| CY2021 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT BIRTHS BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND MATERNAL PRENATAL SMOKING STATUS |
| TOTAL | PRENATAL SMOKING STATUS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | Unknown | ||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| TOTAL | 120,501 | 100.0 | 6,756 | 5.6 | 113,680 | 94.3 | 65 | 0.1 |
| COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: | 1,930 | 1.6 | 88 | 4.6 | 1,840 | 95.3 | 2 | 0.1 |
| ALAMANCE | ||||||||
| ALEXANDER | 371 | 0.3 | 41 | 11.1 | 330 | 88.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ALLEGHANY | 110 | 0.1 | 15 | 13.6 | 95 | 86.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ANSON | 263 | 0.2 | 24 | 9.1 | 238 | 90.5 | 1 | 0.4 |
| ASHE | 211 | 0.2 | 22 | 10.4 | 189 | 89.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| AVERY | 138 | 0.1 | 18 | 13.0 | 119 | 86.2 | 1 | 0.7 |
| BEAUFORT | 456 | 0.4 | 42 | 9.2 | 414 | 90.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| BERTIE | 158 | 0.1 | 5 | 3.2 | 153 | 96.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| BLADEN | 352 | 0.3 | 42 | 11.9 | 310 | 88.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| BRUNSWICK | 1,114 | 0.9 | 134 | 12.0 | 980 | 88.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| BUNCOMBE | 2,447 | 2.0 | 166 | 6.8 | 2,281 | 93.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| BURKE | 884 | 0.7 | 110 | 12.4 | 774 | 87.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CABARRUS | 2,684 | 2.2 | 103 | 3.8 | 2,581 | 96.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CALDWELL | 720 | 0.6 | 132 | 18.3 | 588 | 81.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CAMDEN | 82 | 0.1 | 3 | 3.7 | 79 | 96.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CARTERET | 494 | 0.4 | 37 | 7.5 | 457 | 92.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CASWELL | 184 | 0.2 | 18 | 9.8 | 166 | 90.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CATAWBA | 1,674 | 1.4 | 159 | 9.5 | 1,512 | 90.3 | 3 | 0.2 |
| CHATHAM | 652 | 0.5 | 24 | 3.7 | 628 | 96.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CHEROKEE | 244 | 0.2 | 36 | 14.8 | 199 | 81.6 | 9 | 3.7 |
| CHOWAN | 147 | 0.1 | 11 | 7.5 | 136 | 92.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CLAY | 76 | 0.1 | 12 | 15.8 | 63 | 82.9 | 1 | 1.3 |
| CLEVELAND | 1,160 | 1.0 | 118 | 10.2 | 1,041 | 89.7 | 1 | 0.1 |
| COLUMBUS | 608 | 0.5 | 71 | 11.7 | 537 | 88.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CRAVEN | 1,235 | 1.0 | 89 | 7.2 | 1,146 | 92.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CUMBERLAND | 5,239 | 4.3 | 275 | 5.2 | 4,964 | 94.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CURRITUCK | 340 | 0.3 | 13 | 3.8 | 327 | 96.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| DARE | 295 | 0.2 | 19 | 6.4 | 276 | 93.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| DAVIDSON | 1,792 | 1.5 | 179 | 10.0 | 1,613 | 90.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| DAVIE | 412 | 0.3 | 30 | 7.3 | 382 | 92.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| DUPLIN | 725 | 0.6 | 32 | 4.4 | 693 | 95.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| DURHAM | 4,245 | 3.5 | 59 | 1.4 | 4,184 | 98.6 | 2 | 0.0 |
| EDGECOMBE | 610 | 0.5 | 74 | 12.1 | 536 | 87.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| FORSYTH | 4,437 | 3.7 | 225 | 5.1 | 4,212 | 94.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| FRANKLIN | 809 | 0.7 | 28 | 3.5 | 781 | 96.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| GASTON | 2,684 | 2.2 | 260 | 9.7 | 2,423 | 90.3 | 1 | 0.0 |
| GATES | 96 | 0.1 | 18 | 18.8 | 78 | 81.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| GRAHAM | 91 | 0.1 | 18 | 19.8 | 73 | 80.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| GRANVILLE | 655 | 0.5 | 26 | 4.0 | 629 | 96.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| GREENE | 193 | 0.2 | 12 | 6.2 | 181 | 93.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| GUILFORD | 5,794 | 4.8 | 247 | 4.3 | 5,547 | 95.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HALIFAX | 541 | 0.4 | 69 | 12.8 | 472 | 87.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HARNETT | 1,872 | 1.6 | 104 | 5.6 | 1,768 | 94.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HAYWOOD | 521 | 0.4 | 64 | 12.3 | 457 | 87.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HENDERSON | 998 | 0.8 | 69 | 6.9 | 929 | 93.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HERTFORD | 173 | 0.1 | 14 | 8.1 | 159 | 91.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HOKE | 965 | 0.8 | 40 | 4.1 | 925 | 95.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HYDE | 37 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 37 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| IREDELL | 1,933 | 1.6 | 126 | 6.5 | 1,807 | 93.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| JACKSON | 318 | 0.3 | 57 | 17.9 | 261 | 82.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| JOHNSTON | 2,770 | 2.3 | 53 | 1.9 | 2,716 | 98.1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| JONES | 79 | 0.1 | 5 | 6.3 | 74 | 93.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| LEE | 769 | 0.6 | 56 | 7.3 | 712 | 92.6 | 1 | 0.1 |
