2017-2021 NC RESIDENT PREGNANCY RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION:
FEMALES 15-44 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: 720,406 70.4 351,406 59.7 195,384 80.3 8,800 72.4 29,178 69.6 19,526 85.2 112,261 97.9
NORTH CAROLINA
PCR I WESTERN 40,897 59.3 31,658 55.9 2,099 67.3 726 64.9 586 57.3 868 60.2 4,756 85.0
PCR II NORTHWESTERN 149,716 66.6 81,306 57.4 36,151 78.3 529 63.0 5,689 70.8 3,398 75.4 22,005 92.3
PCR III SOUTHWESTERN 156,507 72.5 66,729 59.2 47,558 80.2 430 63.8 9,074 75.2 4,203 92.9 27,598 103.3
PCR IV NORTHEASTERN 162,895 66.1 73,608 54.6 44,878 76.0 562 58.2 10,118 63.7 3,924 70.8 28,889 95.7
PCR V SOUTHEASTERN 106,828 77.8 48,609 66.5 29,786 86.0 6,058 77.4 1,925 73.8 4,373 109.5 15,517 102.0
PCR VI EASTERN 101,769 78.3 48,891 70.3 34,171 82.8 479 65.8 1,695 73.7 2,710 92.8 13,332 101.3
ALAMANCE 11,457 67.5 5,486 55.1 3,048 83.9 33 47.1 237 64.4 280 79.5 2,327 89.5
ALEXANDER 1,985 67.0 1,657 64.7 96 88.3 0 0.0 40 85.3 40 82.1 146 78.0
ALLEGHANY 525 69.2 413 64.4 9 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 9 0.0 90 104.8
ANSON 1,595 81.1 566 71.2 901 88.4 8 0.0 17 0.0 35 145.8 63 71.6
ASHE 1,127 56.9 972 53.5 13 0.0 4 0.0 4 0.0 6 0.0 123 126.2
AVERY 748 55.4 659 55.6 7 0.0 2 0.0 7 0.0 2 0.0 66 77.7
BEAUFORT 2,506 67.0 1,315 59.2 806 78.8 3 0.0 12 0.0 49 101.4 311 74.8
BERTIE 1,023 75.9 288 68.6 703 82.6 3 0.0 2 0.0 4 0.0 19 0.0
BLADEN 2,007 75.4 864 64.7 736 78.7 64 80.8 4 0.0 55 123.0 276 108.5
BRUNSWICK 5,875 63.8 4,179 60.4 756 63.3 54 75.3 60 59.7 163 73.3 651 93.2
BUNCOMBE 14,534 56.9 10,799 52.2 1,167 72.4 41 44.9 268 55.9 333 58.2 1,823 86.8
BURKE 4,761 65.2 3,410 59.6 212 53.1 13 0.0 322 78.0 109 75.4 671 110.0
CABARRUS 15,166 69.0 7,401 58.4 3,435 73.1 40 58.8 1,114 83.9 393 81.5 2,704 99.2
CALDWELL 4,253 62.5 3,420 59.4 249 71.0 9 0.0 51 69.3 135 104.7 381 80.4
CAMDEN 522 54.8 448 58.2 46 52.3 0 0.0 5 0.0 2 0.0 17 0.0
CARTERET 2,932 57.1 2,416 56.3 148 51.4 15 0.0 27 22.9 89 73.1 228 79.3
CASWELL 1,130 67.9 660 64.3 343 68.6 3 0.0 9 0.0 19 0.0 95 109.8
CATAWBA 9,513 66.4 5,911 59.2 1,025 78.0 17 0.0 714 74.4 292 97.9 1,520 87.9
CHATHAM 3,607 63.3 2,160 58.5 424 59.7 11 0.0 86 49.5 94 83.3 815 82.7
CHEROKEE 1,270 64.8 1,106 63.2 17 0.0 18 0.0 11 0.0 43 97.9 64 71.2
CHOWAN 753 69.1 377 64.4 311 74.4 4 0.0 1 0.0 4 0.0 49 93.9
CLAY 455 62.9 403 62.2 2 0.0 0 0.0 5 0.0 9 0.0 32 86.7
CLEVELAND 6,518 72.8 4,104 66.2 1,764 84.7 12 0.0 54 46.2 193 118.8 369 100.2
COLUMBUS 3,298 72.8 1,729 67.2 1,045 77.3 109 60.2 8 0.0 122 155.6 268 86.8
CRAVEN 7,591 84.4 4,459 81.5 1,677 83.7 25 62.3 309 87.9 276 101.6 815 95.3
CUMBERLAND 34,083 94.7 11,913 86.8 13,372 95.0 523 86.8 1,015 89.5 2,009 131.6 5,005 102.1
