| 2017-2021 NC RESIDENT ABORTION RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION: |
| FEMALES 15-44 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 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County of Residence: | 121,553 | 11.9 | 36,578 | 6.2 | 57,115 | 23.5 | 1,390 | 11.4 | 4,080 | 9.7 | 4,197 | 18.3 | 15,775 | 13.8 |
| NORTH CAROLINA | ||||||||||||||
| PCR I WESTERN | 4,566 | 6.6 | 3,177 | 5.6 | 550 | 17.6 | 70 | 6.3 | 86 | 8.4 | 96 | 6.7 | 444 | 7.9 |
| PCR II NORTHWESTERN | 23,524 | 10.5 | 7,935 | 5.6 | 10,735 | 23.3 | 131 | 15.6 | 702 | 8.7 | 814 | 18.1 | 2,824 | 11.8 |
| PCR III SOUTHWESTERN | 29,817 | 13.8 | 6,878 | 6.1 | 15,205 | 25.7 | 181 | 26.9 | 1,246 | 10.3 | 1,058 | 23.4 | 4,629 | 17.3 |
| PCR IV NORTHEASTERN | 29,403 | 11.9 | 7,765 | 5.8 | 14,290 | 24.2 | 176 | 18.2 | 1,395 | 8.8 | 1,027 | 18.5 | 4,294 | 14.2 |
| PCR V SOUTHEASTERN | 17,153 | 12.5 | 5,703 | 7.8 | 7,398 | 21.4 | 700 | 8.9 | 324 | 12.4 | 699 | 17.5 | 1,941 | 12.8 |
| PCR VI EASTERN | 15,296 | 11.8 | 4,515 | 6.5 | 8,196 | 19.8 | 116 | 15.9 | 236 | 10.3 | 453 | 15.5 | 1,479 | 11.2 |
| ALAMANCE | 1,861 | 11.0 | 595 | 6.0 | 868 | 23.9 | 9 | 0.0 | 30 | 8.2 | 55 | 15.6 | 277 | 10.7 |
| ALEXANDER | 179 | 6.0 | 120 | 4.7 | 29 | 26.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| ALLEGHANY | 43 | 5.7 | 32 | 5.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| ANSON | 257 | 13.1 | 39 | 4.9 | 196 | 19.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| ASHE | 60 | 3.0 | 45 | 2.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| AVERY | 66 | 4.9 | 52 | 4.4 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| BEAUFORT | 285 | 7.6 | 122 | 5.5 | 122 | 11.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 27 | 6.5 |
| BERTIE | 167 | 12.4 | 14 | 0.0 | 148 | 17.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| BLADEN | 254 | 9.5 | 62 | 4.6 | 151 | 16.1 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 25 | 9.8 |
| BRUNSWICK | 708 | 7.7 | 451 | 6.5 | 163 | 13.6 | 9 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 19 | 0.0 | 48 | 6.9 |
| BUNCOMBE | 2,358 | 9.2 | 1,645 | 8.0 | 335 | 20.8 | 12 | 0.0 | 41 | 8.6 | 54 | 9.4 | 199 | 9.5 |
| BURKE | 374 | 5.1 | 255 | 4.5 | 39 | 9.8 | 4 | 0.0 | 20 | 4.8 | 6 | 0.0 | 38 | 6.2 |
| CABARRUS | 2,222 | 10.1 | 679 | 5.4 | 865 | 18.4 | 13 | 0.0 | 121 | 9.1 | 61 | 12.7 | 424 | 15.6 |
| CALDWELL | 342 | 5.0 | 237 | 4.1 | 43 | 12.3 | 3 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 | 33 | 7.0 |
| CAMDEN | 50 | 5.2 | 33 | 4.3 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| CARTERET | 359 | 7.0 | 282 | 6.6 | 31 | 10.8 | 7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 24 | 8.3 |
| CASWELL | 134 | 8.1 | 52 | 5.1 | 77 | 15.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| CATAWBA | 1,160 | 8.1 | 596 | 6.0 | 240 | 18.3 | 5 | 0.0 | 66 | 6.9 | 52 | 17.4 | 178 | 10.3 |
| CHATHAM | 375 | 6.6 | 160 | 4.3 | 102 | 14.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 17 | 0.0 | 80 | 8.1 |
| CHEROKEE | 56 | 2.9 | 44 | 2.5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| CHOWAN | 66 | 6.1 | 16 | 0.0 | 37 | 8.9 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| CLAY | 23 | 3.2 | 16 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| CLEVELAND | 865 | 9.7 | 331 | 5.3 | 430 | 20.7 | 4 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 | 33 | 20.3 | 37 | 10.0 |
| COLUMBUS | 386 | 8.5 | 139 | 5.4 | 180 | 13.3 | 19 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 | 22 | 7.1 |
| CRAVEN | 966 | 10.7 | 412 | 7.5 | 391 | 19.5 | 4 | 0.0 | 21 | 6.0 | 35 | 12.9 | 95 | 11.1 |
| CUMBERLAND | 7,148 | 19.9 | 1,638 | 11.9 | 3,713 | 26.4 | 137 | 22.7 | 185 | 16.3 | 388 | 25.4 | 888 | 18.1 |
| CURRITUCK | 160 | 6.6 | 118 | 5.7 | 13 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| DARE | 247 | 8.6 | 170 | 7.2 | 7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 27 | 8.4 |
