YTD2020 QUARTER 1-2 (JAN-JUN) NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT BIRTHS BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND BREASTFEEDING INITIATION STATUS

  TOTAL INFANT BEING BREASTFED AT DISCHARGE
Yes No Unk
# % # % # % # %
TOTAL 56,522 100.0 45,754 80.9 10,763 19.0 5 0.0
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: 875 1.5 702 80.2 173 19.8 0 0.0
Alamance
Alexander 170 0.3 130 76.5 40 23.5 0 0.0
Alleghany 43 0.1 37 86.0 6 14.0 0 0.0
Anson 125 0.2 75 60.0 50 40.0 0 0.0
Ashe 119 0.2 86 72.3 33 27.7 0 0.0
Avery 65 0.1 47 72.3 18 27.7 0 0.0
Beaufort 203 0.4 151 74.4 52 25.6 0 0.0
Bertie 100 0.2 53 53.0 47 47.0 0 0.0
Bladen 160 0.3 100 62.5 60 37.5 0 0.0
Brunswick 463 0.8 378 81.6 85 18.4 0 0.0
Buncombe 1,131 2.0 1,008 89.1 123 10.9 0 0.0
Burke 386 0.7 293 75.9 93 24.1 0 0.0
Cabarrus 1,228 2.2 1,091 88.8 137 11.2 0 0.0
Caldwell 369 0.7 280 75.9 89 24.1 0 0.0
Camden 17 0.0 14 82.4 3 17.6 0 0.0
Carteret 230 0.4 180 78.3 50 21.7 0 0.0
Caswell 74 0.1 61 82.4 13 17.6 0 0.0
Catawba 808 1.4 644 79.7 164 20.3 0 0.0
Chatham 319 0.6 291 91.2 28 8.8 0 0.0
Cherokee 17 0.0 13 76.5 4 23.5 0 0.0
Chowan 72 0.1 42 58.3 30 41.7 0 0.0
Clay 6 0.0 6 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Cleveland 549 1.0 366 66.7 183 33.3 0 0.0
Columbus 213 0.4 118 55.4 95 44.6 0 0.0
Craven 718 1.3 561 78.1 157 21.9 0 0.0
Cumberland 2,501 4.4 1,905 76.2 596 23.8 0 0.0
Currituck 43 0.1 38 88.4 5 11.6 0 0.0
Dare 135 0.2 119 88.1 16 11.9 0 0.0
Davidson 840 1.5 622 74.0 218 26.0 0 0.0
Davie 209 0.4 169 80.9 40 19.1 0 0.0
Duplin 331 0.6 226 68.3 105 31.7 0 0.0
Durham 1,930 3.4 1,755 90.9 175 9.1 0 0.0
Edgecombe 310 0.5 155 50.0 155 50.0 0 0.0
Forsyth 2,103 3.7 1,790 85.1 313 14.9 0 0.0
Franklin 351 0.6 287 81.8 63 17.9 1 0.3
Gaston 1,257 2.2 928 73.8 329 26.2 0 0.0
Gates 14 0.0 9 64.3 5 35.7 0 0.0
Graham 43 0.1 27 62.8 16 37.2 0 0.0
Granville 275 0.5 221 80.4 54 19.6 0 0.0
Greene 86 0.2 59 68.6 27 31.4 0 0.0
Guilford 2,966 5.2 2,402 81.0 564 19.0 0 0.0
Halifax 253 0.4 142 56.1 111 43.9 0 0.0
Harnett 932 1.6 712 76.4 219 23.5 1 0.1
Haywood 256 0.5 212 82.8 44 17.2 0 0.0
Henderson 489 0.9 432 88.3 57 11.7 0 0.0
Hertford 87 0.2 42 48.3 45 51.7 0 0.0
Hoke 430 0.8 339 78.8 91 21.2 0 0.0
Hyde 18 0.0 15 83.3 3 16.7 0 0.0
Iredell 887 1.6 714 80.5 173 19.5 0 0.0
