2017-2021 NC RESIDENT PREGNANCY RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION:
FEMALES 15-19 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
County of Residence: 40,539 24.0 13,676 14.9 13,791 34.2 804 40.9 445 8.3 1,887 32.0 9,711 41.0
NORTH CAROLINA
PCR I WESTERN 2,490 22.8 1,656 19.5 182 34.0 74 42.1 20 13.6 121 32.8 419 35.5
PCR II NORTHWESTERN 9,054 22.5 3,952 16.5 2,436 29.6 48 33.8 146 12.4 390 30.6 2,039 37.4
PCR III SOUTHWESTERN 8,025 23.7 1,979 11.6 3,041 33.8 24 24.5 126 9.5 356 32.3 2,441 46.4
PCR IV NORTHEASTERN 7,306 17.9 1,637 7.7 2,844 29.1 38 23.6 62 3.0 310 21.9 2,374 38.3
PCR V SOUTHEASTERN 6,756 30.5 2,113 19.6 2,284 39.3 575 45.0 45 13.1 423 43.0 1,284 43.4
PCR VI EASTERN 6,783 31.7 2,304 21.7 2,944 41.9 41 36.8 46 15.3 282 37.5 1,138 43.6
ALAMANCE 686 20.2 229 11.0 192 34.5 2 0.0 1 0.0 37 33.6 221 37.8
ALEXANDER 130 25.1 102 23.8 7 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 0.0 15 0.0
ALLEGHANY 48 38.0 34 34.0 3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 9 0.0
ANSON 130 39.0 30 23.4 84 50.2 1 0.0 1 0.0 6 0.0 8 0.0
ASHE 92 27.8 76 26.1 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 14 0.0
AVERY 52 19.9 46 21.6 1 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 0.0
BEAUFORT 187 28.2 55 15.1 91 49.0 2 0.0 0 0.0 4 0.0 34 38.2
BERTIE 86 39.6 11 0.0 72 48.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0
BLADEN 166 35.8 62 29.3 62 39.7 4 0.0 0 0.0 5 0.0 32 49.6
BRUNSWICK 394 29.2 231 24.7 66 34.9 3 0.0 1 0.0 31 54.9 62 41.5
BUNCOMBE 690 19.8 378 14.5 105 42.3 3 0.0 7 0.0 37 28.4 154 37.3
BURKE 323 29.0 212 25.7 17 0.0 1 0.0 12 0.0 11 0.0 69 57.5
CABARRUS 728 19.7 233 11.6 198 24.8 0 0.0 5 0.0 44 34.3 243 38.1
CALDWELL 323 27.9 238 25.4 22 35.8 1 0.0 1 0.0 22 53.0 39 37.5
CAMDEN 24 13.7 20 14.5 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0
CARTERET 147 17.6 100 14.9 13 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 11 0.0 21 35.2
CASWELL 74 25.9 47 29.0 17 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 8 0.0
CATAWBA 562 22.4 305 18.3 79 37.2 2 0.0 26 18.6 39 39.4 110 28.8
CHATHAM 144 13.9 54 8.7 18 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 8 0.0 63 27.9
CHEROKEE 91 27.4 77 26.1 3 0.0 3 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 4 0.0
CHOWAN 64 32.7 20 20.0 33 41.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 9 0.0
CLAY 34 26.6 32 28.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0
CLEVELAND 554 35.2 304 28.9 180 50.3 3 0.0 3 0.0 34 66.4 28 29.7
COLUMBUS 344 42.4 155 35.3 119 50.3 11 0.0 0 0.0 19 0.0 38 50.3
CRAVEN 462 32.8 208 27.0 159 46.0 1 0.0 13 0.0 31 45.0 48 31.6
CUMBERLAND 1,871 35.2 491 27.9 819 36.3 43 50.0 25 19.7 156 45.4 325 43.7
