CY2020 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT BIRTHS BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND OBSTETRIC ESTIMATE OF GESTATION

  TOTAL OBSTETRIC ESTIMATE OF GESTATION
Extremely Preterm:
< 27 weeks* 		Very Preterm: 27-31
weeks* 		Moderate/Late Preterm:
32-36 weeks*		 Full Term: 37+ weeks
 Unknown Gestation
# % # % # % # % # % # %
TOTAL 116,755 100.0 754 0.6 1,374 1.2 10,474 9.0 104,109 89.2 44 0.0
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: 1,831 1.6 12 0.7 24 1.3 171 9.3 1,622 88.6 2 0.1
ALAMANCE
ALEXANDER 346 0.3 3 0.9 4 1.2 27 7.8 312 90.2 0 0.0
ALLEGHANY 96 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 6.3 90 93.8 0 0.0
ANSON 278 0.2 3 1.1 8 2.9 29 10.4 238 85.6 0 0.0
ASHE 233 0.2 1 0.4 3 1.3 31 13.3 198 85.0 0 0.0
AVERY 136 0.1 0 0.0 1 0.7 11 8.1 124 91.2 0 0.0
BEAUFORT 428 0.4 5 1.2 7 1.6 43 10.0 373 87.1 0 0.0
BERTIE 178 0.2 4 2.2 3 1.7 18 10.1 153 86.0 0 0.0
BLADEN 344 0.3 0 0.0 3 0.9 45 13.1 296 86.0 0 0.0
BRUNSWICK 1,000 0.9 2 0.2 11 1.1 103 10.3 884 88.4 0 0.0
BUNCOMBE 2,327 2.0 11 0.5 25 1.1 235 10.1 2,056 88.4 0 0.0
BURKE 798 0.7 5 0.6 4 0.5 50 6.3 739 92.6 0 0.0
CABARRUS 2,541 2.2 11 0.4 26 1.0 227 8.9 2,274 89.5 3 0.1
CALDWELL 733 0.6 4 0.5 9 1.2 58 7.9 662 90.3 0 0.0
CAMDEN 97 0.1 0 0.0 1 1.0 8 8.2 88 90.7 0 0.0
CARTERET 475 0.4 2 0.4 9 1.9 38 8.0 426 89.7 0 0.0
CASWELL 175 0.1 1 0.6 8 4.6 16 9.1 150 85.7 0 0.0
CATAWBA 1,593 1.4 7 0.4 20 1.3 132 8.3 1,430 89.8 4 0.3
CHATHAM 645 0.6 7 1.1 10 1.6 48 7.4 580 89.9 0 0.0
CHEROKEE 243 0.2 2 0.8 3 1.2 26 10.7 211 86.8 1 0.4
CHOWAN 139 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 15 10.8 124 89.2 0 0.0
CLAY 96 0.1 0 0.0 4 4.2 8 8.3 84 87.5 0 0.0
CLEVELAND 1,079 0.9 8 0.7 11 1.0 94 8.7 966 89.5 0 0.0
COLUMBUS 572 0.5 7 1.2 9 1.6 52 9.1 504 88.1 0 0.0
CRAVEN 1,312 1.1 5 0.4 14 1.1 117 8.9 1,176 89.6 0 0.0
CUMBERLAND 5,120 4.4 37 0.7 82 1.6 480 9.4 4,521 88.3 0 0.0
CURRITUCK 291 0.2 0 0.0 4 1.4 23 7.9 264 90.7 0 0.0
DARE 339 0.3 0 0.0 4 1.2 20 5.9 315 92.9 0 0.0
DAVIDSON 1,699 1.5 3 0.2 18 1.1 192 11.3 1,486 87.5 0 0.0
DAVIE 388 0.3 2 0.5 2 0.5 41 10.6 343 88.4 0 0.0
DUPLIN 699 0.6 13 1.9 11 1.6 63 9.0 611 87.4 1 0.1
DURHAM 4,012 3.4 35 0.9 44 1.1 321 8.0 3,609 90.0 3 0.1
EDGECOMBE 593 0.5 8 1.3 8 1.3 59 9.9 518 87.4 0 0.0
FORSYTH 4,290 3.7 36 0.8 54 1.3 416 9.7 3,783 88.2 1 0.0
FRANKLIN 755 0.6 4 0.5 12 1.6 71 9.4 668 88.5 0 0.0
GASTON 2,547 2.2 20 0.8 23 0.9 233 9.1 2,269 89.1 2 0.1
GATES 97 0.1 0 0.0 1 1.0 7 7.2 89 91.8 0 0.0
GRAHAM 77 0.1 0 0.0 1 1.3 11 14.3 65 84.4 0 0.0
GRANVILLE 573 0.5 5 0.9 7 1.2 48 8.4 512 89.4 1 0.2
GREENE 209 0.2 3 1.4 4 1.9 19 9.1 183 87.6 0 0.0
GUILFORD 5,927 5.1 35 0.6 87 1.5 582 9.8 5,219 88.1 4 0.1
HALIFAX 526 0.5 6 1.1 12 2.3 49 9.3 457 86.9 2 0.4
HARNETT 1,867 1.6 9 0.5 24 1.3 148 7.9 1,686 90.3 0 0.0
HAYWOOD 520 0.4 4 0.8 8 1.5 53 10.2 455 87.5 0 0.0
HENDERSON 1,004 0.9 3 0.3 12 1.2 95 9.5 894 89.0 0 0.0
HERTFORD 208 0.2 5 2.4 0 0.0 25 12.0 178 85.6 0 0.0
HOKE 838 0.7 7 0.8 6 0.7 90 10.7 735 87.7 0 0.0
