| CY2020 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT BIRTHS BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND BREASTFEEDING INITIATION STATUS |
| TOTAL | INFANT BEING BREASTFED AT DISCHARGE | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Unk | Yes | ||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| TOTAL | 116,755 | 100.0 | 22,125 | 18.9 | 341 | 0.3 | 94,289 | 80.8 |
| COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: | 1,831 | 1.6 | 356 | 19.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,475 | 80.6 |
| ALAMANCE | ||||||||
| ALEXANDER | 346 | 0.3 | 81 | 23.4 | 2 | 0.6 | 263 | 76.0 |
| ALLEGHANY | 96 | 0.1 | 19 | 19.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 77 | 80.2 |
| ANSON | 278 | 0.2 | 107 | 38.5 | 2 | 0.7 | 169 | 60.8 |
| ASHE | 233 | 0.2 | 66 | 28.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 167 | 71.7 |
| AVERY | 136 | 0.1 | 33 | 24.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 103 | 75.7 |
| BEAUFORT | 428 | 0.4 | 113 | 26.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 315 | 73.6 |
| BERTIE | 178 | 0.2 | 84 | 47.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 94 | 52.8 |
| BLADEN | 344 | 0.3 | 128 | 37.2 | 1 | 0.3 | 215 | 62.5 |
| BRUNSWICK | 1,000 | 0.9 | 190 | 19.0 | 20 | 2.0 | 790 | 79.0 |
| BUNCOMBE | 2,327 | 2.0 | 264 | 11.3 | 3 | 0.1 | 2,060 | 88.5 |
| BURKE | 798 | 0.7 | 188 | 23.6 | 2 | 0.3 | 608 | 76.2 |
| CABARRUS | 2,541 | 2.2 | 297 | 11.7 | 4 | 0.2 | 2,240 | 88.2 |
| CALDWELL | 733 | 0.6 | 189 | 25.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 544 | 74.2 |
| CAMDEN | 97 | 0.1 | 16 | 16.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 81 | 83.5 |
| CARTERET | 475 | 0.4 | 97 | 20.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 378 | 79.6 |
| CASWELL | 175 | 0.1 | 43 | 24.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 132 | 75.4 |
| CATAWBA | 1,593 | 1.4 | 353 | 22.2 | 1 | 0.1 | 1,239 | 77.8 |
| CHATHAM | 645 | 0.6 | 53 | 8.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 591 | 91.6 |
| CHEROKEE | 243 | 0.2 | 40 | 16.5 | 7 | 2.9 | 196 | 80.7 |
| CHOWAN | 139 | 0.1 | 51 | 36.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 88 | 63.3 |
| CLAY | 96 | 0.1 | 21 | 21.9 | 1 | 1.0 | 74 | 77.1 |
| CLEVELAND | 1,079 | 0.9 | 367 | 34.0 | 8 | 0.7 | 704 | 65.2 |
| COLUMBUS | 572 | 0.5 | 202 | 35.3 | 101 | 17.7 | 269 | 47.0 |
| CRAVEN | 1,312 | 1.1 | 263 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,049 | 80.0 |
| CUMBERLAND | 5,120 | 4.4 | 1,192 | 23.3 | 10 | 0.2 | 3,918 | 76.5 |
| CURRITUCK | 291 | 0.2 | 47 | 16.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 244 | 83.8 |
| DARE | 339 | 0.3 | 37 | 10.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 302 | 89.1 |
| DAVIDSON | 1,699 | 1.5 | 456 | 26.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,243 | 73.2 |
| DAVIE | 388 | 0.3 | 74 | 19.1 | 1 | 0.3 | 313 | 80.7 |
| DUPLIN | 699 | 0.6 | 212 | 30.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 487 | 69.7 |
| DURHAM | 4,012 | 3.4 | 379 | 9.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 3,632 | 90.5 |
| EDGECOMBE | 593 | 0.5 | 293 | 49.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 300 | 50.6 |
| FORSYTH | 4,290 | 3.7 | 633 | 14.8 | 6 | 0.1 | 3,651 | 85.1 |
| FRANKLIN | 755 | 0.6 | 129 | 17.1 | 2 | 0.3 | 624 | 82.6 |
| GASTON | 2,547 | 2.2 | 678 | 26.6 | 11 | 0.4 | 1,858 | 72.9 |
| GATES | 97 | 0.1 | 23 | 23.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 74 | 76.3 |
| GRAHAM | 77 | 0.1 | 28 | 36.4 | 1 | 1.3 | 48 | 62.3 |
| GRANVILLE | 573 | 0.5 | 109 | 19.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 464 | 81.0 |
| GREENE | 209 | 0.2 | 54 | 25.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 155 | 74.2 |
| GUILFORD | 5,927 | 5.1 | 1,194 | 20.1 | 4 | 0.1 | 4,729 | 79.8 |
| HALIFAX | 526 | 0.5 | 243 | 46.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 283 | 53.8 |
| HARNETT | 1,867 | 1.6 | 433 | 23.2 | 1 | 0.1 | 1,433 | 76.8 |
| HAYWOOD | 520 | 0.4 | 100 | 19.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 420 | 80.8 |
| HENDERSON | 1,004 | 0.9 | 112 | 11.2 | 4 | 0.4 | 888 | 88.4 |
| HERTFORD | 208 | 0.2 | 86 | 41.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 122 | 58.7 |
| HOKE | 838 | 0.7 | 186 | 22.2 | 3 | 0.4 | 649 | 77.4 |
| HYDE | 37 | 0.0 | 5 | 13.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 86.5 |
| IREDELL | 1,898 | 1.6 | 371 | 19.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 1,526 | 80.4 |
