CY2021 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT BIRTHS BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND BREASTFEEDING INITIATION STATUS

  TOTAL INFANT BEING BREASTFED AT DISCHARGE
No Unk Yes
# % # % # % # %
TOTAL 120,501 100.0 23,052 19.1 46 0.0 97,403 80.8
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: 1,930 1.6 352 18.2 0 0.0 1,578 81.8
ALAMANCE
ALEXANDER 371 0.3 81 21.8 0 0.0 290 78.2
ALLEGHANY 110 0.1 29 26.4 0 0.0 81 73.6
ANSON 263 0.2 114 43.3 1 0.4 148 56.3
ASHE 211 0.2 45 21.3 0 0.0 166 78.7
AVERY 138 0.1 26 18.8 1 0.7 111 80.4
BEAUFORT 456 0.4 106 23.2 0 0.0 350 76.8
BERTIE 158 0.1 69 43.7 0 0.0 89 56.3
BLADEN 352 0.3 154 43.8 1 0.3 197 56.0
BRUNSWICK 1,114 0.9 208 18.7 0 0.0 906 81.3
BUNCOMBE 2,447 2.0 276 11.3 1 0.0 2,170 88.7
BURKE 884 0.7 240 27.1 0 0.0 644 72.9
CABARRUS 2,684 2.2 385 14.3 0 0.0 2,299 85.7
CALDWELL 720 0.6 185 25.7 0 0.0 535 74.3
CAMDEN 82 0.1 21 25.6 0 0.0 61 74.4
CARTERET 494 0.4 94 19.0 0 0.0 400 81.0
CASWELL 184 0.2 37 20.1 0 0.0 147 79.9
CATAWBA 1,674 1.4 364 21.7 2 0.1 1,308 78.1
CHATHAM 652 0.5 42 6.4 0 0.0 610 93.6
CHEROKEE 244 0.2 40 16.4 14 5.7 190 77.9
CHOWAN 147 0.1 52 35.4 0 0.0 95 64.6
CLAY 76 0.1 12 15.8 3 3.9 61 80.3
CLEVELAND 1,160 1.0 369 31.8 1 0.1 790 68.1
COLUMBUS 608 0.5 263 43.3 0 0.0 345 56.7
CRAVEN 1,235 1.0 268 21.7 1 0.1 966 78.2
CUMBERLAND 5,239 4.3 1,155 22.0 3 0.1 4,081 77.9
CURRITUCK 340 0.3 48 14.1 0 0.0 292 85.9
DARE 295 0.2 41 13.9 0 0.0 254 86.1
DAVIDSON 1,792 1.5 543 30.3 0 0.0 1,249 69.7
DAVIE 412 0.3 89 21.6 0 0.0 323 78.4
DUPLIN 725 0.6 204 28.1 0 0.0 521 71.9
DURHAM 4,245 3.5 398 9.4 0 0.0 3,847 90.6
EDGECOMBE 610 0.5 303 49.7 0 0.0 307 50.3
FORSYTH 4,437 3.7 868 19.6 1 0.0 3,568 80.4
FRANKLIN 809 0.7 143 17.7 0 0.0 666 82.3
GASTON 2,684 2.2 746 27.8 0 0.0 1,938 72.2
GATES 96 0.1 28 29.2 0 0.0 68 70.8
GRAHAM 91 0.1 22 24.2 0 0.0 69 75.8
GRANVILLE 655 0.5 144 22.0 0 0.0 511 78.0
GREENE 193 0.2 39 20.2 0 0.0 154 79.8
GUILFORD 5,794 4.8 1,335 23.0 0 0.0 4,459 77.0
HALIFAX 541 0.4 258 47.7 0 0.0 283 52.3
HARNETT 1,872 1.6 358 19.1 0 0.0 1,514 80.9
HAYWOOD 521 0.4 99 19.0 0 0.0 422 81.0
HENDERSON 998 0.8 129 12.9 0 0.0 869 87.1
HERTFORD 173 0.1 71 41.0 0 0.0 102 59.0
HOKE 965 0.8 218 22.6 0 0.0 747 77.4
