CY2016 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT BIRTHS BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND BREASTFEEDING INITIATION STATUS |
TOTAL | INFANT BEING BREASTFED AT DISCHARGE | |||||||
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No | Unk | Yes | ||||||
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
TOTAL | 120,765 | 100.0 | 21,898 | 18.1 | 372 | 0.3 | 98,495 | 81.6 |
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: | 1,856 | 1.5 | 321 | 17.3 | 3 | 0.2 | 1,532 | 82.5 |
ALAMANCE | ||||||||
ALEXANDER | 343 | 0.3 | 67 | 19.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 276 | 80.5 |
ALLEGHANY | 95 | 0.1 | 19 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 76 | 80.0 |
ANSON | 266 | 0.2 | 106 | 39.8 | 1 | 0.4 | 159 | 59.8 |
ASHE | 209 | 0.2 | 48 | 23.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 161 | 77.0 |
AVERY | 149 | 0.1 | 25 | 16.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 124 | 83.2 |
BEAUFORT | 431 | 0.4 | 111 | 25.8 | 4 | 0.9 | 316 | 73.3 |
BERTIE | 190 | 0.2 | 87 | 45.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 103 | 54.2 |
BLADEN | 333 | 0.3 | 113 | 33.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 220 | 66.1 |
BRUNSWICK | 978 | 0.8 | 198 | 20.2 | 19 | 1.9 | 761 | 77.8 |
BUNCOMBE | 2,595 | 2.1 | 249 | 9.6 | 4 | 0.2 | 2,342 | 90.3 |
BURKE | 900 | 0.7 | 240 | 26.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 659 | 73.2 |
CABARRUS | 2,477 | 2.1 | 387 | 15.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 2,089 | 84.3 |
CALDWELL | 822 | 0.7 | 222 | 27.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 600 | 73.0 |
CAMDEN | 90 | 0.1 | 19 | 21.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 71 | 78.9 |
CARTERET | 546 | 0.5 | 103 | 18.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 443 | 81.1 |
CASWELL | 203 | 0.2 | 40 | 19.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 163 | 80.3 |
CATAWBA | 1,664 | 1.4 | 357 | 21.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 1,306 | 78.5 |
CHATHAM | 640 | 0.5 | 40 | 6.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 599 | 93.6 |
CHEROKEE | 257 | 0.2 | 73 | 28.4 | 4 | 1.6 | 180 | 70.0 |
CHOWAN | 113 | 0.1 | 50 | 44.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 63 | 55.8 |
CLAY | 101 | 0.1 | 18 | 17.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 83 | 82.2 |
CLEVELAND | 1,059 | 0.9 | 344 | 32.5 | 12 | 1.1 | 703 | 66.4 |
COLUMBUS | 593 | 0.5 | 171 | 28.8 | 91 | 15.3 | 331 | 55.8 |
CRAVEN | 1,439 | 1.2 | 277 | 19.2 | 2 | 0.1 | 1,160 | 80.6 |
CUMBERLAND | 5,446 | 4.5 | 1,022 | 18.8 | 12 | 0.2 | 4,412 | 81.0 |
CURRITUCK | 262 | 0.2 | 55 | 21.0 | 1 | 0.4 | 206 | 78.6 |
DARE | 319 | 0.3 | 30 | 9.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 289 | 90.6 |
DAVIDSON | 1,771 | 1.5 | 560 | 31.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 1,210 | 68.3 |
DAVIE | 420 | 0.3 | 61 | 14.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 359 | 85.5 |
DUPLIN | 706 | 0.6 | 186 | 26.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 520 | 73.7 |
DURHAM | 4,346 | 3.6 | 445 | 10.2 | 3 | 0.1 | 3,898 | 89.7 |
EDGECOMBE | 567 | 0.5 | 315 | 55.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 252 | 44.4 |
FORSYTH | 4,495 | 3.7 | 531 | 11.8 | 3 | 0.1 | 3,961 | 88.1 |
FRANKLIN | 683 | 0.6 | 128 | 18.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 555 | 81.3 |
GASTON | 2,524 | 2.1 | 685 | 27.1 | 9 | 0.4 | 1,830 | 72.5 |
GATES | 111 | 0.1 | 28 | 25.2 | 1 | 0.9 | 82 | 73.9 |
GRAHAM | 84 | 0.1 | 23 | 27.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 61 | 72.6 |
GRANVILLE | 570 | 0.5 | 139 | 24.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 431 | 75.6 |
GREENE | 207 | 0.2 | 60 | 29.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 147 | 71.0 |
GUILFORD | 6,258 | 5.2 | 583 | 9.3 | 5 | 0.1 | 5,670 | 90.6 |
HALIFAX | 559 | 0.5 | 261 | 46.7 | 1 | 0.2 | 297 | 53.1 |
HARNETT | 1,861 | 1.5 | 365 | 19.6 | 3 | 0.2 | 1,493 | 80.2 |
HAYWOOD | 616 | 0.5 | 123 | 20.0 | 2 | 0.3 | 491 | 79.7 |
HENDERSON | 1,089 | 0.9 | 102 | 9.4 | 9 | 0.8 | 978 | 89.8 |
HERTFORD | 223 | 0.2 | 96 | 43.0 | 1 | 0.4 | 126 | 56.5 |
HOKE | 935 | 0.8 | 184 | 19.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 750 | 80.2 |
HYDE | 39 | 0.0 | 10 | 25.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 74.4 |
