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