SAS Output

2016-2020 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	55,697	9.4	48,694	9.7	24,268	7.5	21,003	14.6	3,423	9.5	7,003	7.5
North Carolina	Very Low	9,995	1.7	8,794	1.8	3,827	1.2	4,483	3.1	484	1.3	1,201	1.3
Alamance	Low	872	9.2	728	9.8	410	8.2	292	13.5	26	10.3	144	7.1
Alamance	Very Low	158	1.7	133	1.8	63	1.3	66	3.0	4	1.6	25	1.2
Alexander	Low	154	8.7	149	9.1	131	8.6	15	20.8	3	7.5	5	3.8
Alexander	Very Low	20	1.1	19	1.2	16	1.0	2	2.8	1	2.5	1	0.8
Alleghany	Low	40	8.6	35	9.1	34	9.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	5	6.3
Alleghany	Very Low	5	1.1	5	1.3	5	1.3	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Anson	Low	192	14.6	184	14.6	54	9.8	124	18.0	6	26.1	8	14.0
Anson	Very Low	38	2.9	36	2.9	8	1.5	27	3.9	1	4.3	2	3.5
Ashe	Low	102	9.6	93	9.8	92	9.9	1	9.1	0	0.0	9	8.1
Ashe	Very Low	15	1.4	15	1.6	15	1.6	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Avery	Low	68	9.8	64	10.3	64	10.4	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	5.8
Avery	Very Low	12	1.7	12	1.9	12	2.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Beaufort	Low	243	11.2	223	11.8	104	8.9	118	17.0	1	4.5	20	6.8
Beaufort	Very Low	44	2.0	41	2.2	19	1.6	22	3.2	0	0.0	3	1.0
Bertie	Low	109	12.4	107	12.5	18	6.6	88	15.1	1	16.7	2	9.5
Bertie	Very Low	19	2.2	19	2.2	2	0.7	17	2.9	0	0.0	0	0.0
Bladen	Low	186	10.8	169	11.5	72	8.9	88	14.9	9	12.7	17	7.0
Bladen	Very Low	26	1.5	24	1.6	5	0.6	19	3.2	0	0.0	2	0.8
Brunswick	Low	475	9.5	428	9.7	335	9.1	85	13.6	8	7.3	47	8.3
Brunswick	Very Low	67	1.3	60	1.4	49	1.3	10	1.6	1	0.9	7	1.2
Buncombe	Low	1,077	8.8	941	8.8	768	8.2	142	14.9	31	10.2	136	8.5
Buncombe	Very Low	157	1.3	139	1.3	119	1.3	14	1.5	6	2.0	18	1.1
Burke	Low	382	8.7	343	9.1	273	8.5	35	16.7	35	9.8	39	6.6
Burke	Very Low	68	1.6	61	1.6	51	1.6	7	3.3	3	0.8	7	1.2
Cabarrus	Low	1,085	8.6	937	8.9	502	7.2	350	14.0	85	8.5	148	6.8
Cabarrus	Very Low	162	1.3	140	1.3	62	0.9	65	2.6	13	1.3	22	1.0
Caldwell	Low	401	10.0	371	10.1	323	9.6	39	15.9	9	15.5	30	9.1
Caldwell	Very Low	64	1.6	55	1.5	41	1.2	14	5.7	0	0.0	9	2.7
Camden	Low	40	8.4	39	8.4	35	8.5	3	7.0	1	12.5	1	6.3
Camden	Very Low	3	0.6	3	0.6	3	0.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Carteret	Low	195	7.5	175	7.3	151	6.9	22	14.2	2	4.1	20	9.4
Carteret	Very Low	36	1.4	33	1.4	25	1.1	8	5.2	0	0.0	3	1.4
Caswell	Low	117	11.6	111	12.0	56	8.8	54	19.6	1	6.7	6	7.1
Caswell	Very Low	32	3.2	27	2.9	14	2.2	13	4.7	0	0.0	5	6.0
Catawba	Low	685	8.3	599	8.6	410	7.6	136	15.3	53	7.8	86	6.4