CURRITUCK 1,575 65.0 1,339 64.9 86 69.5 4 0.0 25 91.2 10 0.0 90 61.7
DARE 1,863 64.6 1,436 60.4 35 46.1 2 0.0 35 69.2 20 39.2 303 94.6
DAVIDSON 9,828 66.6 6,762 60.8 1,326 82.4 49 71.5 206 60.3 230 94.0 1,221 88.5
DAVIE 2,180 62.5 1,666 59.5 165 72.7 7 0.0 24 60.9 41 54.0 273 83.3
DUPLIN 3,988 84.4 1,498 69.8 977 86.2 15 0.0 15 0.0 52 92.0 1,415 105.7
DURHAM 25,970 69.3 8,721 56.9 9,506 69.6 65 58.4 1,412 54.7 624 73.6 5,478 110.4
EDGECOMBE 3,807 81.9 931 64.8 2,486 86.4 8 0.0 5 0.0 87 191.2 275 105.3
FORSYTH 26,963 69.7 11,126 57.4 8,835 78.9 96 70.5 775 57.4 528 65.1 5,485 94.4
FRANKLIN 4,389 73.2 2,385 66.8 1,194 74.2 23 84.9 42 85.2 114 98.6 618 100.0
GASTON 15,286 71.0 8,775 61.6 3,812 86.9 32 48.2 258 55.7 504 111.9 1,859 96.2
GATES 530 60.4 357 63.4 147 57.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 1 0.0 19 0.0
GRAHAM 435 65.8 356 65.0 3 0.0 42 64.5 0 0.0 16 0.0 16 0.0
GRANVILLE 3,682 72.2 1,779 63.6 1,300 81.9 5 0.0 28 57.1 94 104.6 463 82.8
GREENE 1,264 79.8 460 66.1 483 88.5 2 0.0 3 0.0 13 0.0 301 97.6
GUILFORD 39,790 69.3 12,354 51.3 18,151 78.8 209 77.1 2,647 77.6 1,148 80.5 5,033 97.1
HALIFAX 3,510 84.7 1,022 73.4 2,132 89.9 97 64.4 23 65.2 73 143.4 144 100.8
HARNETT 10,723 76.7 5,795 71.9 2,367 79.1 83 55.8 157 65.5 427 99.1 1,844 87.3
HAYWOOD 2,979 60.2 2,673 59.9 33 56.2 20 70.4 27 48.0 28 41.2 186 66.8
HENDERSON 5,700 62.2 4,094 57.7 200 57.4 11 0.0 135 75.4 111 56.7 1,125 85.6
HERTFORD 1,245 63.4 322 57.9 827 65.6 4 0.0 8 0.0 5 0.0 68 82.9
HOKE 5,100 87.3 2,082 92.2 1,383 75.6 326 64.3 110 99.8 268 111.8 918 102.6
HYDE 198 62.3 121 59.6 41 70.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 32 71.1
IREDELL 10,990 65.6 7,140 59.9 1,818 82.7 23 39.1 404 64.6 250 76.3 1,302 80.0
JACKSON 1,945 42.0 1,341 36.2 32 21.7 273 79.2 29 47.8 57 56.2 207 74.6
JOHNSTON 14,286 70.1 7,989 62.1 2,736 77.8 65 76.8 167 68.7 311 81.8 2,966 90.1
JONES 522 71.1 319 70.2 147 70.1 1 0.0 3 0.0 14 0.0 35 76.1
LEE 4,612 80.4 2,017 68.1 1,015 84.7 19 0.0 48 52.8 133 105.6 1,354 101.6
LENOIR 3,874 81.1 1,380 65.4 1,972 93.9 13 0.0 16 0.0 58 73.6 422 100.5
LINCOLN 4,730 65.0 3,730 62.9 316 76.4 15 0.0 68 86.2 93 77.0 498 70.8
MCDOWELL 2,263 61.1 1,908 60.3 42 36.2 7 0.0 24 46.2 29 55.7 250 82.5
MACON 1,742 65.8 1,325 59.4 11 0.0 5 0.0 17 0.0 27 74.6 348 122.5
MADISON 1,054 55.9 994 57.5 7 0.0 3 0.0 6 0.0 12 0.0 28 45.5
MARTIN 1,331 74.0 610 67.5 606 77.2 3 0.0 6 0.0 16 0.0 89 117.0
MECKLENBURG 95,893 76.0 31,229 58.5 34,810 80.6 268 67.8 7,011 78.7 2,575 92.6 19,324 110.2
MITCHELL 725 63.9 641 63.0 4 0.0 2 0.0 4 0.0 5 0.0 68 84.3
MONTGOMERY 1,494 65.4 759 60.1 304 63.6 1 0.0 38 91.8 24 113.7 363 77.3
MOORE 6,534 78.2 4,494 74.8 919 83.7 73 88.0 124 72.9 204 104.9 694 87.4