| DAVIDSON | 1,003 | 6.8 | 472 | 4.2 | 318 | 19.8 | 6 | 0.0 | 26 | 7.6 | 26 | 10.6 | 137 | 9.9 |
| DAVIE | 201 | 5.8 | 130 | 4.6 | 31 | 13.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 29 | 8.9 |
| DUPLIN | 454 | 9.6 | 106 | 4.9 | 199 | 17.6 | 5 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 125 | 9.3 |
| DURHAM | 5,093 | 13.6 | 764 | 5.0 | 3,170 | 23.2 | 22 | 19.8 | 153 | 5.9 | 140 | 16.5 | 762 | 15.4 |
| EDGECOMBE | 772 | 16.6 | 73 | 5.1 | 646 | 22.5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 | 24 | 9.2 |
| FORSYTH | 5,001 | 12.9 | 1,282 | 6.6 | 2,580 | 23.0 | 24 | 17.6 | 111 | 8.2 | 170 | 21.0 | 757 | 13.0 |
| FRANKLIN | 622 | 10.4 | 215 | 6.0 | 297 | 18.4 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 18 | 0.0 | 80 | 12.9 |
| GASTON | 2,258 | 10.5 | 835 | 5.9 | 977 | 22.3 | 10 | 0.0 | 31 | 6.7 | 111 | 24.6 | 259 | 13.4 |
| GATES | 43 | 4.9 | 20 | 3.6 | 17 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| GRAHAM | 13 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| GRANVILLE | 689 | 13.5 | 203 | 7.3 | 401 | 25.3 | 3 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 19 | 0.0 | 50 | 8.9 |
| GREENE | 217 | 13.7 | 37 | 5.3 | 147 | 26.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 29 | 9.4 |
| GUILFORD | 9,431 | 16.4 | 1,736 | 7.2 | 5,942 | 25.8 | 66 | 24.3 | 355 | 10.4 | 369 | 25.9 | 813 | 15.7 |
| HALIFAX | 754 | 18.2 | 99 | 7.1 | 574 | 24.2 | 17 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 23 | 45.2 | 23 | 16.1 |
| HARNETT | 1,343 | 9.6 | 486 | 6.0 | 538 | 18.0 | 12 | 0.0 | 18 | 0.0 | 53 | 12.3 | 211 | 10.0 |
| HAYWOOD | 242 | 4.9 | 195 | 4.4 | 5 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| HENDERSON | 513 | 5.6 | 327 | 4.6 | 41 | 11.8 | 3 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 | 94 | 7.2 |
| HERTFORD | 201 | 10.2 | 23 | 4.1 | 152 | 12.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| HOKE | 672 | 11.5 | 155 | 6.9 | 328 | 17.9 | 33 | 6.5 | 12 | 0.0 | 28 | 11.7 | 107 | 12.0 |
| HYDE | 16 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| IREDELL | 1,475 | 8.8 | 723 | 6.1 | 450 | 20.5 | 6 | 0.0 | 48 | 7.7 | 56 | 17.1 | 169 | 10.4 |
| JACKSON | 191 | 4.1 | 136 | 3.7 | 9 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 22 | 7.9 |
| JOHNSTON | 1,817 | 8.9 | 718 | 5.6 | 643 | 18.3 | 13 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 | 66 | 17.4 | 330 | 10.0 |
| JONES | 64 | 8.7 | 20 | 4.4 | 38 | 18.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| LEE | 690 | 12.0 | 227 | 7.7 | 271 | 22.6 | 6 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 | 17 | 0.0 | 152 | 11.4 |
| LENOIR | 656 | 13.7 | 130 | 6.2 | 473 | 22.5 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 30 | 7.1 |
| LINCOLN | 405 | 5.6 | 252 | 4.2 | 61 | 14.7 | 2 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 | 59 | 8.4 |
| MCDOWELL | 158 | 4.3 | 125 | 4.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 23 | 7.6 |
| MACON | 125 | 4.7 | 96 | 4.3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 21 | 7.4 |
| MADISON | 95 | 5.0 | 85 | 4.9 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| MARTIN | 162 | 9.0 | 49 | 5.4 | 98 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| MECKLENBURG | 21,909 | 17.4 | 3,920 | 7.3 | 12,075 | 28.0 | 131 | 33.2 | 994 | 11.2 | 776 | 27.9 | 3,555 | 20.3 |
| MITCHELL | 39 | 3.4 | 32 | 3.1 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| MONTGOMERY | 148 | 6.5 | 50 | 4.0 | 50 | 10.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 34 | 7.2 |
| MOORE | 661 | 7.9 | 324 | 5.4 | 221 | 20.1 | 13 | 0.0 | 17 | 0.0 | 19 | 0.0 | 59 | 7.4 |
| NASH | 1,383 | 16.1 | 218 | 6.1 | 966 | 24.5 | 15 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 | 41 | 24.7 | 108 | 14.6 |
