| CY2022 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT BIRTHS BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND BREASTFEEDING INITIATION STATUS |
| TOTAL | INFANT BEING BREASTFED AT DISCHARGE | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Unk | Yes | ||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| TOTAL | 121,557 | 100.0 | 22,470 | 18.5 | 35 | 0.0 | 99,052 | 81.5 |
| COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: | 1,960 | 1.6 | 236 | 12.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,724 | 88.0 |
| ALAMANCE | ||||||||
| ALEXANDER | 335 | 0.3 | 65 | 19.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 270 | 80.6 |
| ALLEGHANY | 105 | 0.1 | 26 | 24.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 79 | 75.2 |
| ANSON | 269 | 0.2 | 101 | 37.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 168 | 62.5 |
| ASHE | 200 | 0.2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 149 | 74.5 |
| AVERY | 139 | 0.1 | 24 | 17.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 115 | 82.7 |
| BEAUFORT | 428 | 0.4 | 76 | 17.8 | 1 | 0.2 | 351 | 82.0 |
| BERTIE | 149 | 0.1 | 54 | 36.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 95 | 63.8 |
| BLADEN | 353 | 0.3 | 125 | 35.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 228 | 64.6 |
| BRUNSWICK | 1,149 | 0.9 | 253 | 22.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 895 | 77.9 |
| BUNCOMBE | 2,399 | 2.0 | 312 | 13.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,087 | 87.0 |
| BURKE | 849 | 0.7 | 208 | 24.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 641 | 75.5 |
| CABARRUS | 2,747 | 2.3 | 372 | 13.5 | 2 | 0.1 | 2,373 | 86.4 |
| CALDWELL | 789 | 0.6 | 180 | 22.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 609 | 77.2 |
| CAMDEN | 87 | 0.1 | 10 | 11.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 77 | 88.5 |
| CARTERET | 490 | 0.4 | 92 | 18.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 398 | 81.2 |
| CASWELL | 202 | 0.2 | 35 | 17.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 167 | 82.7 |
| CATAWBA | 1,651 | 1.4 | 343 | 20.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,308 | 79.2 |
| CHATHAM | 713 | 0.6 | 42 | 5.9 | 1 | 0.1 | 670 | 94.0 |
| CHEROKEE | 240 | 0.2 | 41 | 17.1 | 8 | 3.3 | 191 | 79.6 |
| CHOWAN | 127 | 0.1 | 43 | 33.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 84 | 66.1 |
| CLAY | 76 | 0.1 | 8 | 10.5 | 2 | 2.6 | 66 | 86.8 |
| CLEVELAND | 1,100 | 0.9 | 315 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 785 | 71.4 |
| COLUMBUS | 596 | 0.5 | 270 | 45.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 326 | 54.7 |
| CRAVEN | 1,293 | 1.1 | 240 | 18.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,053 | 81.4 |
| CUMBERLAND | 5,282 | 4.3 | 1,047 | 19.8 | 2 | 0.0 | 4,233 | 80.1 |
| CURRITUCK | 338 | 0.3 | 50 | 14.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 288 | 85.2 |
| DARE | 284 | 0.2 | 26 | 9.2 | 1 | 0.4 | 257 | 90.5 |
| DAVIDSON | 1,752 | 1.4 | 600 | 34.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,152 | 65.8 |
| DAVIE | 420 | 0.3 | 105 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 315 | 75.0 |
| DUPLIN | 715 | 0.6 | 176 | 24.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 539 | 75.4 |
| DURHAM | 4,082 | 3.4 | 248 | 6.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3,834 | 93.9 |
| EDGECOMBE | 571 | 0.5 | 257 | 45.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 314 | 55.0 |
| FORSYTH | 4,554 | 3.7 | 1,183 | 26.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 3,369 | 74.0 |
| FRANKLIN | 881 | 0.7 | 119 | 13.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 762 | 86.5 |
| GASTON | 2,778 | 2.3 | 723 | 26.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,055 | 74.0 |
| GATES | 94 | 0.1 | 23 | 24.5 | 1 | 1.1 | 70 | 74.5 |
| GRAHAM | 93 | 0.1 | 23 | 24.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 70 | 75.3 |
| GRANVILLE | 626 | 0.5 | 119 | 19.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 507 | 81.0 |
| GREENE | 202 | 0.2 | 56 | 27.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 146 | 72.3 |
| GUILFORD | 5,883 | 4.8 | 1,314 | 22.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4,569 | 77.7 |
| HALIFAX | 509 | 0.4 | 200 | 39.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 309 | 60.7 |
| HARNETT | 1,829 | 1.5 | 396 | 21.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 1,432 | 78.3 |
| HAYWOOD | 522 | 0.4 | 98 | 18.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 424 | 81.2 |
| HENDERSON | 1,050 | 0.9 | 130 | 12.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 920 | 87.6 |
| HERTFORD | 198 | 0.2 | 77 | 38.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 121 | 61.1 |
| HOKE | 899 | 0.7 | 177 | 19.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 721 | 80.2 |
| HYDE | 32 | 0.0 | 6 | 18.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 81.3 |
| IREDELL | 2,097 | 1.7 | 441 | 21.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,656 | 79.0 |