CURRITUCK 52 12.9 39 11.6 4 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.0 5 0.0
DARE 81 16.9 44 11.8 4 0.0 1 0.0 3 0.0 2 0.0 25 35.3
DAVIDSON 628 25.0 377 20.5 98 40.3 4 0.0 8 0.0 32 45.3 107 35.2
DAVIE 114 17.7 74 14.9 11 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 4 0.0 22 30.5
DUPLIN 381 45.6 104 32.4 103 56.4 1 0.0 0 0.0 8 0.0 165 54.0
DURHAM 1,216 22.9 80 5.8 634 26.5 2 0.0 9 0.0 33 23.9 454 45.0
EDGECOMBE 333 42.7 72 31.3 217 47.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 11 0.0 33 46.0
FORSYTH 1,612 23.1 291 9.4 624 30.8 8 0.0 7 0.0 52 23.3 617 45.3
FRANKLIN 236 22.5 85 15.4 74 26.1 2 0.0 0 0.0 11 0.0 63 38.9
GASTON 924 27.3 433 20.7 276 40.7 2 0.0 9 0.0 63 49.0 137 34.2
GATES 33 20.7 17 0.0 13 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.0
GRAHAM 49 40.8 39 41.7 0 0.0 4 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 4 0.0
GRANVILLE 213 25.3 76 17.8 86 35.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 9 0.0 41 31.3
GREENE 92 33.3 17 0.0 40 41.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 34 46.6
GUILFORD 2,062 19.2 367 8.4 1,100 25.8 14 0.0 73 14.7 106 28.6 390 33.0
HALIFAX 322 43.6 71 28.3 222 55.0 6 0.0 0 0.0 6 0.0 17 0.0
HARNETT 572 25.4 213 18.5 170 32.4 7 0.0 3 0.0 34 30.3 141 33.2
HAYWOOD 146 19.9 121 18.7 2 0.0 2 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.0 14 0.0
HENDERSON 346 23.6 200 19.1 21 37.0 1 0.0 6 0.0 20 35.0 97 33.9
HERTFORD 91 21.8 13 0.0 72 25.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 2 0.0
HOKE 246 31.5 43 20.0 86 29.6 35 39.3 1 0.0 24 45.5 56 43.3
HYDE 14 0.0 8 0.0 3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 1 0.0
IREDELL 565 19.3 269 13.2 152 40.9 1 0.0 7 0.0 41 41.8 90 27.6
JACKSON 163 15.4 95 11.0 1 0.0 29 52.0 4 0.0 10 0.0 23 37.0
JOHNSTON 750 21.7 269 13.2 185 32.6 6 0.0 1 0.0 35 29.8 252 36.3
JONES 33 26.4 19 0.0 10 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.0
LEE 296 31.2 87 20.5 64 34.5 1 0.0 1 0.0 21 56.9 118 40.9
LENOIR 323 40.4 89 27.2 166 46.8 1 0.0 3 0.0 8 0.0 55 58.1
LINCOLN 282 23.3 190 20.1 33 50.6 2 0.0 2 0.0 12 0.0 43 30.2
MCDOWELL 160 26.7 126 25.9 2 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 5 0.0 25 34.2
MACON 124 27.2 90 25.9 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 0.0 26 32.7
MADISON 73 21.7 66 21.9 2 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 2 0.0
MARTIN 102 32.0 30 20.1 64 45.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 7 0.0
MECKLENBURG 4,565 25.8 401 6.0 2,103 33.5 13 0.0 96 10.4 163 27.9 1,747 54.8
MITCHELL 49 27.5 41 26.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 6 0.0
MONTGOMERY 112 26.2 54 25.4 21 26.9 0 0.0 1 0.0 4 0.0 32 26.0
MOORE 270 20.6 122 13.9 70 38.4 2 0.0 1 0.0 17 0.0 57 35.7
