CY2023 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT BIRTHS BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND BREASTFEEDING INITIATION STATUS

  TOTAL INFANT BEING BREASTFED AT DISCHARGE
No Unk Yes
# % # % # % # %
TOTAL 120,065 100.0 22,855 19.0 56 0.0 97,154 80.9
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: 1,888 1.6 264 14.0 0 0.0 1,624 86.0
ALAMANCE
ALEXANDER 349 0.3 83 23.8 0 0.0 266 76.2
ALLEGHANY 104 0.1 28 26.9 0 0.0 76 73.1
ANSON 259 0.2 85 32.8 0 0.0 174 67.2
ASHE 194 0.2 45 23.2 0 0.0 149 76.8
AVERY 143 0.1 25 17.5 1 0.7 117 81.8
BEAUFORT 433 0.4 98 22.6 0 0.0 335 77.4
BERTIE 161 0.1 67 41.6 0 0.0 94 58.4
BLADEN 378 0.3 140 37.0 0 0.0 238 63.0
BRUNSWICK 1,176 1.0 263 22.4 0 0.0 913 77.6
BUNCOMBE 2,388 2.0 301 12.6 1 0.0 2,086 87.4
BURKE 850 0.7 211 24.8 0 0.0 639 75.2
CABARRUS 2,665 2.2 375 14.1 2 0.1 2,288 85.9
CALDWELL 777 0.6 191 24.6 0 0.0 586 75.4
CAMDEN 98 0.1 13 13.3 0 0.0 85 86.7
CARTERET 483 0.4 114 23.6 0 0.0 369 76.4
CASWELL 201 0.2 45 22.4 0 0.0 156 77.6
CATAWBA 1,674 1.4 385 23.0 0 0.0 1,289 77.0
CHATHAM 714 0.6 54 7.6 0 0.0 660 92.4
CHEROKEE 247 0.2 41 16.6 9 3.6 197 79.8
CHOWAN 144 0.1 47 32.6 0 0.0 97 67.4
CLAY 87 0.1 14 16.1 3 3.4 70 80.5
CLEVELAND 1,154 1.0 325 28.2 1 0.1 828 71.8
COLUMBUS 578 0.5 301 52.1 0 0.0 277 47.9
CRAVEN 1,232 1.0 239 19.4 2 0.2 991 80.4
CUMBERLAND 5,088 4.2 966 19.0 3 0.1 4,119 81.0
CURRITUCK 303 0.3 48 15.8 1 0.3 254 83.8
DARE 290 0.2 24 8.3 0 0.0 266 91.7
DAVIDSON 1,802 1.5 606 33.6 0 0.0 1,196 66.4
DAVIE 377 0.3 117 31.0 0 0.0 260 69.0
DUPLIN 709 0.6 202 28.5 0 0.0 507 71.5
DURHAM 4,068 3.4 339 8.3 0 0.0 3,729 91.7
EDGECOMBE 560 0.5 266 47.5 0 0.0 294 52.5
FORSYTH 4,385 3.7 1,318 30.1 0 0.0 3,067 69.9
FRANKLIN 921 0.8 117 12.7 1 0.1 803 87.2
GASTON 2,858 2.4 795 27.8 1 0.0 2,062 72.1
GATES 83 0.1 23 27.7 0 0.0 60 72.3
GRAHAM 87 0.1 22 25.3 1 1.1 64 73.6
GRANVILLE 586 0.5 115 19.6 0 0.0 471 80.4
GREENE 206 0.2 43 20.9 0 0.0 163 79.1
GUILFORD 5,757 4.8 1,480 25.7 0 0.0 4,277 74.3
HALIFAX 469 0.4 198 42.2 0 0.0 271 57.8
HARNETT 1,913 1.6 358 18.7 0 0.0 1,555 81.3
HAYWOOD 533 0.4 96 18.0 0 0.0 437 82.0
HENDERSON 1,009 0.8 116 11.5 0 0.0 893 88.5
HERTFORD 187 0.2 66 35.3 0 0.0 121 64.7
HOKE 807 0.7 168 20.8 0 0.0 639 79.2
