| 2017-2021 NC RESIDENT ABORTION RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION: |
| FEMALES 15-19 BY RACE/ETHNICITY, PERINATAL CARE REGIONS, AND COUNTY OF RESIDENCE |
| North Carolina Resident Abortions |
Abortion Rate | White Non-Hispanic, single race Abortions |
White Non-Hispanic, single race Abortion Rate |
Black Non-Hispanic, single race Abortions |
Black Non-Hispanic, single race Abortion Rate |
American Indian/Alaska Native Non-Hispanic, single race Abortions |
American Indian/Alaska Native Non-Hispanic, single race Abortion Rate |
Asian/Pacific Islander Non-Hispanic, single race Abortions |
Asian/Pacific Islander Non-Hispanic, single race Abortion Rate |
Multiracial Non-Hispanic Non-Hispanic, single race Abortions |
Multiracial Non-Hispanic Non-Hispanic, single race Abortion Rate |
Hispanic Abortions | Hispanic Abortion Rate |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County of Residence: | 9,655 | 5.7 | 2,818 | 3.1 | 4,152 | 10.3 | 121 | 6.2 | 183 | 3.4 | 427 | 7.2 | 1,783 | 7.5 |
| NORTH CAROLINA | ||||||||||||||
| PCR I WESTERN | 430 | 3.9 | 267 | 3.1 | 51 | 9.5 | 13 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 70 | 5.9 |
| PCR II NORTHWESTERN | 2,013 | 5.0 | 689 | 2.9 | 769 | 9.3 | 12 | 0.0 | 48 | 4.1 | 90 | 7.1 | 371 | 6.8 |
| PCR III SOUTHWESTERN | 2,198 | 6.5 | 457 | 2.7 | 1,043 | 11.6 | 8 | 0.0 | 55 | 4.1 | 103 | 9.3 | 489 | 9.3 |
| PCR IV NORTHEASTERN | 2,183 | 5.4 | 548 | 2.6 | 1,013 | 10.4 | 12 | 0.0 | 38 | 1.8 | 101 | 7.1 | 449 | 7.3 |
| PCR V SOUTHEASTERN | 1,376 | 6.2 | 415 | 3.9 | 576 | 9.9 | 57 | 4.5 | 24 | 7.0 | 69 | 7.0 | 206 | 7.0 |
| PCR VI EASTERN | 1,330 | 6.2 | 407 | 3.8 | 640 | 9.1 | 15 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 | 51 | 6.8 | 182 | 7.0 |
| ALAMANCE | 165 | 4.9 | 52 | 2.5 | 59 | 10.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 41 | 7.0 |
| ALEXANDER | 29 | 5.6 | 24 | 5.6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| ALLEGHANY | 4 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| ANSON | 19 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ASHE | 6 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| AVERY | 4 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| BEAUFORT | 29 | 4.4 | 11 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| BERTIE | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| BLADEN | 26 | 5.6 | 3 | 0.0 | 19 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| BRUNSWICK | 78 | 5.8 | 41 | 4.4 | 22 | 11.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| BUNCOMBE | 177 | 5.1 | 102 | 3.9 | 36 | 14.5 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 26 | 6.3 |
| BURKE | 39 | 3.5 | 19 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| CABARRUS | 210 | 5.7 | 64 | 3.2 | 76 | 9.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 | 51 | 8.0 |
| CALDWELL | 37 | 3.2 | 32 | 3.4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| CAMDEN | 9 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| CARTERET | 28 | 3.4 | 19 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| CASWELL | 10 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CATAWBA | 112 | 4.5 | 58 | 3.5 | 17 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 24 | 6.3 |
| CHATHAM | 34 | 3.3 | 16 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| CHEROKEE | 9 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CHOWAN | 12 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| CLAY | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| CLEVELAND | 76 | 4.8 | 23 | 2.2 | 40 | 11.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| COLUMBUS | 46 | 5.7 | 15 | 0.0 | 17 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| CRAVEN | 92 | 6.5 | 25 | 3.2 | 50 | 14.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| CUMBERLAND | 498 | 9.4 | 106 | 6.0 | 243 | 10.8 | 8 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 | 29 | 8.4 | 86 | 11.6 |
| CURRITUCK | 16 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| DARE | 19 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| DAVIDSON | 90 | 3.6 | 50 | 2.7 | 19 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| DAVIE | 25 | 3.9 | 13 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| DUPLIN | 46 | 5.5 | 8 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 21 | 6.9 |
| DURHAM | 393 | 7.4 | 35 | 2.5 | 271 | 11.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 69 | 6.8 |
| EDGECOMBE | 70 | 9.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 54 | 11.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| FORSYTH | 406 | 5.8 | 71 | 2.3 | 191 | 9.4 | 2 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 20 | 9.0 | 108 | 7.9 |
| FRANKLIN | 45 | 4.3 | 20 | 3.6 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| GASTON | 172 | 5.1 | 61 | 2.9 | 68 | 10.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 27 | 6.7 |
| GATES | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| GRAHAM | 3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| GRANVILLE | 63 | 7.5 | 25 | 5.9 | 25 | 10.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| GREENE | 19 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| GUILFORD | 680 | 6.3 | 112 | 2.6 | 402 | 9.4 | 6 | 0.0 | 18 | 0.0 | 39 | 10.5 | 91 | 7.7 |
