CY2022 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 106,992 100.0 22,606 21.1 29,535 27.6 52,633 49.2 2,218 2.1
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: 1,704 1.6 353 20.7 440 25.8 821 48.2 90 5.3
ALAMANCE
ALEXANDER 299 0.3 62 20.7 82 27.4 154 51.5 1 0.3
ALLEGHANY 95 0.1 23 24.2 27 28.4 45 47.4 0 0.0
ANSON 224 0.2 60 26.8 75 33.5 89 39.7 0 0.0
ASHE 176 0.2 38 21.6 55 31.3 83 47.2 0 0.0
AVERY 118 0.1 27 22.9 39 33.1 52 44.1 0 0.0
BEAUFORT 388 0.4 99 25.5 101 26.0 179 46.1 9 2.3
BERTIE 125 0.1 35 28.0 32 25.6 58 46.4 0 0.0
BLADEN 308 0.3 96 31.2 74 24.0 123 39.9 15 4.9
BRUNSWICK 1,015 0.9 184 18.1 258 25.4 571 56.3 2 0.2
BUNCOMBE 2,109 2.0 371 17.6 645 30.6 1,091 51.7 2 0.1
BURKE 749 0.7 190 25.4 239 31.9 317 42.3 3 0.4
CABARRUS 2,423 2.3 580 23.9 703 29.0 1,124 46.4 16 0.7
CALDWELL 688 0.6 182 26.5 176 25.6 329 47.8 1 0.1
CAMDEN 77 0.1 15 19.5 16 20.8 45 58.4 1 1.3
CARTERET 454 0.4 76 16.7 118 26.0 259 57.0 1 0.2
CASWELL 184 0.2 47 25.5 41 22.3 86 46.7 10 5.4
CATAWBA 1,471 1.4 335 22.8 416 28.3 717 48.7 3 0.2
CHATHAM 626 0.6 111 17.7 184 29.4 305 48.7 26 4.2
CHEROKEE 211 0.2 35 16.6 56 26.5 113 53.6 7 3.3
CHOWAN 120 0.1 34 28.3 34 28.3 51 42.5 1 0.8
CLAY 75 0.1 15 20.0 23 30.7 31 41.3 6 8.0
CLEVELAND 962 0.9 239 24.8 268 27.9 448 46.6 7 0.7
COLUMBUS 523 0.5 136 26.0 131 25.0 250 47.8 6 1.1
CRAVEN 1,143 1.1 250 21.9 303 26.5 585 51.2 5 0.4
CUMBERLAND 4,588 4.3 1,015 22.1 1,128 24.6 2,421 52.8 24 0.5
CURRITUCK 306 0.3 52 17.0 88 28.8 165 53.9 1 0.3
DARE 245 0.2 55 22.4 64 26.1 122 49.8 4 1.6
DAVIDSON 1,497 1.4 325 21.7 392 26.2 770 51.4 10 0.7
DAVIE 376 0.4 88 23.4 96 25.5 190 50.5 2 0.5
DUPLIN 619 0.6 152 24.6 167 27.0 297 48.0 3 0.5
DURHAM 3,638 3.4 761 20.9 1,022 28.1 1,691 46.5 164 4.5
EDGECOMBE 489 0.5 127 26.0 145 29.7 214 43.8 3 0.6
FORSYTH 3,963 3.7 829 20.9 1,125 28.4 1,975 49.8 34 0.9
FRANKLIN 798 0.7 147 18.4 216 27.1 401 50.3 34 4.3
GASTON 2,430 2.3 491 20.2 655 27.0 1,234 50.8 50 2.1
GATES 81 0.1 13 16.0 31 38.3 31 38.3 6 7.4
GRAHAM 85 0.1 15 17.6 20 23.5 49 57.6 1 1.2
GRANVILLE 545 0.5 128 23.5 134 24.6 253 46.4 30 5.5
GREENE 179 0.2 46 25.7 47 26.3 83 46.4 3 1.7
GUILFORD 5,148 4.8 1,096 21.3 1,397 27.1 2,484 48.3 171 3.3
HALIFAX 427 0.4 120 28.1 98 23.0 208 48.7 1 0.2
HARNETT 1,610 1.5 328 20.4 409 25.4 850 52.8 23 1.4
HAYWOOD 451 0.4 75 16.6 119 26.4 257 57.0 0 0.0
HENDERSON 907 0.8 178 19.6 266 29.3 458 50.5 5 0.6
HERTFORD 161 0.2 42 26.1 44 27.3 71 44.1 4 2.5
HOKE 765 0.7 178 23.3 199 26.0 382 49.9 6 0.8
HYDE 23 0.0 5 21.7 4 17.4 14 60.9 0 0.0
IREDELL 1,834 1.7 397 21.6 480 26.2 948 51.7 9 0.5
