0 | 8127 | 89.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 9128 |
| ALAMANCE | |||||||
| ALEXANDER | 162 | 9.1 | 1610 | 90.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1772 |
| ALLEGHANY | 57 | 11.5 | 437 | 88.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 494 |
| ANSON | 156 | 12.5 | 1094 | 87.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 1251 |
| ASHE | 116 | 10.5 | 991 | 89.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1107 |
| AVERY | 81 | 12.1 | 590 | 87.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 671 |
| BEAUFORT | 260 | 11.2 | 2060 | 88.7 | 2 | 0.1 | 2322 |
| BERTIE | 115 | 13.1 | 765 | 86.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 880 |
| BLADEN | 200 | 11.5 | 1534 | 88.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 1735 |
| BRUNSWICK | 500 | 9.7 | 4632 | 90.2 | 4 | 0.1 | 5136 |
| BUNCOMBE | 1270 | 9.9 | 11576 | 90.1 | 7 | 0.1 | 12853 |
| BURKE | 422 | 9.5 | 4001 | 90.3 | 9 | 0.2 | 4432 |
| CABARRUS | 1137 | 9.3 | 11031 | 90.6 | 7 | 0.1 | 12175 |
| CALDWELL | 405 | 10.1 | 3621 | 89.9 | 2 | 0.0 | 4028 |
| CAMDEN | 44 | 9.5 | 417 | 90.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 462 |
| CARTERET | 318 | 10.7 | 2647 | 89.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2965 |
| CASWELL | 118 | 11.5 | 906 | 88.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1024 |
| CATAWBA | 807 | 9.4 | 7730 | 90.4 | 11 | 0.1 | 8548 |
| CHATHAM | 323 | 10.1 | 2860 | 89.7 | 4 | 0.1 | 3187 |
| CHEROKEE | 142 | 12.6 | 981 | 87.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1123 |
| CHOWAN | 74 | 10.5 | 630 | 89.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 704 |
| CLAY | 51 | 11.6 | 387 | 88.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 439 |
| CLEVELAND | 590 | 11.1 | 4722 | 88.8 | 3 | 0.1 | 5315 |
| COLUMBUS | 341 | 11.3 | 2686 | 88.6 | 4 | 0.1 | 3031 |
| CRAVEN | 634 | 8.7 | 6643 | 91.2 | 6 | 0.1 | 7283 |
| CUMBERLAND | 3168 | 11.4 | 24570 | 88.5 | 18 | 0.1 | 27756 |
| CURRITUCK | 117 | 9.0 | 1177 | 90.9 | 1 | 0.1 | 1295 |
| DARE | 162 | 9.5 | 1538 | 90.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 1701 |
| DAVIDSON | 1031 | 11.8 | 7729 | 88.2 | 3 | 0.0 | 8763 |
| DAVIE | 191 | 10.0 | 1714 | 90.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1905 |
| DUPLIN | 332 | 9.2 | 3291 | 90.8 | 3 | 0.1 | 3626 |
| DURHAM | 2098 | 9.8 | 19327 | 90.1 | 29 | 0.1 | 21454 |
| EDGECOMBE | 372 | 12.1 | 2697 | 87.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 3069 |
| FORSYTH | 2621 | 11.8 | 19652 | 88.2 | 4 | 0.0 | 22277 |
| FRANKLIN | 348 | 10.0 | 3113 | 89.8 | 4 | 0.1 | 3465 |
| GASTON | 1283 | 10.2 | 11315 | 89.7 | 22 | 0.2 | 12620 |
| GATES | 74 | 14.4 | 439 | 85.4 | 1 | 0.2 | 514 |
| GRAHAM | 43 | 10.3 | 376 | 89.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 419 |
| GRANVILLE | 288 | 10.2 | 2535 | 89.7 | 3 | 0.1 | 2826 |
| GREENE | 126 | 12.2 | 910 | 87.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1036 |
| GUILFORD | 3290 | 10.7 | 27510 | 89.2 | 25 | 0.1 | 30825 |
| HALIFAX | 371 | 12.9 | 2505 | 87.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2877 |
| HARNETT | 929 | 9.9 | 8457 | 90.1 | 2 | 0.0 | 9388 |
| HAYWOOD | 318 | 10.8 | 2618 | 89.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2937 |
| HENDERSON | 504 | 9.4 | 4848 | 90.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 5352 |
| HERTFORD | 150 | 13.0 | 1004 | 86.9 | 2 | 0.2 | 1156 |
| HOKE | 492 | 10.7 | 4124 | 89.3 | 2 | 0.0 | 4618 |
| HYDE | 19 | 8.8 | 198 | 91.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 217 |
| IREDELL | 884 | 9.6 | 8349 | 90.4 | 6 | 0.1 | 9239 |
| JACKSON | 198 | 10.3 | 1728 | 89.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1926 |
| JOHNSTON | 1053 | 9.3 | 10310 | 90.7 | 10 | 0.1 | 11373 |
| JONES | 45 | 9.4 | 434 | 90.4 | 1 | 0.2 | 480 |
| LEE | 401 | 10.4 | 3448 | 89.3 | 10 | 0.3 | 3859 |
