NUMBER AND PERCENT OF NC RESIDENT BIRTHS DELIVERED BY CESAREAN SECTION
2018-2022

  TOTAL BIRTHS BIRTHS BY CESAREAN PERCENT
RESIDENCE 596,495 177,484 29.8
NORTH CAROLINA
ALAMANCE 9,542 2,777 29.1
ALEXANDER 1,753 574 32.7
ALLEGHANY 481 154 32.0
ANSON 1,327 450 33.9
ASHE 1,047 314 30.0
AVERY 711 231 32.5
BEAUFORT 2,161 731 33.8
BERTIE 825 304 36.8
BLADEN 1,764 631 35.8
BRUNSWICK 5,276 1,678 31.8
BUNCOMBE 12,119 3,593 29.6
BURKE 4,284 1,261 29.4
CABARRUS 13,018 4,301 33.0
CALDWELL 3,901 1,246 31.9
CAMDEN 468 143 30.6
CARTERET 2,481 827 33.3
CASWELL 988 267 27.0
CATAWBA 8,298 2,405 29.0
CHATHAM 3,269 893 27.3
CHEROKEE 1,230 359 29.2
CHOWAN 679 213 31.4
CLAY 417 133 31.9
CLEVELAND 5,647 1,715 30.4
COLUMBUS 2,904 995 34.3
CRAVEN 6,496 1,569 24.2
CUMBERLAND 26,505 8,038 30.3
CURRITUCK 1,491 462 31.0
DARE 1,546 422 27.3
DAVIDSON 8,769 2,879 32.8
DAVIE 2,020 608 30.1
DUPLIN 3,564 1,160 32.5
DURHAM 20,648 5,795 28.1
EDGECOMBE 2,939 901 30.7
FORSYTH 22,021 6,357 28.9
FRANKLIN 3,912 1,033 26.4
GASTON 13,134 4,312 32.8
GATES 478 149 31.2
GRAHAM 436 134 30.7
GRANVILLE 3,012 916 30.4
GREENE 1,035 266 25.7
GUILFORD 29,764 8,673 29.1
HALIFAX 2,650 803 30.3
HARNETT 9,273 2,730 29.4
HAYWOOD 2,629 826 31.4
HENDERSON 5,167 1,598 30.9
HERTFORD 1,004 376 37.5
HOKE 4,415 1,342 30.4
HYDE 178 60 33.7
IREDELL 9,703 3,178 32.8
JACKSON 1,738 504 29.0
JOHNSTON 12,938 3,842 29.7
JONES 454 123 27.1
LEE 3,926 1,117 28.5
LENOIR 3,220 994 30.9
LINCOLN 4,450 1,540 34.6
MCDOWELL 2,019 597 29.6
MACON 1,612 404 25.1
MADISON 960 243 25.3
MARTIN 1,138 415 36.5
MECKLENBURG 73,803 22,604 30.6
MITCHELL 652 196 30.1
MONTGOMERY 1,333 422 31.7
MOORE 5,909 1,636 27.7
NASH 5,333 1,488 27.9
NEW HANOVER 10,822 2,960 27.4
NORTHAMPTON 834 287 34.4
ONSLOW 19,260 4,780 24.8
ORANGE 5,777 1,501 26.0
PAMLICO 425 126 29.6
PASQUOTANK 2,312 634 27.4
PENDER 3,191 897 28.1
PERQUIMANS 573 206 36.0
PERSON 2,102 637 30.3
PITT 10,298 3,136 30.5
POLK 705 210 29.8
RANDOLPH 7,713 2,493 32.3
RICHMOND 2,792 955 34.2
ROBESON 8,909 2,722 30.6
ROCKINGHAM 4,566 1,345 29.5
ROWAN 7,967 2,529 31.7
RUTHERFORD 3,227 1,060 32.8
SAMPSON 3,961 1,310 33.1
SCOTLAND 2,053 718 35.0
STANLY 3,392 1,096 32.3
STOKES 1,998 567 28.4
SURRY 3,760 1,183 31.5
SWAIN 797 247 31.0
TRANSYLVANIA 1,257 381 30.3
TYRRELL 180 50 27.8
UNION 12,090 3,571 29.5
VANCE 2,723 750 27.5
WAKE 64,179 17,786 27.7
WARREN 832 231 27.8
WASHINGTON 596 200 33.6
WATAUGA 1,573 509 32.4
WAYNE 8,002 2,203 27.5
WILKES 3,402 1,138 33.5
WILSON 4,621 1,392 30.1
YADKIN 1,856 498 26.8
YANCEY 886 269 30.4

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