CY2021 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 105,970 100.0 20,729 19.6 28,892 27.3 53,606 50.6 2,743 2.6
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: 1,673 1.6 312 18.6 394 23.6 812 48.5 155 9.3
ALAMANCE
ALEXANDER 331 0.3 69 20.8 84 25.4 177 53.5 1 0.3
ALLEGHANY 102 0.1 23 22.5 18 17.6 60 58.8 1 1.0
ANSON 230 0.2 48 20.9 75 32.6 105 45.7 2 0.9
ASHE 181 0.2 36 19.9 59 32.6 86 47.5 0 0.0
AVERY 120 0.1 27 22.5 38 31.7 55 45.8 0 0.0
BEAUFORT 398 0.4 95 23.9 96 24.1 205 51.5 2 0.5
BERTIE 125 0.1 33 26.4 37 29.6 55 44.0 0 0.0
BLADEN 296 0.3 97 32.8 64 21.6 118 39.9 17 5.7
BRUNSWICK 974 0.9 198 20.3 254 26.1 515 52.9 7 0.7
BUNCOMBE 2,161 2.0 364 16.8 745 34.5 1,035 47.9 17 0.8
BURKE 776 0.7 192 24.7 214 27.6 364 46.9 6 0.8
CABARRUS 2,344 2.2 464 19.8 648 27.6 1,198 51.1 34 1.5
CALDWELL 616 0.6 133 21.6 168 27.3 313 50.8 2 0.3
CAMDEN 75 0.1 12 16.0 24 32.0 39 52.0 0 0.0
CARTERET 428 0.4 67 15.7 133 31.1 225 52.6 3 0.7
CASWELL 150 0.1 28 18.7 35 23.3 68 45.3 19 12.7
CATAWBA 1,478 1.4 249 16.8 420 28.4 802 54.3 7 0.5
CHATHAM 586 0.6 93 15.9 161 27.5 269 45.9 63 10.8
CHEROKEE 220 0.2 39 17.7 56 25.5 109 49.5 16 7.3
CHOWAN 122 0.1 38 31.1 36 29.5 47 38.5 1 0.8
CLAY 65 0.1 15 23.1 13 20.0 32 49.2 5 7.7
CLEVELAND 1,040 1.0 228 21.9 278 26.7 530 51.0 4 0.4
COLUMBUS 517 0.5 144 27.9 127 24.6 243 47.0 3 0.6
CRAVEN 1,070 1.0 213 19.9 306 28.6 544 50.8 7 0.7
CUMBERLAND 4,578 4.3 949 20.7 1,177 25.7 2,426 53.0 26 0.6
CURRITUCK 300 0.3 34 11.3 77 25.7 188 62.7 1 0.3
DARE 267 0.3 57 21.3 88 33.0 116 43.4 6 2.2
DAVIDSON 1,527 1.4 292 19.1 387 25.3 828 54.2 20 1.3
DAVIE 363 0.3 79 21.8 84 23.1 200 55.1 0 0.0
DUPLIN 640 0.6 140 21.9 180 28.1 317 49.5 3 0.5
DURHAM 3,737 3.5 756 20.2 998 26.7 1,761 47.1 222 5.9
EDGECOMBE 513 0.5 127 24.8 138 26.9 243 47.4 5 1.0
FORSYTH 3,860 3.6 781 20.2 1,048 27.2 1,992 51.6 39 1.0
FRANKLIN 704 0.7 136 19.3 168 23.9 365 51.8 35 5.0
GASTON 2,350 2.2 448 19.1 584 24.9 1,290 54.9 28 1.2
GATES 84 0.1 14 16.7 30 35.7 38 45.2 2 2.4
GRAHAM 83 0.1 18 21.7 28 33.7 37 44.6 0 0.0
GRANVILLE 577 0.5 136 23.6 145 25.1 266 46.1 30 5.2
GREENE 161 0.2 33 20.5 41 25.5 83 51.6 4 2.5
GUILFORD 5,041 4.8 946 18.8 1,343 26.6 2,603 51.6 149 3.0
HALIFAX 451 0.4 113 25.1 123 27.3 210 46.6 5 1.1
HARNETT 1,682 1.6 316 18.8 422 25.1 904 53.7 40 2.4
HAYWOOD 462 0.4 58 12.6 133 28.8 270 58.4 1 0.2
HENDERSON 877 0.8 155 17.7 296 33.8 417 47.5 9 1.0
HERTFORD 142 0.1 33 23.2 44 31.0 64 45.1 1 0.7
HOKE 853 0.8 180 21.1 231 27.1 438 51.3 4 0.5
HYDE 32 0.0 8 25.0 9 28.1 14 43.8 1 3.1
IREDELL 1,696 1.6 390 23.0 481 28.4 818 48.2 7 0.4
