CY2020 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 102,591 100.0 19,552 19.1 28,653 27.9 51,348 50.1 3,038 3.0
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: 1,604 1.6 312 19.5 353 22.0 792 49.4 147 9.2
ALAMANCE
ALEXANDER 302 0.3 39 12.9 79 26.2 184 60.9 0 0.0
ALLEGHANY 90 0.1 27 30.0 15 16.7 48 53.3 0 0.0
ANSON 236 0.2 64 27.1 55 23.3 117 49.6 0 0.0
ASHE 192 0.2 42 21.9 66 34.4 84 43.8 0 0.0
AVERY 122 0.1 23 18.9 30 24.6 69 56.6 0 0.0
BEAUFORT 367 0.4 80 21.8 112 30.5 173 47.1 2 0.5
BERTIE 151 0.1 48 31.8 36 23.8 67 44.4 0 0.0
BLADEN 292 0.3 82 28.1 84 28.8 108 37.0 18 6.2
BRUNSWICK 872 0.8 141 16.2 232 26.6 495 56.8 4 0.5
BUNCOMBE 2,032 2.0 306 15.1 611 30.1 932 45.9 183 9.0
BURKE 729 0.7 163 22.4 208 28.5 349 47.9 9 1.2
CABARRUS 2,248 2.2 449 20.0 630 28.0 1,145 50.9 24 1.1
CALDWELL 648 0.6 125 19.3 173 26.7 347 53.5 3 0.5
CAMDEN 88 0.1 6 6.8 27 30.7 55 62.5 0 0.0
CARTERET 422 0.4 67 15.9 121 28.7 231 54.7 3 0.7
CASWELL 148 0.1 28 18.9 40 27.0 72 48.6 8 5.4
CATAWBA 1,405 1.4 246 17.5 372 26.5 782 55.7 5 0.4
CHATHAM 574 0.6 70 12.2 164 28.6 256 44.6 84 14.6
CHEROKEE 209 0.2 32 15.3 59 28.2 110 52.6 8 3.8
CHOWAN 120 0.1 30 25.0 40 33.3 50 41.7 0 0.0
CLAY 84 0.1 18 21.4 23 27.4 41 48.8 2 2.4
CLEVELAND 954 0.9 202 21.2 253 26.5 486 50.9 13 1.4
COLUMBUS 497 0.5 123 24.7 128 25.8 233 46.9 13 2.6
CRAVEN 1,162 1.1 255 21.9 300 25.8 602 51.8 5 0.4
CUMBERLAND 4,449 4.3 961 21.6 1,214 27.3 2,246 50.5 28 0.6
CURRITUCK 262 0.3 44 16.8 77 29.4 139 53.1 2 0.8
DARE 309 0.3 64 20.7 98 31.7 147 47.6 0 0.0
DAVIDSON 1,476 1.4 293 19.9 389 26.4 778 52.7 16 1.1
DAVIE 335 0.3 74 22.1 84 25.1 173 51.6 4 1.2
DUPLIN 609 0.6 148 24.3 190 31.2 267 43.8 4 0.7
DURHAM 3,557 3.5 655 18.4 1,044 29.4 1,682 47.3 176 4.9
EDGECOMBE 512 0.5 115 22.5 132 25.8 261 51.0 4 0.8
FORSYTH 3,719 3.6 747 20.1 1,034 27.8 1,864 50.1 74 2.0
FRANKLIN 659 0.6 121 18.4 153 23.2 328 49.8 57 8.6
GASTON 2,241 2.2 377 16.8 608 27.1 1,234 55.1 22 1.0
GATES 85 0.1 19 22.4 28 32.9 37 43.5 1 1.2
GRAHAM 65 0.1 11 16.9 15 23.1 36 55.4 3 4.6
GRANVILLE 498 0.5 88 17.7 125 25.1 250 50.2 35 7.0
GREENE 179 0.2 47 26.3 44 24.6 83 46.4 5 2.8
GUILFORD 5,147 5.0 1,085 21.1 1,457 28.3 2,504 48.6 101 2.0
HALIFAX 455 0.4 106 23.3 124 27.3 220 48.4 5 1.1
HARNETT 1,658 1.6 310 18.7 462 27.9 833 50.2 53 3.2
HAYWOOD 453 0.4 78 17.2 124 27.4 231 51.0 20 4.4
HENDERSON 888 0.9 124 14.0 283 31.9 442 49.8 39 4.4
HERTFORD 178 0.2 50 28.1 54 30.3 73 41.0 1 0.6
HOKE 729 0.7 173 23.7 182 25.0 367 50.3 7 1.0
HYDE 33 0.0 7 21.2 11 33.3 15 45.5 0 0.0
IREDELL 1,688 1.6 336 19.9 533 31.6 818 48.5 1 0.1