HYDE 37 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 10.8 33 89.2 0 0.0
IREDELL 1,898 1.6 14 0.7 27 1.4 139 7.3 1,716 90.4 2 0.1
JACKSON 315 0.3 0 0.0 4 1.3 32 10.2 279 88.6 0 0.0
JOHNSTON 2,487 2.1 14 0.6 22 0.9 187 7.5 2,264 91.0 0 0.0
JONES 90 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 7.8 83 92.2 0 0.0
LEE 790 0.7 13 1.6 6 0.8 72 9.1 699 88.5 0 0.0
LENOIR 665 0.6 3 0.5 14 2.1 65 9.8 583 87.7 0 0.0
LINCOLN 873 0.7 3 0.3 7 0.8 90 10.3 770 88.2 3 0.3
MCDOWELL 379 0.3 2 0.5 5 1.3 49 12.9 323 85.2 0 0.0
MACON 321 0.3 2 0.6 3 0.9 29 9.0 287 89.4 0 0.0
MADISON 177 0.2 0 0.0 1 0.6 13 7.3 163 92.1 0 0.0
MARTIN 229 0.2 3 1.3 1 0.4 30 13.1 195 85.2 0 0.0
MECKLENBURG 14,655 12.6 74 0.5 162 1.1 1,255 8.6 13,160 89.8 4 0.0
MITCHELL 146 0.1 0 0.0 3 2.1 19 13.0 124 84.9 0 0.0
MONTGOMERY 270 0.2 4 1.5 3 1.1 22 8.1 241 89.3 0 0.0
MOORE 1,207 1.0 7 0.6 13 1.1 97 8.0 1,090 90.3 0 0.0
NASH 1,029 0.9 13 1.3 14 1.4 118 11.5 884 85.9 0 0.0
NEW HANOVER 2,091 1.8 12 0.6 25 1.2 189 9.0 1,864 89.1 1 0.0
NORTHAMPTON 174 0.1 3 1.7 5 2.9 21 12.1 145 83.3 0 0.0
ONSLOW 3,731 3.2 11 0.3 48 1.3 297 8.0 3,375 90.5 0 0.0
ORANGE 1,105 0.9 8 0.7 15 1.4 79 7.1 1,003 90.8 0 0.0
PAMLICO 89 0.1 1 1.1 0 0.0 13 14.6 75 84.3 0 0.0
PASQUOTANK 459 0.4 4 0.9 4 0.9 33 7.2 418 91.1 0 0.0
PENDER 597 0.5 0 0.0 3 0.5 62 10.4 532 89.1 0 0.0
PERQUIMANS 92 0.1 0 0.0 2 2.2 9 9.8 81 88.0 0 0.0
PERSON 426 0.4 1 0.2 6 1.4 49 11.5 370 86.9 0 0.0
PITT 2,002 1.7 21 1.0 18 0.9 226 11.3 1,735 86.7 2 0.1
POLK 111 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 9 8.1 102 91.9 0 0.0
RANDOLPH 1,559 1.3 8 0.5 13 0.8 162 10.4 1,375 88.2 1 0.1
RICHMOND 600 0.5 7 1.2 9 1.5 70 11.7 514 85.7 0 0.0
ROBESON 1,730 1.5 16 0.9 18 1.0 149 8.6 1,546 89.4 1 0.1
ROCKINGHAM 931 0.8 3 0.3 4 0.4 89 9.6 835 89.7 0 0.0
ROWAN 1,588 1.4 13 0.8 14 0.9 173 10.9 1,388 87.4 0 0.0
RUTHERFORD 628 0.5 5 0.8 11 1.8 70 11.1 542 86.3 0 0.0
SAMPSON 774 0.7 5 0.6 8 1.0 81 10.5 680 87.9 0 0.0
SCOTLAND 365 0.3 5 1.4 6 1.6 41 11.2 313 85.8 0 0.0
STANLY 637 0.5 2 0.3 4 0.6 46 7.2 585 91.8 0 0.0
STOKES 383 0.3 5 1.3 3 0.8 34 8.9 341 89.0 0 0.0
SURRY 756 0.6 3 0.4 8 1.1 66 8.7 679 89.8 0 0.0
SWAIN 144 0.1 1 0.7 2 1.4 12 8.3 129 89.6 0 0.0
TRANSYLVANIA 226 0.2 4 1.8 1 0.4 19 8.4 202 89.4 0 0.0
TYRRELL 33 0.0 1 3.0 0 0.0 2 6.1 30 90.9 0 0.0
UNION 2,331 2.0 12 0.5 32 1.4 185 7.9 2,102 90.2 0 0.0
VANCE 535 0.5 10 1.9 10 1.9 54 10.1 461 86.2 0 0.0
WAKE 12,552 10.8 76 0.6 126 1.0 887 7.1 11,462 91.3 1 0.0
WARREN 178 0.2 2 1.1 3 1.7 18 10.1 155 87.1 0 0.0
WASHINGTON 117 0.1 1 0.9 2 1.7 12 10.3 102 87.2 0 0.0
WATAUGA 301 0.3 1 0.3 4 1.3 26 8.6 270 89.7 0 0.0
WAYNE 1,543 1.3 12 0.8 15 1.0 169 11.0 1,346 87.2 1 0.1
WILKES 682 0.6 1 0.1 8 1.2 73 10.7 598 87.7 2 0.3
WILSON 898 0.8 10 1.1 17 1.9 102 11.4 767 85.4 2 0.2
YADKIN 362 0.3 3 0.8 1 0.3 43 11.9 315 87.0 0 0.0
YANCEY 183 0.2 0 0.0 3 1.6 22 12.0 158 86.3 0 0.0

* Gestational Categories Based on World Health Organization (WHO) definitions
Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics 23MAY22