Catawba	Very Low	114	1.4	99	1.4	64	1.2	28	3.1	7	1.0	15	1.1
Chatham	Low	291	9.1	228	9.2	160	7.9	61	17.1	7	7.2	63	8.8
Chatham	Very Low	53	1.7	38	1.5	23	1.1	15	4.2	0	0.0	15	2.1
Cherokee	Low	103	8.4	98	8.4	93	8.4	4	18.2	1	2.4	5	8.8
Cherokee	Very Low	18	1.5	15	1.3	14	1.3	1	4.5	0	0.0	3	5.3
Chowan	Low	74	11.3	72	11.7	28	8.2	44	16.1	0	0.0	2	5.9
Chowan	Very Low	9	1.4	8	1.3	2	0.6	6	2.2	0	0.0	1	2.9
Clay	Low	32	7.0	32	7.6	26	6.4	3	50.0	3	33.3	0	0.0
Clay	Very Low	6	1.3	6	1.4	4	1.0	2	33.3	0	0.0	0	0.0
Cleveland	Low	596	10.8	572	11.0	335	9.0	229	16.5	8	12.3	24	7.6
Cleveland	Very Low	94	1.7	87	1.7	44	1.2	40	2.9	3	4.6	7	2.2
Colombus	Low	342	11.9	321	12.3	142	9.0	169	18.4	10	8.0	21	8.3
Colombus	Very Low	59	2.1	59	2.3	25	1.6	33	3.6	1	0.8	0	0.0
Craven	Low	593	8.7	539	8.9	300	7.1	211	14.7	28	7.4	54	7.5
Craven	Very Low	95	1.4	87	1.4	48	1.1	37	2.6	2	0.5	8	1.1
Cumberland	Low	2,711	10.1	2,417	10.5	780	7.1	1,504	14.3	133	8.9	294	7.4
Cumberland	Very Low	553	2.1	513	2.2	131	1.2	359	3.4	23	1.5	40	1.0
Currituck	Low	101	7.6	95	7.5	73	6.3	22	28.2	0	0.0	6	8.6
Currituck	Very Low	19	1.4	19	1.5	11	1.0	8	10.3	0	0.0	0	0.0
Dare	Low	100	6.1	82	6.1	76	5.9	4	11.1	2	8.3	18	6.4
Dare	Very Low	19	1.2	17	1.3	14	1.1	2	5.6	1	4.2	2	0.7
Davidson	Low	885	10.1	795	10.3	590	9.1	169	16.1	36	16.4	90	8.7
Davidson	Very Low	140	1.6	123	1.6	90	1.4	29	2.8	4	1.8	17	1.6
Davie	Low	168	8.5	154	8.9	135	8.6	16	11.8	3	11.1	14	5.9
Davie	Very Low	26	1.3	24	1.4	20	1.3	3	2.2	1	3.7	2	0.8
Duplin	Low	329	9.4	229	10.3	118	8.5	109	13.7	2	7.7	100	7.9
Duplin	Very Low	55	1.6	36	1.6	20	1.4	16	2.0	0	0.0	19	1.5
Durham	Low	1,834	8.8	1,495	9.3	465	5.8	899	13.4	131	9.2	339	7.2
Durham	Very Low	352	1.7	287	1.8	69	0.9	199	3.0	19	1.3	65	1.4
Edgecombe	Low	372	12.6	362	13.3	74	9.0	285	15.2	3	20.0	10	4.2
Edgecombe	Very Low	64	2.2	64	2.4	15	1.8	48	2.6	1	6.7	0	0.0
Forsyth	Low	2,339	10.7	1,917	11.1	764	7.5	1,065	16.8	88	10.7	422	9.2
Forsyth	Very Low	444	2.0	362	2.1	120	1.2	230	3.6	12	1.5	82	1.8
Franklin	Low	347	9.6	314	10.0	164	7.7	142	15.1	8	11.8	33	6.7
Franklin	Very Low	56	1.5	46	1.5	23	1.1	22	2.3	1	1.5	10	2.0
Gaston	Low	1,264	9.9	1,142	10.2	716	8.8	403	14.5	23	7.7	122	7.9
Gaston	Very Low	226	1.8	208	1.8	117	1.4	85	3.0	6	2.0	18	1.2
Gates	Low	48	9.6	46	9.5	21	6.1	25	18.5	0	0.0	2	13.3
Gates	Very Low	9	1.8	9	1.9	6	1.7	3	2.2	0	0.0	0	0.0
Graham	Low	32	7.7	32	8.0	30	8.5	1	33.3	1	2.3	0	0.0
Graham	Very Low	6	1.4	6	1.5	5	1.4	1	33.3	0	0.0	0	0.0
Granville	Low	295	10.2	276	11.0	139	8.8	132	14.6	5	13.5	19	5.0
Granville	Very Low	59	2.0	56	2.2	24	1.5	32	3.5	0	0.0	3	0.8