| LENOIR | 659 | 0.5 | 67 | 10.2 | 592 | 89.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| LINCOLN | 896 | 0.7 | 78 | 8.7 | 818 | 91.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| MCDOWELL | 406 | 0.3 | 70 | 17.2 | 336 | 82.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| MACON | 311 | 0.3 | 46 | 14.8 | 265 | 85.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| MADISON | 198 | 0.2 | 27 | 13.6 | 170 | 85.9 | 1 | 0.5 |
| MARTIN | 219 | 0.2 | 25 | 11.4 | 194 | 88.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| MECKLENBURG | 15,061 | 12.5 | 188 | 1.2 | 14,866 | 98.7 | 7 | 0.0 |
| MITCHELL | 127 | 0.1 | 11 | 8.7 | 115 | 90.6 | 1 | 0.8 |
| MONTGOMERY | 243 | 0.2 | 28 | 11.5 | 215 | 88.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| MOORE | 1,208 | 1.0 | 78 | 6.5 | 1,128 | 93.4 | 2 | 0.2 |
| NASH | 1,054 | 0.9 | 92 | 8.7 | 962 | 91.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| NEW HANOVER | 2,156 | 1.8 | 98 | 4.5 | 2,055 | 95.3 | 3 | 0.1 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 159 | 0.1 | 11 | 6.9 | 148 | 93.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ONSLOW | 3,858 | 3.2 | 77 | 2.0 | 3,780 | 98.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| ORANGE | 1,193 | 1.0 | 36 | 3.0 | 1,156 | 96.9 | 1 | 0.1 |
| PAMLICO | 86 | 0.1 | 11 | 12.8 | 75 | 87.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| PASQUOTANK | 466 | 0.4 | 26 | 5.6 | 440 | 94.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| PENDER | 666 | 0.6 | 39 | 5.9 | 627 | 94.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| PERQUIMANS | 132 | 0.1 | 11 | 8.3 | 121 | 91.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| PERSON | 456 | 0.4 | 31 | 6.8 | 424 | 93.0 | 1 | 0.2 |
| PITT | 2,093 | 1.7 | 114 | 5.4 | 1,978 | 94.5 | 1 | 0.0 |
| POLK | 158 | 0.1 | 17 | 10.8 | 141 | 89.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| RANDOLPH | 1,499 | 1.2 | 152 | 10.1 | 1,346 | 89.8 | 1 | 0.1 |
| RICHMOND | 536 | 0.4 | 98 | 18.3 | 438 | 81.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ROBESON | 1,847 | 1.5 | 252 | 13.6 | 1,595 | 86.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ROCKINGHAM | 861 | 0.7 | 106 | 12.3 | 754 | 87.6 | 1 | 0.1 |
| ROWAN | 1,612 | 1.3 | 172 | 10.7 | 1,440 | 89.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| RUTHERFORD | 633 | 0.5 | 105 | 16.6 | 528 | 83.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| SAMPSON | 801 | 0.7 | 27 | 3.4 | 774 | 96.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| SCOTLAND | 401 | 0.3 | 61 | 15.2 | 340 | 84.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| STANLY | 701 | 0.6 | 69 | 9.8 | 632 | 90.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| STOKES | 422 | 0.4 | 45 | 10.7 | 377 | 89.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| SURRY | 718 | 0.6 | 107 | 14.9 | 611 | 85.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| SWAIN | 181 | 0.2 | 28 | 15.5 | 153 | 84.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| TRANSYLVANIA | 262 | 0.2 | 37 | 14.1 | 225 | 85.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| TYRRELL | 39 | 0.0 | 3 | 7.7 | 36 | 92.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| UNION | 2,443 | 2.0 | 59 | 2.4 | 2,384 | 97.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| VANCE | 547 | 0.5 | 41 | 7.5 | 506 | 92.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| WAKE | 13,168 | 10.9 | 170 | 1.3 | 12,983 | 98.6 | 15 | 0.1 |
| WARREN | 162 | 0.1 | 12 | 7.4 | 150 | 92.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| WASHINGTON | 112 | 0.1 | 15 | 13.4 | 97 | 86.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| WATAUGA | 312 | 0.3 | 33 | 10.6 | 278 | 89.1 | 1 | 0.3 |
| WAYNE | 1,601 | 1.3 | 87 | 5.4 | 1,513 | 94.5 | 1 | 0.1 |
| WILKES | 662 | 0.5 | 102 | 15.4 | 556 | 84.0 | 4 | 0.6 |
| WILSON | 872 | 0.7 | 49 | 5.6 | 822 | 94.3 | 1 | 0.1 |
| YADKIN | 344 | 0.3 | 33 | 9.6 | 311 | 90.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| YANCEY | 173 | 0.1 | 20 | 11.6 | 153 | 88.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics 09JAN23 |