| JACKSON | 367 | 0.3 | 69 | 18.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 298 | 81.2 |
| JOHNSTON | 2,860 | 2.4 | 661 | 23.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,199 | 76.9 |
| JONES | 105 | 0.1 | 26 | 24.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 79 | 75.2 |
| LEE | 794 | 0.7 | 120 | 15.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 674 | 84.9 |
| LENOIR | 653 | 0.5 | 187 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 466 | 71.4 |
| LINCOLN | 954 | 0.8 | 191 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 763 | 80.0 |
| MCDOWELL | 382 | 0.3 | 85 | 22.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 296 | 77.5 |
| MACON | 340 | 0.3 | 59 | 17.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 281 | 82.6 |
| MADISON | 183 | 0.2 | 38 | 20.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 145 | 79.2 |
| MARTIN | 222 | 0.2 | 64 | 28.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 158 | 71.2 |
| MECKLENBURG | 15,038 | 12.4 | 1,675 | 11.1 | 5 | 0.0 | 13,358 | 88.8 |
| MITCHELL | 103 | 0.1 | 20 | 19.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 83 | 80.6 |
| MONTGOMERY | 264 | 0.2 | 64 | 24.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 200 | 75.8 |
| MOORE | 1,179 | 1.0 | 186 | 15.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 993 | 84.2 |
| NASH | 1,103 | 0.9 | 323 | 29.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 780 | 70.7 |
| NEW HANOVER | 2,257 | 1.9 | 370 | 16.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,887 | 83.6 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 165 | 0.1 | 71 | 43.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 94 | 57.0 |
| ONSLOW | 3,927 | 3.2 | 625 | 15.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 3,301 | 84.1 |
| ORANGE | 1,181 | 1.0 | 49 | 4.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,132 | 95.9 |
| PAMLICO | 87 | 0.1 | 22 | 25.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 65 | 74.7 |
| PASQUOTANK | 459 | 0.4 | 136 | 29.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 323 | 70.4 |
| PENDER | 681 | 0.6 | 118 | 17.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 563 | 82.7 |
| PERQUIMANS | 110 | 0.1 | 33 | 30.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 77 | 70.0 |
| PERSON | 385 | 0.3 | 64 | 16.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 321 | 83.4 |
| PITT | 2,039 | 1.7 | 410 | 20.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1,628 | 79.8 |
| POLK | 121 | 0.1 | 10 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 111 | 91.7 |
| RANDOLPH | 1,589 | 1.3 | 346 | 21.8 | 1 | 0.1 | 1,242 | 78.2 |
| RICHMOND | 540 | 0.4 | 200 | 37.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 340 | 63.0 |
| ROBESON | 1,902 | 1.6 | 820 | 43.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,082 | 56.9 |
| ROCKINGHAM | 976 | 0.8 | 282 | 28.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 694 | 71.1 |
| ROWAN | 1,626 | 1.3 | 297 | 18.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,329 | 81.7 |
| RUTHERFORD | 632 | 0.5 | 149 | 23.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 483 | 76.4 |
| SAMPSON | 825 | 0.7 | 138 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 687 | 83.3 |
| SCOTLAND | 402 | 0.3 | 210 | 52.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 192 | 47.8 |
| STANLY | 710 | 0.6 | 177 | 24.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 533 | 75.1 |
| STOKES | 427 | 0.4 | 102 | 23.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 325 | 76.1 |
| SURRY | 763 | 0.6 | 190 | 24.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 573 | 75.1 |
| SWAIN | 150 | 0.1 | 39 | 26.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 111 | 74.0 |
| TRANSYLVANIA | 229 | 0.2 | 26 | 11.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 203 | 88.6 |
| TYRRELL | 44 | 0.0 | 8 | 18.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 36 | 81.8 |
| UNION | 2,582 | 2.1 | 326 | 12.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,256 | 87.4 |
| VANCE | 509 | 0.4 | 207 | 40.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 302 | 59.3 |
| WAKE | 13,190 | 10.9 | 1,034 | 7.8 | 3 | 0.0 | 12,153 | 92.1 |
| WARREN | 188 | 0.2 | 62 | 33.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 126 | 67.0 |
| WASHINGTON | 106 | 0.1 | 35 | 33.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 71 | 67.0 |
| WATAUGA | 293 | 0.2 | 37 | 12.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 256 | 87.4 |
| WAYNE | 1,601 | 1.3 | 381 | 23.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,220 | 76.2 |
| WILKES | 693 | 0.6 | 264 | 38.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 429 | 61.9 |
| WILSON | 899 | 0.7 | 220 | 24.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 679 | 75.5 |
| YADKIN | 412 | 0.3 | 96 | 23.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 316 | 76.7 |
| YANCEY | 173 | 0.1 | 32 | 18.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 141 | 81.5 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics 06OCT23 |