Greene	Low	116	11.0	93	11.8	34	7.9	57	16.3	2	22.2	23	8.7
Greene	Very Low	22	2.1	17	2.2	3	0.7	14	4.0	0	0.0	5	1.9
Guilford	Low	3,039	9.9	2,749	10.4	811	7.2	1,732	13.7	206	8.0	290	7.0
Guilford	Very Low	548	1.8	500	1.9	118	1.1	356	2.8	26	1.0	48	1.2
Halifax	Low	356	12.9	347	13.1	82	8.7	248	15.6	17	14.8	9	8.4
Halifax	Very Low	77	2.8	77	2.9	17	1.8	58	3.7	2	1.7	0	0.0
Harnett	Low	830	8.9	724	9.3	400	7.2	305	15.6	19	7.2	106	6.8
Harnett	Very Low	154	1.7	142	1.8	80	1.4	58	3.0	4	1.5	12	0.8
Haywood	Low	267	9.5	255	9.6	246	9.5	3	6.8	6	15.0	12	7.6
Haywood	Very Low	40	1.4	38	1.4	38	1.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	1.3
Henderson	Low	432	8.2	343	8.1	302	7.8	26	13.1	15	10.0	89	8.6
Henderson	Very Low	63	1.2	47	1.1	43	1.1	3	1.5	1	0.7	16	1.6
Hertford	Low	113	10.4	109	10.6	11	3.5	98	13.9	0	0.0	4	6.7
Hertford	Very Low	27	2.5	26	2.5	1	0.3	25	3.6	0	0.0	1	1.7
Hoke	Low	418	9.6	365	10.2	132	6.5	172	15.5	61	13.5	53	6.8
Hoke	Very Low	86	2.0	76	2.1	29	1.4	34	3.1	13	2.9	10	1.3
Hyde	Low	13	7.1	12	8.1	8	7.3	4	10.5	0	0.0	1	2.9
Hyde	Very Low	1	0.5	1	0.7	1	0.9	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Iredell	Low	820	8.7	740	8.9	485	7.4	216	15.1	39	9.7	80	7.2
Iredell	Very Low	142	1.5	131	1.6	84	1.3	41	2.9	6	1.5	11	1.0
Jackson	Low	157	8.6	139	8.6	105	8.3	1	3.4	33	10.1	18	9.3
Jackson	Very Low	27	1.5	23	1.4	16	1.3	1	3.4	6	1.8	4	2.1
Johnston	Low	1,011	8.5	820	8.6	486	6.7	311	15.0	23	10.0	191	7.8
Johnston	Very Low	159	1.3	131	1.4	68	0.9	59	2.9	4	1.7	28	1.1
Jones	Low	28	6.1	26	6.0	16	5.1	9	8.4	1	11.1	2	7.1
Jones	Very Low	8	1.7	6	1.4	5	1.6	1	0.9	0	0.0	2	7.1
Lee	Low	392	10.0	304	11.0	182	9.8	113	13.8	9	11.4	88	7.5
Lee	Very Low	89	2.3	72	2.6	37	2.0	32	3.9	3	3.8	17	1.4
Lenoir	Low	371	11.7	343	12.3	87	7.0	252	16.7	4	13.8	28	7.4
Lenoir	Very Low	75	2.4	71	2.5	22	1.8	48	3.2	1	3.4	4	1.1
Lincoln	Low	360	8.5	333	8.8	276	8.0	48	18.8	9	9.4	27	6.5
Lincoln	Very Low	54	1.3	49	1.3	38	1.1	7	2.7	4	4.2	5	1.2
McDowell	Low	240	11.3	217	11.3	207	11.3	7	13.5	3	8.1	23	10.8
McDowell	Very Low	37	1.7	35	1.8	35	1.9	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	0.9
Macon	Low	145	8.9	123	9.3	113	8.9	3	23.1	7	22.6	22	7.0
Macon	Very Low	20	1.2	16	1.2	15	1.2	1	7.7	0	0.0	4	1.3
Madison	Low	90	9.5	88	9.5	87	9.6	1	20.0	0	0.0	2	7.4
Madison	Very Low	9	0.9	9	1.0	9	1.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Martin	Low	151	12.8	146	13.3	45	8.1	99	18.5	2	22.2	5	6.2
Martin	Very Low	35	3.0	35	3.2	13	2.3	22	4.1	0	0.0	0	0.0