Jackson 161 0.3 127 78.9 34 21.1 0 0.0
Johnston 1,194 2.1 760 63.7 434 36.3 0 0.0
Jones 46 0.1 30 65.2 16 34.8 0 0.0
Lee 395 0.7 302 76.5 93 23.5 0 0.0
Lenoir 320 0.6 189 59.1 131 40.9 0 0.0
Lincoln 425 0.8 341 80.2 84 19.8 0 0.0
Macon 156 0.3 126 80.8 30 19.2 0 0.0
Madison 86 0.2 67 77.9 19 22.1 0 0.0
Martin 107 0.2 75 70.1 32 29.9 0 0.0
McDowell 201 0.4 159 79.1 41 20.4 1 0.5
Mecklenburg 7,141 12.6 6,477 90.7 664 9.3 0 0.0
Mitchell 66 0.1 57 86.4 9 13.6 0 0.0
Montgomery 127 0.2 94 74.0 33 26.0 0 0.0
Moore 570 1.0 472 82.8 98 17.2 0 0.0
Nash 487 0.9 318 65.3 169 34.7 0 0.0
New Hanover 995 1.8 876 88.0 119 12.0 0 0.0
Northampton 74 0.1 33 44.6 41 55.4 0 0.0
Onslow 1,815 3.2 1,574 86.7 240 13.2 1 0.1
Orange 563 1.0 529 94.0 33 5.9 1 0.2
Pamlico 51 0.1 36 70.6 15 29.4 0 0.0
Pasquotank 128 0.2 85 66.4 43 33.6 0 0.0
Pender 305 0.5 265 86.9 40 13.1 0 0.0
Perquimans 28 0.0 20 71.4 8 28.6 0 0.0
Person 208 0.4 169 81.3 39 18.8 0 0.0
Pitt 991 1.8 731 73.8 260 26.2 0 0.0
Polk 46 0.1 39 84.8 7 15.2 0 0.0
Randolph 751 1.3 578 77.0 173 23.0 0 0.0
Richmond 297 0.5 172 57.9 125 42.1 0 0.0
Robeson 824 1.5 391 47.5 433 52.5 0 0.0
Rockingham 472 0.8 346 73.3 126 26.7 0 0.0
Rowan 800 1.4 636 79.5 164 20.5 0 0.0
Rutherford 303 0.5 210 69.3 93 30.7 0 0.0
Sampson 393 0.7 306 77.9 87 22.1 0 0.0
Scotland 183 0.3 75 41.0 108 59.0 0 0.0
Stanly 301 0.5 223 74.1 78 25.9 0 0.0
Stokes 208 0.4 165 79.3 43 20.7 0 0.0
Surry 368 0.7 260 70.7 108 29.3 0 0.0
Swain 71 0.1 52 73.2 19 26.8 0 0.0
Transylvania 102 0.2 94 92.2 8 7.8 0 0.0
Tyrrell 25 0.0 19 76.0 6 24.0 0 0.0
Union 1,096 1.9 943 86.0 153 14.0 0 0.0
Vance 265 0.5 151 57.0 114 43.0 0 0.0
Wake 6,101 10.8 5,641 92.5 460 7.5 0 0.0
Warren 86 0.2 57 66.3 29 33.7 0 0.0
Washington 70 0.1 34 48.6 36 51.4 0 0.0
Watauga 133 0.2 120 90.2 13 9.8 0 0.0
Wayne 715 1.3 534 74.7 181 25.3 0 0.0
Wilkes 322 0.6 201 62.4 121 37.6 0 0.0
Wilson 457 0.8 314 68.7 143 31.3 0 0.0
Yadkin 186 0.3 150 80.6 36 19.4 0 0.0
Yancey 101 0.2 84 83.2 17 16.8 0 0.0

Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics 26AUG20
CAUTION: Data shown are provisional and include only resident events occurring within North Carolina. Data does not reflect events affecting North Carolina
residents that occurred in other states. Therefore provisional data will not match the final number of resident events reported.