NASH 434 28.8 106 16.9 252 39.9 5 0.0 1 0.0 17 0.0 50 27.6
NEW HANOVER 614 15.2 220 7.4 221 41.7 4 0.0 4 0.0 28 22.2 134 43.4
NORTHAMPTON 88 40.6 10 0.0 76 56.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0
ONSLOW 1,211 47.1 720 49.8 153 32.7 10 0.0 12 0.0 85 43.4 226 55.8
ORANGE 237 6.2 75 2.9 50 11.6 1 0.0 15 0.0 14 0.0 77 21.6
PAMLICO 31 23.5 19 0.0 7 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 2 0.0
PASQUOTANK 143 21.9 65 22.9 64 22.5 1 0.0 0 0.0 4 0.0 9 0.0
PENDER 187 21.1 96 15.8 43 32.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 0.0 39 40.0
PERQUIMANS 51 31.3 21 19.9 24 53.9 0 0.0 1 0.0 2 0.0 2 0.0
PERSON 189 34.8 76 22.9 79 52.2 0 0.0 1 0.0 10 0.0 21 56.3
PITT 791 20.6 148 7.1 489 38.1 4 0.0 8 0.0 50 48.9 91 31.8
POLK 49 20.6 32 17.4 4 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 12 0.0
RANDOLPH 565 25.4 315 20.5 53 38.0 10 0.0 3 0.0 13 0.0 171 38.4
RICHMOND 316 47.1 114 35.1 141 61.2 10 0.0 0 0.0 21 82.0 30 46.1
ROBESON 1,003 42.9 139 29.6 229 39.2 420 47.0 4 0.0 47 52.0 159 55.6
ROCKINGHAM 342 27.1 206 24.8 77 34.2 1 0.0 0 0.0 19 0.0 35 24.2
ROWAN 632 28.5 284 20.3 165 42.7 3 0.0 4 0.0 23 37.0 153 45.3
RUTHERFORD 291 30.5 207 28.1 36 39.4 1 0.0 0 0.0 25 49.2 21 30.7
SAMPSON 424 42.5 120 29.0 113 50.5 5 0.0 2 0.0 13 0.0 169 54.8
SCOTLAND 237 46.9 53 27.2 124 63.2 31 45.9 3 0.0 16 0.0 10 0.0
STANLY 242 26.0 161 22.8 41 41.1 1 0.0 3 0.0 8 0.0 27 36.0
STOKES 122 20.1 109 20.4 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 9 0.0
SURRY 303 28.6 203 26.1 8 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.0 5 0.0 84 38.3
SWAIN 87 43.2 44 44.9 0 0.0 29 41.9 0 0.0 4 0.0 10 0.0
TRANSYLVANIA 66 16.3 50 15.0 4 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 4 0.0 7 0.0
TYRRELL 15 0.0 6 0.0 4 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 0.0
UNION 600 12.1 227 6.7 126 22.4 2 0.0 7 0.0 26 18.8 208 29.3
VANCE 319 43.9 63 30.4 187 46.4 2 0.0 0 0.0 11 0.0 55 57.7
WAKE 2,878 15.1 475 4.6 1,229 29.2 11 0.0 34 2.6 116 15.8 997 38.7
WARREN 68 27.8 21 33.1 29 21.7 10 0.0 0 0.0 4 0.0 4 0.0
WASHINGTON 81 52.1 21 38.6 52 63.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 6 0.0
WATAUGA 82 5.2 67 4.7 3 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 2 0.0 7 0.0
WAYNE 689 36.3 174 21.3 298 47.4 3 0.0 2 0.0 20 30.8 188 51.9
WILKES 333 34.7 264 34.3 12 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 7 0.0 49 39.9
WILSON 422 31.4 77 15.0 237 43.4 4 0.0 1 0.0 10 0.0 92 43.0
YADKIN 164 31.7 113 30.2 3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.0 45 39.9
YANCEY 72 32.9 58 30.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 13 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