Mecklenburg	Low	7,113	9.7	5,941	10.2	1,841	6.6	3,398	14.7	702	10.0	1,172	7.7
Mecklenburg	Very Low	1,202	1.6	1,003	1.7	240	0.9	684	2.9	79	1.1	199	1.3
Mitchell	Low	62	8.9	60	9.5	59	9.5	0	0.0	1	20.0	2	3.1
Mitchell	Very Low	7	1.0	7	1.1	7	1.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Montgomery	Low	147	10.6	131	12.5	91	12.1	35	14.1	5	12.2	16	4.6
Montgomery	Very Low	23	1.7	22	2.1	13	1.7	8	3.2	1	2.4	1	0.3
Moore	Low	496	8.6	462	9.0	312	7.5	129	17.0	21	9.9	34	5.5
Moore	Very Low	73	1.3	71	1.4	47	1.1	22	2.9	2	0.9	2	0.3
Nash	Low	562	10.6	521	11.1	169	8.0	331	13.5	21	16.9	41	6.6
Nash	Very Low	122	2.3	115	2.5	39	1.9	72	2.9	4	3.2	7	1.1
New Hanover	Low	925	8.5	808	8.5	493	6.7	295	15.3	20	7.0	117	8.4
New Hanover	Very Low	165	1.5	154	1.6	76	1.0	77	4.0	1	0.4	11	0.8
Northampton	Low	122	13.4	114	13.1	23	8.1	91	15.8	0	0.0	8	20.0
Northampton	Very Low	27	3.0	23	2.6	2	0.7	21	3.6	0	0.0	4	10.0
Onslow	Low	1,342	6.9	1,152	7.0	828	6.2	282	11.4	42	6.4	190	6.3
Onslow	Very Low	233	1.2	204	1.2	132	1.0	66	2.7	6	0.9	29	1.0
Orange	Low	493	8.6	421	8.7	259	7.6	116	14.9	46	7.1	72	7.7
Orange	Very Low	86	1.5	70	1.5	40	1.2	28	3.6	2	0.3	16	1.7
Pamlico	Low	38	9.0	34	8.7	23	7.6	11	14.1	0	0.0	4	12.9
Pamlico	Very Low	6	1.4	6	1.5	3	1.0	3	3.8	0	0.0	0	0.0
Pasquotank	Low	216	9.2	205	9.5	97	7.7	100	11.6	8	16.3	11	5.7
Pasquotank	Very Low	36	1.5	35	1.6	11	0.9	21	2.4	3	6.1	1	0.5
Pender	Low	276	8.8	257	9.4	171	7.7	82	18.1	4	9.1	19	4.4
Pender	Very Low	50	1.6	44	1.6	21	0.9	23	5.1	0	0.0	6	1.4
Perquimans	Low	48	8.3	47	8.3	30	7.2	17	12.3	0	0.0	1	10.0
Perquimans	Very Low	9	1.6	9	1.6	7	1.7	2	1.4	0	0.0	0	0.0
Person	Low	227	10.8	210	10.8	121	9.4	88	14.0	1	3.7	17	10.9
Person	Very Low	41	1.9	38	1.9	21	1.6	17	2.7	0	0.0	3	1.9
Pitt	Low	1,145	11.2	1,086	11.7	319	7.2	739	16.3	28	9.4	59	6.1
Pitt	Very Low	253	2.5	238	2.6	52	1.2	185	4.1	1	0.3	15	1.5
Polk	Low	47	6.5	45	6.9	40	6.6	4	12.5	1	7.7	2	2.7
Polk	Very Low	13	1.8	13	2.0	13	2.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Randolph	Low	707	9.1	589	9.4	492	9.0	77	14.2	20	9.0	118	7.6
Randolph	Very Low	115	1.5	99	1.6	81	1.5	17	3.1	1	0.4	16	1.0
Richmond	Low	343	12.2	329	12.9	135	9.9	177	16.9	17	12.0	14	5.4
Richmond	Very Low	58	2.1	56	2.2	20	1.5	34	3.2	2	1.4	2	0.8
Robeson	Low	1,051	12.1	946	12.8	160	10.1	303	16.4	483	12.2	105	7.9
Robeson	Very Low	210	2.4	188	2.5	25	1.6	72	3.9	91	2.3	22	1.7
Rockingham	Low	436	9.6	408	9.9	273	8.7	129	14.3	6	10.5	28	6.8
Rockingham	Very Low	76	1.7	74	1.8	45	1.4	26	2.9	3	5.3	2	0.5
Rowan	Low	821	10.3	730	10.9	461	9.2	248	16.7	21	11.5	91	7.1