JACKSON 303 0.3 66 21.8 78 25.7 157 51.8 2 0.7
JOHNSTON 2,583 2.4 469 18.2 710 27.5 1,340 51.9 64 2.5
JONES 85 0.1 19 22.4 14 16.5 52 61.2 0 0.0
LEE 694 0.6 161 23.2 169 24.4 339 48.8 25 3.6
LENOIR 556 0.5 141 25.4 149 26.8 257 46.2 9 1.6
LINCOLN 836 0.8 146 17.5 225 26.9 460 55.0 5 0.6
MCDOWELL 342 0.3 84 24.6 101 29.5 156 45.6 1 0.3
MACON 287 0.3 66 23.0 84 29.3 137 47.7 0 0.0
MADISON 164 0.2 29 17.7 54 32.9 80 48.8 1 0.6
MARTIN 191 0.2 43 22.5 54 28.3 91 47.6 3 1.6
MECKLENBURG 13,270 12.4 2,630 19.8 3,852 29.0 6,547 49.3 241 1.8
MITCHELL 86 0.1 17 19.8 24 27.9 45 52.3 0 0.0
MONTGOMERY 232 0.2 54 23.3 66 28.4 111 47.8 1 0.4
MOORE 1,059 1.0 199 18.8 286 27.0 559 52.8 15 1.4
NASH 953 0.9 256 26.9 222 23.3 464 48.7 11 1.2
NEW HANOVER 2,015 1.9 333 16.5 622 30.9 1,050 52.1 10 0.5
NORTHAMPTON 149 0.1 36 24.2 41 27.5 68 45.6 4 2.7
ONSLOW 3,518 3.3 734 20.9 966 27.5 1,809 51.4 9 0.3
ORANGE 1,077 1.0 159 14.8 323 30.0 531 49.3 64 5.9
PAMLICO 78 0.1 12 15.4 23 29.5 42 53.8 1 1.3
PASQUOTANK 408 0.4 87 21.3 105 25.7 215 52.7 1 0.2
PENDER 605 0.6 126 20.8 167 27.6 310 51.2 2 0.3
PERQUIMANS 99 0.1 24 24.2 30 30.3 45 45.5 0 0.0
PERSON 325 0.3 88 27.1 63 19.4 163 50.2 11 3.4
PITT 1,748 1.6 393 22.5 466 26.7 861 49.3 28 1.6
POLK 112 0.1 24 21.4 43 38.4 44 39.3 1 0.9
RANDOLPH 1,391 1.3 287 20.6 354 25.4 720 51.8 30 2.2
RICHMOND 453 0.4 117 25.8 115 25.4 213 47.0 8 1.8
ROBESON 1,672 1.6 525 31.4 415 24.8 548 32.8 184 11.0
ROCKINGHAM 840 0.8 193 23.0 208 24.8 429 51.1 10 1.2
ROWAN 1,446 1.4 315 21.8 415 28.7 711 49.2 5 0.3
RUTHERFORD 548 0.5 137 25.0 123 22.4 285 52.0 3 0.5
SAMPSON 724 0.7 160 22.1 198 27.3 358 49.4 8 1.1
SCOTLAND 342 0.3 93 27.2 95 27.8 150 43.9 4 1.2
STANLY 642 0.6 159 24.8 178 27.7 302 47.0 3 0.5
STOKES 363 0.3 70 19.3 95 26.2 196 54.0 2 0.6
SURRY 660 0.6 155 23.5 188 28.5 315 47.7 2 0.3
SWAIN 127 0.1 25 19.7 32 25.2 70 55.1 0 0.0
TRANSYLVANIA 203 0.2 38 18.7 64 31.5 99 48.8 2 1.0
TYRRELL 41 0.0 8 19.5 19 46.3 14 34.1 0 0.0
UNION 2,294 2.1 449 19.6 655 28.6 1,176 51.3 14 0.6
VANCE 431 0.4 131 30.4 105 24.4 176 40.8 19 4.4
WAKE 11,814 11.0 2,191 18.5 3,417 28.9 5,619 47.6 587 5.0
WARREN 157 0.1 42 26.8 34 21.7 78 49.7 3 1.9
WASHINGTON 98 0.1 38 38.8 20 20.4 40 40.8 0 0.0
WATAUGA 263 0.2 59 22.4 103 39.2 101 38.4 0 0.0
WAYNE 1,418 1.3 335 23.6 397 28.0 675 47.6 11 0.8
WILKES 587 0.5 119 20.3 141 24.0 321 54.7 6 1.0
WILSON 772 0.7 203 26.3 202 26.2 361 46.8 6 0.8
YADKIN 354 0.3 87 24.6 93 26.3 172 48.6 2 0.6
YANCEY 145 0.1 18 12.4 50 34.5 77 53.1 0 0.0

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 06OCT23