| 2017-2021 NC RESIDENT PREGNANCY RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION: |
| FEMALES 15-17 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 Non-Hispanic, single race Pregnancies |
Multiracial Non-Hispanic Non-Hispanic, single race Pregnancy Rate |
Hispanic Pregnancies | Hispanic Pregnancy Rate |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County of Residence: | 10,057 | 10.2 | 2,851 | 5.3 | 3,697 | 16.3 | 193 | 16.6 | 89 | 2.7 | 485 | 13.4 | 2,681 | 18.3 |
| NORTH CAROLINA | ||||||||||||||
| PCR I WESTERN | 587 | 9.1 | 376 | 7.5 | 49 | 16.4 | 16 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 27 | 11.8 | 113 | 15.3 |
| PCR II NORTHWESTERN | 2,253 | 9.8 | 882 | 6.3 | 629 | 15.4 | 9 | 0.0 | 32 | 4.4 | 103 | 13.9 | 588 | 17.4 |
| PCR III SOUTHWESTERN | 2,236 | 10.7 | 446 | 4.2 | 904 | 16.7 | 7 | 0.0 | 27 | 3.0 | 93 | 13.3 | 739 | 22.4 |
| PCR IV NORTHEASTERN | 1,812 | 7.9 | 356 | 3.1 | 687 | 12.9 | 6 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 | 79 | 9.0 | 659 | 17.2 |
| PCR V SOUTHEASTERN | 1,511 | 11.7 | 366 | 6.0 | 550 | 16.2 | 144 | 18.8 | 7 | 0.0 | 116 | 18.7 | 320 | 17.7 |
| PCR VI EASTERN | 1,609 | 12.8 | 414 | 6.8 | 849 | 20.4 | 11 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 64 | 13.9 | 256 | 16.3 |
| ALAMANCE | 173 | 10.8 | 54 | 6.5 | 45 | 13.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 | 61 | 17.2 |
| ALEXANDER | 34 | 9.7 | 28 | 9.6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| ALLEGHANY | 14 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| ANSON | 38 | 17.6 | 5 | 0.0 | 32 | 30.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ASHE | 21 | 9.8 | 16 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| AVERY | 14 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| BEAUFORT | 56 | 12.9 | 17 | 0.0 | 30 | 25.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| BERTIE | 18 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 17 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| BLADEN | 34 | 11.3 | 10 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| BRUNSWICK | 87 | 9.9 | 40 | 6.5 | 15 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 25 | 27.0 |
| BUNCOMBE | 170 | 8.3 | 85 | 5.6 | 30 | 19.5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 44 | 17.0 |
| BURKE | 66 | 9.0 | 37 | 6.8 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 23 | 29.9 |
| CABARRUS | 196 | 8.0 | 53 | 3.9 | 62 | 12.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 69 | 17.1 |
| CALDWELL | 73 | 9.6 | 55 | 8.8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| CAMDEN | 6 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CARTERET | 32 | 5.8 | 25 | 5.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| CASWELL | 15 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| CATAWBA | 136 | 8.8 | 69 | 6.7 | 21 | 16.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 29 | 12.3 |
| CHATHAM | 32 | 4.6 | 8 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 20 | 13.5 |
| CHEROKEE | 27 | 12.2 | 22 | 11.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| CHOWAN | 23 | 17.9 | 7 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| CLAY | 10 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CLEVELAND | 157 | 16.6 | 79 | 12.7 | 60 | 27.4 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| COLUMBUS | 86 | 16.2 | 36 | 12.2 | 31 | 21.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| CRAVEN | 99 | 11.2 | 30 | 6.2 | 51 | 23.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| CUMBERLAND | 345 | 11.0 | 58 | 5.6 | 189 | 14.5 | 9 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 39 | 17.7 | 46 | 10.5 |
| CURRITUCK | 13 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| DARE | 11 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| DAVIDSON | 151 | 9.1 | 92 | 7.5 | 16 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 33 | 17.1 |
| DAVIE | 21 | 5.0 | 13 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| DUPLIN | 100 | 18.6 | 25 | 11.7 | 30 | 25.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 43 | 22.7 |
| DURHAM | 290 | 11.4 | 11 | 0.0 | 151 | 14.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 115 | 19.0 |
| EDGECOMBE | 87 | 17.1 | 19 | 0.0 | 57 | 19.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| FORSYTH | 468 | 12.2 | 68 | 4.0 | 174 | 17.6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 18.4 | 196 | 22.7 |
| FRANKLIN | 62 | 9.3 | 19 | 0.0 | 22 | 12.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| GASTON | 241 | 11.1 | 95 | 7.0 | 86 | 19.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 17 | 0.0 | 35 | 13.8 |
| GATES | 5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| GRAHAM | 12 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| GRANVILLE | 43 | 7.8 | 18 | 0.0 | 18 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| GREENE | 31 | 17.6 | 3 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| GUILFORD | 504 | 9.7 | 76 | 3.7 | 272 | 14.3 | 2 | 0.0 | 17 | 0.0 | 24 | 12.3 | 112 | 16.0 |
| HALIFAX | 96 | 20.0 | 20 | 12.2 | 68 | 26.2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| HARNETT | 140 | 10.6 | 44 | 6.7 | 45 | 14.6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 | 34 | 12.9 |