Rowan	Very Low	151	1.9	138	2.1	69	1.4	66	4.4	3	1.6	13	1.0
Rutherford	Low	332	10.0	313	10.2	246	9.3	61	15.0	6	16.7	19	8.1
Rutherford	Very Low	62	1.9	57	1.9	49	1.9	7	1.7	1	2.8	5	2.1
Sampson	Low	379	9.5	270	10.1	122	7.3	137	15.4	11	9.2	109	8.3
Sampson	Very Low	64	1.6	43	1.6	16	1.0	25	2.8	2	1.7	21	1.6
Scotland	Low	309	14.3	305	14.6	79	11.9	167	16.7	59	13.8	4	6.0
Scotland	Very Low	54	2.5	54	2.6	12	1.8	33	3.3	9	2.1	0	0.0
Stanly	Low	322	9.5	305	9.7	221	8.5	80	18.1	4	3.4	17	6.9
Stanly	Very Low	62	1.8	55	1.7	36	1.4	19	4.3	0	0.0	7	2.8
Stokes	Low	166	8.6	153	8.3	145	8.2	8	13.3	0	0.0	13	14.8
Stokes	Very Low	24	1.2	22	1.2	20	1.1	2	3.3	0	0.0	2	2.3
Surry	Low	321	8.6	261	8.7	228	8.2	26	15.9	7	25.0	60	8.0
Surry	Very Low	57	1.5	46	1.5	44	1.6	1	0.6	1	3.6	11	1.5
Swain	Low	60	7.6	53	7.2	26	6.0	0	0.0	27	9.2	7	13.2
Swain	Very Low	15	1.9	14	1.9	8	1.8	0	0.0	6	2.0	1	1.9
Transylvania	Low	122	9.5	112	9.4	101	9.1	11	19.0	0	0.0	10	10.9
Transylvania	Very Low	23	1.8	19	1.6	18	1.6	1	1.7	0	0.0	4	4.3
Tyrrell	Low	8	4.3	8	5.3	7	6.4	1	2.4	0	0.0	0	0.0
Tyrrell	Very Low	1	0.5	1	0.7	1	0.9	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Union	Low	903	7.6	735	7.6	472	6.2	220	14.1	43	9.4	168	7.6
Union	Very Low	156	1.3	125	1.3	77	1.0	43	2.8	5	1.1	31	1.4
Vance	Low	347	12.5	326	13.4	74	9.4	241	15.1	11	21.6	21	6.1
Vance	Very Low	69	2.5	66	2.7	9	1.1	55	3.4	2	3.9	3	0.9
Wake	Low	4,922	7.7	4,215	7.9	1,914	5.9	1,764	12.7	537	8.0	707	6.9
Wake	Very Low	952	1.5	813	1.5	324	1.0	416	3.0	73	1.1	139	1.3
Warren	Low	95	11.4	86	11.0	25	9.3	55	12.1	6	10.3	9	17.6
Warren	Very Low	15	1.8	15	1.9	3	1.1	11	2.4	1	1.7	0	0.0
Washington	Low	80	12.5	78	13.2	17	8.9	61	15.2	0	0.0	2	4.3
Washington	Very Low	19	3.0	19	3.2	3	1.6	16	4.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Watauga	Low	136	7.8	125	7.8	117	7.6	2	7.4	6	14.3	11	8.3
Watauga	Very Low	18	1.0	16	1.0	15	1.0	1	3.7	0	0.0	2	1.5
Wayne	Low	784	9.7	654	10.2	278	7.5	357	14.1	19	9.6	130	8.1
Wayne	Very Low	162	2.0	140	2.2	54	1.5	85	3.4	1	0.5	22	1.4
Wilkes	Low	356	10.5	327	11.0	305	10.9	16	10.7	6	18.8	29	7.1
Wilkes	Very Low	66	1.9	63	2.1	56	2.0	5	3.4	2	6.3	3	0.7
Wilson	Low	560	11.8	485	12.3	130	7.3	343	16.8	12	11.0	75	9.1
Wilson	Very Low	106	2.2	96	2.4	20	1.1	74	3.6	2	1.8	10	1.2
Yadkin	Low	180	9.6	133	8.9	125	8.7	6	13.3	2	14.3	47	12.3
Yadkin	Very Low	28	1.5	19	1.3	17	1.2	2	4.4	0	0.0	9	2.4
Yancey	Low	70	8.1	64	8.3	63	8.2	1	50.0	0	0.0	6	6.3
Yancey	Very Low	11	1.3	11	1.4	11	1.4	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