| HALIFAX | 50 | 6.8 | 10 | 0.0 | 35 | 8.7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| HARNETT | 125 | 5.5 | 36 | 3.1 | 46 | 8.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 27 | 6.4 |
| HAYWOOD | 19 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| HENDERSON | 64 | 4.4 | 41 | 3.9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| HERTFORD | 20 | 4.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| HOKE | 46 | 5.9 | 5 | 0.0 | 29 | 10.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| HYDE | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| IREDELL | 142 | 4.9 | 68 | 3.3 | 35 | 9.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 25 | 7.7 |
| JACKSON | 34 | 3.2 | 22 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| JOHNSTON | 158 | 4.6 | 59 | 2.9 | 44 | 7.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 47 | 6.8 |
| JONES | 6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| LEE | 62 | 6.5 | 23 | 5.4 | 13 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 20 | 6.9 |
| LENOIR | 42 | 5.2 | 12 | 0.0 | 24 | 6.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| LINCOLN | 40 | 3.3 | 18 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| MCDOWELL | 23 | 3.8 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| MACON | 15 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| MADISON | 5 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| MARTIN | 7 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| MECKLENBURG | 1,484 | 8.4 | 198 | 3.0 | 795 | 12.7 | 5 | 0.0 | 42 | 4.6 | 62 | 10.6 | 352 | 11.0 |
| MITCHELL | 4 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| MONTGOMERY | 17 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| MOORE | 49 | 3.7 | 22 | 2.5 | 17 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| NASH | 103 | 6.8 | 23 | 3.7 | 65 | 10.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| NEW HANOVER | 190 | 4.7 | 105 | 3.5 | 54 | 10.2 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 21 | 6.8 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 23 | 10.6 | 4 | 0.0 | 19 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ONSLOW | 224 | 8.7 | 117 | 8.1 | 36 | 7.7 | 4 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 | 44 | 10.9 |
| ORANGE | 96 | 2.5 | 35 | 1.3 | 22 | 5.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| PAMLICO | 6 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| PASQUOTANK | 15 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| PENDER | 37 | 4.2 | 21 | 3.5 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| PERQUIMANS | 7 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| PERSON | 42 | 7.7 | 15 | 0.0 | 21 | 13.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| PITT | 240 | 6.2 | 67 | 3.2 | 131 | 10.2 | 3 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 23 | 8.0 |
| POLK | 8 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| RANDOLPH | 83 | 3.7 | 46 | 3.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 22 | 4.9 |
| RICHMOND | 44 | 6.6 | 12 | 0.0 | 29 | 12.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| ROBESON | 126 | 5.4 | 22 | 4.7 | 43 | 7.4 | 33 | 3.7 | 2 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| ROCKINGHAM | 65 | 5.1 | 32 | 3.9 | 19 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| ROWAN | 142 | 6.4 | 44 | 3.1 | 56 | 14.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 33 | 9.8 |
| RUTHERFORD | 43 | 4.5 | 30 | 4.1 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| SAMPSON | 65 | 6.5 | 16 | 0.0 | 24 | 10.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 21 | 6.8 |
| SCOTLAND | 29 | 5.7 | 6 | 0.0 | 18 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| STANLY | 40 | 4.3 | 21 | 3.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| STOKES | 17 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| SURRY | 40 | 3.8 | 24 | 3.1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| SWAIN | 11 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| TRANSYLVANIA | 5 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| TYRRELL | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| UNION | 157 | 3.2 | 68 | 2.0 | 34 | 6.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 41 | 5.8 |
| VANCE | 49 | 6.7 | 8 | 0.0 | 35 | 8.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| WAKE | 1,054 | 5.5 | 249 | 2.4 | 497 | 11.8 | 6 | 0.0 | 21 | 1.6 | 54 | 7.4 | 221 | 8.6 |
| WARREN | 12 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| WASHINGTON | 17 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| WATAUGA | 34 | 2.2 | 25 | 1.8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| WAYNE | 125 | 6.6 | 31 | 3.8 | 59 | 9.4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 28 | 7.7 |
| WILKES | 27 | 2.8 | 20 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| WILSON | 87 | 6.5 | 15 | 0.0 | 51 | 9.3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| YADKIN | 31 | 6.0 | 25 | 6.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| YANCEY | 8 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 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 |