JACKSON 276 0.3 45 16.3 77 27.9 148 53.6 6 2.2
JOHNSTON 2,205 2.1 386 17.5 551 25.0 1,209 54.8 59 2.7
JONES 83 0.1 12 14.5 23 27.7 47 56.6 1 1.2
LEE 689 0.7 131 19.0 178 25.8 304 44.1 76 11.0
LENOIR 577 0.6 138 23.9 155 26.9 283 49.0 1 0.2
LINCOLN 762 0.7 119 15.6 195 25.6 445 58.4 3 0.4
MCDOWELL 321 0.3 67 20.9 83 25.9 163 50.8 8 2.5
MACON 283 0.3 51 18.0 80 28.3 144 50.9 8 2.8
MADISON 163 0.2 27 16.6 43 26.4 80 49.1 13 8.0
MARTIN 191 0.2 37 19.4 48 25.1 104 54.5 2 1.0
MECKLENBURG 12,976 12.6 2,249 17.3 4,053 31.2 6,530 50.3 144 1.1
MITCHELL 124 0.1 21 16.9 28 22.6 68 54.8 7 5.6
MONTGOMERY 239 0.2 62 25.9 67 28.0 110 46.0 0 0.0
MOORE 1,078 1.1 203 18.8 315 29.2 550 51.0 10 0.9
NASH 869 0.8 196 22.6 208 23.9 450 51.8 15 1.7
NEW HANOVER 1,836 1.8 301 16.4 532 29.0 992 54.0 11 0.6
NORTHAMPTON 141 0.1 38 27.0 29 20.6 74 52.5 0 0.0
ONSLOW 3,322 3.2 626 18.8 948 28.5 1,738 52.3 10 0.3
ORANGE 985 1.0 165 16.8 283 28.7 414 42.0 123 12.5
PAMLICO 75 0.1 13 17.3 18 24.0 44 58.7 0 0.0
PASQUOTANK 410 0.4 63 15.4 114 27.8 229 55.9 4 1.0
PENDER 528 0.5 107 20.3 149 28.2 269 50.9 3 0.6
PERQUIMANS 79 0.1 15 19.0 22 27.8 41 51.9 1 1.3
PERSON 360 0.4 69 19.2 77 21.4 193 53.6 21 5.8
PITT 1,721 1.7 330 19.2 501 29.1 878 51.0 12 0.7
POLK 100 0.1 19 19.0 28 28.0 51 51.0 2 2.0
RANDOLPH 1,361 1.3 236 17.3 364 26.7 701 51.5 60 4.4
RICHMOND 510 0.5 145 28.4 111 21.8 244 47.8 10 2.0
ROBESON 1,535 1.5 333 21.7 307 20.0 561 36.5 334 21.8
ROCKINGHAM 827 0.8 172 20.8 222 26.8 423 51.1 10 1.2
ROWAN 1,362 1.3 287 21.1 360 26.4 695 51.0 20 1.5
RUTHERFORD 534 0.5 119 22.3 172 32.2 235 44.0 8 1.5
SAMPSON 674 0.7 169 25.1 185 27.4 317 47.0 3 0.4
SCOTLAND 311 0.3 81 26.0 82 26.4 144 46.3 4 1.3
STANLY 575 0.6 121 21.0 174 30.3 278 48.3 2 0.3
STOKES 332 0.3 61 18.4 76 22.9 187 56.3 8 2.4
SURRY 675 0.7 136 20.1 180 26.7 352 52.1 7 1.0
SWAIN 129 0.1 19 14.7 31 24.0 76 58.9 3 2.3
TRANSYLVANIA 202 0.2 40 19.8 55 27.2 95 47.0 12 5.9
TYRRELL 30 0.0 4 13.3 14 46.7 12 40.0 0 0.0
UNION 2,052 2.0 335 16.3 631 30.8 1,080 52.6 6 0.3
VANCE 454 0.4 111 24.4 100 22.0 222 48.9 21 4.6
WAKE 11,251 11.0 1,881 16.7 3,169 28.2 5,445 48.4 756 6.7
WARREN 151 0.1 32 21.2 37 24.5 77 51.0 5 3.3
WASHINGTON 100 0.1 32 32.0 24 24.0 44 44.0 0 0.0
WATAUGA 268 0.3 57 21.3 84 31.3 127 47.4 0 0.0
WAYNE 1,324 1.3 260 19.6 342 25.8 714 53.9 8 0.6
WILKES 586 0.6 138 23.5 143 24.4 302 51.5 3 0.5
WILSON 754 0.7 183 24.3 184 24.4 372 49.3 15 2.0
YADKIN 311 0.3 71 22.8 78 25.1 158 50.8 4 1.3
YANCEY 158 0.2 28 17.7 47 29.7 73 46.2 10 6.3

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 23MAY22