2017-2021 N.C. RESIDENT LIVE BIRTHS WITH AGE OF MOTHER UNDER 30
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: NUMBER AT RISK DUE TO HIGH PARITY
AND PERCENT OF ALL BIRTHS WITH AGE OF MOTHER LESS THAN 30
**INDICATOR OF NEED FOR FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES**

RESIDENCE NUMBER
HIGH
PARITY
BIRTHS		 PERCENT
HIGH
PARITY
NORTH CAROLINA 41,143 12.4
ALAMANCE 742 13.4
ALEXANDER 150 12.6
ALLEGHANY 49 15.0
ANSON 152 16.7
ASHE 109 15.7
AVERY 45 11.0
BEAUFORT 229 16.2
BERTIE 71 12.2
BLADEN 143 11.9
BRUNSWICK 299 10.1
BUNCOMBE 466 8.2
BURKE 359 12.3
CABARRUS 784 11.9
CALDWELL 368 13.6
CAMDEN 19 7.4
CARTERET 126 9.5
CASWELL 94 15.0
CATAWBA 742 14.2
CHATHAM 153 11.1
CHEROKEE 129 15.9
CHOWAN 59 13.4
CLAY 37 13.5
CLEVELAND 636 16.1
COLUMBUS 275 13.3
CRAVEN 485 11.1
CUMBERLAND 2,278 12.7
CURRITUCK 52 6.8
DARE 58 7.8
DAVIDSON 766 13.5
DAVIE 114 10.2
DUPLIN 393 17.0
DURHAM 1,172 12.9
EDGECOMBE 357 16.9
FORSYTH 1,782 14.9
FRANKLIN 256 12.0
GASTON 1,082 13.7
GATES 26 8.7
GRAHAM 46 15.3
GRANVILLE 171 10.1
GREENE 113 16.5
GUILFORD 2,102 13.0
HALIFAX 324 17.0
HARNETT 664 11.9
HAYWOOD 176 10.5
HENDERSON 242 8.5
HERTFORD 100 14.9
HOKE 338 12.3
HYDE 13 13.7
IREDELL 578 11.2
JACKSON 164 14.5
JOHNSTON 600 8.7
JONES 49 15.9
LEE 307 12.8
LENOIR 422 19.2
LINCOLN 289 11.7
MCDOWELL 149 10.1
MACON 112 10.9
MADISON 51 8.8
MARTIN 123 15.8
MECKLENBURG 4,083 12.3
MITCHELL 48 10.3
MONTGOMERY 131 14.6
MOORE 301 10.7
NASH 495 14.4
NEW HANOVER 611 12.3
NORTHAMPTON 103 16.1
ONSLOW 1,068 7.6
ORANGE 220 10.8
PAMLICO 37 14.6
PASQUOTANK 174 11.8
PENDER 202 12.2
PERQUIMANS 44 11.8
PERSON 219 15.9
PITT 841 14.1
POLK 41 9.2
RANDOLPH 597 12.2
RICHMOND 340 16.7
ROBESON 890 14.0
ROCKINGHAM 385 13.2
ROWAN 722 14.3
RUTHERFORD 363 15.4
SAMPSON 386 14.8
SCOTLAND 289 18.3
STANLY 256 11.5
STOKES 140 10.7
SURRY 323 12.9
SWAIN 99 17.2
TRANSYLVANIA 62 8.5
TYRRELL 12 10.3
UNION 610 10.6
VANCE 332 17.1
WAKE 2,523 10.1
WARREN 80 14.4
WASHINGTON 83 18.5
WATAUGA 66 8.5
WAYNE 740 14.2
WILKES 358 15.3
WILSON 458 15.7
YADKIN 165 13.7
YANCEY 56 9.3

PREPARED BY NC-DHHS STATE CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS
NOTE: RATES BASED ON SMALL NUMBERS (FEWER THAN 20 CASES)
ARE UNSTABLE AND SHOULD BE INTERPRETED WITH CAUTION