| LENOIR | 348 | 10.8 | 2885 | 89.2 | 3 | 0.1 | 3236 |
| LINCOLN | 369 | 9.3 | 3606 | 90.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 3976 |
| MCDOWELL | 255 | 11.1 | 2042 | 88.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 2298 |
| MACON | 201 | 11.8 | 1506 | 88.1 | 3 | 0.2 | 1710 |
| MADISON | 99 | 10.0 | 890 | 89.9 | 1 | 0.1 | 990 |
| MARTIN | 156 | 12.7 | 1075 | 87.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 1232 |
| MECKLENBURG | 7156 | 9.8 | 65519 | 90.1 | 27 | 0.0 | 72702 |
| MITCHELL | 87 | 12.2 | 623 | 87.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 711 |
| MONTGOMERY | 158 | 10.5 | 1340 | 89.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 1499 |
| MOORE | 515 | 9.7 | 4783 | 90.2 | 6 | 0.1 | 5304 |
| NASH | 538 | 10.1 | 4780 | 89.7 | 8 | 0.2 | 5326 |
| NEW HANOVER | 1090 | 9.6 | 10244 | 90.3 | 8 | 0.1 | 11342 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 112 | 12.2 | 805 | 87.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 917 |
| ONSLOW | 1746 | 8.4 | 19137 | 91.6 | 4 | 0.0 | 20887 |
| ORANGE | 492 | 8.3 | 5463 | 91.7 | 4 | 0.1 | 5959 |
| PAMLICO | 49 | 11.5 | 376 | 88.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 425 |
| PASQUOTANK | 261 | 10.5 | 2222 | 89.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2483 |
| PENDER | 377 | 12.0 | 2755 | 87.9 | 3 | 0.1 | 3135 |
| PERQUIMANS | 52 | 8.3 | 571 | 91.5 | 1 | 0.2 | 624 |
| PERSON | 191 | 9.0 | 1919 | 90.9 | 2 | 0.1 | 2112 |
| PITT | 1225 | 11.7 | 9239 | 88.2 | 9 | 0.1 | 10473 |
| POLK | 85 | 11.4 | 663 | 88.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 748 |
| RANDOLPH | 786 | 9.9 | 7132 | 90.0 | 8 | 0.1 | 7926 |
| RICHMOND | 335 | 12.5 | 2351 | 87.4 | 3 | 0.1 | 2689 |
| ROBESON | 1010 | 11.1 | 8068 | 88.8 | 3 | 0.0 | 9081 |
| ROCKINGHAM | 482 | 10.4 | 4134 | 89.5 | 2 | 0.0 | 4618 |
| ROWAN | 767 | 9.7 | 7136 | 90.2 | 8 | 0.1 | 7911 |
| RUTHERFORD | 321 | 9.5 | 3042 | 90.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 3364 |
| SAMPSON | 434 | 10.4 | 3746 | 89.4 | 8 | 0.2 | 4188 |
| SCOTLAND | 237 | 10.6 | 2002 | 89.3 | 2 | 0.1 | 2241 |
| STANLY | 389 | 11.3 | 3066 | 88.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 3456 |
| STOKES | 236 | 12.0 | 1736 | 88.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1972 |
| SURRY | 347 | 9.4 | 3345 | 90.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 3692 |
| SWAIN | 101 | 10.7 | 845 | 89.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 946 |
| TRANSYLVANIA | 134 | 9.8 | 1226 | 89.9 | 3 | 0.2 | 1363 |
| TYRRELL | 11 | 5.1 | 203 | 94.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 214 |
| UNION | 1068 | 9.0 | 10755 | 91.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 11824 |
| VANCE | 339 | 12.1 | 2450 | 87.7 | 5 | 0.2 | 2794 |
| WAKE | 5785 | 9.1 | 57832 | 90.9 | 26 | 0.0 | 63643 |
| WARREN | 109 | 11.8 | 814 | 88.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 923 |
| WASHINGTON | 77 | 12.1 | 560 | 87.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 637 |
| WATAUGA | 196 | 10.7 | 1631 | 89.2 | 2 | 0.1 | 1829 |
| WAYNE | 845 | 10.2 | 7452 | 89.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 8298 |
| WILKES | 405 | 11.9 | 2983 | 88.0 | 2 | 0.1 | 3390 |
| WILSON | 543 | 11.4 | 4201 | 88.5 | 4 | 0.1 | 4748 |
| YADKIN | 193 | 10.1 | 1717 | 89.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1910 |
| YANCEY | 92 | 11.0 | 745 | 89.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 837 |
| PREPARED BY NC-DHHS STATE CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS |
| NOTE: RATES BASED ON SMALL NUMBERS (FEWER THAN 20 CASES) |
| ARE UNSTABLE AND SHOULD BE INTERPRETED WITH CAUTION |
| *NOTE: OBSTETRIC ESTIMATE OF GESTATION IS NOW USED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH |
| NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS GUIDELINES |