CY2017 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 | 120,099 | 100.0 | 22,842 | 19.0 | 370 | 0.3 | 96,887 | 80.7 |
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: | 1,939 | 1.6 | 373 | 19.2 | 1 | 0.1 | 1,565 | 80.7 |
ALAMANCE | ||||||||
ALEXANDER | 377 | 0.3 | 93 | 24.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 284 | 75.3 |
ALLEGHANY | 102 | 0.1 | 30 | 29.4 | 1 | 1.0 | 71 | 69.6 |
ANSON | 256 | 0.2 | 111 | 43.4 | 3 | 1.2 | 142 | 55.5 |
ASHE | 216 | 0.2 | 46 | 21.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 170 | 78.7 |
AVERY | 109 | 0.1 | 17 | 15.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 92 | 84.4 |
BEAUFORT | 470 | 0.4 | 138 | 29.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 332 | 70.6 |
BERTIE | 171 | 0.1 | 83 | 48.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 88 | 51.5 |
BLADEN | 325 | 0.3 | 116 | 35.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 209 | 64.3 |
BRUNSWICK | 1,007 | 0.8 | 191 | 19.0 | 23 | 2.3 | 793 | 78.7 |
BUNCOMBE | 2,392 | 2.0 | 255 | 10.7 | 3 | 0.1 | 2,134 | 89.2 |
BURKE | 927 | 0.8 | 254 | 27.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 673 | 72.6 |
CABARRUS | 2,593 | 2.2 | 372 | 14.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 2,220 | 85.6 |
CALDWELL | 783 | 0.7 | 237 | 30.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 545 | 69.6 |
CAMDEN | 89 | 0.1 | 19 | 21.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 70 | 78.7 |
CARTERET | 567 | 0.5 | 116 | 20.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 451 | 79.5 |
CASWELL | 204 | 0.2 | 48 | 23.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 156 | 76.5 |
CATAWBA | 1,652 | 1.4 | 370 | 22.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 1,281 | 77.5 |
CHATHAM | 663 | 0.6 | 47 | 7.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 616 | 92.9 |
CHEROKEE | 221 | 0.2 | 53 | 24.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 167 | 75.6 |
CHOWAN | 134 | 0.1 | 55 | 41.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 79 | 59.0 |
CLAY | 89 | 0.1 | 16 | 18.0 | 1 | 1.1 | 72 | 80.9 |
CLEVELAND | 1,065 | 0.9 | 353 | 33.1 | 15 | 1.4 | 697 | 65.4 |
COLUMBUS | 578 | 0.5 | 163 | 28.2 | 90 | 15.6 | 325 | 56.2 |
CRAVEN | 1,386 | 1.2 | 272 | 19.6 | 2 | 0.1 | 1,112 | 80.2 |
CUMBERLAND | 5,506 | 4.6 | 1,116 | 20.3 | 15 | 0.3 | 4,375 | 79.5 |
CURRITUCK | 257 | 0.2 | 56 | 21.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 201 | 78.2 |
DARE | 344 | 0.3 | 36 | 10.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 308 | 89.5 |
DAVIDSON | 1,762 | 1.5 | 522 | 29.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 1,239 | 70.3 |
DAVIE | 369 | 0.3 | 57 | 15.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 312 | 84.6 |
DUPLIN | 653 | 0.5 | 201 | 30.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 452 | 69.2 |
DURHAM | 4,182 | 3.5 | 399 | 9.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 3,782 | 90.4 |
EDGECOMBE | 631 | 0.5 | 315 | 49.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 316 | 50.1 |
FORSYTH | 4,372 | 3.6 | 587 | 13.4 | 3 | 0.1 | 3,782 | 86.5 |
FRANKLIN | 719 | 0.6 | 125 | 17.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 594 | 82.6 |
GASTON | 2,588 | 2.2 | 750 | 29.0 | 7 | 0.3 | 1,831 | 70.7 |
GATES | 100 | 0.1 | 39 | 39.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 61 | 61.0 |
GRAHAM | 78 | 0.1 | 30 | 38.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 48 | 61.5 |
GRANVILLE | 599 | 0.5 | 137 | 22.9 | 1 | 0.2 | 461 | 77.0 |
GREENE | 205 | 0.2 | 58 | 28.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 147 | 71.7 |
GUILFORD | 6,218 | 5.2 | 866 | 13.9 | 4 | 0.1 | 5,348 | 86.0 |
HALIFAX | 593 | 0.5 | 264 | 44.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 329 | 55.5 |
HARNETT | 1,886 | 1.6 | 418 | 22.2 | 2 | 0.1 | 1,466 | 77.7 |
HAYWOOD | 617 | 0.5 | 107 | 17.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 510 | 82.7 |
HENDERSON | 1,040 | 0.9 | 123 | 11.8 | 8 | 0.8 | 909 | 87.4 |
HERTFORD | 230 | 0.2 | 99 | 43.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 131 | 57.0 |
HOKE | 880 | 0.7 | 206 | 23.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 673 | 76.5 |
HYDE | 34 | 0.0 | 10 | 29.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 70.6 |
IREDELL | 1,857 | 1.5 | 378 | 20.4 | 2 | 0.1 | 1,477 | 79.5 |