HYDE 37 0.0 7 18.9 0 0.0 30 81.1
IREDELL 1,933 1.6 414 21.4 1 0.1 1,518 78.5
JACKSON 318 0.3 62 19.5 0 0.0 256 80.5
JOHNSTON 2,770 2.3 484 17.5 0 0.0 2,286 82.5
JONES 79 0.1 23 29.1 0 0.0 56 70.9
LEE 769 0.6 134 17.4 1 0.1 634 82.4
LENOIR 659 0.5 224 34.0 0 0.0 435 66.0
LINCOLN 896 0.7 195 21.8 0 0.0 701 78.2
MCDOWELL 406 0.3 88 21.7 0 0.0 318 78.3
MACON 311 0.3 49 15.8 0 0.0 262 84.2
MADISON 198 0.2 32 16.2 0 0.0 166 83.8
MARTIN 219 0.2 84 38.4 0 0.0 135 61.6
MECKLENBURG 15,061 12.5 1,629 10.8 3 0.0 13,429 89.2
MITCHELL 127 0.1 31 24.4 0 0.0 96 75.6
MONTGOMERY 243 0.2 80 32.9 0 0.0 163 67.1
MOORE 1,208 1.0 187 15.5 0 0.0 1,021 84.5
NASH 1,054 0.9 317 30.1 0 0.0 737 69.9
NEW HANOVER 2,156 1.8 313 14.5 1 0.0 1,842 85.4
NORTHAMPTON 159 0.1 71 44.7 0 0.0 88 55.3
ONSLOW 3,858 3.2 563 14.6 1 0.0 3,294 85.4
ORANGE 1,193 1.0 62 5.2 0 0.0 1,131 94.8
PAMLICO 86 0.1 21 24.4 1 1.2 64 74.4
PASQUOTANK 466 0.4 130 27.9 1 0.2 335 71.9
PENDER 666 0.6 125 18.8 0 0.0 541 81.2
PERQUIMANS 132 0.1 49 37.1 0 0.0 83 62.9
PERSON 456 0.4 92 20.2 0 0.0 364 79.8
PITT 2,093 1.7 498 23.8 0 0.0 1,595 76.2
POLK 158 0.1 26 16.5 0 0.0 132 83.5
RANDOLPH 1,499 1.2 401 26.8 0 0.0 1,098 73.2
RICHMOND 536 0.4 204 38.1 0 0.0 332 61.9
ROBESON 1,847 1.5 948 51.3 1 0.1 898 48.6
ROCKINGHAM 861 0.7 274 31.8 0 0.0 587 68.2
ROWAN 1,612 1.3 332 20.6 2 0.1 1,278 79.3
RUTHERFORD 633 0.5 215 34.0 0 0.0 418 66.0
SAMPSON 801 0.7 166 20.7 0 0.0 635 79.3
SCOTLAND 401 0.3 227 56.6 0 0.0 174 43.4
STANLY 701 0.6 192 27.4 0 0.0 509 72.6
STOKES 422 0.4 101 23.9 0 0.0 321 76.1
SURRY 718 0.6 190 26.5 0 0.0 528 73.5
SWAIN 181 0.2 37 20.4 0 0.0 144 79.6
TRANSYLVANIA 262 0.2 35 13.4 0 0.0 227 86.6
TYRRELL 39 0.0 15 38.5 0 0.0 24 61.5
UNION 2,443 2.0 333 13.6 0 0.0 2,110 86.4
VANCE 547 0.5 264 48.3 0 0.0 283 51.7
WAKE 13,168 10.9 943 7.2 5 0.0 12,220 92.8
WARREN 162 0.1 61 37.7 0 0.0 101 62.3
WASHINGTON 112 0.1 56 50.0 0 0.0 56 50.0
WATAUGA 312 0.3 34 10.9 0 0.0 278 89.1
WAYNE 1,601 1.3 377 23.5 0 0.0 1,224 76.5
WILKES 662 0.5 243 36.7 0 0.0 419 63.3
WILSON 872 0.7 236 27.1 0 0.0 636 72.9
YADKIN 344 0.3 81 23.5 0 0.0 263 76.5
YANCEY 173 0.1 26 15.0 0 0.0 147 85.0

Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics 09JAN23