| JACKSON | 315 | 0.3 | 70 | 22.2 | 1 | 0.3 | 244 | 77.5 |
| JOHNSTON | 2,487 | 2.1 | 757 | 30.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,730 | 69.6 |
| JONES | 90 | 0.1 | 27 | 30.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 63 | 70.0 |
| LEE | 790 | 0.7 | 171 | 21.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 618 | 78.2 |
| LENOIR | 665 | 0.6 | 261 | 39.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 404 | 60.8 |
| LINCOLN | 873 | 0.7 | 177 | 20.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 695 | 79.6 |
| MCDOWELL | 379 | 0.3 | 72 | 19.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 306 | 80.7 |
| MACON | 321 | 0.3 | 53 | 16.5 | 1 | 0.3 | 267 | 83.2 |
| MADISON | 177 | 0.2 | 36 | 20.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 141 | 79.7 |
| MARTIN | 229 | 0.2 | 76 | 33.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 153 | 66.8 |
| MECKLENBURG | 14,655 | 12.6 | 1,413 | 9.6 | 43 | 0.3 | 13,199 | 90.1 |
| MITCHELL | 146 | 0.1 | 19 | 13.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 127 | 87.0 |
| MONTGOMERY | 270 | 0.2 | 89 | 33.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 181 | 67.0 |
| MOORE | 1,207 | 1.0 | 211 | 17.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 996 | 82.5 |
| NASH | 1,029 | 0.9 | 335 | 32.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 694 | 67.4 |
| NEW HANOVER | 2,091 | 1.8 | 256 | 12.2 | 3 | 0.1 | 1,832 | 87.6 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 174 | 0.1 | 98 | 56.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 76 | 43.7 |
| ONSLOW | 3,731 | 3.2 | 481 | 12.9 | 5 | 0.1 | 3,245 | 87.0 |
| ORANGE | 1,105 | 0.9 | 75 | 6.8 | 1 | 0.1 | 1,029 | 93.1 |
| PAMLICO | 89 | 0.1 | 20 | 22.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 69 | 77.5 |
| PASQUOTANK | 459 | 0.4 | 136 | 29.6 | 1 | 0.2 | 322 | 70.2 |
| PENDER | 597 | 0.5 | 76 | 12.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 521 | 87.3 |
| PERQUIMANS | 92 | 0.1 | 30 | 32.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 62 | 67.4 |
| PERSON | 426 | 0.4 | 78 | 18.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 347 | 81.5 |
| PITT | 2,002 | 1.7 | 519 | 25.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 1,482 | 74.0 |
| POLK | 111 | 0.1 | 17 | 15.3 | 12 | 10.8 | 82 | 73.9 |
| RANDOLPH | 1,559 | 1.3 | 356 | 22.8 | 1 | 0.1 | 1,202 | 77.1 |
| RICHMOND | 600 | 0.5 | 242 | 40.3 | 2 | 0.3 | 356 | 59.3 |
| ROBESON | 1,730 | 1.5 | 927 | 53.6 | 29 | 1.7 | 774 | 44.7 |
| ROCKINGHAM | 931 | 0.8 | 244 | 26.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 687 | 73.8 |
| ROWAN | 1,588 | 1.4 | 340 | 21.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,248 | 78.6 |
| RUTHERFORD | 628 | 0.5 | 173 | 27.5 | 19 | 3.0 | 436 | 69.4 |
| SAMPSON | 774 | 0.7 | 171 | 22.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 603 | 77.9 |
| SCOTLAND | 365 | 0.3 | 219 | 60.0 | 2 | 0.5 | 144 | 39.5 |
| STANLY | 637 | 0.5 | 170 | 26.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 467 | 73.3 |
| STOKES | 383 | 0.3 | 76 | 19.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 307 | 80.2 |
| SURRY | 756 | 0.6 | 210 | 27.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 546 | 72.2 |
| SWAIN | 144 | 0.1 | 39 | 27.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 105 | 72.9 |
| TRANSYLVANIA | 226 | 0.2 | 23 | 10.2 | 2 | 0.9 | 201 | 88.9 |
| TYRRELL | 33 | 0.0 | 8 | 24.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 75.8 |
| UNION | 2,331 | 2.0 | 316 | 13.6 | 7 | 0.3 | 2,008 | 86.1 |
| VANCE | 535 | 0.5 | 232 | 43.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 303 | 56.6 |
| WAKE | 12,552 | 10.8 | 935 | 7.4 | 5 | 0.0 | 11,612 | 92.5 |
| WARREN | 178 | 0.2 | 63 | 35.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 115 | 64.6 |
| WASHINGTON | 117 | 0.1 | 55 | 47.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 62 | 53.0 |
| WATAUGA | 301 | 0.3 | 24 | 8.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 276 | 91.7 |
| WAYNE | 1,543 | 1.3 | 409 | 26.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,134 | 73.5 |
| WILKES | 682 | 0.6 | 257 | 37.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 425 | 62.3 |
| WILSON | 898 | 0.8 | 276 | 30.7 | 2 | 0.2 | 620 | 69.0 |
| YADKIN | 362 | 0.3 | 80 | 22.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 282 | 77.9 |
| YANCEY | 183 | 0.2 | 32 | 17.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 150 | 82.0 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics 23MAY22 |