JACKSON | 372 | 0.3 | 84 | 22.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 288 | 77.4 |
JOHNSTON | 2,318 | 1.9 | 1,036 | 44.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 1,281 | 55.3 |
JONES | 106 | 0.1 | 31 | 29.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 75 | 70.8 |
LEE | 759 | 0.6 | 126 | 16.6 | 2 | 0.3 | 631 | 83.1 |
LENOIR | 616 | 0.5 | 273 | 44.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 342 | 55.5 |
LINCOLN | 806 | 0.7 | 157 | 19.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 648 | 80.4 |
MCDOWELL | 457 | 0.4 | 118 | 25.8 | 1 | 0.2 | 338 | 74.0 |
MACON | 339 | 0.3 | 53 | 15.6 | 1 | 0.3 | 285 | 84.1 |
MADISON | 177 | 0.1 | 27 | 15.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 150 | 84.7 |
MARTIN | 248 | 0.2 | 105 | 42.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 143 | 57.7 |
MECKLENBURG | 14,746 | 12.3 | 1,732 | 11.7 | 53 | 0.4 | 12,961 | 87.9 |
MITCHELL | 135 | 0.1 | 26 | 19.3 | 1 | 0.7 | 108 | 80.0 |
MONTGOMERY | 270 | 0.2 | 68 | 25.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 202 | 74.8 |
MOORE | 1,109 | 0.9 | 160 | 14.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 948 | 85.5 |
NASH | 1,110 | 0.9 | 357 | 32.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 753 | 67.8 |
NEW HANOVER | 2,266 | 1.9 | 279 | 12.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 1,986 | 87.6 |
NORTHAMPTON | 200 | 0.2 | 104 | 52.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 95 | 47.5 |
ONSLOW | 4,060 | 3.4 | 544 | 13.4 | 9 | 0.2 | 3,507 | 86.4 |
ORANGE | 1,179 | 1.0 | 64 | 5.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,115 | 94.6 |
PAMLICO | 73 | 0.1 | 20 | 27.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 53 | 72.6 |
PASQUOTANK | 492 | 0.4 | 186 | 37.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 306 | 62.2 |
PENDER | 658 | 0.5 | 89 | 13.5 | 1 | 0.2 | 568 | 86.3 |
PERQUIMANS | 124 | 0.1 | 44 | 35.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 80 | 64.5 |
PERSON | 443 | 0.4 | 110 | 24.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 333 | 75.2 |
PITT | 2,051 | 1.7 | 529 | 25.8 | 3 | 0.1 | 1,519 | 74.1 |
POLK | 161 | 0.1 | 28 | 17.4 | 16 | 9.9 | 117 | 72.7 |
RANDOLPH | 1,576 | 1.3 | 301 | 19.1 | 5 | 0.3 | 1,270 | 80.6 |
RICHMOND | 574 | 0.5 | 213 | 37.1 | 1 | 0.2 | 360 | 62.7 |
ROBESON | 1,782 | 1.5 | 803 | 45.1 | 33 | 1.9 | 946 | 53.1 |
ROCKINGHAM | 860 | 0.7 | 211 | 24.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 649 | 75.5 |
ROWAN | 1,588 | 1.3 | 358 | 22.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 1,229 | 77.4 |
RUTHERFORD | 689 | 0.6 | 208 | 30.2 | 26 | 3.8 | 455 | 66.0 |
SAMPSON | 831 | 0.7 | 266 | 32.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 565 | 68.0 |
SCOTLAND | 455 | 0.4 | 268 | 58.9 | 3 | 0.7 | 184 | 40.4 |
STANLY | 732 | 0.6 | 180 | 24.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 551 | 75.3 |
STOKES | 404 | 0.3 | 76 | 18.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 328 | 81.2 |
SURRY | 738 | 0.6 | 212 | 28.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 526 | 71.3 |
SWAIN | 152 | 0.1 | 34 | 22.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 118 | 77.6 |
TRANSYLVANIA | 252 | 0.2 | 25 | 9.9 | 1 | 0.4 | 226 | 89.7 |
TYRRELL | 38 | 0.0 | 9 | 23.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 76.3 |
UNION | 2,382 | 2.0 | 308 | 12.9 | 11 | 0.5 | 2,063 | 86.6 |
VANCE | 584 | 0.5 | 250 | 42.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 334 | 57.2 |
WAKE | 12,683 | 10.6 | 752 | 5.9 | 4 | 0.0 | 11,927 | 94.0 |
WARREN | 176 | 0.1 | 70 | 39.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 106 | 60.2 |
WASHINGTON | 134 | 0.1 | 73 | 54.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 61 | 45.5 |
WATAUGA | 398 | 0.3 | 37 | 9.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 360 | 90.5 |
WAYNE | 1,611 | 1.3 | 474 | 29.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,137 | 70.6 |
WILKES | 649 | 0.5 | 220 | 33.9 | 1 | 0.2 | 428 | 65.9 |
WILSON | 939 | 0.8 | 299 | 31.8 | 1 | 0.1 | 639 | 68.1 |
YADKIN | 392 | 0.3 | 92 | 23.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 300 | 76.5 |
YANCEY | 170 | 0.1 | 26 | 15.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 144 | 84.7 |
Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics 06SEP18 |