CY2019 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT BIRTHS BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND MATERNAL WEIGHT GAIN DURING PREGNANCY

  TOTAL MATERNAL WEIGHT GAIN DURING PREGNANCY
Inadequate
Adequate/Recommended
 Excessive
Unknown (BMI or amount
gained)
# % # % # % # % # %
TOTAL 104,650 100.0 20,945 20.0 29,476 28.2 51,080 48.8 3,149 3.0
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: 1,631 1.6 361 22.1 404 24.8 757 46.4 109 6.7
ALAMANCE
ALEXANDER 320 0.3 75 23.4 85 26.6 157 49.1 3 0.9
ALLEGHANY 71 0.1 14 19.7 26 36.6 28 39.4 3 4.2
ANSON 219 0.2 44 20.1 53 24.2 121 55.3 1 0.5
ASHE 177 0.2 43 24.3 44 24.9 88 49.7 2 1.1
AVERY 119 0.1 25 21.0 37 31.1 55 46.2 2 1.7
BEAUFORT 367 0.4 87 23.7 111 30.2 166 45.2 3 0.8
BERTIE 136 0.1 38 27.9 32 23.5 66 48.5 0 0.0
BLADEN 306 0.3 78 25.5 66 21.6 141 46.1 21 6.9
BRUNSWICK 910 0.9 152 16.7 235 25.8 520 57.1 3 0.3
BUNCOMBE 2,193 2.1 400 18.2 630 28.7 993 45.3 170 7.8
BURKE 790 0.8 204 25.8 223 28.2 361 45.7 2 0.3
CABARRUS 2,243 2.1 439 19.6 674 30.0 1,096 48.9 34 1.5
CALDWELL 765 0.7 207 27.1 190 24.8 368 48.1 0 0.0
CAMDEN 86 0.1 18 20.9 21 24.4 47 54.7 0 0.0
CARTERET 470 0.4 91 19.4 133 28.3 244 51.9 2 0.4
CASWELL 180 0.2 35 19.4 52 28.9 80 44.4 13 7.2
CATAWBA 1,494 1.4 324 21.7 416 27.8 744 49.8 10 0.7
CHATHAM 532 0.5 75 14.1 142 26.7 248 46.6 67 12.6
CHEROKEE 212 0.2 49 23.1 45 21.2 114 53.8 4 1.9
CHOWAN 103 0.1 32 31.1 25 24.3 46 44.7 0 0.0
CLAY 80 0.1 11 13.8 21 26.3 48 60.0 0 0.0
CLEVELAND 1,012 1.0 225 22.2 293 29.0 482 47.6 12 1.2
COLUMBUS 486 0.5 130 26.7 144 29.6 207 42.6 5 1.0
CRAVEN 1,183 1.1 260 22.0 318 26.9 602 50.9 3 0.3
CUMBERLAND 4,715 4.5 1,040 22.1 1,251 26.5 2,405 51.0 19 0.4
CURRITUCK 227 0.2 37 16.3 73 32.2 114 50.2 3 1.3
DARE 279 0.3 70 25.1 75 26.9 130 46.6 4 1.4
DAVIDSON 1,531 1.5 291 19.0 388 25.3 801 52.3 51 3.3
DAVIE 348 0.3 80 23.0 90 25.9 159 45.7 19 5.5
DUPLIN 630 0.6 146 23.2 181 28.7 300 47.6 3 0.5
DURHAM 3,713 3.5 694 18.7 1,041 28.0 1,781 48.0 197 5.3
EDGECOMBE 500 0.5 125 25.0 121 24.2 251 50.2 3 0.6
FORSYTH 3,819 3.6 740 19.4 984 25.8 1,729 45.3 366 9.6
FRANKLIN 685 0.7 143 20.9 181 26.4 322 47.0 39 5.7
GASTON 2,305 2.2 434 18.8 653 28.3 1,199 52.0 19 0.8
GATES 90 0.1 18 20.0 27 30.0 45 50.0 0 0.0
GRAHAM 77 0.1 17 22.1 22 28.6 34 44.2 4 5.2
GRANVILLE 496 0.5 115 23.2 121 24.4 241 48.6 19 3.8
GREENE 199 0.2 39 19.6 51 25.6 109 54.8 0 0.0
GUILFORD 5,299 5.1 1,140 21.5 1,477 27.9 2,552 48.2 130 2.5
HALIFAX 445 0.4 113 25.4 105 23.6 225 50.6 2 0.4
HARNETT 1,660 1.6 330 19.9 473 28.5 814 49.0 43 2.6
HAYWOOD 454 0.4 80 17.6 115 25.3 240 52.9 19 4.2
HENDERSON 924 0.9 172 18.6 288 31.2 432 46.8 32 3.5
HERTFORD 170 0.2 51 30.0 44 25.9 75 44.1 0 0.0
HOKE 763 0.7 161 21.1 227 29.8 369 48.4 6 0.8
HYDE 34 0.0 8 23.5 9 26.5 17 50.0 0 0.0
