| CY2021 NORTH CAROLINA BIRTH OCCURRENCES BY PLACE OF BIRTH AND MONTH |
| TOTAL | Month | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |||||||||||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| Total | 122,733 | 100.0 | 9,417 | 7.7 | 8,967 | 7.3 | 9,862 | 8.0 | 9,729 | 7.9 | 9,955 | 8.1 | 10,440 | 8.5 | 10,821 | 8.8 | 11,197 | 9.1 | 11,013 | 9.0 | 10,481 | 8.5 | 10,185 | 8.3 | 10,666 | 8.7 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH: | 703 | 0.6 | 61 | 8.7 | 66 | 9.4 | 67 | 9.5 | 58 | 8.3 | 73 | 10.4 | 75 | 10.7 | 54 | 7.7 | 52 | 7.4 | 50 | 7.1 | 53 | 7.5 | 50 | 7.1 | 44 | 6.3 |
| Freestanding Birth Center | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home-Intended | 812 | 0.7 | 70 | 8.6 | 73 | 9.0 | 71 | 8.7 | 73 | 9.0 | 58 | 7.1 | 55 | 6.8 | 67 | 8.3 | 83 | 10.2 | 74 | 9.1 | 62 | 7.6 | 60 | 7.4 | 66 | 8.1 |
| Home-Not Intended | 222 | 0.2 | 14 | 6.3 | 14 | 6.3 | 23 | 10.4 | 24 | 10.8 | 18 | 8.1 | 18 | 8.1 | 19 | 8.6 | 22 | 9.9 | 14 | 6.3 | 15 | 6.8 | 21 | 9.5 | 20 | 9.0 |
| Home-Unknown if Intended | 18 | 0.0 | 4 | 22.2 | 1 | 5.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 16.7 | 1 | 5.6 | 1 | 5.6 | 3 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 16.7 | 1 | 5.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.6 |
| Military Hospital | 3,775 | 3.1 | 278 | 7.4 | 284 | 7.5 | 276 | 7.3 | 314 | 8.3 | 309 | 8.2 | 323 | 8.6 | 319 | 8.5 | 335 | 8.9 | 377 | 10.0 | 355 | 9.4 | 302 | 8.0 | 303 | 8.0 |
| Non-Federal Hospital | 117,112 | 95.4 | 8,984 | 7.7 | 8,526 | 7.3 | 9,417 | 8.0 | 9,249 | 7.9 | 9,488 | 8.1 | 9,960 | 8.5 | 10,349 | 8.8 | 10,700 | 9.1 | 10,487 | 9.0 | 9,986 | 8.5 | 9,744 | 8.3 | 10,222 | 8.7 |
| Other | 91 | 0.1 | 6 | 6.6 | 3 | 3.3 | 8 | 8.8 | 8 | 8.8 | 8 | 8.8 | 8 | 8.8 | 10 | 11.0 | 5 | 5.5 | 8 | 8.8 | 9 | 9.9 | 8 | 8.8 | 10 | 11.0 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics 09JAN23 |