JACKSON 277 0.3 54 19.5 76 27.4 143 51.6 4 1.4
JOHNSTON 2,459 2.3 426 17.3 630 25.6 1,309 53.2 94 3.8
JONES 71 0.1 14 19.7 15 21.1 42 59.2 0 0.0
LEE 671 0.6 116 17.3 188 28.0 315 46.9 52 7.7
LENOIR 583 0.6 162 27.8 132 22.6 285 48.9 4 0.7
LINCOLN 785 0.7 138 17.6 194 24.7 441 56.2 12 1.5
MCDOWELL 357 0.3 76 21.3 98 27.5 183 51.3 0 0.0
MACON 266 0.3 37 13.9 82 30.8 146 54.9 1 0.4
MADISON 175 0.2 29 16.6 51 29.1 92 52.6 3 1.7
MARTIN 183 0.2 37 20.2 42 23.0 103 56.3 1 0.5
MECKLENBURG 13,370 12.6 2,396 17.9 3,908 29.2 6,816 51.0 250 1.9
MITCHELL 110 0.1 18 16.4 32 29.1 60 54.5 0 0.0
MONTGOMERY 213 0.2 53 24.9 55 25.8 105 49.3 0 0.0
MOORE 1,096 1.0 214 19.5 292 26.6 568 51.8 22 2.0
NASH 911 0.9 238 26.1 202 22.2 463 50.8 8 0.9
NEW HANOVER 1,908 1.8 335 17.6 581 30.5 982 51.5 10 0.5
NORTHAMPTON 140 0.1 30 21.4 35 25.0 74 52.9 1 0.7
ONSLOW 3,471 3.3 692 19.9 943 27.2 1,831 52.8 5 0.1
ORANGE 1,048 1.0 159 15.2 297 28.3 471 44.9 121 11.5
PAMLICO 77 0.1 17 22.1 17 22.1 42 54.5 1 1.3
PASQUOTANK 413 0.4 73 17.7 96 23.2 244 59.1 0 0.0
PENDER 572 0.5 98 17.1 174 30.4 296 51.7 4 0.7
PERQUIMANS 115 0.1 20 17.4 31 27.0 64 55.7 0 0.0
PERSON 399 0.4 87 21.8 82 20.6 210 52.6 20 5.0
PITT 1,809 1.7 398 22.0 493 27.3 906 50.1 12 0.7
POLK 137 0.1 22 16.1 44 32.1 71 51.8 0 0.0
RANDOLPH 1,313 1.2 259 19.7 339 25.8 667 50.8 48 3.7
RICHMOND 459 0.4 134 29.2 95 20.7 219 47.7 11 2.4
ROBESON 1,601 1.5 414 25.9 381 23.8 627 39.2 179 11.2
ROCKINGHAM 756 0.7 158 20.9 189 25.0 396 52.4 13 1.7
ROWAN 1,420 1.3 297 20.9 387 27.3 728 51.3 8 0.6
RUTHERFORD 555 0.5 114 20.5 158 28.5 283 51.0 0 0.0
SAMPSON 694 0.7 143 20.6 187 26.9 356 51.3 8 1.2
SCOTLAND 349 0.3 107 30.7 89 25.5 153 43.8 0 0.0
STANLY 606 0.6 135 22.3 159 26.2 311 51.3 1 0.2
STOKES 368 0.3 71 19.3 79 21.5 215 58.4 3 0.8
SURRY 627 0.6 153 24.4 177 28.2 296 47.2 1 0.2
SWAIN 146 0.1 19 13.0 33 22.6 93 63.7 1 0.7
TRANSYLVANIA 236 0.2 38 16.1 78 33.1 117 49.6 3 1.3
TYRRELL 36 0.0 10 27.8 10 27.8 16 44.4 0 0.0
UNION 2,158 2.0 384 17.8 632 29.3 1,126 52.2 16 0.7
VANCE 485 0.5 115 23.7 114 23.5 244 50.3 12 2.5
WAKE 11,845 11.2 1,997 16.9 3,299 27.9 5,770 48.7 779 6.6
WARREN 133 0.1 31 23.3 28 21.1 71 53.4 3 2.3
WASHINGTON 95 0.1 22 23.2 29 30.5 44 46.3 0 0.0
WATAUGA 272 0.3 52 19.1 86 31.6 133 48.9 1 0.4
WAYNE 1,381 1.3 298 21.6 367 26.6 709 51.3 7 0.5
WILKES 575 0.5 131 22.8 159 27.7 283 49.2 2 0.3
WILSON 740 0.7 170 23.0 172 23.2 388 52.4 10 1.4
YADKIN 294 0.3 85 28.9 76 25.9 132 44.9 1 0.3
YANCEY 152 0.1 37 24.3 41 27.0 73 48.0 1 0.7

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 09JAN23