| HAYWOOD | 25 | 5.1 | 20 | 4.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| HENDERSON | 89 | 9.2 | 48 | 6.9 | 7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 26 | 13.9 |
| HERTFORD | 27 | 13.7 | 3 | 0.0 | 21 | 15.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HOKE | 59 | 11.7 | 3 | 0.0 | 24 | 13.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| HYDE | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| IREDELL | 140 | 7.2 | 57 | 4.2 | 45 | 18.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 | 24 | 11.4 |
| JACKSON | 32 | 11.1 | 18 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| JOHNSTON | 178 | 7.8 | 55 | 4.0 | 43 | 11.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 70 | 15.7 |
| JONES | 11 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| LEE | 75 | 12.3 | 14 | 0.0 | 17 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 36 | 20.3 |
| LENOIR | 88 | 17.0 | 21 | 9.7 | 50 | 22.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| LINCOLN | 76 | 9.5 | 51 | 8.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| MCDOWELL | 37 | 9.5 | 32 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| MACON | 32 | 10.6 | 22 | 9.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| MADISON | 15 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| MARTIN | 25 | 12.2 | 7 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| MECKLENBURG | 1,318 | 12.4 | 85 | 2.1 | 600 | 16.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 | 44 | 12.2 | 560 | 28.4 |
| MITCHELL | 13 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| MONTGOMERY | 20 | 7.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| MOORE | 52 | 5.9 | 17 | 0.0 | 18 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| NASH | 122 | 13.0 | 23 | 5.7 | 69 | 18.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 23 | 20.1 |
| NEW HANOVER | 148 | 8.2 | 43 | 3.5 | 58 | 19.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 41 | 24.9 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 30 | 21.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 29 | 34.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ONSLOW | 139 | 9.2 | 73 | 8.4 | 34 | 12.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| ORANGE | 57 | 4.3 | 16 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 22 | 10.8 |
| PAMLICO | 7 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| PASQUOTANK | 19 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| PENDER | 43 | 7.3 | 18 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| PERQUIMANS | 12 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| PERSON | 38 | 10.7 | 13 | 0.0 | 18 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| PITT | 205 | 13.2 | 29 | 4.4 | 142 | 21.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 | 21 | 13.2 |
| POLK | 11 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| RANDOLPH | 127 | 8.7 | 70 | 6.9 | 11 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 42 | 15.1 |
| RICHMOND | 80 | 18.2 | 27 | 12.4 | 37 | 25.2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| ROBESON | 249 | 19.4 | 23 | 10.2 | 55 | 19.3 | 106 | 19.7 | 2 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 | 46 | 25.7 |
| ROCKINGHAM | 76 | 9.2 | 42 | 7.6 | 18 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| ROWAN | 171 | 12.3 | 65 | 7.3 | 51 | 22.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 43 | 19.9 |
| RUTHERFORD | 62 | 9.8 | 45 | 9.2 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| SAMPSON | 110 | 17.2 | 23 | 8.4 | 25 | 18.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 54 | 28.1 |
| SCOTLAND | 58 | 19.4 | 13 | 0.0 | 26 | 21.4 | 6 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| STANLY | 53 | 8.9 | 29 | 6.4 | 14 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| STOKES | 31 | 7.7 | 27 | 7.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| SURRY | 76 | 11.1 | 52 | 10.2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 15.1 |
| SWAIN | 25 | 19.7 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| TRANSYLVANIA | 11 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| TYRRELL | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| UNION | 157 | 5.0 | 49 | 2.3 | 41 | 12.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 58 | 12.8 |
| VANCE | 88 | 19.3 | 19 | 0.0 | 45 | 18.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| WAKE | 741 | 6.5 | 115 | 1.9 | 298 | 12.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 27 | 5.8 | 287 | 17.9 |
| WARREN | 20 | 12.6 | 7 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| WASHINGTON | 27 | 26.8 | 6 | 0.0 | 18 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| WATAUGA | 8 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| WAYNE | 182 | 15.4 | 37 | 7.3 | 88 | 22.5 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 45 | 20.1 |
| WILKES | 80 | 12.7 | 59 | 11.5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| WILSON | 131 | 16.0 | 28 | 9.2 | 72 | 21.6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 25 | 18.2 |
| YADKIN | 42 | 12.6 | 28 | 11.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| YANCEY | 16 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| 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 |