HYDE 37 0.0 7 18.9 0 0.0 30 81.1
IREDELL 2,016 1.7 394 19.5 0 0.0 1,622 80.5
JACKSON 335 0.3 39 11.6 1 0.3 295 88.1
JOHNSTON 2,859 2.4 389 13.6 0 0.0 2,470 86.4
JONES 105 0.1 27 25.7 0 0.0 78 74.3
LEE 787 0.7 147 18.7 1 0.1 639 81.2
LENOIR 631 0.5 229 36.3 0 0.0 402 63.7
LINCOLN 940 0.8 196 20.9 2 0.2 742 78.9
MCDOWELL 398 0.3 86 21.6 1 0.3 311 78.1
MACON 323 0.3 59 18.3 0 0.0 264 81.7
MADISON 198 0.2 30 15.2 0 0.0 168 84.8
MARTIN 207 0.2 59 28.5 0 0.0 148 71.5
MECKLENBURG 15,103 12.6 1,698 11.2 7 0.0 13,398 88.7
MITCHELL 128 0.1 17 13.3 0 0.0 111 86.7
MONTGOMERY 267 0.2 80 30.0 0 0.0 187 70.0
MOORE 1,198 1.0 194 16.2 0 0.0 1,004 83.8
NASH 1,031 0.9 337 32.7 0 0.0 694 67.3
NEW HANOVER 2,135 1.8 395 18.5 5 0.2 1,735 81.3
NORTHAMPTON 148 0.1 53 35.8 0 0.0 95 64.2
ONSLOW 3,668 3.1 508 13.8 2 0.1 3,158 86.1
ORANGE 1,163 1.0 56 4.8 1 0.1 1,106 95.1
PAMLICO 105 0.1 21 20.0 0 0.0 84 80.0
PASQUOTANK 430 0.4 130 30.2 2 0.5 298 69.3
PENDER 705 0.6 125 17.7 0 0.0 580 82.3
PERQUIMANS 99 0.1 32 32.3 0 0.0 67 67.7
PERSON 425 0.4 74 17.4 0 0.0 351 82.6
PITT 2,004 1.7 399 19.9 1 0.0 1,604 80.0
POLK 127 0.1 17 13.4 0 0.0 110 86.6
RANDOLPH 1,601 1.3 357 22.3 0 0.0 1,244 77.7
RICHMOND 530 0.4 186 35.1 0 0.0 344 64.9
ROBESON 1,875 1.6 892 47.6 1 0.1 982 52.4
ROCKINGHAM 910 0.8 274 30.1 0 0.0 636 69.9
ROWAN 1,582 1.3 304 19.2 0 0.0 1,278 80.8
RUTHERFORD 625 0.5 158 25.3 0 0.0 467 74.7
SAMPSON 845 0.7 114 13.5 0 0.0 731 86.5
SCOTLAND 345 0.3 198 57.4 0 0.0 147 42.6
STANLY 752 0.6 167 22.2 0 0.0 585 77.8
STOKES 355 0.3 106 29.9 0 0.0 249 70.1
SURRY 787 0.7 233 29.6 0 0.0 554 70.4
SWAIN 132 0.1 30 22.7 0 0.0 102 77.3
TRANSYLVANIA 240 0.2 35 14.6 0 0.0 205 85.4
TYRRELL 38 0.0 8 21.1 0 0.0 30 78.9
UNION 2,599 2.2 330 12.7 0 0.0 2,269 87.3
VANCE 533 0.4 215 40.3 0 0.0 318 59.7
WAKE 12,950 10.8 1,098 8.5 4 0.0 11,848 91.5
WARREN 162 0.1 54 33.3 0 0.0 108 66.7
WASHINGTON 106 0.1 47 44.3 0 0.0 59 55.7
WATAUGA 321 0.3 38 11.8 0 0.0 283 88.2
WAYNE 1,675 1.4 381 22.7 1 0.1 1,293 77.2
WILKES 666 0.6 240 36.0 0 0.0 426 64.0
WILSON 917 0.8 223 24.3 1 0.1 693 75.6
YADKIN 396 0.3 109 27.5 0 0.0 287 72.5
YANCEY 176 0.1 23 13.1 0 0.0 153 86.9

Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics 18DEC24