IREDELL 1,668 1.6 312 18.7 515 30.9 830 49.8 11 0.7
JACKSON 336 0.3 57 17.0 118 35.1 156 46.4 5 1.5
JOHNSTON 2,255 2.2 392 17.4 634 28.1 1,195 53.0 34 1.5
JONES 82 0.1 18 22.0 21 25.6 43 52.4 0 0.0
LEE 665 0.6 135 20.3 179 26.9 290 43.6 61 9.2
LENOIR 523 0.5 115 22.0 153 29.3 255 48.8 0 0.0
LINCOLN 789 0.8 153 19.4 220 27.9 411 52.1 5 0.6
MCDOWELL 363 0.3 83 22.9 108 29.8 172 47.4 0 0.0
MACON 284 0.3 54 19.0 77 27.1 137 48.2 16 5.6
MADISON 157 0.2 32 20.4 51 32.5 70 44.6 4 2.5
MARTIN 189 0.2 45 23.8 42 22.2 102 54.0 0 0.0
MECKLENBURG 12,701 12.1 2,313 18.2 3,879 30.5 6,344 49.9 165 1.3
MITCHELL 110 0.1 31 28.2 33 30.0 44 40.0 2 1.8
MONTGOMERY 240 0.2 57 23.8 67 27.9 114 47.5 2 0.8
MOORE 1,030 1.0 190 18.4 322 31.3 511 49.6 7 0.7
NASH 967 0.9 221 22.9 256 26.5 479 49.5 11 1.1
NEW HANOVER 1,911 1.8 334 17.5 580 30.4 979 51.2 18 0.9
NORTHAMPTON 145 0.1 43 29.7 27 18.6 74 51.0 1 0.7
ONSLOW 3,398 3.2 633 18.6 968 28.5 1,786 52.6 11 0.3
ORANGE 1,044 1.0 165 15.8 296 28.4 469 44.9 114 10.9
PAMLICO 67 0.1 17 25.4 12 17.9 38 56.7 0 0.0
PASQUOTANK 419 0.4 94 22.4 134 32.0 189 45.1 2 0.5
PENDER 551 0.5 106 19.2 158 28.7 281 51.0 6 1.1
PERQUIMANS 109 0.1 23 21.1 32 29.4 53 48.6 1 0.9
PERSON 381 0.4 84 22.0 74 19.4 198 52.0 25 6.6
PITT 1,757 1.7 372 21.2 509 29.0 864 49.2 12 0.7
POLK 154 0.1 35 22.7 46 29.9 72 46.8 1 0.6
RANDOLPH 1,351 1.3 246 18.2 348 25.8 689 51.0 68 5.0
RICHMOND 474 0.5 139 29.3 109 23.0 219 46.2 7 1.5
ROBESON 1,528 1.5 328 21.5 333 21.8 557 36.5 310 20.3
ROCKINGHAM 780 0.7 176 22.6 220 28.2 377 48.3 7 0.9
ROWAN 1,330 1.3 313 23.5 378 28.4 631 47.4 8 0.6
RUTHERFORD 610 0.6 134 22.0 170 27.9 291 47.7 15 2.5
SAMPSON 643 0.6 156 24.3 169 26.3 312 48.5 6 0.9
SCOTLAND 387 0.4 64 16.5 100 25.8 220 56.8 3 0.8
STANLY 601 0.6 124 20.6 174 29.0 301 50.1 2 0.3
STOKES 338 0.3 59 17.5 72 21.3 177 52.4 30 8.9
SURRY 677 0.6 143 21.1 173 25.6 331 48.9 30 4.4
SWAIN 153 0.1 28 18.3 49 32.0 73 47.7 3 2.0
TRANSYLVANIA 230 0.2 42 18.3 74 32.2 104 45.2 10 4.3
TYRRELL 27 0.0 6 22.2 4 14.8 16 59.3 1 3.7
UNION 2,046 2.0 392 19.2 614 30.0 1,030 50.3 10 0.5
VANCE 492 0.5 136 27.6 124 25.2 219 44.5 13 2.6
WAKE 11,429 10.9 2,022 17.7 3,396 29.7 5,405 47.3 606 5.3
WARREN 122 0.1 34 27.9 25 20.5 62 50.8 1 0.8
WASHINGTON 106 0.1 38 35.8 26 24.5 42 39.6 0 0.0
WATAUGA 282 0.3 57 20.2 84 29.8 140 49.6 1 0.4
WAYNE 1,405 1.3 319 22.7 401 28.5 677 48.2 8 0.6
WILKES 576 0.6 128 22.2 146 25.3 290 50.3 12 2.1
WILSON 840 0.8 200 23.8 223 26.5 410 48.8 7 0.8
YADKIN 321 0.3 59 18.4 87 27.1 156 48.6 19 5.9
YANCEY 159 0.2 27 17.0 49 30.8 72 45.3 11 6.9

Percent of women with live, term (37+) singleton births who gain within the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Recommended Weight Gain Ranges
Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics 26AUG20