| NUMBER AND PERCENT OF NC RESIDENT BIRTHS DELIVERED BY GESTATION |
| 2016-2020 |
| GESTATION | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than 37 weeks (Preterm) | 37+ Weeks | Unknown | |||||
| N | PERCENT | N | PERCENT | N | PERCENT | N | |
| NORTH CAROLINA | 62718 | 10.5 | 532328 | 89.4 | 255 | 0.0 | 595301 |
| COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: | 1027 | 10.9 | 8415 | 89.1 | 5 | 0.1 | 9447 |
| ALAMANCE | |||||||
| ALEXANDER | 167 | 9.5 | 1599 | 90.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 1767 |
| ALLEGHANY | 39 | 8.4 | 424 | 91.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 463 |
| ANSON | 186 | 14.1 | 1130 | 85.8 | 1 | 0.1 | 1317 |
| ASHE | 126 | 11.9 | 935 | 88.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1061 |
| AVERY | 84 | 12.1 | 607 | 87.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 692 |
| BEAUFORT | 260 | 11.9 | 1918 | 88.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2178 |
| BERTIE | 110 | 12.5 | 769 | 87.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 879 |
| BLADEN | 205 | 11.9 | 1512 | 88.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1717 |
| BRUNSWICK | 545 | 10.9 | 4452 | 89.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 4998 |
| BUNCOMBE | 1257 | 10.3 | 10999 | 89.7 | 4 | 0.0 | 12260 |
| BURKE | 435 | 9.9 | 3937 | 89.9 | 6 | 0.1 | 4378 |
| CABARRUS | 1305 | 10.3 | 11343 | 89.6 | 9 | 0.1 | 12657 |
| CALDWELL | 427 | 10.7 | 3568 | 89.3 | 2 | 0.1 | 3997 |
| CAMDEN | 54 | 11.3 | 424 | 88.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 478 |
| CARTERET | 237 | 9.1 | 2372 | 90.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 2610 |
| CASWELL | 124 | 12.3 | 885 | 87.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1009 |
| CATAWBA | 810 | 9.8 | 7463 | 90.0 | 16 | 0.2 | 8289 |
| CHATHAM | 339 | 10.6 | 2868 | 89.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 3207 |
| CHEROKEE | 142 | 11.6 | 1081 | 88.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 1224 |
| CHOWAN | 81 | 12.4 | 571 | 87.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 652 |
| CLAY | 51 | 11.2 | 404 | 88.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 455 |
| CLEVELAND | 601 | 10.9 | 4909 | 89.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 5511 |
| COLUMBUS | 354 | 12.3 | 2517 | 87.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2871 |
| CRAVEN | 679 | 10.0 | 6111 | 90.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 6793 |
| CUMBERLAND | 3132 | 11.6 | 23794 | 88.3 | 10 | 0.0 | 26936 |
| CURRITUCK | 144 | 10.8 | 1187 | 89.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 1332 |
| DARE | 143 | 8.8 | 1487 | 91.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1630 |
| DAVIDSON | 1085 | 12.4 | 7672 | 87.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 8758 |
| DAVIE | 210 | 10.6 | 1767 | 89.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1977 |
| DUPLIN | 358 | 10.3 | 3118 | 89.5 | 7 | 0.2 | 3483 |
| DURHAM | 1963 | 9.4 | 18877 | 90.5 | 9 | 0.0 | 20849 |
| EDGECOMBE | 375 | 12.7 | 2581 | 87.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2956 |
| FORSYTH | 2627 | 12.0 | 19259 | 88.0 | 11 | 0.1 | 21897 |
| FRANKLIN | 397 | 11.0 | 3226 | 89.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3624 |
| GASTON | 1283 | 10.0 | 11489 | 89.9 | 12 | 0.1 | 12784 |
| GATES | 61 | 12.2 | 438 | 87.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 499 |
| GRAHAM | 56 | 13.5 | 358 | 86.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 414 |
| GRANVILLE | 307 | 10.6 | 2589 | 89.3 | 4 | 0.1 | 2900 |
| GREENE | 133 | 12.6 | 919 | 87.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1052 |
| GUILFORD | 3373 | 11.0 | 27174 | 88.9 | 16 | 0.1 | 30563 |
| HALIFAX | 380 | 13.8 | 2368 | 86.0 | 4 | 0.1 | 2752 |
| HARNETT | 966 | 10.4 | 8352 | 89.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 9319 |
| HAYWOOD | 316 | 11.2 | 2502 | 88.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 2819 |
| HENDERSON | 530 | 10.1 | 4718 | 89.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 5248 |
| HERTFORD | 129 | 11.9 | 955 | 87.9 | 2 | 0.2 | 1086 |