| NEW HANOVER | 2,833 | 11.6 | 1,637 | 8.8 | 768 | 24.6 | 26 | 25.2 | 42 | 8.6 | 75 | 14.0 | 247 | 15.9 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 198 | 15.0 | 18 | 0.0 | 170 | 21.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| ONSLOW | 2,552 | 12.4 | 1,236 | 9.5 | 610 | 20.3 | 26 | 20.6 | 91 | 17.6 | 129 | 16.0 | 425 | 13.9 |
| ORANGE | 1,262 | 7.1 | 502 | 4.2 | 386 | 18.3 | 13 | 0.0 | 88 | 5.4 | 60 | 12.9 | 187 | 12.5 |
| PAMLICO | 69 | 8.7 | 42 | 7.3 | 20 | 14.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| PASQUOTANK | 311 | 8.1 | 76 | 4.0 | 189 | 12.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| PENDER | 398 | 7.6 | 229 | 5.9 | 108 | 15.2 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 | 42 | 8.7 |
| PERQUIMANS | 57 | 5.8 | 19 | 0.0 | 31 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| PERSON | 401 | 12.2 | 150 | 7.1 | 207 | 22.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 25 | 15.1 |
| PITT | 2,455 | 11.3 | 625 | 5.4 | 1,454 | 18.8 | 18 | 0.0 | 43 | 8.3 | 90 | 19.9 | 198 | 14.5 |
| POLK | 95 | 7.2 | 70 | 6.4 | 9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| RANDOLPH | 868 | 6.8 | 470 | 5.0 | 160 | 18.6 | 3 | 0.0 | 26 | 10.3 | 22 | 11.4 | 178 | 9.5 |
| RICHMOND | 445 | 11.2 | 124 | 6.0 | 252 | 18.3 | 9 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 | 28 | 9.7 |
| ROBESON | 1,263 | 10.2 | 204 | 7.9 | 458 | 15.8 | 390 | 7.3 | 15 | 0.0 | 49 | 15.6 | 103 | 9.6 |
| ROCKINGHAM | 653 | 8.6 | 277 | 5.3 | 283 | 19.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 23 | 12.7 | 56 | 9.0 |
| ROWAN | 1,284 | 9.8 | 477 | 5.5 | 531 | 21.2 | 4 | 0.0 | 20 | 11.4 | 35 | 15.9 | 200 | 14.0 |
| RUTHERFORD | 403 | 7.4 | 230 | 5.2 | 126 | 23.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 | 26 | 7.7 |
| SAMPSON | 576 | 10.7 | 145 | 5.7 | 268 | 20.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 16 | 0.0 | 123 | 9.6 |
| SCOTLAND | 318 | 10.6 | 59 | 5.1 | 200 | 16.7 | 32 | 7.2 | 7 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| STANLY | 393 | 7.2 | 196 | 4.6 | 112 | 17.1 | 6 | 0.0 | 18 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.0 | 34 | 11.3 |
| STOKES | 221 | 6.1 | 185 | 5.7 | 12 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| SURRY | 349 | 5.8 | 232 | 4.8 | 26 | 12.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 80 | 9.2 |
| SWAIN | 78 | 6.0 | 36 | 5.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 33 | 7.4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| TRANSYLVANIA | 117 | 4.8 | 83 | 3.9 | 10 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| TYRRELL | 20 | 8.3 | 7 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| UNION | 1,508 | 6.6 | 626 | 4.1 | 489 | 17.3 | 15 | 0.0 | 57 | 5.7 | 44 | 10.3 | 251 | 8.2 |
| VANCE | 664 | 16.4 | 98 | 7.9 | 505 | 22.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 | 36 | 9.1 |
| WAKE | 15,617 | 12.9 | 4,041 | 6.0 | 7,250 | 27.3 | 97 | 24.5 | 1,085 | 10.2 | 604 | 21.0 | 2,303 | 16.9 |
| WARREN | 178 | 12.7 | 40 | 9.1 | 113 | 14.9 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| WASHINGTON | 102 | 11.7 | 10 | 0.0 | 83 | 17.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| WATAUGA | 326 | 4.8 | 271 | 4.4 | 14 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 21 | 8.1 |
| WAYNE | 1,451 | 12.8 | 355 | 6.4 | 858 | 23.3 | 3 | 0.0 | 19 | 0.0 | 39 | 13.9 | 158 | 9.4 |
| WILKES | 311 | 5.7 | 226 | 4.9 | 23 | 10.7 | 3 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 46 | 9.4 |
| WILSON | 1,059 | 14.1 | 177 | 5.7 | 700 | 21.5 | 9 | 0.0 | 18 | 0.0 | 24 | 21.1 | 115 | 12.7 |
| YADKIN | 177 | 5.8 | 117 | 4.8 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 39 | 8.2 |
| YANCEY | 60 | 4.3 | 49 | 3.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 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 |