NASH 6,764 78.6 2,291 63.7 3,369 85.5 61 85.4 90 100.7 159 95.8 756 102.2
NEW HANOVER 13,712 56.0 8,709 46.6 2,557 81.8 49 47.6 235 48.1 386 72.0 1,719 110.6
NORTHAMPTON 1,074 81.5 308 66.5 704 89.9 1 0.0 3 0.0 11 0.0 44 98.7
ONSLOW 22,045 107.4 13,981 107.3 2,747 91.5 112 88.7 520 100.8 1,007 125.3 3,611 118.4
ORANGE 7,070 40.0 3,848 32.3 1,125 53.3 24 34.8 680 41.5 190 40.8 1,163 78.0
PAMLICO 486 61.4 336 58.5 94 68.4 3 0.0 7 0.0 8 0.0 34 63.3
PASQUOTANK 2,663 69.3 1,328 69.6 985 65.9 6 0.0 36 70.6 59 66.1 213 74.7
PENDER 3,582 68.2 2,445 63.2 508 71.4 8 0.0 24 46.4 113 97.0 477 99.1
PERQUIMANS 653 66.2 438 64.9 177 71.6 2 0.0 9 0.0 8 0.0 14 0.0
PERSON 2,575 78.4 1,439 67.9 827 91.6 12 0.0 16 0.0 81 130.2 191 115.1
PITT 12,857 59.3 4,938 42.8 5,969 77.1 47 63.2 282 54.6 364 80.6 1,207 88.5
POLK 848 64.7 704 64.6 39 76.3 1 0.0 15 0.0 10 0.0 76 64.7
RANDOLPH 8,619 67.9 5,812 61.5 667 77.3 36 55.9 202 80.2 137 70.7 1,749 93.1
RICHMOND 3,284 82.6 1,460 71.1 1,280 92.7 102 83.8 26 57.4 120 138.9 276 95.7
ROBESON 10,118 82.0 1,727 66.8 2,306 79.5 4,213 78.6 82 77.2 262 83.2 1,467 136.3
ROCKINGHAM 5,139 67.4 3,346 64.0 1,147 76.8 14 0.0 28 39.0 125 69.3 465 74.9
ROWAN 9,265 71.0 5,404 62.2 1,965 78.5 24 62.2 151 86.3 180 81.7 1,514 105.8
RUTHERFORD 3,718 68.2 2,843 64.6 483 89.7 3 0.0 24 75.5 99 76.7 259 76.4
SAMPSON 4,585 84.9 1,813 71.5 1,097 82.0 68 71.2 17 0.0 89 83.6 1,479 115.0
SCOTLAND 2,433 80.8 640 54.8 1,156 96.6 385 87.1 25 74.9 131 171.9 80 85.7
STANLY 3,836 70.7 2,799 66.1 530 81.2 18 0.0 103 73.6 80 103.2 289 95.9
STOKES 2,205 60.5 1,988 61.3 68 59.4 11 0.0 5 0.0 25 59.1 101 47.2
SURRY 4,104 68.3 3,029 63.3 154 71.3 6 0.0 20 38.4 40 61.2 847 97.1
SWAIN 879 67.5 467 67.7 4 0.0 291 65.1 9 0.0 42 73.8 63 78.8
TRANSYLVANIA 1,401 57.1 1,171 54.3 54 57.9 8 0.0 7 0.0 39 61.8 113 106.7
TYRRELL 194 80.2 106 81.7 53 92.7 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 32 89.1
UNION 13,483 59.4 8,125 53.1 1,990 70.2 37 53.5 449 44.7 330 77.6 2,492 81.4
VANCE 3,495 86.6 859 68.9 2,097 91.8 5 0.0 32 57.9 76 155.7 413 104.4
WAKE 79,614 65.9 35,952 53.8 20,725 78.1 233 58.8 7,360 69.5 1,881 65.5 12,946 95.0
WARREN 1,008 71.6 313 71.0 538 70.9 64 61.5 1 0.0 27 78.0 60 97.6
WASHINGTON 732 84.2 203 64.0 467 98.2 1 0.0 3 0.0 5 0.0 52 93.4
WATAUGA 2,015 29.4 1,753 28.4 32 23.5 1 0.0 49 42.8 20 14.0 150 57.9
WAYNE 9,514 83.7 3,956 71.9 3,309 89.7 18 0.0 137 80.1 208 74.1 1,830 108.4
WILKES 3,681 67.1 2,971 63.8 159 74.2 6 0.0 29 65.8 55 76.3 453 92.2
WILSON 5,753 76.4 1,908 61.4 2,667 81.9 29 124.5 110 89.9 106 93.0 907 100.1
YADKIN 2,025 66.5 1,513 62.2 53 61.1 1 0.0 11 0.0 26 78.3 415 87.2
YANCEY 949 68.4 833 66.5 1 0.0 1 0.0 5 0.0 8 0.0 98 98.3

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