| HOKE | 480 | 11.0 | 3886 | 89.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4366 |
| HYDE | 15 | 8.2 | 167 | 91.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 182 |
| IREDELL | 946 | 10.0 | 8505 | 90.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 9454 |
| JACKSON | 201 | 11.1 | 1616 | 88.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1817 |
| JOHNSTON | 1136 | 9.5 | 10825 | 90.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 11962 |
| JONES | 42 | 9.2 | 417 | 90.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 459 |
| LEE | 445 | 11.3 | 3483 | 88.6 | 4 | 0.1 | 3932 |
| LENOIR | 379 | 12.0 | 2792 | 88.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3171 |
| LINCOLN | 432 | 10.2 | 3778 | 89.6 | 5 | 0.1 | 4215 |
| MCDOWELL | 286 | 13.4 | 1846 | 86.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 2132 |
| MACON | 188 | 11.5 | 1444 | 88.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 1633 |
| MADISON | 105 | 11.0 | 847 | 89.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 952 |
| MARTIN | 159 | 13.5 | 1022 | 86.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 1182 |
| MECKLENBURG | 7530 | 10.3 | 65777 | 89.7 | 19 | 0.0 | 73326 |
| MITCHELL | 87 | 12.5 | 611 | 87.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 698 |
| MONTGOMERY | 151 | 10.8 | 1239 | 89.0 | 2 | 0.1 | 1392 |
| MOORE | 551 | 9.6 | 5206 | 90.3 | 6 | 0.1 | 5763 |
| NASH | 583 | 11.0 | 4716 | 88.9 | 3 | 0.1 | 5302 |
| NEW HANOVER | 1180 | 10.8 | 9725 | 89.1 | 11 | 0.1 | 10916 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 108 | 11.9 | 802 | 88.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 910 |
| ONSLOW | 1773 | 9.1 | 17721 | 90.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 19494 |
| ORANGE | 505 | 8.8 | 5240 | 91.2 | 3 | 0.1 | 5748 |
| PAMLICO | 49 | 11.6 | 374 | 88.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 423 |
| PASQUOTANK | 238 | 10.1 | 2119 | 89.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 2358 |
| PENDER | 384 | 12.2 | 2767 | 87.8 | 2 | 0.1 | 3153 |
| PERQUIMANS | 47 | 8.1 | 530 | 91.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 577 |
| PERSON | 236 | 11.2 | 1868 | 88.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 2105 |
| PITT | 1336 | 13.0 | 8900 | 86.9 | 4 | 0.0 | 10240 |
| POLK | 66 | 9.1 | 661 | 90.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 727 |
| RANDOLPH | 852 | 10.9 | 6943 | 89.0 | 6 | 0.1 | 7801 |
| RICHMOND | 380 | 13.5 | 2426 | 86.4 | 2 | 0.1 | 2808 |
| ROBESON | 954 | 10.9 | 7760 | 89.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 8717 |
| ROCKINGHAM | 495 | 10.9 | 4028 | 89.0 | 3 | 0.1 | 4526 |
| ROWAN | 935 | 11.7 | 7025 | 88.2 | 7 | 0.1 | 7967 |
| RUTHERFORD | 356 | 10.8 | 2952 | 89.2 | 2 | 0.1 | 3310 |
| SAMPSON | 419 | 10.5 | 3575 | 89.4 | 3 | 0.1 | 3997 |
| SCOTLAND | 264 | 12.2 | 1895 | 87.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 2160 |
| STANLY | 382 | 11.2 | 3020 | 88.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 3403 |
| STOKES | 203 | 10.5 | 1730 | 89.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1933 |
| SURRY | 384 | 10.3 | 3356 | 89.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3740 |
| SWAIN | 92 | 11.7 | 695 | 88.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 787 |
| TRANSYLVANIA | 137 | 10.7 | 1143 | 89.2 | 1 | 0.1 | 1281 |
| TYRRELL | 11 | 5.9 | 173 | 93.0 | 2 | 1.1 | 186 |
| UNION | 1104 | 9.3 | 10759 | 90.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 11863 |
| VANCE | 360 | 12.9 | 2418 | 86.9 | 3 | 0.1 | 2781 |
| WAKE | 5550 | 8.7 | 57965 | 91.3 | 8 | 0.0 | 63523 |
| WARREN | 111 | 13.3 | 724 | 86.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 835 |
| WASHINGTON | 78 | 12.2 | 559 | 87.6 | 1 | 0.2 | 638 |
| WATAUGA | 203 | 11.7 | 1526 | 88.1 | 4 | 0.2 | 1733 |
| WAYNE | 907 | 11.3 | 7139 | 88.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 8047 |
| WILKES | 403 | 11.9 | 2981 | 88.0 | 3 | 0.1 | 3387 |
| WILSON | 576 | 12.1 | 4174 | 87.8 | 3 | 0.1 | 4753 |
| YADKIN | 213 | 11.3 | 1669 | 88.6 | 2 | 0.1 | 1884 |
| YANCEY | 98 | 11.3 | 766 | 88.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 864 |
| 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 |