IREDELL | 1,924 | 1.6 | 427 | 22.2 | 3 | 0.2 | 1,494 | 77.7 |
JACKSON | 392 | 0.3 | 77 | 19.6 | 1 | 0.3 | 314 | 80.1 |
JOHNSTON | 2,336 | 1.9 | 808 | 34.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 1,527 | 65.4 |
JONES | 83 | 0.1 | 25 | 30.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 58 | 69.9 |
LEE | 810 | 0.7 | 146 | 18.0 | 2 | 0.2 | 662 | 81.7 |
LENOIR | 647 | 0.5 | 249 | 38.5 | 1 | 0.2 | 397 | 61.4 |
LINCOLN | 809 | 0.7 | 175 | 21.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 634 | 78.4 |
MCDOWELL | 444 | 0.4 | 99 | 22.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 345 | 77.7 |
MACON | 333 | 0.3 | 61 | 18.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 271 | 81.4 |
MADISON | 196 | 0.2 | 34 | 17.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 162 | 82.7 |
MARTIN | 237 | 0.2 | 109 | 46.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 128 | 54.0 |
MECKLENBURG | 14,876 | 12.3 | 1,752 | 11.8 | 35 | 0.2 | 13,089 | 88.0 |
MITCHELL | 141 | 0.1 | 32 | 22.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 109 | 77.3 |
MONTGOMERY | 296 | 0.2 | 88 | 29.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 208 | 70.3 |
MOORE | 1,132 | 0.9 | 169 | 14.9 | 1 | 0.1 | 962 | 85.0 |
NASH | 1,016 | 0.8 | 355 | 34.9 | 1 | 0.1 | 660 | 65.0 |
NEW HANOVER | 2,241 | 1.9 | 216 | 9.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,025 | 90.4 |
NORTHAMPTON | 200 | 0.2 | 100 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 100 | 50.0 |
ONSLOW | 3,959 | 3.3 | 607 | 15.3 | 9 | 0.2 | 3,343 | 84.4 |
ORANGE | 1,166 | 1.0 | 56 | 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,110 | 95.2 |
PAMLICO | 98 | 0.1 | 27 | 27.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 71 | 72.4 |
PASQUOTANK | 479 | 0.4 | 190 | 39.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 289 | 60.3 |
PENDER | 651 | 0.5 | 94 | 14.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 557 | 85.6 |
PERQUIMANS | 122 | 0.1 | 36 | 29.5 | 1 | 0.8 | 85 | 69.7 |
PERSON | 401 | 0.3 | 87 | 21.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 314 | 78.3 |
PITT | 2,023 | 1.7 | 514 | 25.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,509 | 74.6 |
POLK | 140 | 0.1 | 17 | 12.1 | 24 | 17.1 | 99 | 70.7 |
RANDOLPH | 1,600 | 1.3 | 332 | 20.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,268 | 79.3 |
RICHMOND | 518 | 0.4 | 211 | 40.7 | 3 | 0.6 | 304 | 58.7 |
ROBESON | 1,775 | 1.5 | 715 | 40.3 | 35 | 2.0 | 1,025 | 57.7 |
ROCKINGHAM | 937 | 0.8 | 220 | 23.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 716 | 76.4 |
ROWAN | 1,650 | 1.4 | 363 | 22.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,287 | 78.0 |
RUTHERFORD | 659 | 0.5 | 211 | 32.0 | 21 | 3.2 | 427 | 64.8 |
SAMPSON | 831 | 0.7 | 274 | 33.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 556 | 66.9 |
SCOTLAND | 455 | 0.4 | 260 | 57.1 | 2 | 0.4 | 193 | 42.4 |
STANLY | 690 | 0.6 | 183 | 26.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 507 | 73.5 |
STOKES | 380 | 0.3 | 64 | 16.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 316 | 83.2 |
SURRY | 723 | 0.6 | 201 | 27.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 522 | 72.2 |
SWAIN | 169 | 0.1 | 45 | 26.6 | 2 | 1.2 | 122 | 72.2 |
TRANSYLVANIA | 263 | 0.2 | 31 | 11.8 | 2 | 0.8 | 230 | 87.5 |
TYRRELL | 51 | 0.0 | 12 | 23.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 39 | 76.5 |
UNION | 2,416 | 2.0 | 379 | 15.7 | 10 | 0.4 | 2,027 | 83.9 |
VANCE | 530 | 0.4 | 240 | 45.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 290 | 54.7 |
WAKE | 13,019 | 10.8 | 754 | 5.8 | 16 | 0.1 | 12,249 | 94.1 |
WARREN | 177 | 0.1 | 70 | 39.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 107 | 60.5 |
WASHINGTON | 126 | 0.1 | 70 | 55.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 56 | 44.4 |
WATAUGA | 367 | 0.3 | 34 | 9.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 333 | 90.7 |
WAYNE | 1,636 | 1.4 | 414 | 25.3 | 2 | 0.1 | 1,220 | 74.6 |
WILKES | 691 | 0.6 | 169 | 24.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 522 | 75.5 |
WILSON | 964 | 0.8 | 322 | 33.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 641 | 66.5 |
YADKIN | 392 | 0.3 | 65 | 16.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 327 | 83.4 |
YANCEY | 154 | 0.1 | 32 | 20.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 122 | 79.2 |
Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics 07SEP17 |